New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-03-01
AN ACT

To amend an act entitled AN act to incor-
porate the pontchartrain Railroad Com
pany, approved on the twentieth January,
1880, and the several acts amendatory
thereof; also, to enable the said Pontchar-
train Railroad Company to sell to Charles
Morgan, his heirs. successors and assigns,
that portion of said Pontchartrain rail
road, with its tracks, depots, appurte-
nances and franchises, lying between
Girod street and Elysian Fields, and to
authorize said Charles Morgan to iucor-
porate the same with the road now known
as Morgan's Louisiana and Texas railroad,
formerly known as the New Orleans,
Opelousas and Great Western railroad,
and for the purpose of providing continu-
GUS and unbrOken communication between
the same by ferry transportation.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House Of Representatives of the State
OF Louisiana in General Assembly convened,
That the Pontchartrain Railroad Company
be and the same is hereby authorized and
empowered to sell to Charles Morgan all
that portion of said railroad, with its main
and side tracks, its rails, turnouts, depots,
appurtenances and the franchises there
unto appertaining, such as they now exist,
being the portion of said road extending
from its former terminus at the intersection
of Elysian Fields and Peters or Levee
street, along the curbstones bordering the
levee to st. Philip street, thence in the cen
tire of Clay street to Toulouse street, thence
on the levee to the intersection of Canal
and Delta street, and thence in the centre
of Delta street to the upper side of Girod
street, and to their present depOts at the
head of Girod and Lafayette streets, reserv-
Ing only the rolling stock. Said sale to be
for the sum Of two hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars (S250.OO0, payable by said
purchaser on such terms and conditions as
the parties may agree upon.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted. That said
Charles Morgan, should he become the
purchaser of said portion Of the Pon.char
train railroad described in the first section
of this act, be and he is hereby authorized
to maintain, manage and use the same by
carrying passengers and freight thereon,
and for that purpose, by running thereon
cars with steam power OF locOmotiOn along
the said route, with the necessary turnouts
along the said route, to and from the
freight and passenger depots as aforesaid
at the head of Girod aid Lafayette streets,
and to the levee at the intersection OF
Elysian Fields and Peters or Levee street,
and to unite and connect the same with
the railroad now known as Morgan's Loui-
siana and Texas railroad formerly known
as the New Orleans, Opelousas and
Great Western railroad, SO as to run
the passenger and freight cars, or
either, of the last named railroad,
over the portion of the Pontchartrain rail
road purchased by said Charles Morgan, as
contemplated by this act, connecting the
same by ferriage transportation over the
Mississippi river, so as to maintain cOntin-
uous and unbroken transportation of said
railroad cars to and from said Morgan's
Louisiana and Texas railroad, over the por-
ton of said Pontchartrain railroad so pur-
chased by said Morgan, and described in
the first section of this act, up to the pas.
senger and freight depots at the head OF
Glrod and Lafayette streets.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That should
tae said Charles Morgan become the pur-
chaser OF said portion of said Pontchartrain
railroad described in the first section of this
act, and as contemplated therein, the said
Pontchartrain Railroad Company shall be
authorized to sell and transfer to the said
Charles Morgan, his heirs, assigns and sue
cessors, all the rights, privileges, servitudes,
and franchises now enjoyed by said Pontch-
artrain Railroad Company in reference to
said portion of said road so purchased by
him; and in consideration of the facilities
afforded for continuous and unbroken trans
pOrtation of railroad cars over the Louis
lana and Texas railroad to the depots at