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RESOLUTION NO. 2231 WHEREAS, by Decision No. 22610 of the Railroad Commission of the State of California, the Pacific Electric Railway Company was granted permission to.discontinue its passenger service between the Cities of Santa Ana and Orange, in Orange Co~mty, and have substituted therefor an augmented motor coach service to be provided by Motor Trans Company; and WHEREAS, a condition precedent to such abandonment of rail service was that written consent thereto of the Cities of Santa Ana and Orange be secured filed with the Commission, and a further condition was that no physical facilities of the railway were to be abandoned, NOW, THE~EFORE, the City of ~anta Ana hereby acquiesces in said order of the Commission and consents to such abandonment of service subject to the following conditions: That the Pacific Electric Railway Company abandon all rail service, both freight and passenger, between the cities of Santa Ana and Orange, reserving only the right to use the tracks between said cities for the purpose of moving its freight motors used in service north from Orange, when necessary for inspection or repair purposes, and also for the purpose of maintaining said tracks, for emergency purposes and for excursion purposes. That when the City of Santa Ana reconstructs its paving on Main Street in such manner as will require the Railway, under its f~anc'hise, to similarly repave its tracks in s~id street, that the existing double track curves at Fourth and Main Streets -be replaced by single tr~ck curves, and that existing double tracks on Main Street between Fourth Street and Sixth Street, and south of the Southern Pacific crossing on North Main Street be replaced with single track. That when such reconstruction work is' needed to be done, the City of Santa Ana will join the Railway in a request for a modificatio~ of above Order No. ~2610 which, as noted, specifically provides that no abandonment of its physical facilities shall be permitted the Railway. I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly intro- duced, passed and~adopted by the City Council of th~ City of Santa Ana at a special called meeting thereof held on the 2nd day of Septemb6r,~1930, by the following stated vote, to-wit: AYES, TRUSTEES: W.J.Kelly, J.L.McBride, NOES, TRUSTEES: None ABSENT, TRUSTEES: B. 0. SuttOn Stanley E. Goode, F.L.Purinton. (SEAL). ATTEST: E. L. Ve~ely Clerk of the City of Santa Ana. .t