[Adopted 9-23-1880]
The Burgess and Town Council of the Borough
of Chambersburg do hereby grant unto the Baltimore and Cumberland
Valley Railroad Extension Company[1] the right-of-way and the liberty and privilege to construct
and operate the railroad of said company, with such sidings and switches
as in the judgment of said company may be necessary, from the southern
terminus of Water Street of said borough through, over, upon and along
said street northward, to the northern terminus of said street, north
of West King Street of said borough, provided that said company in
constructing its said railroad, sidings and switches shall, in its
cuttings and fillings in and upon said Water Street, conform to the
grade shown by the profile hereto attached and made part of this ordinance,
and provided, further, that said company in the construction of its
said railroad, sidings and switches as aforesaid shall put, and shall
at all times hereafter maintain, its crossings of all the streets
and alleys of said borough in a safe and conveniently passable condition.
[1]
Note: This franchise is now vested in the
Western Maryland Railroad Company.
The Burgess and Town Council of said borough
do hereby grant unto said Baltimore and Cumberland Valley Railroad
Extension Company the right-of-way and privilege to construct and
operate its said railroad upon the line now located over, upon and
through the lands of said borough, situate in Hamilton Township, in
the County of Franklin, and known as the "waterworks property" of
said borough.
The Burgess of said borough is hereby authorized
and empowered, for and in behalf of said borough, to enter into an
agreement with said railroad company for the purpose of carrying into
effect the provisions of this ordinance.
