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

fciient steamboat landing at all STAGES
of water in the Mississippi river, the
said other Company shall also be la
bic to the said Rock Island 81 Peoria
RGlroad Company, as a condition of
i9confnued right to sharein the, use
|pfs said grounds TO pay ue-half OF,
Me cod pf1 illingn 2 the same and con
FshactiriH asIperfnanenf 1anding Tsf
steamboats, thereon. In lieu of the
obligation which was attempted to be
imposed to permit all Railroad com
panies whose roads should come in
to said city from the south or west, to.
share equally in the use of the Rail-
road track on the Levee, and to avoid
the-daagef-e OF collision thereon by said
companies attempting to use said
track IN common. said Rock Island &
Peoria Railroad Company shall be
bound, with its. own motive power, to
switch and transfer all such cars as ANY
other Railroad Company may desire
from time to time to have switched
and transferred, between. the Depot
grounds aforesaid and the Depot
grounds of tie Chicago, Rock Island
& Pacific Railroad Company ia said
city, for such compensation and upon
such terms and conditions as may be
decidedto be fair and reasonable by
two dsinterested Railroad Snperinten-
dents Tone to be chosen by each par
ty}sor their umpire; but if said city
shall not require said Rock Island &
Peoria Railroad Company to share
said grounds with the first Railroad
Company whose road shall be so com
pleted as aforesaid, then said Rock
Island & Peoria Railroad Company
may share the same, on its own mo-
ton, with said other Company, upon
terms mutually satisfactory to the two
Companies, and thereby exhaust the
privilege Of the saidcity to require the
same to be shared as aforesaid; but
said city reserves the right, by ordi-
nance, to require said company or
companies to construct and maintain
suitable crossings over and across such
railroad tracks as shall be constructed
on said depot grounds, in front of
Otter street, and to require said com
panies not to unnecessarily interfere
in the transaction Of their business
with the use Of said crossings by the
public.
1t is further expressly understood
and agreed, that if the said city shall
at any future time grant the public
grounds lying eighty feet north of the
south line Of Mississippi street and be-
tween the Depot grounds aforesaid and
the west line of Eagle street, for De-
pot and other Railroad purposes, to
any Railroad Company whose road
shall come into said city and into said
grounds from the East, the said city
shall in that case have the right to
require said Rock Island 4 Peoria
Railroad Company, or the occupants
Of said Depot grounds herein first
above described, to exchange such
portion or portions thereof for such
equal portion or portions Of said last
mentioned grounds, as shall accommo-
date each and all of said Companies,
in respect to length Of switches and
otherwise, as equally and equitably as
may be, provided that no such ar
rangement or distribution shall be
made as shall materially impair the
use or value Of any permanent struct-
ures then erected and being on any
part Of said Depot Grounds herein
first above described. The terms and
manner Of such exchange, arrange
ment and distribution shall be deter
mined By agreement Of said Compa-
MES respectively. if they can so agree,
and if not. then by disinterested Rail
road Superintendent ito be chosen,
one by each of said Companies) or
their umpire, and said city shall have
the right, in order to promote and eff
feet such arrangement. if necessary, to
require said Rock Island Il Peoria
Railroad Company to take up, relocate
and relay its main track through the
Depot grounds SO to be granted to said
Eastern road, so as TO accommodate
said last mentioned road as fully as
may be,without materially obstructing
the connection of said Rock Island d
Peoria Railroad with the Chicago,
Rock Island " Pacific Railroad.
Nothing herein contained shall be
deemed in any way to affect the
bond of indemnity heretofore execu-
ted by the Rock Island Il Peoria Rail
road Company to said city, or to ex-
tend the temporary right Of said Com
pany to maintain and use the switch
now laid down on the Levee, east Of
Jefferson street in said city.
In testimony whereof. &c.