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

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the said purchaser shall not be required to
maintain transportation for freight or pas
sengers over said portion of said railroad,
so purchased as aforesaid, t0and from Lake
Pontchartrain.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That for the
purpose of atfOrding unbroken cOmmunlca-
ton between the extension of the POnt-
Chartrain Railroad Company, hereinbefore
referred to, with Morgan's Louisiana and
Texas railroad, at the spaces designated IN
this and the subsequent sections OF this
act, and to facilitate the speedy transpOrta-
ton of railroad cars and the ready and safe
delivery and receipt of freight, the said
Charles Morgan shall be au hOrized to con
struct, use and maintain such tracks, side
tracks, switches and turnouts as may be
necessary, from the lower side Of st. Philip
street to the upper side Of Toulouse street,
connecting the same with the ferryboats
and with the portion of the Pontchartrain
railroad purchased by him, as contem-
plated by this act. and described In the first
section thereof.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That for
the purpose of facilitating said continuous
and unbrOken communication OF railroad
cars, and Of providing a place for the re-.
ceipt and delivery Of freight and passen-
gers at the place designated, a space shall
be set apart, not less than four hundred
feet, fronting on the river, commencing at
the upper line of Marigny street, and ex-
tending upward along the river and back to
the street in front of the Port Market, to
serve as a landing exclusively for steam
ferry-boats carrying the trains of railroad
cars appertaining to said Morgan's Louisi-
ana and Texas railroad, and the receipt and
delivery of freight at said space, with the
privilege of running tracks on the ievee, so
as to afford suitable convenience for run
ming the said cars from and on said ferry
boats to railroad tracks terminating
at said ferry landing; and the said
Charles Morgan is further authorized
to construct ON the levee, between the up
per line of Barracks street and the upper line
of Marigny street railroad track or tracks,
with suitable turnOuts and sidings, and all
necessary local machinery, to afford the
requisite convenience for transmission
and locomotion of the said railroad
cars and trains of cars from and
on the said ferry boats; and the
said track or tracks, sidings and turnouts,
shall connect with and form part of the
extension of the Pontchartrain Railroad
Company, hereinbefOre referred to in the
first section of this act; and the city Of
New Orleans, through its legal Administra-
tors, shall be required to set apar: said
space, hereinbefore referred to, and
space, fronting on the Mississippi river, of
not less than one hundred and seventy feet,
fronting on the line of the Mississippi river,
commencing on the lower line Of st. Anne
street, and running upward to the extent of
one hundred and seventy feet. as aforesaid,
and extending back, in straight lines, to
Levee or Peters street, to serve ex
clusively as ferry landing and depot for
passengers and freight; also to set aside
space Of one hundred and twenty-five feet,
fronting on the Mississippi river, COM
mencing on the lower side of ST. Anne
street, and running down along the margin
of the river a distance of one hundred and
twenty -fiye feet, as aforesaid, to be used
exclusively as landing for said steam
ferries, with the exclusive privilege of re-
ceiving and delivering at the same any
freight carried or to be carried on Morgan's
Louisiana and Texas Railroad.
Sec. s. Be it further enacted, That the
privileges. rights and franchises conferred
by this act, shall continue until forfeited by
abandonment or a breach of the conditions
and obligation upon which they are confer
red. to be ascertained and determined in due
course Of law.
SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That the
fourteenth section of the act entitled ''An
act 10 incorporate the Pontchartrain Rail
road Company be and the same is hereby
repealed
Sec. s. Be it further enacted, That this
act shall have full force and effect from and
after its passage and as soon as the same
shall have been accepted by the sharehold
ers of the Pontchartrain Railroad Company
holding a majority in the number of shares
of said company, said shareholders to be
convened after ten days notice in the news
papers of the city of New Orleans.
(Signed) o. H. BREWSTER,
Speaker of the House OF Representatives.
(Signed) 7. b. S. PINCHBACk.
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved February "a 1872
(SignedI H. c. WARMOTH.
Governor of the State OF Louisiana.
A true copy:
+. j. HEBRON,
Secretary Of State.