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D. 1816. ft V This Indenture of two parts made and concluded this seven- ' tcenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred and forty-six, by and between the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad Company, acting by Ge, h e Moffatt, Augustin Nor- BERT MoRiN aud Samuel Brookes, their Committee for this pur- pose duly appointed on the one part ; and the Atlantic and St. Law- rence Rail Road Company, acting by William Pitt Preble, John Mussey and John Bundy Brown, their Committee for the same pur) use, duly appointed on the other part — Witnesseth: That, whereas the two Companies were incorpi— ated for the ex- press purpose, as appears by their respectiv. art^ra, of con- Btructing a continuous Rail Road from the n^ f ble waters of the River St. Lawrence, at Montreal, to the na . ^able v.aters of the Atlantic Ocean, at Portland, for the common convenience, use and benefit of the citizens, subjects and residents, as well of Great Britain and its several Provinces and dependencies, as of the State of Maine and of the other States of the American Union; and whereas, for the purpose of carrying into effect the intentions of the Provincial Parliament of Canada, and of tho Legislature of Maine, in authorizing and empowering said Companies to construct said Railroad, it has become necessary for the two parties to this indenture to agree upon some uniform plan and system of construction, and upon the point of connec- tion and junction at the boundary between the territories of Great Britain and the United States, and upon some gejieral principles, rulca and regulations for the management and coa- r,/ ffiicliicii of tlie operation and business of tlie road when con- striictiMl; — now, therefore, it is miitiuilly covenanted and agn ed by and between the parties of the lirst and second part, as fol- lows, vi/.: 1st. Tlic Atlantic terminus of the proposed Rail Road, sliall 1)(! (Ill a wharf of suitabl(! dimensions and construction for ti»o purposes arul b\isiness of the road, extending to the naviga!)lu wateis ()!" Portland harbour, to l)e built at sucli jiarticular place at Portland, as the J_)irectois of (he Atlantic and St. Lawrence Hail Hoad (Jonipany, in tiie exercise of tiieir best judgment and diseretiou, shall determine to be most convenient and suitable for tlie purposes and business, and for the best interests of the road. 1 T> 1 T> '2nd. The St. Lawrence terminus of the proposed Rail Road, shall be on a wharf of suitable dimensions and construction for tiie purposes and business of the road, extending to the naviga/- ble waters of the river St. Lawrence, at such particular place opjiosite, or nearly opposite Montreal, as the Directors, or other proper OlHcers of the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Rail Road Company, in the exercise of their best judgment and discretion, shall determine to be most convenient and suitable for the pur- poses and business, and for the best interests of the road. 3d. The point of junction and connection between the St. Lawrence und Atlantic Rail Road, and the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Rail Road, shall be at sonic place at the boundary bi;- tween the United States and Canada, to he hereafter mutually afrreed upon, after the various passes shall have been fully e.\- pFored and examined by competent Engineers, and all material facts, having a bearing on the question, shall hr.ve been ascer- tained; it behig distinctly understood and agreed that in no case shall the point of connection and junction be further west than tne Coaticookc River: and further, that the point or place so to be mutually agreed upon, is to be that one only, which after such examination and exjdoration, a Commission, consisting of three members to be appointed under the authority of the parties, of the first part, and three members to be appointed under the au- thority of the parties of tho second part, shall in the exercise of theiv best judgment and discretion, and after full consideration and discussion, recommend, am' the Directors, or those exer- cising the authority of Directors of the respective Companies, shairafterward approve and determine to be most advantageous, and adopt. . . 4th. For the purpose of facilitating and expediting a decision in regard to the point of junction and connexion between the two_ proposed roads, the respective Committees, acting in behalf of the first and second parts, shall meet at Sherbrooko as soon as may be convenient, and there agree upon such general prmci- ples, and make such arrangements in regard to surveys and re- I wlifiti con- 1 aiul ajir' eil part, us lol- Road, slnill ;tiori tor the ic iiaviga!