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ORDINANCE N0. 8
AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A RIGHT OF WAY TO
CAPITAL TRANSPORTATION COMPANY THROUGH
BLOCKS 11 AND 22, CUNNINGHAM'S ADDITION
TO THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK; PROVIDING FOR
CERTAIN LIMITED USES OF THE SAID RIGHT OF
WAY;. PROEUITING. OTHER USES OF THE SAID
RiGAV OF" `'wir MOLARING PROEIBMD USES OF
THE RIGHT OF WAY TO BE A MISDEMEANOR AND
PRESCRIBING THE PENALTY THEREFOR; AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, it is to the beat interest of the City
of Little Rock, Arkansas and the public thereof that
Capital Transportation Company, a corporation, operate its
trolley coaches, busses and other vehicles used for the
purpose of transporting passengers on the line authorized
and described in Ordinance No. ?373 as the "Fair Park Linea
down West Eleventh Street and across private right of way
to its turn - around in War Memorial Park, rather than down
West Twelfth Street and North on Jonesboro Drive to the
said turn- around; and
WHEREAS, in order to route the said line and
vehicles operating thereon West on hest Eleventh Street
It is necessary for the said Capital Transportation Company
to obtain a private right of way from West Eleventh Street
to West Eighth Street; and
WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock is the owner
of Blocks 11 and 229, Cunningham's Addition to the City of
Little Rock, Arkansas, through ehich the said right of way
must run; and
WHEREAS, it I$ to the advantage of the City of
Little Rock to grant to the Capital Transportation Company
a right of way across the two said blocks of land in order
to obtain the above described routing of the said Fair Park
line of the said Capital Transportation Company;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
Sec. 1. That a right of way for the purpose
of constructing, surfacing, repairing and maintaining a
road bed, roadway and street for the operation of public
transportation vehicles and the erection and installation
of poles, wires, cables, guys, supports and other equip-
ment for the transmission of electric current and messages,
together with the conducting of any other lawful activities
in connection with the business of Capital Transportation
Company, be and it is hereby granted and conveyed unto the
Capital Transportation Company over, across and upon the
following described strip of land, to -wit:
The East 10 feet of a strip of land originally
platted and dedicated as an alley in Block 11,
and the Hest 40 feet of Lots 7, BP 92 109 11
and 12, in Block 11, Cunningham's Addition to
the City of Little Rock, Arkansas;
The Bast 10 feet of the North 100 feet of the
strip of land originally platted and dedicated
as an alley in Block 22, and the best i}0 feet
of Lots 11 and 12, in Block 22, Cunningham's
Addition to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas;
A strip of land 35 feet wide across that portion
of Block 22 originally platted and dedicated as
an alley, and across Lots 7, 8, 9 and 10, all in
Block 22, Cunningham's Addition to the City of
Little Rock, Arkansas, the center line of which
35 -toot strip is more particularly described as
follows:
Beginning at a point on the line between
Lots 10 and 11, Block 229 which point is 15
feet East of the West common corner of Lots 10
and 11, Block 22; thence South, along a line,
15 feet from and parallel to the West line of
Lot 10, Block 22, for a distance of 17.4 feet;
thence by a curve to the left, the center line
radius of which is 210.78 feet, for a distance
Of 210 feet, more or less, to a point on the
West line of Monroe Street extended South, at
West Eleventh Street, all of the above is
Cunningham's Addition to the City of Little Rock,
Arkansas.
Sec. 2. When Capital Transportation Company has
constructed a roadway upon and over the right of way described
in Sec. 1, and upon and over its private right of way in Block
6 Cunningham's Addition, the said roadway shall be a private
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drive for use of vehicles and equipment of Capital
Transportation Company and of other persons serving
Capital Transportation Company, and for the use of
vehicles owned by persons who may now or hereafter own
residences situated on lots abutting on the said road -
way and other persons performing services to those
residences. The Traffic Bureau of the Police Department
shall erect appropriate signs at each point where the
said private roadway intersects or enters an opened or
traveled public street, indicating that the said roadway
is a private drive and that use thereof by the general
public is prohibited.
Sec. 3. Any use of the roadway described in
Sec. 2, by any person, vehicle or equipment, except those
uses permitted in Sec. 29, is hereby prohibited. Any person
violating the provision of this section shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor and shall be fined in a sum not less than
$5.00 nor more than $25.00.
Sec. k. The Mayor and City Clerk of the City
of Little Rock be and they are hereby authorized and
directed to execute the proper instrument in writing,
granting and conveying unto said Capital Transportation
Company the right of way hereinabove described.
PASSED: September 12, 1949•
APPROVED;
ATTEST Mayor
C ty ler