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• • v ORDINANCE NO. 3563 AN ORDINANCE granting to the Great Northern Railway Company, its successors and assigns, the right, privilege and authority to locate, lay down, construct, maintain and operate for a period of twenty-five (25) years from and after this ordinance becomes effective, railroad spur tracks along, over and across Norton Avenue be- tween 13th Street and loth Street extended Westerly, in the City of Everett, Washington, and granting to said Company, its successors and assigns, rights of way for such tracks. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF EVERETT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1 : The City of Everett does hereby grant to the Great Northern Railway Company, its successors and assigns, for a period of twenty-five (25) years from and after the date this ordinance becomes effective, the right, privilege and authority to locate, lay down, construct, maintain and operate railway tracks of standard gauge, as hereinbelow designated and specified, along, over and across Norton Avenue between 13th Street and 14th Street extended Westerly, in said City; and also a right of way for said tracks along, over and across said Avenue and Streets, which said right of way shall be fifteen (15) feet in width for each such track herein authorized, lying seven and one-half (72) feet on each side of the center line of such track. Section 2: The tracks of standard gauge railway, the laying down, construction, maintenance and operation whereof are authorized by this ordinance, and the rights of way hereby granted for the same, are described as follows : (1) One track of standard gauge railway and a right of way therefor fifteen (15) feet in width, the center line of which right of way is described as follows : Beginning at a headblock in a proposed yard track parallel to and at 56 feet centers with the existing Great Northern main track to Vancouver, B.C. opposite the established rail- way station 1934+54+.5, measured at right angles; thence northwesterly thru a No. 9 turnout 81 feet to a heel of frog, making an angle of 6 degrees 22 minutes with said yard track; thence continuing northwesterly along a 12 degree curve to the left over, along and across said Norton Avenue and into the Port of Everett property. 1.