The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-11-12

1Kseek leland depot grounds, upon bic
payment to said Company of fair
and equitable compensation for the
use of :. the sanes-the' validity of,
|whieh sad contract has been doubted.
H ASps WHEREAS, The City Council
(pf SAID Lefty, By an Ordinance passed
/ lOetoRmi 81 al ID. 166l, undertook tdl
par the said Ordinance tirnf,
therein above referred to, and to pr&l
Scribe what might and might not be
transported over certain portions
SAID oad,-the validity of which last
Ordinance always has been and still
is wholly denied by said Company. j
AND WHEREAS, 1t is desirable that
said ity=should recover the control
Of the said ground in front of block
two f2t for the purpose of atfording
necessary accommodations to some
Company whose. road shall
come into said city from the East, and
also that the respective rights of SAID
City and Company in the premises
should be definitely and finally set
tied
Now. therefore, know all men by
these Presents, that the said city Of
Rock Island in the State Of Illinois,
of the one part, and the Rock Island
& Peoria Railroad Company of the
other part, for the mutual cOnsidera-
tons hereinafter mentioned, have
agreed and do hereby agree to and
with each other and their respective
successors and assigns as follows, to
acit The said Company, in addition
to said sum of three thousand dol
lars, and annual rent paid and to be
paid as aforesaid, has this day paid to-
said CITY the sum of seventeen thous-
and (S17, 000) dollars, and hereby re
linquishes to said city all such claim
as said Company may have acquired
in and to the ground in front Of said
block two as aforesaid; and the said
City hereby grants to said Company,
its successors and assigns, during the
period of It's chartered existence, the
right to maintain its Railroad track
through and over the streets. alleys
and public grounds Of said city where
the same Is now located, and to run
its cars, trains and locomotives over
the same as its business NAV require
subject. however, to all such reason
able ordinances of a general nature as
shall be in force for the prohi of
greater rate Of locomotive speed
than five miles per hour. And the
said city further grants and guaran-
tees. to said Company and its assigns,
during the period of its chartered ex-
istence, the right to use for depot and
all other railroad purposes, the
grounds lying eighty (se} feet north
of the south line of Mississippi (com-
monty called Water street, between
the west line of Elk and Swan
streets, projected north, which
grounds are in front of blocks 3, 4, 5
and 6, and the intervening streets of
the old town of Stephenson now
said city Of Rock Island1, but said
Company shall be subject to all nee
essary police and ordinary revenue
regulations and restrictions OF the said
CITY, and shall not in any way oh.
struct, hindersor interfere with the
rights and privileges 0f7 said city in
and to the shore or levee for the pur-
pose of levying and collecting wharf
age, providing for and regulating the
landing and departure of vessels and
water crafts Of every name and de-
scription, and the loading and dis
charging Of cargoes, anything in this
contract to the contrary notwithstand-
ing; and said Company shall also be
subject to such reasonable and ade-
quate penalties as may from time to
time be prescribed by ordinance, for
leaving the rolling stock or motive
power Of said Company standing on
its track in any street, alley or other
public ground in said city, except the
portion thereof herein designated for
depot purposes, and also subject to
such like penalties as may be thus
prescribed for failure. on notice, to
construct such crossings over said
track as may be necessary for the &C
commodation Of the public, and also
for failure to erect such suitable and
necessary warning tables as may from
time to time be ordered by the City
Council of said City. The said city
hereby further agrees to secure to said
Company, by suitable ordinance, the
rights and privileges herein above
specified, and also to use its influence
toprocITe further confirmation ofthe
same by act of the Legislature Of said
State of Illinois, as soon as may be 4; |
and if the said Company, its success
sors or assigns shall, at any time be-
fore the grants herein made and the
rights and privileges aforesaid shall be
so secured and confirmed, be ousted
or deprived of any Of the rights or
privileges aforesaid, without fault on
the part of said Company, its success
sors or assigns, the said city shall
become bound and hereby |