The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1871-12-28
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THE CROSSING Or cas- ~. PAU.
& PAClFlC Il. lt. INTO ST.. CLOUD.

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WHEnEAs, Alta meeting % the Bard Of
Directors OF the Northern Pacific Ra,lroad
Company, held on the 18th day Of Decem-
Der. A. b, 1871, The following resolution
was unanimously adopted. to-wit
"Resolpe1, That the crossing by the st.
Paul h Pacific Railroad, Of the Mis-. issip-
pi River, u 81. Cloud. bs \. the 'Wl,son
Crossing so-'slled; Pr.v,dsd Asvever.,
that there DO given to that company, tree Of
cost, the RICH. Of way through the CITY, and
twenty acres of land for depot grounds, CON
veniently located, and good and sufficient
guarantee for the issue and delivery to the
81. Paul { Pacific Railroad Company ofgix.
ty-6ve Thousand Dollars In the tity's Bonds
bearing interest not less than seven per
cent. payable semi.annually, the principal
payable In not less than twenty years j.
AID provided also, that the city Of Saiat.
Cloud shall never BY the action Of it, City
Council Or otherwise, restrict the speed Of:
that oompany's trains {; Axdproeided also.
that the city Of St. Cloud shall hold that
company harmless from Ill expense for
maintaining gates or dsxmen ON the line
Of said road within tbs limits Of said CITY"
An authenticated copy Of which rssolu.
don is now before tho Common Council of
the city of st. Cloud, for action thereon;
Therefore; - 80
The Common Council Of the City Of st.
Cloud do resolve: @,s-,
First. That tho said Resolution is salts
factory to the City OF ST. Cloud, and that the
same with all and singular the provisos,
terms and conditions thereof, is hereby 90.
cepted, and the said city of st. D!oud doth
hereby undertake and resolve, that tho said
provlsos. terms and conditions shall in all
things be truly AMI faithfully kept, perform
ed and fulfilled to and with the said St. Paul
& Pacific Railroad Company, its successors
and assigns, according to the true intent
and meaning OF the said Resolution and
that the constituted authorities and people
Of SAID City Of Z St. Cloud viii take
all necessary and proper steps, within
their power, to secure the legislation requi.
site to authorize the issuing OF such bonds
to said railroad comp any, in legal form !;
and that the apthorilles Of said city will
issue such bonds to the extent and in the
manner in said resolution prescribed, when
thereunto duly authorized; and the good
faith of the Common Council and OF said
city i: :, hereby are: fully pledged to said com
Second That the City Of St. Cloud, or its
successors, shall never by the action of its
Common Council or otherwise, restrict tho
speed Of the st. Paul and Pacific Railroad
company . trains withinthe corporate linn
its Of said City or elsewhere, and that the
said city and its successors shall and will
forever hold that Company and its suoes-
so-s harmless Of and from Ill expense Of
maintaining gates and hsgmen, or either,
within the corporate limits, present or fu-
ture. Of said city and its successors.
It being understood that these resolu-
tlons are passed in consideration Of tho es-
tablishment BY tho said st. Paul & Pacific
Railroad Company Of the crossing Of the
Mississippi river 6y their said road, in ao-
cordsnoe with the said resolution, at what
il known - the ssWilson CROSSING" ct the
foot Of st. Augusta street, and the con-
structing, maintaining and running Of the
said road thence to the depot grounds
aforesaid to be selected by said city within
its present corporate limits, and the con-
struoting and maintaining Of depot build
ings thereon; and running thence in q
westerly direction in . straight line "a
possible to crossing Of the Sank river not
north OF the south half of section four,
town one hundred and twenty-four, ranga
sWouty.o48ot tho eal0 D0noe 70 Dear cate
and be delivered 10 said Railroad Company
on the fall performance and completion
Of the conditions Of this resolution to be
performed by said Company
AYEs- AID. Bridgman, Carter, Dorr,
Owen, Powell, S.hulten, J. G. Smith, P.
smith, Smith and Mr.. President
NAYs-None. 49,, s..ts
Approved, Dec. 26, 1871.
I.-'.. CHAS. D. KERR,
Mania" r IBARH5s.. Mayor