The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1909-10-16
GRANT OF LAND.

II GRANT OF LAND.
certain quantity of land at or nea
j the junction ofthe said New Orlean.
\ Opelousas 6 Great Western Railroa
with the branch from said donor
plantation at New Iberia In the parisl
Y Y aforesaid (St. Martins) to Breau,
' Bridge, consisting Of two acres, NOR,
j or less, as may be required for the pur
poses of depot for said company
The said land to be selected ant
laid oft in such shape and quantity a.
the Chief Engineer. or person by him
authorized, may deem sufficient and
requisite for said purpose.
Also herewith. said donor gives with
the same guarantees above stated, a
road or right Of way to said company,
from said depot or Junction of the
main road and branch, to the Bayou
Teche, in line parallel to his (don-
or's) lower line. said road to be of
such width as the said engineer, or
person by him authorized, may deem
requisite and necessary. And ais,
herewith the donor aforesaid, gives
aforesaid. to said company on the
banks Of the bayou Teche, at the place
where the said road, (above donated
joins the bayou, as much land as said
Chief Engineer. or his deputy, may
deem necessary for a warehouse for
the uses OF said company"
Dated May 18th, 1853.
Some 26 years after the above grant.
which had very few limitations, the
Morgan's Louisiana 4 Texas Railroad
and Steam Ship Co. began their occu-
patton of the land conveyed to their
predecessors. The building of the
Morgan road was subject of great in
terest for many years before the road
was finally built.
Our RAILRoAD.-Theb bill to incor-
porate Morgan's Louisiana and Texas
Railroad and Steamship Company has
passed both branches of the. Iegisla-
ture, and we believe the great capital
lst will soon commence the extension
of the railroad to Texas.-Suyar Bowl,
March Is. 1877.
At meeting of the directors of the
Texas and New Orleans Railroad. held
a tripart1te agreement be-
ween Morgan's La. & Tex. X. r. e
}. q. Co, as party of the first part. the
"a. Wn. R. R Co.. as party Of the Sec
md part, and the Tex. & N. O. R. r.
o., as party Of the third part, was
atified and approved in all it's de-
ails. The agreement had been al &
eady ratified and approved by the t
ther two companies named as parties. :
By the terms OF the agreement thus
atified and made binding, the Nor
an company contracts to build, equip {
nd put In good running order, the f
bad from Morgan City to Vermilion- b
lille. The La. Wn. contracts to build :
nd equip the road and put it in good :,
mining order from Vermilionyille to
range. on the Sabine. And the Tex. =
N. Q. company contracts to fully a
auip and put its road in good running q
rder from Orange to lIpuston. The .
hole to be completed iu Is months Y
ON the date of the agreement p
ouston Age, March, 1879. G.
The Railroad Stopped. We regret to II
arm on most undoubted authority Ol
at in consequence Of want of water "a
will be. at present, impossible for II
. Morgan Louisiana and Texas Rail- N
ad Co. to float enough Of cross ties o.
It of the swamps to complete their ~
ack to New Iberia as early as July.
ader existing difficulties It is estimate B
that It would cost this company more ~ n
an "a, COO to connect the town with =,
" Orleansby rail before November ',
J. By that date, however, 1t il con- p'
emily stated that arrangements will -
perfected to complete the line to re
Is point. Meanwhile, work on the m
id between here and Jeanerette will G.
1t is supposed, temporarily sus- !"
nded.-Sugar-Bo Bowl. June 5, 1879.