The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-01-14

out its whole length and breadth,is located
end The right whenever said company
shall see fit (sce sec. 8, of said agreemcnt)
to "lay down, construct and operate a single
or double line of rails, OF such form of rail,
guane and manner Of construction, as they
may deem judiGous, upon or along the
levee or embankment, or any parts thereof !
and NAV use the same for the transportation
of passengers, goods, and merchandise, by
steam or other power subject only to such
reasonable and Just rules and regulations
as TO the use of their tracks, ms may be
made and imposed by the proper authorities
of Cairo City for the time being; but no
rules or regulations shall be imposed, or II
imposed, need be respected which in effect
would essentially impair or entirely de-
stroy the right of constructing and oper-
ating the tracks on the levee or cmbank-
mentn
Bird The fee, simple title and ownership
for Depot Grounds of all those portions OF
land commonly spoken Of as parts of Levec
Street. lying between the southery line OF
18th Street, extended eastwardly and the
northery line of 18th Street extended east
wardy, and between the southerly line of
4th Street extended eastwardly and the
northery line of end Street extended east
wardy-with the right to "lay down,
maintain and operate there lines of tracks
and rails, upon the above described lands,
in such manner and form as they may
deem proper; and may use thereon steam or
other power of any kind, subject only to
the general liabilities Of land owners, as to
the use of their property, but exempt from
any special rules or obligations imposed or
attempted to be imposed by "the Trustees
of the Cairo City Property or any OF their
grantees, including the City Of Cairo, (sec
sections 0, 10 g. II of said agrcemcnt)
The agreement above referred to, was so
modified by supplemental agreement of
May 31st 1855 between the same parties, as
to allow the Illinois Central Railrod Com
pany Csce item "Fourth'D to construct and.
complete certain portions of saaii1f' embank.
ments or levces provided f9s,n tbo orioira,
agreement, 'an''" (which portions may be
l"''D"ro ''la 1,.sf;66frtion of Lcvee Street be-
Iow ,I,.aaat.strcet, where it comes towards the
Mississippi Levee and where the embank-
mcnt Is not yet completed as provided by
the original agreement only "as fast as the
business of the Illinois Central Railroad re-
qurcs the extension of Its track over and
upon any portion of the bank of the Mis-
sissippi River.
Under this supplemental agreement said
Railroad Company has the right to proceed
to complete the embankmeDt around said
curve, as it is now doing; and when the
same is completed to lay down and operate
a single or double line of rails thereon, &C.,
as provided for in the original agreement,
in all respects the same as upon the balance
Of Lcvee Street, between 4th and 18th
Streets.
further find that the City of Cairo by
Ordinance approved April 1st, 1878 vacated
Leyee Street between the southerly line of
18th Street and the southerly line of Bath
Street and that under and by virtue Of such
Ordinance and subsequent release of dam
ages by owners of property abutting on said
Levee Street SO vacated and Deeds of con-
veyance executed by the "Trustees of the
Cairo City Property" Ito whom the fee in
said street so vacated revertcdD to said
Railroad Company, the latter became the
owners of such street so vacated, with right
to use the same generally for Railroad pur-
poses and such tracks, switches, &c, &C.,
as said Company deems proper.
further find that the City of Cairo, by
Ordinance passed in pursuance OF legal
and proper petition ofadjoinlng lot owners,
and approved Nov. 9th, 1880, granted to
the said Railroad Company the right
to lay down an additional side
track on the easterly side of Lcvee
Street from the souhcrly side Of
4th Street to point 2l0 feet northwardy,
| to connect with its main track, on condition
precedent that said company removes its
present double line of rails fronting the
southerly end OF Block No. ., eastwardly,
sufficient distance to leave a good roadway
along Levcc Street to 4th Street Of at least
twenty feet in width, at the corner of 4th
and Lcvee Street, from the corner of the side
walk;and also that said Company plank and
| gravel its tracks on Lcvec Street in accord
ancc with the Ordinances of the City and
to the satisfaction of the Mayor and Com
mittee on Streets-thc right thus granted to
| be forfeited and cease to exist whenever