Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-08-06
Be 1t Dreamed by the City Counc;l
Of the City Of Pine Bluff

Section l. That the right to the use Of 50
nlucn Of South Common of the City of Pine
Bluff as lies south of block II, Old Town, said
CITY and between State and Alabama streets
thereof. is hereby granted and demised 10 the
St Lonis Iron Mountain, and Southern Rail
way Company for period of fifty years from
ard after the date of this ordinance for the
purpose of constructing and maintaining there
on for said period, union passenger depot for
the Joint use of the ST. Louis Iron Mountain
and Southern Railway Company and the ST.
Louis Southwestern Railway Company as Il
uuio1l passenger station III said city Of Pine
Bluff
Section 2. The right of way is hereby
granted and demised to said st. Louis. Iron
Mountain and Southern Railway Company
to construct. maintain and operate, as long as
the depot provided in section one OF this or
dinance shall he actually used and maintained
as union passenger station as therein pro
yided. bi1t no longer, double track, that is to
say. two parallel railway tracks along. over
and u1on Fourth avenue OF said city. and eN-
tending from the present intersection of the
main lines of said ST. Louis Iron Mountain
and S0uthcrn Railway Company and ST. Louis
Southwestern Railway Company. known as
"If1e Crossing in the western portion of said
city to the unon depot Site as provided in
section one hereof. said double tracks To be
constructed however, as near together as the
50 e. G1er alton g: cars thereon will permit, ai''l
a1c,l,t the certei ot said avenue. 50 that the
middle or center line between said parallel
tracks snail coincide with the ccnter iue OF
SAID Fourth Avenue. provided. the grade "f
said tracks shall be brought 10 and at ali times
be made to conform to the grade of >aid street.
and the grade of said tracks shall be so con-
structed as to give good drainage aud prevent
the pooling Of r.}in water in the vicinity OF
said tracks, and said st. Louis Iron Mountain
and Southern Railway Company shall con
struct and maintain suitable crossings At ali
streets iutersected BY said tracks. And a right
of way over said double tracks, but for its
passenger trains only tths does not include
mixed trains for the purpose OF ngress and
epress to and from said union passenger sta
ton by said ST. Louis Southwestern Railway
Company, is hereby granted to said company
for said period of fifty years.
| Provided. however, nothing herein granted
| TO or required of the said ST. Louis Iron Mona-
| tain and Southern Railway Company 81 :.
| Louis Southwestern Railway Company OF re-
served to said city shall i'll any way affee,, re-
woke or qualify any of The rights of way or
| other privileges of whatsoever kind now held,
| owned and exercised by the said ST. LOUIS
| Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company '
| along said Fourth Avenue of said city. And
| providedf further that nothing herein c"u-
tained shall be held grant to said railway
companies or either Of them the right to lay
maintain along said Fourth Avenue NOR.
than the two MAN parallel tracks herein
provided.
Section 8 That the right to the use of that
portion of South Common, said city, for the