Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-02-23
Albuquerque Eastern
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that portion of the tract of land jointly
owned by A. w. Clelland, Joshua s..
Reynolds. and the estate of d. b. Rob
inson (subject to a condition herein
after named) lying north of what
would be the north line of Gold We
nue., il said avenue were extended
west and west of what would be the
street were extended south; also all
that portion of the tract of land be-
longing to Franz Huning lying west of
Barelas road, bounded on the north by
what would he the south line of Rail-
road avenue. if said avenue were ex-
tended west, on the south by the said
tract of land Jointly owned by A. w.
Clelland. Joshua S. Reynolds and the
estate of ID. Il. Robinson, and on the
west by the tract of land first described
herein. Said three described tracts
lying contiguous one to the other and
forming a solid body of land containing
two hundred (200D acres, more or less.
Also such right of way, not more than
one hundred 900 feet wide, as may
he required for the main line of the
Albuquerque Eastern from a point
where the said main line as surveyed
crosses the public road a short dis
lance east of the Presbyterian Indian
school, running in a southwesterly di-
rection north and west of the city
limits of Albuquerque to some point on
the north line of the body of land here
in described.
The foregoing proposition is made
subject to the following conditions:
First-That it shall be accepted or
rejected on or before March 20, 1903.
Second-That a, w. Cleland, Joshua
S. Reynolds and the estate of D. B.
Robinson shall execute a deed to your
company, satisfactory TO you, for all
that portion of the land herein offered
belonging to them, conveying the same
for no other consideration than the
benefit accruing to them from the loca-
ton of your terminals adjacent to the
remainder of their lands.
Third-That your company shall
build, equip and put in operation a line
of standard gauge railroad from Albu-
querque to connect with a railroad
known as the Santa Fe Central now be-
ing built to a connection with the Rock
Island and FL Paso & North
eastern railroad already constructed
into the city of FL Paso, Texas, SO that
when the said line from Santa Fe south
to said connection, and the said Albu-
querque Eastern railroad have been
constructed. the said city of Albuquer-
que will thereby have a connection
with the Denver & Rio Grande railroad
at Santa Fe, and with the city of Ell
Paso over the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific and Ell Paso & Northeastern
railroads. Said line of railroad from
Santa Fe to said connection with the
said Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
and Ell Paso & Northeastern.
Fourth-That the said Albuquerque
Eastern Railway company shall estab.
lish and maintain it's business head
quarters and general offices at Albu-
querque, and shall locate it's freight
and passenger depots within the pres
ent limits of the city of Albuquerque.
Fifth-That the salu railroad shall
be completed and in operation so as to
form said connections on or before De.
cember 81, 1903, and that the work of
grading the said Albuquerque Eastern
railroad shall continue as rapidly as
practicable to accomplish said purpose
Sixth-That the title papers to the
property herein provided for shall not
be delivered to the said Albuquerque
Eastern Railway company, its success
ors or assigns, until the said A~lbuquer
que Eastern railroad has been con
structed and is in operation from the
city of Albuquerque so as to form q
connection with the Santa Fee Contra
railway, when built, from the city o.
Santa Fee to connect with the said Chi
cage, Rock Island & Pacific and E
Paso G. Northeastern %ralIroaGs, as
heretofore provided.
Seventh-That this offer shall not be
, understood as proposing to furnish
right of way across the A. T. & S. F
r. r. right of way at the intersection
of the two roads.
! Eighth-That this proposition is
based on the understanding that the
main line of the Albuquerque Eastern
shall be built through Tijeras Canyon
as indicated, approximately, by the
profile maps heretofore filed with the
secretary of the territory.
Insert-This proposal has been sub
mitted to a meeting of the citizens
committee of sixty, as heretofore APP
pointed by the mayor of the city o
Albuquerque, and has received the ap
proval of a majority of said COMMITTEES
at a meeting held this twenty-first da.
of February, 1903.
n l. MYERS