Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-09-06

New and additional complications
we're injected into the new union de-
not project here Tuesday afternoon
following the arrival in the city OF
superintendent Tyler of the Iron
Mountain and Superintendent Green
ri the Cotton Belt After a private
consultation with their attorneys at
this point. the announcement was
made that the Cotton Belt had struck
n snag in the way OF accepting the
rev depot proposition. The disun-
euished visitors asked the mayor TO
call a special session of the city coun-
cil fer Tuesday night, to meet with the
railway men and with the Pine Bluff
school board which, it was announc-
ed was also vitally interested in the
new complications which had arisen.
Mayor White complied with the re-
quest to call a special session OF the
council. and superintendent Tyler
and Green. together with Superintend-
ent Peck of the Cotton Belt, Judge w.
T. Woodbridge. attorney for the Cot
ton Belt, and some of the members OF
the Pine Bluff school board. were pres
ent at the meeting.
Mayor White asked Judge Wool
drige to explain the object of the
meeting. Judge Woodbridge said that
a legal technicality had been discov-
cred that was stumbling block in the
path of the officials of the Cotton
Belt to prevent that road from joining
with the Iron Mountain railway in the
building and maintaining a union de-
pot on Fourth avenue.
On the 18th day of July. 1882. a con-
tract between the Texas and st. Louis
railway company and the citizens of
Pine Bluff was entered into by which.
in consideration of the donation OF GER
tain lands and money by the citizens
of Pine Bluff the Texas and St. Louis
railway company agreed as follows:
'First-That the said Texas and ST.
Louis railway company shall locst te
build and perpetually keep and main,
tain upon the north half of block No
Al and the north half of block No. 42
the freight and passenger depots OF
said company for the city or station of
Fine Bluff; and,
"Second-That the said Texas and
St. Louis railway company shafA> To-
cate. build and perDetually keep and
maintain upon the said lands in sec
tions 33 and "a. as hereinbefore fully
described, it's roundhouse and main To-
comotive, car and repair shops for
that section of said railway passing
through the states of Missouri and Ar
kansas and now known as the Mis-
souri, and Arkansas division
"Third-That in the event the said
Texas and St. Louis railway company
this contract as above expressed. or
having complied. shall at any time
thereafter commit breach thereof,
then said company shall pay TO the
school district embracing the city of
Pine Bluff and known as Pine Bluff
district No. s. the sum of twenty
thousand dollars. as liquidated dam
ages for such breach, and we do here
by assign and convey to said Pine
Bluff school district No. 3 each and
all OF our several rights and claims to
said damages or any part thereof
Now, therefore, the said Texas and
st, Louis railway company. for and in
consideration of the conveyances, do
hations and payments aforesaid, made
ana 10 be made to said company by
the citizens of Pine Bluff and thei1
coinmattee as aforesaid, doth hereby
cocept the same and agree, oblieate
ana bind itself and it's successors =
It's franchise if any to comnlv with +,
forever keep and perform the severa
'erins and conditions upon which saif
conVeyances, donations and navment,
are made and to be made az tho .or,.
are hereinbefore specified and ex
pressed; and that in the event tha
SAID company shall fail to observe an,
perform said terms and conditions
then the said Texa sand St, Lonis raj,
way eompany or its successors Il any
as aforesaid, shall pay to the eo;,
Fine Bluff school d;st.,.. sai'
sum OF twenty thousand dollar
liquidated damages from the d.ta 40. !.
such breech until paid at the: 49,. 49, y
six per cent per annum- 'e
AS attorney for the Cotton Re,t =, :,