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AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TD THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY, A
DELAWARE CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, THE FRANCHISE TO MAIN-
TAIN ITS RAILWAY TRACKS OVER CERTAIN STREETS IN THE CITY OF EUGENE, AND
TO OPERATE TRAINS AND CARS THEREOVER, AND TO TRANSPORT PASSENGERS,
FREIGHT, MAIL, BAGGAGE, AND EXPRESS THEREON, AND TO MAINTAIN ITS PRESENT
POLES AND WIRES OVER CERTAIN STREETS IN THE CITY OF EUGENE, OREGON.
THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That there be and hereby is granted to BURLINGTON NORTHERN
RAILROAD COMPANY, a Delaware corpvrativn, its successors and assigns, the
franchise and right to lay, construct, and maintain its present tracks and
its present sidings, switches, curves, and connections, and to operate and
run trains and cars thereaver, and to transport passengers, freight, mail,
baggage, and express thereon, subject to the following restrictions and upon
the following named streets and places in the City of Eugene, Oregon, T4 WIT:
Across all intervening streets southerly and easterly of the intersec-
tion of the right-of-way of the BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY and
the northern city limits of the City of Eugene, and extending southeast-
erly to the easterly line of the intersection of Grant Street and 5th
Avenue, including the crossings of Grant Street, Garfield Street,
Roosevelt Boulevard, Side Street, Bethel Drive and Prairie Road.
Together with the right and privilege of maintaining and reconstructing~on
all the streets above described, such wyes, frogs, switches, curves, and
connections, as said BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY, its successors and
assigns may deem necessary or convenient in the maintenance or replacement of
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its present equipment, without in anywise extending the same. And that there
be and there is hereby also granted to said BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD
COMPANY, its successors and assigns, the right tv re-erect, reconstruct, and
maintain poles, wires, and other necessary and convenient equipment for the
purpose of preserving and maintaining its present equipment for conveying
power and electrical current for its awn use, all upon the streets heretofore
designated. Provided, however, that no switching of trains or cars shall be
permitted on the streets of the City of Eugene other than to permit the plac-
ing of cars at warehouses or other loading places. And provided, further,
that all of the equipment shall be maintained in a reasonably good state of
repair, properly painted, and that no poles shall be supported by stubs.
Section 2. That there be and is hereby granted to said BURLINGTON
NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY, its successors and assigns, the right to maintain
and operate cars aver all private tracks and private property now occupied by
it.
Section 3. Said BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY, its successors
and assigns, shall have the right to do all necessary excavating or grading
for the repair and maintenance of said streets and all portions of said
streets so excavated or graded must be replaced in as near the original con-
di ti an as practicable, and said company, its successors and assigns, shat l ,
during the term of this franchise, keep the portions of said streets upon
which tracks are maintained, in as good condition and repair as the remainder
of said street is maintained and to uniform street grade, for the whole width
of said right-af-way between the rails of each track, and for the width of
two feet on the outside of the rails of each track, and in case such streets
shall be improved by the said city, the cost of improving the portions of
said streets last above described sha11 be borne by the BURLINGTON NORTHERN
RAILROAD COMPANY.
Section 4. The motive power employed for operating cars and locomotives
upon such tracks shall be diesel or diesel -electric.
Section S. The rate of speed of all cars sha11 not exceed twenty miles
per hour between grade crossings within the limits of the City of Eugene, and
cars stopping at crossings shall not obstruct the cross-streets of said City
and longer than five minutes at any one time.
Section fi. All the rights herein granting a franchise to the BURLINGTON
NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY upon and over the streets and places described in
Section 1 shall continue and be in full force and effect for ten CIO} years
from and after the date of the final approval of this ordinance.
Section 1. ~A11 franchises or rights herein granted are upon the condi-
tion that BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY, its successors or assigns,
shall, within thirty X30} days from the time this ordinance is approved by
the Mayar, or otherwise takes effect, file with the City Recorder a written
acceptance of its provisions.
Section 8. As compensation to the City for the rights and privileges
granted by this ordinance, and in order to secure to the City adequate ser-
vice, BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY, its successors or assigns, shall
pay to the City annually during the life of the franchise granted by this
ordinance, a flat fee of six-hundred dollars ~$fio4} per year, payments to be
made within one hundred 'eighty ~ I80} days after the close of each calendar
year. A flat fee is used in this franchise because of the difficulty of
calculating a franchise fee based on the gross income of the BURLINGTON
NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY. Such compensation shall not be in lieu of or a
credit against any ad valorem or business tax, special assessment, or permit
or inspection fees required by the construction code, or other ordinances of
the City.
Section 9. The franchise granted by this ordinance is hereby declared
to be subject to the provisions of Section 43 of the Eugene Charter of I91fi,
providing that the price to be paid by the City upon the acquisition of any
public utility within the City by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, shall
exclude the value of any franchise.
Section Io. In the event that BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY ar
its officers, agents or employees shall damage or cause harm to any property
owned by the City, BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY sha11, at the sole
option of the City, repair, replace, or reimburse the City of Eugene for the
cost of repair for such property. The City of Eugene shall not be responsi-
ble far any damage to BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY property by any
third person or resulting from natural or unknown causes. BURLINGTON NORTH-
ERN RAILROAD COMPANY sha11 `indemnify and hold the City and its officers,
agents and employees harmless from and against all claims, actions, liabili-
ties, costs, including attorney fees and other cysts of defense or appeal
arising out of or in any way related to operations made possible as a result
of this franchise.
Passed by the City Council
This ~~'-'~ day of ~~~-, 19 q/.
Approved by the Mayor
Thi s ~ may of % ~- , 19 9/.
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L~~'~~ity Recorder
Mayor
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