| From the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph |
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| July 11, 1861 |
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| Council Proceedings {Macon,
Georgia} |
| Regular Meeting |
| Council Chamber |
| July 9, 1861 |
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| Report |
| The special committee
appointed by the Council to confer with the President and Directors of
the Macon & Western Railroad Co., with a view to an adjustment of
the long pending negotiation relative to the old depot, beg leave to
submit the following correspondence as the result of that conference,
from which it will be seen the matter has been settled, and the
property returned to the city, in that spirit of mutual compromise and
good will which should ever characterize similar transactions between
the city and its citizens. Adopted. |
| M. S. Thomason, Chairman |
| J. L. Jones |
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| Macon, June 25th, 1861 |
| Isaac Scott, Esq. |
| President Macon & Western R. R. |
| Dear Sir, |
| The special Committee
appointed by the city Council to endeavor to adjust with the President
and Directors of the Macon & Western Railroad the matter of
possession of the old depot, have had under consideration your
proposition, and after a careful examination of the buildings on the
premises, have agreed to allow the company (as a compromise) the sum
of one thousand dollars, and to take charge and keep up the
bridge crossing the Railroad near the residence of Mr. G. J. Roberts,
for their relinquishment of all right and title to the entire
property, and giving to the city the privilege of crossing their lots
near the car house for the purpose of extending Tatnall street to the
Forsyth road. |
| Very respectfully, your ob'dt serv'ts, |
| M. S. Thompson, Chairman |
| J. L. Jones |
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| Macon & Western Rail Road Co. |
| Macon, Ga., July 7, 1861 |
| M. S. Thompson, Esq., Chairman &c.,
Macon |
| Dear Sir, |
| On the 4th instant, I
submitted to the Board of this Company your proposition for the
purchase of the Company's interest in the old depot and workshop lots,
and the same was accepted, with the simple condition, that I should in
company with yourself, examine and have defined the line of the
proposed street, to be opened across this Company's lot; and further,
that the City and not this Company is to assume the keeping up of the
crossing of the Road Track at the new street. As soon as these
preliminaries are understood and agreed to, I am authorized to execute
a quit claim deed to the premises. |
| Respectfully yours, |
| Isaac Scott, Presd't. |
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| Ald. Granmss moved, |
| That the special Committee in
company with Mr. Isaac Scott, President of the Macon & Western
Railroad Co., go and define the line of the proposed street across the
Company's lot, to carry out the agreement, and receive the quit claim
deed to the property referred to in the above communications -- which
was carried. |
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