The Cairo bulletin., 1912-10-10

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ton of the lease of its pr2frrty
made by he Cairo and Thehes FALL
road Company to the 81, Louis, Iron
| Motntain and Southern Railway
! Company dated August 4, 1910. filed
flor record in the office OF the Re
irorder OF Alexander county. llliaols,
| February q, 1911, and r. ordcd in
Ronk IS on pages 2S9 ct ct of thu
records in said Recorders office is
Habout 10 be compromised and al
tf1stcd and said lease wodified and
Iamended so that the 81 i71is ard
San Francisco Railr~rd Company
/ Frisco system and ST, Louis south
western Railway Company shall hay,
| the right and be- permitted to use
the railroad and RAILROAD properties
iof said Cairo and Thobes Railroad
Company described in said lease,
whenever application Is made there
| tor by said st, Louis and san Fran
cisco Railroad Company and said st
Louis Southwestern Railway Com
| pany. either of them. upon reason
Liable terass which shall be similar to
and not exceeding the terms provided
for by the contract between said
| George j. Becker and others ana the
| louisville and Nashville Rai'r"H&
| Company, dated January 2. 1906,
upon which said latter contract the
suit of said Becker and others
against said Louisville and Nashville
Railroad Company and others is
based, and
Whorens The srrt Of the St Louis,
Iron Mountain and Southern Rail
way Company against the City of
Cairo. now pending in the District
Court Of the United States for the
Eastern District of Illinois, ia
grown out of questions closely con-
nccted with tho matters involved in
said suit instituted by said George J.
Becker and others
New, therefore, he 1t resolved by
the city cou1cil Of tho city Of Cairo,
Illinois. that the attorneys or solie-
itors representing the city in said
suit brought against ii by said St.
Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern
Railway Company are hereby author
lied u take such action concerning
said suit as they may think best TO
facilitate and bring about the modi-
ficatjon and amendment of said lease
from the Cairo and Thebes Railroad
Company to the St Louis. Iron
Mountain and Southern Railway
Company SO that the St Louis and
San Francisco Railroad Company
Frisco SYSTEM and st. Louis South
western Railway Company shall
have the right and be permitted to
usc the railroad and railroad prop
critics of said Cairo and Thobes
Railroad Company described in said
lease, whenever application Is made
therefor by said St. Louis and San
Francisco Railroad Comrany and
St Louis Southwestern Railway
Cor pany, or either Of them. lpou
reasonable terms, which shall he
similar to AMI not exceeding the
terms provided for by the contract
between said George J, Becker and
others and the Louisville and Nash
Vile Railroad Company. dated Jan
uary 2, 1912.
Alderman Greaney moved the roso-
luton he referred 10 the street com
mittce The motion was adopted
Alderman Kelly introduced and or
dinance entitled "An ordinance re-
pealing Ordinance No 237 of the
City of Cairo, Illinois, adopted March
Is, 1911, approved March II, 1911,
and entitled An ordinance repeating
Ordinance No. 81 OF the City Of Cairo
Illinois, adopted December IL, 1905,
approved December 10, 1905. and
entitled An ordinance granting to
the Cairo and Thebes Railroad Com
pany a right Of way over and along
portion of New Levee street with
right TO make necessary additional
embankment thereon and a right of
way across remaining portion OF New
Levee street. the Cross 'levee and
Washing ton avenue and providing
for the cessation and forfeiture Of
all the rights and privileges granted
TO said Cairo and Thehes Railroad
Company, it's successors and assigns
by said Ordinance No ST., AMI re-
scindine a resolution adopted by the
.Citv Council Of the City of Cairo,
Illinois March 16. 1911, relating to
the enforcement Of said Ordinance
No 237,' which ordinance was read
lat length and, on motion of Alder
man Magner, referred to the ordi-
nance and street committees.
Cleveland. Cincinnati, Chicago and
st. Louis Railway Company petition
ed the council to grant to it, IT'S sue
cessors, lcssees and assigns, the right