>lo ticulav place •it. Lawieiico lulgmcnt and ami Huitable crests of tlio I Rail Road, latruction lor the naviga- ticular place tors, or other c Rail Road id discretion, i for the pur- i road. ween the St. antic and St. boundary b»;- tlcr mutually )ecn fully cx- 1 all material e been asccr- mt in no case her west than or place so to rich after such sting of three the parties of under the au- hc exercise of consideration »r those excr- c Companies, advantageous, ing a decision ctween the two 5 in behalf of ic as soon as fcncrul princi- ^rveys aiid re- connoissancos and points to be rxaminod and routes to be ex- plored, as in their judginciit shall be host ciilculafcd to enable the two C'onipanicH to come to a speedy and satistiutory ilctonni- natiou of tiie question. ^\nd it is mutually agreed by the re- spective parties of the first and second parts, that they will re- spectively, and as soon as circumstances will admit, tak(> the necessary measures to have the point of juiiefion lixed and liiially settled and determined, as soon as it can IxmIouc cronsisti utlv and understaudingly, and with a lull view and knowledge of all th(! facts and considerations, which ought to gove.ii in their decision. 5th. The proposed roi d shall be constructed throughout its whole extent, on the same general plan and system. The bed of the road shnll be laid sulheiently high to protect it from being clogged up and rendc'red imi)assable by ice or snow. The rails shall he of a . uniform pattern, and of the same material and weight the yard. The gauge shall betiiat of five feet six inches in the clear between the rails. The niaxiuuuu gradient shall not, it possible, exceed sixty feet to the nnle. Tlie geneial di- rection of the roiul, from the place of puictiou and coimeetion to each terminus, shall be as straight as the nature of the country through which it passes, and the Charters and other circum- stances, will admit. The road shall be laid out not less than six rods wide throughout its whoh^ extent. 'I'be bey tl"' P'^'ti"*^ <>'" l'"' '""^t ""•' ^'';'"'" parts and the mnount r.e..ived in eae' ease shall he apport.one.l and d.v.d- cd to each party, aeeordin- to the number ol ""l^ "' < '<^"- '^' spective ro'uls mer which the passenger or ire.ght shall have been transported. /• ~ .1 t;th After thi * ai-reement shall have been approved, contirmeU and ratified by the respeHive Directors or other Olheers duly authorized, perfornnn-; th.> duties of Direelors ol the rcspectivo compa.iies, cucii party shall connnenco without any unreasona- ble delay the construction of their respective roads and prose- cute the same with ail reasonable dilijrence, so that each party shall hiive con.ubted th.; same to the point ol junction nt ho bourularv, and the; whole road be in successful operation within five years from the time the po.int of .iuuc'M.n ami connection ol the t'wo roads shall liave been lixe.l and (mally (l.trrmined in tho manner herein l)eforo provided by articles tiaee and tour ol lhi9 '" Uii'i "I'n Cnso any dillercncc of opinion should arise between the Hoards of Directors of the iespe<:tiv(! comiiaiu-s, which could not be amicably arranged between the two parties, touching the rates of freiuhts or passages, or the management ot the respec- tive roads, or the furnishing of Cars or Engines, or the just pro- portion of charges a.id expenses which in any case ought in equi- ty to be borne by both companies or either, or respecting tho transportation of passengers and freight by cither road, or any other snbiect of dilierence, all such ditlerences between the re- spective i^oards of Directors, shall be submitted to arbitration m the manner following, vi/.:— One disinterested Arbitrator shall be selected by eacii IJoard of Directors, to whom the matter m controversy shall be submitted, and in case the Arbitrators thus selected cannot agree, they shall select a tl-.ird Arbitrator, and the decision in writing by" majority of the board of Arbitrators thus appointed and constituted, on the point or matter m contro- versy, slinll be binding and conclusive upon the two companies, in rcard to the matti i so submitted. . 10th And it is hereby fuilher agreed by and between the said two contracting parties to these presents, that in the event of war occurring between Great Hritain and the United States ot America, then and in every such case during the interruption thereby caused, this agreement shall remain in abeyance. 