The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-05-06
THE OMAHA ORDINANCE.
Text of the Proposed Agreement Be-
tween the Railroad Company
And the City.

in regard to the railroad ordinances
at the council meeting Monday night
still the meeting was important anG
profitable. Little talking was done
and good deal of thinking and com
parison of maps. This is most i'm
portant matter, and it is not wise tC
be too hasty, for misStep now would
be regretted throughout all the years
to come. The council shows a dis
position to guard the interests of the
city as Sacredly as its members dc
their own private interests, and
should its final action be in accord
ance with it's past action, the property
owners need have no fears as to the
safety of the interests of the city.
The ordinance presented by the
Omaha company last night is simply
in line with the verbal requests made
and the plats presented. Section one
grants the road the right to change
it's tracks from the Fourth street
route to the river front. Section two
gives the road permission to cross
streets, alleys, the levee, etc. Section
three recognizes the plated route.
and provides that the tracks shall be
distant thirty feet easterly of the east
side of the most easterly stone pier of
the Minnesota river bridge: that the
right of way shall be thirty feet upon
the upper surface; that there may be
two main tracks. Section four grants
permission to the road to construct
and maintain depots, yards, elevators,
stock yards, machine shops, ETC., at a
place to be selected by the railroad
company, except upon the northwest
erly side of the main tracks between
the south line of Plum street and the
south line of Walnut street; and to
construct side tracks, etc. Section
five requires the company to con-
Struct and maintain convenient cross
ings on, over and across the tracks on
streets where required to do so by the
Section six provides that
the ordinance shall not be in effect I'M
less the company accepts it in writing
on or before July 1st, 1892, and shall
be in effect from and after the date of
filing the acceptance.
1t is possible that the rules may be
at the adjourned meeting
tonight and the ordinance given it's
second reading.
In connection with the ordinance
the road presented the following
agreement to be signed by the officers
Of the road and the city: This agree
ment witnesseth: That whereas, the
council of the city of Man
katO are about to enact an ordinance
entitled Ordinance No." granting
to the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis,
and Omaha Railway Company the
right to change its line of railway
through the city of Mankato and re-
construct the same near the leyee or
river front in said city.
Now THEREFORE,, in considera ton
thereof said railway company hereby
agrees that if said railway company
signifies its acceptance Of said Ordi-
nance as provided therein, that said
railway company will on or before the
first day Of August, 1892, begin the
work of relocating and reconstruct
ing said railway, as provided in said
and will pursue said work
with reasonable diligence until it
shall have located its main line of
railway through said city, as provided
by said ordinance, and shall operate
all of its through trains upon such re-
line, and that it will
complete said proposed line, and OPP
crate its through trains thereon
within the period of one year from
said first day of August, 1892, and
that within the period of eighteen
from said first day of August,
1892, it will have removed it's railroad
track and ties from said present line
of road, known as the Fourth street
route, between Plum street in said
city of Mankato and Carroll, in Van
Brunt's addition therein.
The road preferred that this be
separate paper, instead of incorporated
in the ordinance, and it is probably as
binding one way as the other.
Supt. HI Spencer took this paper to
st. Paul this morning for signature,
and will return with it this evening
in time for presentation to the coun-
Gil.
The ordinance and agreement are
perfectly fair and there is now no
doubt that both will be adopted The
ordinance had no opposition Monday
evening.
1t seems sure that union depot
will be constructed when the tracks
are removed. Now is the time to- Sc
cure these advantages, and when they
are assured turning point in Man
kato's history will have been reached.
st. Peter Herald: Agent Perry, of
the Omaha, informs us that Mankato
is to have new union depot. With
new depots going up all about US, it
seems strange that ST. Peter must put
up with a box car for station purposes.