The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1910-07-07
RA|DROAD MAKES
CITY A PROPOSAL
PROPOSITION TO COUNCIL
COMPANY OFFERS NEW DEPOT
IF THE CITY'S RIGHT TO
SQUARE is CEDED.

Following a conference several days
ago between a committee representing
the Conway city council and General
Manager A w. Sullivan of the Iron
Mountain railway regarding a new
depot for Conway, a proposition from
General Solicitor w. l.. Hemingway
on behalf of the railway company to
the city council was received this
morning by City Attorney r. w. Rob
ms to be presented to the council.
The proposition is in the form of a
resolution which the railroad desires
the council to adopt, ceding to the
company whatever rights the city
may have over the public or railroad
square, an open block 400 by 1000 feet
| in the center of which the present sta
ton building now stands. Accompa-
nying the resolutions are blue prints
and plans of the proposed new sta
tion building, as well as the layout of
switching tracks to be placed on the
public square. The resolutions also
embody an acceptance and approval
of these plans by the council.
According to the plans, a brick pas
senger depot is to be erected on the
east side of the railroad tracks, on the
site of the present freight and pas
senger depot, which is to be removed
across the tracks and used as a
freight depot. The switch and un-
loading tracks are to be placed on
the west side of the public square,
coming within about rs feet of the
property line on the west side of the
square and within so feet of the line
of the north side of Oak street on the
north.
The resolution, the adoption of
which is requested by the railroad
company, is as follows:
"Be it resolved by the council of
the city of Conway, as follows, to-wit:
First, that the council approve the
plans for separate passenger and
freight depot buildings, submitted by
the st. Louis, Iron Mountain and
Southern Railway Company, as shown
by blue prints delivered by said COM
pany to the city clerk; and also ap
proves the location of said buildings,
tracks and other improvements, as
likewise shown by blue print deliv-
cred by the company to the city clerk.
"Second, that the council recognizes
the right and title of the st. Louis,
Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
Company to the lands on which said
buildings, tracks and other improve
ments are to be located, as shown by
the said plat filed with the city clerk,
including the adjacent lands upon
which the plat shows no buildings or
other structures, and which are to be
included within the lines of said plat
colored -, to the extent that
such title was reserved to the Little
Rock and Fort Smith Railway Com
pany, in a deed executed by it Chas.
w. Huntington and George Ripley,
trustees, to Asa P Robinson, which
bears date January IL, 1882, and was
duly recorded in the office of the re-
corder of Faulkner county"
In his letter to the city attorney
Judge Hemingway says: "You will
observe, by reading the deed in which
the reservation is set out that strip
| 900 feet long and 400 feet wide,
equally on each side of the track is
reserved to be subject to the use of
the railway company for the building,
constructing, using or managing said
railroad and branches, or any purpose
connected herewith You will fur
ther observe that the reservation is
not broad enough to authorize any
use except for railroad purposes. |
feel quite certain that the company
will never wish to make any improper
use of it, but if it should undertake
thing so unwise and foolish, its eff
fort could easily be prevented
The matter will be brought before
the city council at its meeting next
Tuesday night.