11th. This agreement and tho covenants (herein contained, bavin" been signed by the respective committees of the two C'omp"inies, and having been first submitted to the Directors ol the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad Company on the one part aad to the Committee (or Directors) for managing the af- , hIiuII be eon- (! na through thnnifrh shall 011(1 pnits, and iiicd mill divid- is of tlipir re- fill shall Imvo veil, confirmed Olliecrg duly tlio rcspoctivo uy unrcasona- (Is and proae- lat each party luiiction nt tho )oiation within coiiiu'ction of t( riiiiiu-d in tho and four of this niipo hctwcpn -s, which could ■s, toiichinj^ tho of tho respcc- or tho just pro- e ousiht in pqui- rcspccting tho V I'oad, or any x'twccn the re- to arbitration in Ail)itrator shall \ the matter in Arhitrators thus Arbitrator, and 1 of Arbitrators lattcr in contro- two companiea, etweon the said in the event of [Inited States of the interruption ibeyance. Mcin contained, tecs of the two the Directors of lany on the one managing the af- rairii of the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Ralliond Company on th« other, and by them respe.tiv.-ly approved and ralUied, and the Soul of the Corporation hereunto alUxed, ehall thercalter be for- ever bindinc on the two ("omiianies. And to the full and faitliliil perlorniance of the several apce- ment,: by each party to be done an.l p.Mloi nie.l, and to the keep- ing of all ami singular, the cvenants by the.n to be severally kept, tho sahl Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad C ompany on the one part, and the said St, Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad Company on lb.- other, bind themselves each to the other. > And fuitlier in satisfaction of any injury and daninire which may arise from the non-fnltlhnent of any or all of the within stip- ulations, by eitlicr of the two contracting parties, the St. Law- rence and Atlantic Railroad Company on the one part and the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad Company on the other |iart, do hereby plcilf^i the entire Capital Stock of tbc.r respective Corporations each to the other. „ ,, ,, ,, In VviTNKss W.nr.u-.oK, the said UlUhnn Pill Pvcbh, John Mmsnj ' am\ John H>ni,hj Ihoun, oiMhv. onn pait, in beball ol the said Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad C.m.pany, and the said Georo-c. Molfnll, Jlu^vsllu .Voi/;( W .Vonn, and Samml IMeK on the other, in behalf of the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Rail- road Coinpanv, have hereunto interchangeably set their hantla the day and year above written. ^^ j^yoFFATT. A. N. .MORLN. SAMUEL BROOKES. Wm. p. PREBLE. JOHN MUSSEY. J. B. BROWN. At a meeting of the Directors of the St Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad Company, held at Montreal this eighteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ThrSub-committee of tho Beard of Management of this Com- pany, appointed by resolution of the 'ioth ot March last and »ur- fher authorised by the Resolve of this Boarr : he 1 ah msta^it, having submitted to this Board for their consul.-. v.ion, an Inden- ture of two parts, bearing date the f ^^"^"'"t^j'^^y f .f^P'.' ."" stant, entered into by the Honorable George MoHatt the Hon- orable Augustin Norbert Morin and Samuel ^,^'"«1;^«' ^^^^^'''^f ' j^ Committee for that purpose duly appointed by the Committee of Management of tiiis Company, and lurther authorised by tho Resolution of this Board of the 1 ah Apr. ms ant on the one nart in behalf of the St. Lawrence and Atlan le Kail- lold ConlrmlV aud the Hooorable WUliam Pitt Preble. Johu ■. -mfttlrM' 6 MniiBry nncl John Rmuly nrown, EHqniros, n rominiftop Tor tlint pui|iortt!, duly appDintcd l>y tlit^ Hoard of DiriMfoiH of tin; Atliui- tic and St. Lawirnce Haiiroiid (Nunpuny, appointed under tln-ir RcHolvo of the iii>th of October, 1H4'», on the otiier part, on he- hnlf of Hnid ('onipany; 1st. RiHolval, That the Indenture and Apfreemont aforesaid, be and tiie same hereby is approved, ratified, continned uiid adn|)tcd as the nt nfoiosuid, xitiniTdd uiid tification, mid Hid)ji)iii('d to tion 1)0 tlicre- itlll'O. : large on tho ovo recited, I )(' latilicmtion (I tlicrcto tlio laili'oud Coin- 1). one tlioua- , Prcnidenl. St Ijawronoc -cij^lith diiy of nglit hundred the Resolve of I lor their con- te the sevcn- . WilHam I'itt quires, on tho Mice Raih-oad Augustin Nor- inittee for tliat genient of tlie liho other part, ent aforesaid, ionfirnied and atification and )r suhjdiniid to at ion be tlierc- ntur(!. g Uu-go on the In ohedioncn to the second Remdution nhove rented, I iuive Mul.joined a dupheatc of the A.t of Kalitu-aUon to this original hideuti re, and affixed iheirKHlie Seal ,^v^ \ of tho Atlantic and St. hawrence Hailroad ( oiniiany, tiiis -ami day of April, A. D. one thousand eight hundred uiid forty-six. Wm. p. rUEULE, Pniidcnt. B. CusHMA.v, CUrk and Secrdarij. I . •1