The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-14
THE RIGHT OF WAY CONTRACT.
For the Roanoke and Southern
Filed With the Clerk.
a Long Paper Filled with Legal vcrbiage--
The Exact Lines of the Right of Way
Location of Depot and Other Matters--
Dry But Important.

Development and Guarantee Company
and the North Carolina Construction
Company, concerning the right of way
inside the city limits for the Roanoke
and Southern Railway Company, has
been filed in the clerks Office. 1t bears
date Of September s. Divcstcd of part
of it's legal verbiagc it runs about as
follows:
The Guarantee Company agrees, for
the sum of 500 900, to deliver to the Roa-
nokc and Southern Railway Company
an unencumbcred right of way and
terminal facilities rs follows: Starting
at the north side of tho right of way of
the Norfolk and Western railroad IL
strip of land thirty-thrce feet wide run
ming in IL southwestcrly direction across
Campbell street. through tho property
of the Roanoke Land and Improvement
Company, through the lot of the Gas
and Water Company and across Holiday
street to block lying between Campbell,
Holiday, Robertson and Randolph
streets.
The entire block of lots lying between
Campbell on the north, Holiday on the
east, Robertson on the south and Ran
dolph on the west.
The entire block of lots lying between
Robertson on the north, Holiday on the
east, Tazewell on the south and Ran
dolph on the west.
Thence q strip of land 60 feet wide,
running from the block last mentioned
across Tazcwell street, across lots 3, 4,
and fronting on Tazewoll, across an
alley in tho rear of said lots, along an
alley between blocks s and 6, taking in
the rear of all the lots composing said
blocks, thence across an alley in the
rear of block 10, and through block 10
to Buliitt street.
Across to Bullitt to block 20. and
across an alley in roar of same to block
-, taking portion Of said alley and
all of the lots in block "a to Elm street
Thence across Elm street to the block
lying between Elm on the north, Ilolli-
day on the east Mountain on the south
and Nelson on tho west, thence through
said block to Mountain street.
Thence across Mountain and the north
east corner Of the block lying between
Mountain, Holiday, Pine and Nelson to
Holiday.
Across Holiday street to the lot of
land lying between Holiday. Mountain
and Walnut streets, Il strip starting at
the intersection of the above described
right Of way and the east line of IIolli-
day, southwark along east line of said
right of way; produced to point l50 at
right angles to the east line of Holiday,
southwark parallel and 100 feet from
the east line of Holiday to the south
side of an unnamed street south of the
baseball grounds, along the south line
OF said unnamed street to the east line
of Holiday, northward to the place Of
beginning.
All that parcel of land bounded on
the north by the unnamed street, on
the east by Roanoke River. on the
south by the south line of unnamed
street, marked "B" running form JEFF
ferSon to the river: on the west by the
east side of the strip of land reserved
for n pipe line. and on the east side of
Holiday street, excepting \. Il. Foard's
lot
strip Of land 100 feet wide lying on
the east side of line extending from
the intersection Of the east line of
strip of land, reserved for Il pipe line.
and on the south line OF the unnamed
street marked Il to point on the north
bank of Roanoke River about l20 feet
west of jefferson street.
The contract provides in the event
the Development and Guarantee Com
pany fail to make terms with the owners
of the property, the Roanoke and South
ern Railroad Company shall institute
condemnation proceedings under the
laws of Virginia, and the Guarantee
Company agrees to pay the cost of such
proceedings, and such sums as may he
necessary to acquire and perfect in the
Railroad Company Il good to title the
lands sought to be condemned, including
all costs and judgments that may be in
Cured by such proceedings except that
the Guarantee Company shall not be
liable for attorney fees.
1t is agreed that the party of the sec
Ond part and the railroad company shall
be at no cost or damages on account of
the legitimate and proper construction
of the road in its relation to any land
owned by the party OF the first part, or
in which it has an interest. to the ex-
tent of such interest and this covenant
shall be a perpetual bar to the right to
recover such damages.
Party Of the second part agrees to con-
struct the road along the right of way
described; that the road shall be con-
structed in one continuous line from
Winston to the right Of way of the Nor
folk and Western. and that the work of
construction shall be commenced from
the Norfolk and Western within thirty
days after the title OF the land Shall be
vested in the Roanoke and Southern
Railroad Company, and completed as
soon as practicable: that the Roanoke
and Southern shall not make any con-
nection outside OF the city of Roanoke
with the Norfolk and Western or any
other road constructed. or that may
hereafter be constructed, in or through
Roanoke county until after the main
line of the Roanoke and Southern shall
be completed, as herein provided, and in
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