The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-10-15

railway company have the use of said
strip, tract or parcel OF land for said
purposes so long as the said railroad
company use the same for coal pur-
poses.
1t is hereby understood by the par
ties that when the same cease to be
used for coal purposes the said tract,
belt or strip of land reverts back to
Mahaska county. ~
That said railway company have
the right to remove their iron, steel,
rails CT other material used in the
construction of said railway, but the
fences on either side of said right Of
way shall not be removed.
That in consideration of said grant
of said right of way over and across
said land, the B. & w. Railway Com
pany agrees to haul any merchandise,
also live stock in car lots, used in con-
nection with the county poor farm or
poor house without charge to ana
from Oskaloosa to any point ON said
right of way or on said coal switch,
by any train passing over and being
operated on said track. No cattle
yard or chute is to be constructed
by said company.
The Burlington & Western Railway
Company also agree to haul any coun-
ty officers, or patients in charge of
officers, to and from said point to Os-
kaloosa, on any train used on said
right of way, free of charge.
1t is also further agreed as a part
hereof and understood that the Boil
ton-Hoover Coal company will furnish
coal for the use of said county poor
farm at the cost of the coal, meaning
the cost to the company of the coal
as it passes over the screen, but not
to be delivered by the said coal COM
pany other than at their mine.
1t is also understood hereby that
the said railway company shall use
the said right of way over and across
said land for said period under said
conditions without further costs or
charges, and the railway company
agrees to give proper crossings over
said right of way, if necessary, one
on each 40-acre tract.
If the fill is high enough on this
right of way, there shall be construct
ed an underground cattle way; if no
fill, there shall be constructed a
properly protected crossing for man
and beast on and over the right OIL
way. ..l #.
A platform shall be constructed on
said right of way at a point hereafter
to be selected by said county.
Signed:
Burlington G Western Railway Co.
BY j. B. Bolton, Right of Way Agt.
Bolton & Hoover Coal Company.
Per ]. B. Bolton, President and Sec'y.
A. F. NJ Hambleton,
J. M. Stephenson,
W. H. Springer,
Board of Supervisors.
Grand Jury Report.
In the District Court of the State
of Iowa, in and for Mahaska county,
Iowa, September Term, 1903.
To the Honorable w. G. Clements:
The grand jury of Mahaska county
impaneled for the September term,
beg leave to report that they hayewis-
tied the poor farm in which the un-
fortunate poor and the incurable in,
sane of Mahaska county are kept and
cared for. That upon said trip they
thoroughly investigated the condition
of the inmates of said institution and
that they are pleased as grand jurors
to report that the citizens of Mahaska
county have reason to be proud OF
the fine condition, the good care and
the attention that these wards of the
county are receiving under the d.
rection of the Board of Supervisors
and the oversight Of Thomas Will
liams, the superintendent of the poor
farm. We feel that the thanks of the
people of the county are due these
men for the humane manner in which
the inmates are cared for. We care
fully examined the farm and the
buildings and we find that the farm
is in excellent shape. that the under
ground crossing has been secured
under the right of way OF the coal
switch to the coal mine, and in this
connection would advise the Board Of