HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 17-39AN ER~ERGENCY RESOLUTION.
NO. 17-39
The immediate preservation of the.public peace, safety
and welfare of the inhabitants of the City of Bakersfield require
the passage of an emergency resolution, as follows:
~KEREAS, it is believed to be advantageous to resurface
the pavement on Chester Avenue between 8th Street and 19th Street,
which will result in raising the grade thereof approximately two
inches above the rails of the Bakersfield and Kern Electric Rail-
way Company on said portion of Chester Avenue,
AND WHEREAS the Bakersfield and Kern Electric Railway
Company has declared its intention to abandon its South Chester
Avenue railway line upon obtaining the necessary authority of the
Railroad Commission of the State of California and has further
declared its intention to establish as a substitute for Such South
Chester Avenue line an automobile passenger bus service to serve
said territory as.well as additional territory,'
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF BAKERSFIELD that it does hereby approve the discontinuance of the
service upon and the permanent abandonment of the Bakersfield and Kern
Electric Railway Company of its South Chester Avenue electric street
railway line, Consisting of a double track on Chester Avenue from 19th
Street south to llth Street,'a single track on llth Street between
Chester Avenue and P Street, a single track on P Street from llth
Street to 8th Street, a single track on 8th Street to Chester Avenue,
and a single track on Chester Avenue from 8th street to llth Street,
together with the necessary poles and overhead trolley system, on the
following terms and conditions:
1. That upon the request of the Bakersfield and Kern
Electric Railway Company and its discontinuance of service upon and
the abandonment of said South Chester Avenue line, the City of Bakers-
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field will at its own cost remove the rails and tie~ of~the Bakers-
field and Kern Electric Railway Company constituting the track on
llth Street, P Street and 8th Street, in consideration of the said
Bakersfield and Kern Electric Railway Company abandoning and turning
over to the City of Bakersfield all of its rails and ties in said
proposed portion of said railway to be abandoned, if and when the same
shall be abandoned.
2. Said railway company shall remove at its own expense
all of the poles and wires constituting the overhead trolley system
of said South Chester Avenue line, provided that it shall not remove
any poles of such overhead trolley system to which the facilities of
other utilities of the City of Bakersfield are attached, and where
said poles are located in concrete sidewalks or in pavement such
poles shall be removed to a depth of eight inches below the sidewalk
elevation and the sidewalk square in which the pole was located shall
be removed and repaired to the satisfaction of the City Engineer,
and shall pay to the City of Bakersfield on or before the 18th day of
July, 1939, the sum of $1,982.41 as its portion of covering said tracks.
Should said sumbe not paid or any of the conditions of this resolu-
tion be not carried out on or before the 15th day of July, 1939, then
this resolution shall be void.
This resolution shall take effect from and after its passage
and approval.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Emergency Resolution
was passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at
a regular meeting thereof held on the d~7~. of March, 1939, by Y
the following vote:
APPROVED:
City'Clerk and Ex-~Yfficio Clerk of' the
Council of the City of Bakersfield.