Approving a Franchise, Grant and Contract with Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad

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II THIS AGREEMENT, dated this �� _day of 1 1932, made and entered into by and between the City of South Bend, Indiana, acting by and through its Board of Public Works, Party of the -First Part, herein sometimes called the,f0ity," and Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad, a corporation created and organized under the laws of the State of Indiana, Party of the Second Part, herein sometimes called the "Railroad," WITNESSETH: Section 1, That consent is hereby given by the City to the Railroad to locate, construct, maintain and operate its rail- road track, including poles, supports, span wires, trolley wires,. transmission and feed wires, telephone and telegraph wires, guys, braces, fixtures, appliances and appurtenances used in the olrera- tion of its railroad, over, upon and across orange Street, the first alley east of Meade Street, Fremont Street, the first alley east of Fremont Street and all other public streets and alleys, roads and highways not specifically named., but which are inter- sected by the proposed route, the central line of which is ap- proximately as follows: Beginning at a point on the center line of Orange Street just east from the northeasterly line of Washington Street, as now located; thence east - wardly by a curve to the right, having a radius of two hundred (200) feet, a distance of approxi- mately one hundred seventy (170) feet crossing the south half of orange Street, the northeast corner of Lot Numbered Forty -seven (47) of West End Sub- division, the alley west of Fremont Street and on to Lot Numbered Forty - eight (48) in above mentioned sub - division; thence continu- ing eastwardly from a point on Lot Numbered Forty -eight (48) by a curve to the left, having a radius of Two Hundred (200) feet, a distance of approximately Eighty (80) feet to a point in Lot Numbered Forty- nine (49) on a line parallel to and seven (7) feet no (0 inches northwardly