The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-10-02


City to sign a contract with THE SAT-
Lake and Fort Douglas RaiItOay Com
| pany."
Be it resoIvcd by the City Council Of Salt
Lake City: That "The Salt Lake and
Fort Douglas Railway Company" its
successors and assigns, have a right of
way, for the period of twenty-five years,
over and along the following named
streets of said city, to construct, main
! tain, and operate two or three-railed
steam railway from point connecting
with the Denver and Rio Grande
Western Railway on Eighth South
| Street, and running east to the crossing
of the Utah Central Railway, with the
privilege of connecting with said Utah
! Central Railway, by separate switch;
| thence east along said Eighth South
| Street, curving south on to and along
| Seventh East to Ninth South Street;
1 thence curving east on to and along
! Ninth South Street to Tenth East
| Street; curYing north on to and along
said street, along and across the Jordan
| and Salt Lake City Canal; thence curv-
| ing easterly. and crossing Fourth, Third
and Second South Streets to the City
/ Gravel Block on Twelfth East and First
South Streets; along and across said
! Twelfth East Street, curYing on TO First
South Street, along and across said
street to Thirteenth East Street, thence
north, east and south By the most feast
I BILE grade TO the line of the Fort Douglas
| Military Reservation, or the terms and
| conditions contained IN the following
agreement, 10 wit:
I 4 IL
/ into this day of -, in the
| year of our Lord. one thousand, eight
hundred and eighty-four, by and
between Salt Lake City, Il municipal
! corporation, organized and existing
! under the laws of Utah Territory, party
of the first part, and hereinafter desig-
mated as "said city" and The Salt Lake
and Fort Douglas Railway Company, r
railway corporation of Utah Territory,
hereinafter designated as "said railway
company" party OF the second part.
| WitResseth:
Whereas, the said railway company
is about TO construct and operate
| through the streets of Salt Lake City a
railroad to carry passengers and freight
| for hire, and for this purpose has
applied to said city for right of way
over and along its streets and highways,
and for the privilege of laying tracks
and running cars thereon, and the said
city has granted said application for a
period of twenty-five years to said rail
way company on the terms and condi-
J tons following, to wit
FirSt-In consideration Of the cove
nants and agreements made by the said
railway company, and hereinafter con-
| tanned, said city has granted, given and
extended, and by these presents does
| grant, give and extend unto the said
railway company a right Of way and
| transit, and a right to build, own,
maintain and operate q two or three
rallied steam railway, with power to
move cars thereon from point con-
Meeting with the Denver & Rio Grande
! Western Railway on Eighth South
| Street, and running east 10 the crossing
| of the Utah Central Railway with the
privilege of connecting with said Utah
Central Railway by 4 separate switch ;
thence east along said Eighth South
| Street to Seventh East Street, curVing
south on to and along Seventh East to
+! Ninth South Street. thence curYing east
on to and along Ninth South to Tenth
East Street; ,curYing north on TO and
along said street, along and across the
Jordan and Salt Lake City Canal !;
! thence curving easterly, and crossing
Fourth, Third and Second South Streets
! to the City Gravel Block on Twelfth
/ East and First South Streets; along and
| across said Twelfth East Street, curVing
on to First South street, along and
across said street to Thirteenth East
| Street; thence north, east and south by
! the most feasible grade to the line OF the
Fort Douglas Military Reservation, with
necessary and convenient switches, side
! track and turntables ut the termini and
depots of its road; switches and
| changes in location OF track to be
made only by consent and with the
approval OF the City Council OF said city
! Pr0rided, That no freight shall be
| loaded or unloaded except at the termi-
nal points or depotS OF said railway.
| In consideration lcbereOf, the said rail
way company has agreed for itself. its
| successors and assigns. and by these
presents does agree for itself, its success
| Sors and assigns:
first.--That all tracks laid by said
railway company shall be III the centre
| of the streets, except where il IS neces-
| sary TO make curves in connecting with
! the Denver & Rio Grande Western
Railway, and with the Utah Central
| Railway, and to turn on to the other
| streets as hereinbefore described; and
| no tracks Snau De ldlu upon any sue
walk except to enter or leave the block
to which it is adjacent.
Second. That all of the said railway
company's tracks shall be laid upon
and conform to the established grade OF
the several streets upon which they run,
and if Ich grade is afterwards changed
by order of the City Council, said rail-
way company shall, at It's own expense,
change its track to conform to the same,
and shall keep the road ballasted with
gravel TO within one and half inches
of the top of the rails.
Third.-That the said railway COM
pany shall gravel and maintain, in good
condition, al the established grade, the
streets along which It's track runs, for
a distance OF twenty feet on each side of
the outer rails, subject TO the approval
of the Supervisor of Streets; said i'm
provements to be made as follows: One
MALT within one year, and the other half
within two years after the commence
ment Of building the road, and said rail
way company shall have permission to
take gravel for said purpose from the
City Gravel Block.
I Fourth. railway company shall
put in and maintain plank crossings be
tween the rails, and one foot on the out
side Of the outer rails, for theenhre
width of West Temple street, East TEN