Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-04-13
DIVISION OF TERRITORY.
The Plan of Diffusion Proposed
bu the SO-c0ILed Joint Lease.

Following are the provisions of the
agreement between the o. r. & NJ, the
Northern Pacific and the Union Pacific
companies concerning division Of terri
tory in the Columbia river basin. The
extracts are from an official copy of the
agreement.
Except as otherwise herein elsewhere
provided, in the territory north of the
Columbia river to its junction with the
Snake river, and thence north of the
Snake river to its junction with the
Clearwater, and thence north of the
Clearwater Except within the distance
of fifteen miles of the Columbia and
Palouse railroad and its branches south
of the main line of the Northern COM
pany), branch roads shall be con-
structed, or caused to be constructed,
exclusively under the direction and
control and at the expense of the North
ern company and all branch roads or
extensions south of the Salmon river
and east of the Snake river, and south
of line running from Huntington west
to the summit of the Cascade range,
shall be constructed exclusively under
the control and direction and at the ex-
pense of the Short Line or Union COM
panies, as they may determine between
themselves.
All branch roads between the Clear
water river on the north and the Salmon
river on the south, and east of the
Snake river and also within the terri
tory bounded by the summit of the Cas-
cades on the west, the Columbia and
Snake rivers on the north, the Snake
river on the east and a line running
from Huntington west to the summit Of
the Cascade range on the south, shall be
constructed and equipped, or cause to
be constructed aud equipped, exclusive
ly under the direction and control, and
at the expense of the Oregon company.
The Northern company covenants and
agrees to and with the Oregon com pany,
that it, the Northern company, shall not
construct or cause to be constructed or
encourage the construction of any rail-
road within fifteen miles of the Column
bia & Palouse railroad, unless with the
consent of the Oregon company. AT
the request of the Northern company,
but not otherwise, such request to be
made from time to time by authority of
resolutions of its board of directors, ex-
road, and branches, shall be constructed
and equipped by the Oregon company,
at their actual cash cost, on such lines
and from and to such points, as nearly
as may be, as shall be designated in and
by such resolution or resolutions.
And also in order to protect the Co.
lumbia and Palouse road, 30 far as posi-
BILE, from the construction of competing
lines by any company or party, and to
supply the public demand and meet the
requirements of growing settlement and
traffic, the Oregon company, on like re-
quest, but not otherwise, shall construct
and equip, at their actual cash cost, any
branch or branches of the Columbia and
Palouse railroad south of the main line
of the Northern company, and from and
to such points and on such line or lines
as nearly as may be.
IT, at any time during the term of this
indenture, either of the parties of the
second or fourth parts hereto shall be of
opinion that, as respects traffic, it re-
suits in injustice or hardship, then, and
in that event, but without altering any
of the obligations of any of the parties
hereto to the Oregon company, the pro-
visions of this indenture may be 80
modified as to insure, as nearly as posi-
BILE. an absolutely just and equal result
and in case the said parties of the
second and fourth parts shall disagree as
to the method of effecting such result,
the same shall be accomplished by a
submission to arbitration, each of the
said parties of the second and fourth
parts hereto selecting one arbitrator and
the two arbitrators selecting an umpire,
the award of majority of the three ar
bitrators being binding en- said parties
of the second and fourth parts respect
lively.