San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-08-04
THE WORK ACCOMPLISHED.
Full Text of the Contract Signed for tn
Northwestern Road

Full Text of the Contract Signed for the
Northwestern Road
The following is a copy of the agreement be
tween the San Antonio and Arkansas Pass rail
road and the committees of BeXar, Kendall
and Kerr counties for the Northwestern route:
STATE OF TEXAS,
County of BeXar.
This contract and agreement, made in dupli-
cate between the San Antonio and Arkansas
Pass railroad of the first part, acting herein by
and through President UTiah Lott, and certain
citizens of BeNar, Kendall and Kerr as parties
OF the second part, acting herein by and
through their authorized committee men, VIZ,
for Bexar county: William Heuerman, l.. NJ.
Their, II. ID. Kampmann, and john j. Stevens;
for Kerr county: Charles Schrelner, ). A.
Tiyy G. X. Parsons, W. Scott, A. Rees, X. II.
Burney, }. NJ. Witt, and $. n: Wel6orn; and
for Kendall county, at Comfort: Theodore
wiedenfeld, Z. lngenhuitt and X. Faltin, and
at Boerne: ID. s. Irons, j. Reinhardt, and W.
witnessetf, that whereas said committees
in behalf of the second part, have this day de-
livered, and by these presents do hereby
deliver TO the party OF the hrst part part;
part to the first bonds Of the said railroad
company to the amount of two hundred
and eighty thousand dollars lS2s0,OU TO DE
paid upon the conditions and stipulatiOns and
In accordance with the subscription lists, and
have also turned over and delivered to the
parties of the first part guarantees for fnli
Bexar county, that is TO say, from the present
north end of the San Antonio and Arkansas
Pass railroad track IN san ANTONIO, 10 tne
town of Kerrville, in Kerr county, together
with free depot grounds, suitably located for
such purpose, within one mile OF the court
house in the town Of Boerne, in Kendall coun-
ty and within one mile from the public square
in Comfort, and the same within one mile of
MOore's hotel. in Centre Point, and the same
within one mile from the courthouse in the
town of Kerrville between Quinan and
Towns creek: each of the said depot sites TO
consist including right-of-way, of twenty
acres of ground in a strip 400 feet wide more
or less by 200 feet, more or less Now there
fore, for and in consideration of the payments
by parties of the second part, said subscription
hereafter well and truly to be made
and for the futher consideration of
the full and perfect performance
of the guarantees made for free right OF way
and depot grounds, the party of the hrst part
agrees, obligates and binds itself to construct,
euuip and operate what is known as the north
western extension of its lines OF railroad from
the city of San Antonio to the town OF Kerr;
vile, in Kerr county, and 10 construct ana
maintain depots on line of said road, one with
in one mile of the courthouse in the town OF
Boerne, one within one mile OF the public
square in the town of Comfort, one within one
mile of Moore's hotel In the town of Centre
Point, and one within one mile or the court
house and between Quinlan and Town creeks;
in the town of Kerrville. Said line of raj road
to be constructed and tract laid to the depot
site at the town of Kerrville, within fifteen
l6 months from date hereof
II is further specially agreed and understood
that should the party of the first part, in
selecting depot sites, as herein provided for,
to be given free, select any such sites with
buildings already thereon, then the party of
the first part shall be required to pay the rea-
sOnable value of such buildings.
In witness whereof we have signed this in
strument in duplicate, on the I'd day oil Au-
gust, A. ID. 1886.
isl U. LOTT,
Attest: President y. A. " L. H. X.
J. Ii. ELwOoD, Assistant Secretary.
Committee for BeXar cOunty-W. Heurman,
L NJ Gregory G w Breckenridge, c + Guenther,
Kampmann, John J Stevens.
Committee for Kerr cOunty-Charles Schrei-
ner, Jos A Tivy, G X Parsons, Scott, AlOnzo
Rees, X III Burney. .
Committee for Kendall county-S Well.
borne, Thee Wiedenfeld, p lngenhuitt, Richard
Faltin, ID Irons, JnO Reinhardt, W g Kings
bury,