EASEMENTS TO GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY (EXCERPT) Act 63 of 1943 250.241 Perpetual user easements; granted by department of agriculture; parcels of land described; duration of easements. Sec.
1.In consideration of conveyance by warranty deed of a certain triangular parcel of land by the Industrial Land Company, a subsidiary of the Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company, as described in said warranty deed, the department of agriculture of the state of Michigan, acting by and through the commissioner of agriculture, is hereby authorized to grant unto the Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company perpetual user easements, so-called, to run with the land, of the following described 3 parcels of land adjacent and parallel to the Grand Trunk's right of way at and near its intersection with S
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EASEMENTS TO GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY (EXCERPT) Act 63 of 1943 250.241 Perpetual user easements; granted by department of agriculture; parcels of land described; duration of easements. Sec. 1. In consideration of conveyance by warranty deed of a certain triangular parcel of land by the Industrial Land Company, a subsidiary of the Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company, as described in said warranty deed, the department of agriculture of the state of Michigan, acting by and through the commissioner of agriculture, is hereby authorized to grant unto the Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company perpetual user easements, so-called, to run with the land, of the following described 3 parcels of land adjacent and parallel to the Grand Trunk's right of way at and near its intersection with State Fair avenue in the city of Detroit, Michigan, to be occupied by embankments of filling material necessary to laterally support the roadbed and tracks of the railroad company, and incidental uses relating thereto in connection with and as a part of the construction of a grade separation at the said intersection of State Fair avenue and the Grand Trunk's right of way and tracks in the city of Detroit, said 3 parcels of land being more particularly described as follows, to wit: Parcel 1. A parcel of land 10 feet in width adjacent to the westerly property line of the Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company and southerly from State Fair avenue, in the N.W. 1/4 of N.E. 1/4 of the S.E. 1/4 of section 2, T. 1 S., R. 11 E., Greenfield township, Wayne county, Michigan, more particularly described as: Commencing at the intersection of the southerly line of State Fair avenue and the westerly property line of the Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company, described as being 50 feet westerly at right angles from and parallel to the center line of the present westward main track of the railroad; thence westerly along the southerly line of State Fair avenue a distance of 11.59 feet to a point which is 10 feet westerly of the westerly property line of the railroad measured at right angles therefrom; thence southeasterly in a straight course parallel with the said westerly property line of the railroad a distance of 280.19 feet to a point; thence easterly parallel with the southerly line of the State Fair avenue a distance of 11.59 feet to a point in the aforesaid westerly property line of the railroad; thence northwesterly on the westerly property line of the railroad a distance of 280.19 feet to point of beginning, containing an area of .064 acres, more or less. Parcel 2. A parcel of land 15 feet in width adjacent to the easterly property line of the Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company north of State Fair avenue, in the east 1/2 of the S.W. 1/4 of the N.E. 1/4 of section 2, T. 1 S., R. 11 E., Greenfield township, Wayne county, Michigan, more particularly described as: Commencing at the intersection of the easterly north and south 1/8 line of section 2, and the easterly property line of the Grand Trunk Western Railroad, described as being 34 feet easterly at right angles from and parallel to the center line of the present westward main track of the railroad; thence in a northwesterly direction on the said easterly property line of the railroad a distance of 1102.12 feet to a point in the northerly east and west 1/8 line of said section 2; thence easterly on said 1/8 line a distance of 17.19 feet to a point; thence in a southeasterly direction parallel with and distant 15 feet easterly measured at right angles from the easterly property line of the railroad a distance of 1067.76 feet to a point in the aforesaid easterly north and south 1/8 line; thence southerly on said 1/8 line a distance of 29.99 feet to the point of beginning, containing an area of 0.374 acres, more or less. Parcel 3. A parcel of land 20 feet in width adjacent to the westerly property line of the Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company north of State Fair avenue, in the E. 1/2 of the S.W. 1/4 of the N.E. 1/4 of section 2, T. 1 S., R. 11 E., Greenfield township, Wayne county, Michigan, more particularly described as: Commencing at the intersection of the easterly north and south 1/8 line of section 2, and the westerly property line of the Grand Trunk Western Railroad, described as being 38 feet westerly at right angles from and parallel to the center line of the present westward main track of the railroad; said point being 236.61 feet north of the center line of State Fair avenue, said center line being also the east and west 1/4 line of section 2; thence in a northwesterly direction on the westerly property line of the railroad a distance of 652.39 feet to a point; thence westerly at right angles to the last described course a distance of 20 feet to a point; thence in a southeasterly direction parallel with the western property line of the railroad a distance of 687.02 feet to a point in the aforesaid north and south 1/8 line of >section 2; thence northerly on said 1/8 line a distance of 39.99 feet to the point of beginning, containing an area of 0.308 acres, more or less. The user easements hereby granted are to continue for so long as they may be required by the Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company, its successors and assigns, for railroad purposes.