The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1878-06-15

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daux, that Is twenty five feet on each side
OF the stakes recently laid out by Mr..
Peeler, Civil engineer; and also to pay
any attorneys fees, costs or expenses Ter
value or removal of buildings ami fences
that may obstruct the said right Of way,
which the party Of the First part pay be
condemned or held to pay, all this with a
view Of securing to said Party of the FIRST
Part clear aud u~nencumbered title to said
right of way. Provided, However, that il
at anv time the. said branch railroad is
abandoned, Or removed, or ceases to be
operated for an unreasonable length OF
time, then and III either event the right OF
way aforesaid shall revert in full owner
ship free and clear from all liens, privileges,
mortgages or ncumbrances, to the Parry
of the Second Part.
~Seo0aI-Ihe Company aforesaid, Party
of the First palt, is now and forever hereby
given the right of way on and along Back
and Church streets in the Town OF Thibo
daux FOR the use Of the said branch rail
raad, with full power and authority to III
terseet Lower and upper Canal, Jackson,
Harrison, Clinton, Rose, Cider, st. Mary
and Levee streets and with full power
aud authority to lay tracks, sidiugs and
switches Oil and along lack amt Church
streets, and also Oh and along Leyee street
from the Thibodaux Saw EIjll to a noiht'
iANU ioH Al bj's,i a. lux III y W v pEo
longation OF the upper side of the upper
pavement on jackson street in a straight
line cut to the base of the levee; and with
full power aud authority to erect and Tor
ever maintain II turn table in the trian-
gle OF ground which lies betweonf the fol-
lowing lines to-wit: Ist. A prolongation in
straight line to base of levee OF the upper
size OF upper pavement on jackson street;
2nd. A Understanding from the first line,
s.olng M along the base of the Levee;
3td. 4 line extending from the first line,
going up along the South side of Levee
street, provided, however, that said trIn
cable is located and constructed so as not
10 Interfere with free passage of vehicles,
horsehen and pedestrians, alorg and
over Levee. jackson and Main streets and
TO ana FROM IitooGaux Bridge.
1hii|-And the said Company, Party Of
the tirs5 Past, is hereby givel fail power
and authority to construct, build and for
ever thereafter own and maiutain for it's
exclusive use end benefit, % wharf with
buildings, warehouses and machinery
thereon. at the upper end Of the Town OF
Thiboaar1, OF the right bank of Bayou
Lafotrche said whaifnot to extend below
cile lower Ille Of Lawrence keeie's lot
aforesaid, and going up not to extend hey
| ond the lower line OF Patrick Eogan's
Foundry; and the said wharf is to CON-
menee at the base Of the levee next to I.e-
wee street and is to extend into Bayou
LAafouIehe o distance not to exceed seven
teen feet to be computed from tho ceatre
of the top of the levee.
FL Hrth-The Town of Thib0lauX, Party
of the Second Part, hereby bind and obi
| gates Itself to pay to the aforesfid Com
pany. party Of the first part, a Joaus vi
Five Thousand Dollars $4,000. o1j in five
equal annual i~nstallments OF One Thous-
AID Dollars t$t0n0 00l each due aud paya-
bic on the first day OF July of the years
1879, 1886. 1881, 1882, and 1888 with eight
per cent per annum interest from aud alter
the maturity of each 1nsts llrnent until full
and final payment.
Now therefore n order the more fully to
secure the puneJsial payment of said in
sta!ments together with such eventual in
terest as may accrue thereon. The Party
of the Second part, hereby pledges AMI
pawns to and unto The party OF the first
part, the Two hundred and sesenty-seven
shareso of TweHsy Ave Dollars each owned
by the Town OF Thihodaux in the Capitai
Stock Of the Thlbodaux Bridge Company,
as well as all dividends from aud after the
first day of January 1879 that NAV accrue
and be declared upon said shares-nrovid-
ed. however, that any surplus OF dividends
yearly after paying the annual install
nnent of One Thousand dollars with such
interest as may have accrued shall belong
TO aud be collectable by the Town Of Tl,ibo
dauX; oud provided further that If at any
time within i've years after the compile
ton of the Branch railroad aforesaid. the
same Is abandoned or taken up tho Party
Of tho First Part shall return and leinl-
burse to the Town Of Thibodaux the bouus
aforesaid of Five thousand Dollars OF 50
much thereof as shall nave been paid to.
and received by the Party of the First part.
The certificate for said Town Hundred and
seventy seven shares was thereupon pro
dnced by the said Mayor Grisamore, act
ing as aforesaid, and was duly pa,aphed
"Ne V~ariatma'" by me Notary to identity ii
herewith, and was delivered to Mr.. Pan.
dely, acting herein as aforesaid, who, in
the nanlo and on behalf of Morgan's Louis
lana and Texas Railroad and Steam ehiI
Company, hereby acknowledges possession
and delivery thereof.
Ftfh-The town Of Thibodanx, Party OF
the Second Part. binds and oblieates itself
TO give full and unencurlhered title to the
whole at Lawrence keefe's lot aforesaid
with all buildings thereon, except one els.
tern and the fruit trees on said lot, to the
Party of the First part, the Depot for said
branch railroad. shall be built and erected
by Party OF the first part on said lot o. on
so much thereof as may be deemed necessa
~ by said CoinTany and shall not thu eaf
Ter De removed bllefe1rOm without the con
sent OF the Party of the Second Part. and
if said Branch railroad is ever taken u
abandoned or ceases to he operated then
aud Ill either event, clear and uneneum-
berea title to said lot is to revert to the
Town of Thioodaux and to James ". Bod
ley Of Wheeling West Virginia, in the pro
portion Of Two tifths to the Town OF Thtbo
daay and Three iitths TO the SAID James w
Hodley.
Si2th-The Town of T~hibodaux. PARTY
oE the Second Part, furthermore binds and
obi rates itself 10 locate wherever it NAV
deem NEST advantageous and to omen and
dedicate TO public use a street forty feet
wide from Jackson Or st. Mary street to the
Depot Lot aforesaid and in case the said
new street is located from st. Mary street
to the said Depot Lot then anu in thai
case the Party Of the Second Part, biuas
and ob'i9ates itself also to locate, open and
DEDICATE to public use an alley way ter
feet wide from Jackson street to the said
DeIotLot,
SepenM-And if the aforesaid Railroad
Company should continue or extend its
railroad up the aforesaid Bayou Lafourche
or towards Lahadievilld and N~apo'eonville
the aforesaid Depot shall the1lceforth b.
useu and maintained for freight purpose
only and said Company shah have the
right and privilege to construct and use a
Passenger Depot at some other point, more
convenient to The railroad Company, and
as near as possible to the point OF com
increment Of the road which may be ex
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