The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-06
SOUTHERN PACIFIC SYSTEM
The Relations Existing Betwceu the
Company and Several Roads.
4 DOCUMENT INTENDED FOR COURT
sets Forth the status OF the r. n
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texas, June o.--For several
years great many people and politicians
IN unis State have believed that the south
ern Pacific company OF Kentucky owned
or had leased several Texas railroads
winch were operated as part of The
southern Pacific railroad system. This he
lief has become especially aggravated i,
beaumont and more than once an effort
mas been made in the district court to es.
tabiish as fact that the Southern Pacific
company owned or had leased the Texas
and New Orleans, the Sabine and East
Texas the Galveston, Harrisburg and San
Antonio and the Louisiana Western Exten-
sion railroads. This effort was especially
vigorous In the case of Ellen Williams VS..
the Texas and New Orleans, wherein jury
returned verdict of $3.50 for the Plaintiff
and as result Of this trial, The Post cor
respondent Is enabled to give for the first
time TO the public the relations existing
between the railroads in question and the
Southern Pacific company.
This information is CLEANED from instru-
ments which it was intended to introduce
as evidence in the Ellen Williams case as
testimony, but they arrived too late.
One OF them, dated February 10, 1885,
evidences that on the date named the
Southern Pacific company obtained a lease
OF the Galveston, Harrisburg and San AN
tonic, the Texas and New Orleans and the
Louisiana Western, the Southern Pacific
company to keep said property in good or
der condition and repair, operate, main
tain, add to and better the same at its own
expense, pay all taxes and upon terminus
ton of the lease return the same to the re-
spective parties in as good condition and
repair as the roads were at the date OF the
lease.
The Southern Pacific Railroad compa-
ny's lines in California, Arizona and New
Mexico were included in this lease, but
nowhere in the document can II be found
that the Southern Pacific company of Ken
lucky or any other Southern Pacific COM
pany ever had the the Sabine and East
Texas Railroad company leased. The lease
of the other Texas roads Is not now In
force and has not been in force for nearly
ten years, as is evidenced by the following,
which is verbatim copy OF the instrument
dissoving the lease:
This agreement, made and entered
into this first day of July, A. ID. 1853.
between the Southern Pacific company
and Southern Pacific Railroad compa-
ny of California, Arizona and New
Mexico respectively, the Galveston,
u
company, the Louisiana Western rail-
road company and Morgan's Louisiana
and Texas Railroad and Steamship
company witnesseth that,
Whereas, heretofore, and under date
of February 10, 1856, an agreement OF
lease was made and entered into be-
tween said above named companies,
which said lease was modified and
amended by agreement dated Decem-
her 81 1887, and
Whereas, by resolution adopted by
the Southern Pacific company and
other companies, leases OF certain
properties, operated under the above
named agreements were terminated
at midnight June 80, 1889, and said
leased properties were surrendered by
said Southern Pacific company, namely;
the Galveston, Harrisburg and san
Antonio Railway company, the Texas
and New Orleans railroad, the Louisi-
ana Western Extension railway ana
the Gulf Western Texas and Pacific
railway.
Nav. therefore. this agreement wit
nesseth; First, that said termination
of the leases for the properties afore-
said and the surrender of said proper
ties at midnight June 30, 1883, be ana
the same are hereby ratified.
second-That said agreements OF
lease above referred tc- are hereby
m0U1ne1 ana dtiltidtu " th"' ~
of The payment by the Southern "a
cifc company OF the percentage OF us
net profits as therein prescribed, the
said southern Pacific company shall,
annually. ON the first day of May, pay
as rental to the several railroad COM
uanies still remaining lessons under
said agreements of lease, sum equal
to 90 per cent OF the net profts, II any
net profts there be, for the year enn-
ing on the 31st day of December next
nreceiIng that date as follows; 10 the
Southern Pacific Railroad company Oh
California, A per cant; TO the south
ern Pacific Railroad company OF New
Mexico. per cent; TO the Southern fa
ci6c Railroad company OF Arizona ~
mar cent: to the Morgan's LOUISIANA
and Texas Railroad and Steamship
company. % per cent; to the louisiana
western Railroad company, per cent
In witness whereof the parties here
to have caused these presents 10 De
signed by their respective presidents
and secretaries and their corporate
seals to be hereunto affixed pur 3uant
10 orders Of their respective boards OF
directors. ,a ye,,e3
The docun ent is duly signea anu sel.ei
and evidences that there Is no subst@ntiai
nroof that the Southern Pacific has iease
control of any Of the roads m IeNas ~n a',sl