HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 49-18 RfESOLUTION ~ ~ ~/y
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS,
WHEREAS, the Minneapolis Street Railway Company and
its affiliate corporations own and maintain~ street car tracks
within the City of Columbia Heights, and
WHEREAS, the said company has permitted said tracks
and road beds covered by them to become hazardous to other
traffic on said streets, in that, s~id tracks are below the
general surface of the main travelled roads, and in that, the
surface between the rails and immediately adjacent thereto, has
become broken, uneven and in a generally condition~ hazardous to
other traffic.
NOW, BE IT, THEREFORE, RESOLVED, That pursuant to
Section 220.09, Minnesota Statutes, said ~i
M nneapolis Street
Railway Company and its affiliate corporations are hereby order-
ed~and directed to take immediate steps to realign and elevate
the rails to conform to the adjacent surface of the travelled
portion of any streets whereon such rails are laid, and to provide
sufficient blo6king and ballast for the tracks of such nature
that the continuous settling of rail joints and the therefore
necessary continuous repairs and disturbance of adjacent surfacing
can be eliminat&d.
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED, That said Minneapolis Street
Railway Company and its affiliate corporations provide surfacing
of the area occupied by the rail ties of a type corresponding to
present surfaces of the remainder of said roads; and complying
with requirements of the State of Minnesota as to streets that are
designated as State Highways.
Passed this 12th day of April
Offered By: Trench
Seconded By: Weldon
Roll Call: Ayes___~
Nayes_None
etar~y to t~e Council~
, 1949.
Mayor ~,~ ·