, 1874-12-30
Copy and Translation eta Contract made be-
t0ee~ Planters and the Acting Darec-
tor 0f Uslne DiU0u.

ta0een Planter and the Acting Darec-
tor Of Usine Dillon.
Between the undersigned -
LIST. Monsieur.
end. Madame. .....- both Proprietors of
the Estate
3rd. Monsieur and Madame .Proprie-
tors Of Estate. 1919.
9th. Monsieur Proprietor of EState,s =.
All the Estates situate in the District of =.
and Monsieur. ........
Proprietor, acting as the Administrator or Di-
rector OF the Anonymous Company of Usine La
Dillon, with a Capital Of One Million Five
Hundred Thousand Francs.
The following is agreed -
The Proprietors aforementioned, Adherents
OF the USine La Dillon, in view of securing the
transport of their canes and provisions, claim
the establishment of a tramway connecting their
Estates to the sea side, at a point to be de-
termined on by the Administrator.
Monsieur .........a such, agrees to the
demand.
In consequence he obliges himself, upon the
following terms, to establish a tramway start.
ing from a point at the sea side, and finishing
at the extremity of the boundaries Of
This railway is to be established by the
Engineer of the Company. so as to conoiliate
the interest Of this with that of the Proprietors.
The Company reserves to itself the right to
finish this railroad in two years; the first p0r-
ton to be finished by the thirty-frst Of Deem
Der, 1870, should reach the limits of the
Two Estates ...... and. .......
The previous study necessary to establish
the points of departure and the tracing of this
line and the possibility of extending it beyond
tho Iimifp nf EcfotoO
On these points the present agreement will
only become obligatory to the Company should
its further execution and completion be found
possible and advantageous to the Company.
The aforementioned proprietors, each gra-
tuitously and under rights of servitude for
all times that the Usine may exist, cede the
passage through their lands, necessary for the
tramways, which the Usine may require not
only for their own service but for that of
other Proprietors who may be tributaries
to the Usine.
The Administrator of the Usine will regu-
late the quantity of canes to be supplied by
each Adherent this will be arranged accord
ing to the requirements of the Usine, and in
such a manner that all the Estates may finish
crop about the same time.
The PrOprietors bind themselves to load
daily, and in rotation according to the order
of service established by the Administrator,
the Wagons which may be put at their disposal
along the line, and by which they are to trans
port their canes to the sea side to the spot
indicated for shipment; this shall be done by
the Proprietors at their own expense, as like
wise the loading Of the lighters put at their
disposal at the place of shipment.
The lighters brought to this spot in the
morning should be loaded and delivered to the
tug-boat of the Usine in the evening of the
same day. The weight of their minimum load
shall be determined on by the Administrator
The rolling material and the mules neces-
sary for the carriage of the canes on the rail-
road will be supplied by the Usine. This
material will be placed under the charge of the
aforementioned Proprietors, who will under
take at their expense its care. The repairs
necessary to the railway and for the Wagons,
will be betrayed by the Usine.
It is forbidden to use the mules in any work
other than that of the Usine.
The Administrato reserves to himself the
right of taking charge of the mules should he
so deem it expedient; he always has the right
to withdraw them after crop.
All the expenses which the making of these
agreements may entail shall be paid, half by
the Company of the Usine, the other half by
the Proprietors interested in its registration.
Made in duplicate, 60. &c.