The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-02-07

dangerous things are Dot ueccssa
rily n~IiSanccs. otherwise all the bai.
crs of mills, &c, could be called hui,
Gnccs.
On motion of Mr.. Mattes0n the pc
tition of the citizens TO remove Tia
tank was referred back to COMMITTEE
on. Propositions and Grievances.
Board %adjOurns.
Attest: L. \. IIOCH. Secretary.
How About the Old Contract.
Eiif0r Democrrf:
About ten wears ago the pcopl,
were about As anxious TO get a rail
road built into town Is sGIGe Of CiIl
! good c;ti-cIs arr now anxious To &c
Il new road. IL took Il good deal o
trouble then 20 get some one to build
Fact is nobody would look at the
town. and 50 one of our own citizen,
had TO 90 to work and give us a rail
road. Things hay" changed now
Ent in order to get a railroad buii,
into our place in 1850 the city made
a contract. The contract was duly
signed and executed by the city aud
upon the faith of that contract We
got The road we now enjoy. and that
has proven such a blessing 70 city.
The question now j.: does tie
Gould road want something that the
city has already given somebody else:
In looking ovcr II" proposed ordi-
nance oar readers will iind that !; i
proposed TO give the Gould road the
right TO run through Aquam.i and Oh
the Lcvce.
Bot in the lease of 1880 the city
makes a contract with the Cape Iii.
rardcau Southwestern As follows:
BY these presents it the city OF
Cape Girardcau) doth lease and de-
mise unto the said party of the second
part (the railroadl the fol-
lowing piece OF ground. situate in the
city of Cape Girardcau, state Of Mis-
souri,, described as follows. to-wit:
All that ground OF the map of said
city called AgTIm>i. lying east of the
east front Of liargcS Il. \. &. and H."
According to Ibis all the ground
known as AquaIn>i is leased TO the
railroad. 1t is very clear that the
railroad is the lessee of all of Aquam-
81. but in order to have Il street. and
tor that purpose. and no other pur-
pose. the railroad then agrees Will,
The city as follows: Except a strip
of ground sixty feet wide. running
south immediately along the east
front of said Ranges. -. \. G and H..
which is hereby reseTrci .f0r a street"
But this is not all the contract oh
tains. Another clause provides as
follows:
1T is further agreed and under
stood that the said party OF the second
part Chat is the railroadJ shall have
III" right to lay a single track along
the leyce or river bank under the di-
rcctiOn of the Mayor and Council to
the northern boundary of the city"
And in the last clause the city makes
this express contract:
.'The said city further covenants
that during the period of thirty years
aforesaid, the said party of the second
part that is Cape Girardcau South
western Raiiwa:J. hall Il; expressed
and stipulated above have the SOLE
AND ONLY Use AND OJGUPA-
TON of said emlscd premises. e.
ccpt reservations and restrictions Oh
the part of the city above mentioned"
That is 10 say. the Gaze Ei.aT,icau
has the sole an! only right to
use the Aguam>i front for Il railroad.
except The 80 feet which is reserved
for d street and not .t1I aHGtieI Tail-
I'OGd. Otherwise the words of the
contract would he without meaning.
Not Oniy that. the city has agreed
with the CapcGirar,leau Southwestern
railway, that ii shall have tie sole anil
only use of the Levee for q single
If this is so, if the city has made
such a contract, ard il by means of
contract II secured a railroad. car
the city nov 90 back on the contract:
Ii the proposed ordinance is passed
and by reason Of The passage OF the
ordinance the Cape Girardeau rail-
road is danaged. who is going TO pay
the fiddler:
Does anybody suppose that this
will go of withou, a Ilwsuii:
EGould wants TO come Into town.
why does he not build around the
north end Of the town: This woald
build up the west part OF the city,
would secure the location of a pas,en-
ger depot somewhere at the west end
OF Harmony street and greatly help
the value of property ont there.
We can't see. what is the reason
why it should Ire attempted to take
hat which ii seems TO Us las already
been given away, unless Gould uses
our worthy and public's spirited
council as 4 cats paw.
TAx-PAYER.
TO CoaI Consumers.
III. l.. Hume, the coal dealer, is now
delivering coal to consumers in this