The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-10-25
THE UNION PACIFIC, SOUTHERN
BRANCH.
90 Contract .for its COnstructiOn.


Branch. /
The contract bears date Emporia Au-
gust 23I. The party of the first part is
the Union Pacific Southern Branch Co..
represented by its Board of Directors. at
present consisting OF N. S. Goss. Presi-
dent, A. Akin, Vice President, P B,
Maxson, Secretary, P. B. Plumb, Treas
urer. T. Il. Walker, P. Z. Taylor. H. F. |
Hale, J. w. Mcmillan, S. S. Prouty, R. |
Norton, l. W. Dow. The party of the
second part consists Of Messrs Albeit f.
Beach, OF BallstOn Spa. N. Y. Richard
McMichael, Saratoga, N. Y, J. J. Dull,
Harrisburgh, Pa, James Gowan, North
Adams, Mass, l. V Baker, Troy N. Y,
and others who may be associated with
the said Beach, McM;chael, Dull. Cow
an and Baker. The object of the 10
ion Pacific Southern Branch Co. to build
a railroad from Junction city, down the
Neosho Valley in the direction of Fort
Gibson, and to that end that it has sc
cured the posse ssion of certain valuable
franchises consisting of Government and
State lands and county bonds, right of
way, &c, is then set forth, followed by
the covenants and agreements of the party
of the first part to the following teno~:
That !or the purpose of the construction
of the said road under this contract the
ronte from Junction city to the north
boundary of the Usage Indian lands.
shall bedivided into FIVE divisions CORES
Pending il the main to the boundaries o.
the several counties along the line; that
on the completion by The parties of the
second part, of the grading. bridging, ma
sonry and the laying of the superstructare
and iron on said proposed railway to a
point ten miles distant from the junction
of said railway with the Union Pacific
Railway, Eastern Division, that the said
party of the first part will convey to the
said parties OF the second part onebalf of
the Davis county bonds voted TO aid in
! the construction Of the said road, and on
! the completion of the road through Davis
county, then the remaining half of the
Davis county bonds to be delivered TO
the parties of the second part, together
with all the lands granted by the United
States Government to aid in the construc.
ion o. said road that will accrue to that
portion of the line, and also from the
grant by the State of Kansas of an addi-
tional amount to make up an aggregate Of
one hundrel thousand acres, together
with the absolute peaceable possession in
fee of that portion of said road so as afore-
said constructed. On the completion OF
the said road to Council Grove, then one
half the Morris county bonds are delivered,
and when completed through the county,
then the remainder of the Morris county
bonds, aud the lands that accrue, together
with one. third the remaining State lands.
On completion to Emporia. one half OF
Lyon county bonds are turned over, and
when completed through the county, re-
manning county bonds, Government lands
that accrue and one half remaining Safe
lands. The same conditions are obserV-
ed on the completion of the line through
Coffey, WoodsoE, Allen aud other coun-
Ii es. to the line of the Usage Reservation,
which IS four miles south of Humboldt.
The covenants and agreements of the
party of the second part are as follows:
That the construction Of the road is to
be commenced on the 18th of October
next, that the gauge shall be four feet
eight inches, to conform to the gauge oil
connecting lines; the grading through
thorough cuts shall be twelve feet base;
the road bed to be not less than ten feet
vile. The bridge masonry TO be first
class rouble work; the foundations to be
perfectly solid and built on piling when
necessary, and the beds of the stone suit
ably cut and fitted and laid in first class
cement mortar; the wing walls to extend
to distance sufficient to give protection
from foods; the arched culYeTts 10 be oil
fret class culvert masonry. well laid 10
cement mortar; the box cuIverts TO be
laid in a good substantial manner. with
suitable stone, dry work on firm louu-
dalton.
The bridges that shall span the Neosho
river to be of first class Howe Truss,
and first class pins timber, and no span
~ CACCSd b"O duu Twenty suF6
feet; bolts and NUS TO be If first quality
wrought iron, the stays OF cast iron and
slriUgers to be of seasoned oak or pine
lumber; bridges over lesser streams to be
of good and substantial character, and
capable of sustaining an engine of thirty
tons weight together with heavily laden
train Of freight care; the cross ties to be
of durable timber, eight inches thick,
with face bearing of not less than four
inches in width and to average not over
2 feet six inches from center to center as
laid; the iron rails to be Of good quality
and of fifty six (56) lbs. weight TO the
linear yard, we'll laid and surfaced; tue
chairs and spikes to be of first quality
wrought iron. and four spikes TO every
cross tie; the side tracks to be of suffi>
cient length for passenger and freight
trains to meet and pass without delay.
and to be constructed in all respects same
as main line: aud suitable signals 10 be
placed on all switch bars. Station build
1 ings to be erected to accommodate the
1 following points as fast SO the line Is
completed: Junction City, Council Grove
Emporia, Burlington, Leroy, Neosho
Falls, and such other points as the line
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