, 1907-05-13
AN ORDINANCE e.
Embodyin0 Contract eetwe en- Union
Pacific Railroad Company and the
City Of Laramie and Authorizing
the Execution Thereof.


City Of Laramie:
Section /. That the mayor and the
city clerk Of the City of Laramie be
and they are hereby authorized to exc.
cute. on behalf Of the said City of Lar.
annie, the certain contract this day
submitted to the said City Of Laramie
by the Union Pacific Railroad COM
pany, which said contract is in the
words and figures following. to-wit:
This agreement, made and entered
into this seventh day of May, A. D..
1907. by and between the Union Pa.
cidc Railroad Company, a corporation
organized and existing under and by
virtue Of the laws of the State of Utah,
party of the first part, and the City OF
Laramie. a municipal corporation or.
ganized and existing under n by vir-
tue OF the laws of the State OF Wyo
ming, party of the second part, wit
nesseth:
That whereas, on the 14th day of
September. A. D., 1874, a contract was
entered into by and between the Union
Pacific Railroad Company Of the one
part and to whose interests the party
of the first part hereto has succeeded,
and certain persons acting on behalf of
the Town Of Laramie City predecessors
Of the party Of the second part hereto
and to whose rights the said second
party has succeeded, wherein and
whereby 1t was stipulated among other
things that the said railroad company
should furnish all necessary material
and construct an aQueduct of pipe not
less than six inches in diameter from
the spring east of the town Of Lara
ME City, in Albany County, Wyoming
Territory, to a point in said town Of
Laramie City neal the Laramie Hotel;
and it was further stipulated in said
contract that when said aqueduct
should be completed the ownership
and title thereto should be and remain
in the said railroad company, which
should have exclusive control thereof
and keep the same in good condition
and repair and should have the right
to draw therefrom such quantities OF
water at all times as might be neces-
sary for the use of the said railroad
company without interference Of inter.
ruption on the part of any person or
persons, party or parties, whatsoever,
and that all excess of water that might
be supplied by said aqueduct supplying
the said railroad company should be
free to the citizens of the said Albany
county under such regulations as
might be prescribed by law or by any
competent authority; and,
Whereas, the said contract has been
from time to time by the said parties
both the predecessors of the parties
hereto and these parties themselves
recognized, ratified and confirmed
and upon a special ratification and con
firmation thereof by the parties hereto
the said party Of the first part has con
structed a reservoir at the springs
mentioned In the said original con
tract, whereby the waters there arising
are %impounded, cared for and pre-
served for the use Of the parties here
to; and.
Whereas, a renewal of said aqueduct
and pipe line from the said springs to
the railroad Of the said party of the
first part is deemed necessary for the
use Of both parties hereto:
Now in consideration of the prem.
ises and Of the sum of one dollar by
each of the parties hereto to the other
in hand paid, the receipt whereof is
hereby confessed and acknowledged,
and in consideration Of the mutual
agreements Of the parties as herein
contained, it Is hereby mutually agreed
that the said party Of the first part
shall, at its W expense, furnish the
necessary labor and materials and lay
a suitable and serviceable pipe line
from the new reservoir aforesaid to
the intersection Of Second street and
Grand avenue within the boundaries
Of the said party of the second part.
The said pipe line shall consist OF
about nine thousand and ninety
(9osO) feet Of fourteen (14) inch pipe
extending from the said new reservoir
to the intersection of Ninth street and
Grand avenue in the said City of Lar.
annie, reducing at the intersection of
Ninth street and Grand avenue to a
twelve (12) inch pipe which shall ex
tend from the said intersection of
Ninth street and Grand avenue for
about twenty-five hundred and twenty
(2520) feet to the intersection Of Sec
ond street and Grand ayenue aforesaid,
making a total length Of main pipe line
Of about eleven thousand six hundred
and ten III, 500 feet. At the intersec-
ton of each Cross street with Grand
avenue said first party shall connect
with the said main pipe line a cross al
lowing for the connection of either sig
i6) inch or eight (8) inch pipe As the
necessity may demand. And such
crosses shall likewise be put in by the