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ORDINANCE NO. 6~. An Ordinance Granting to Pacific Electric Railway Company a corporation, and its assigns, a franchise and right to construct maintain and operate for the term of fifty (50) years an electri~ railroad across certain streets and alleys in the City of Santa Ana, County of Orange, and State of California, known as the "Irvine Extension." The Board of Trustees of the City of Santa Aha do ordain as follows:- Section 1. That the right, privilege and franchise is hereby granted to Pacific Electric Railway Company, a corporation and its successors and assigns, to construct and to maintain and operate for a period of fifty (50) years from and after the date of the granting of this franchise, an electric railroad in, over and across certain streets and alleys along the following described center line: Beginning at a point in the center line of Second Street as shown on a map of the W.Z. Cook's Addition to the City of Santa Ana, and recorded in BoOk i on page 34, Niscellaneous Naps Records of Orange County, distant 225.0 feet westerlN from the surveyed center line of Evergreen Street; thence southeasterly at an angle of ll degrees and 25 minutes off the aforedescrtbed center line of Second Street a distance of 29.55 feet to the begin- ning of a curve to the right having a radius of 235 feet; thence easterly and southerly on the arc of said curve a distance of 297.Y0 feet to the end of said curve; thence along a straight line tangent to said curve at the end of said curve a distance of $3.60 feet to the beginning of a curve to the left having a radius of 235 f~et; thence on the arc of said curve to the left a distance of 254.29 feet to the end of said curve; thence along a straight line tangent to last mentioned curve at the end of said curve a distance of 88.20 feet to the beginning of a curve to the right having a radius of 300 feet; thence along the arc of said curve a distance of 193.64 feet to the end of said curve; thence along a straight line tangent to last described curve at the end of said curve a distance of 550.35 feet to the beginning of a ? degree and 40 minute curve to the right; thence along said 7 degree and 40 minute curve a dislance of 413.Og feet to the end of said curve; said last mentioned point being l0 feet westerly from thewesterly right of way line of the Southern Pacific Railroad, measured at right angles thereto; thence southerly parallel with the said westerly right of way line of the Southern Pacific Railroad a distance of 799.31 feet to the beginning of a curve to the left having a radius of 235 feet; thence along the arc of said curve a distance of 69.73 feet to the end of said curve; thence along a straight line tangent to the last mentioned curve at the end of said curve a distance of 65.0 feet to the beginning of a curve to the left having a radius of 235.0 feet; thence along the arc of said curve a distance of 302.90 feet to the end of said curve; said point lying 20 feet. northerly of, measured at right angles to, the aoutherly line of lands conveyed to S.C. Nartin and recorded in Book 166 on Page 3?2 of Deeds, Records of Orange County; thence easterly parallel with the said southerly~ne o~ lands conveyed to E.C. Nartin a distance of 66g.82 feet to the beginning of a curve to the left having a radius of 257.94 feet; thence along the arc of said curve a distance of 123.33 feet to ~he end of said curve; thence along a straight line tangent to last mentioned curve; at the end of said curve a distance of 12g.34 feet to the beginning of a curve to the right having a radius of 2g?.94 feet; thence along the arc of said curve a distance of 124.05 fast to the end of said curve; said last mentioned point lying southerly of and distant 20 feet from measured at right angles to, the southerly line of Warren Street, as shown on a map of the Smith & Nale~ Sub- division of the NcClay Tract, recorded in Book 22, on page 96, Nds- oell aneous Records of I, os Angeles County; thence easterly parallel with the said southerl~ line of Warren Street a distance of 1590.97 feet to the easterly line of the City of Santa Ana. all as shown on blueprint attached to the application of Pacific Electric Railway Company filed with the City Clerk of said City on the fourth day of September, 191~, and marked ~.W.A. -635. Section 2. The railroad operated and constructed under this franchise, shall be used for the transportation of passengers and freight, provided, that no carload lots of freight, or empty