Monopolies -- United States; Railroads and state -- United States
_Second._ At least three hundred and fifty miles shall be, if possible,
completed and ready for acceptance before the first day of January,
1868, provided the Union Pacific railroad company transport the
material. The whole to be constructed in a good and workmanlike manner,
upon the same general plan and specifications as adopted east of the
one-hundredth meridian of longitude. The party of the second part shall
erect all such necessary depots, machine shops, machinery, tanks, turn
tables, and provide all necessary machinery and rolling stock at a cost
of not less than $7,500 per mile, in cash, and shall construct all such
necessary side tracks as may be required by the party of the first
party, not exceeding six per cent of the length of the road constructed,
and to be constructed under this contract. The kind of timber used for
ties and in the bridges and in its preparation, shall be such as from
time to time may be ordered or prescribed by the general agent, or the
company, under the rules and regulations and standard as recommended by
the secretary of the interior, of the date of February--, 1866.
_Third._ Whenever one of the above named sections of the road shall be
finished, to the satisfaction and the acceptance of the government
commissioners, the same shall be delivered into the possession of the
party of the first part, and upon such portions of the road, as well as
on that part east of the one-hundredth meridian now completed, the party
of the first part shall transport, without delay, all men and material
to be used in construction at a price to be agreed upon by the party of
the second part, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, and
the general agent, but not less than cost to the party of the first
part.
_Fourth._ The party of the second part, his heirs, executors,
administrators or assigns, shall have the right to enter upon all lands
belonging to the company, or upon which the company may have any rights,
and take therefrom any material used in the construction of the road,
and may have the right to change the grade and curvature within the
limits of the provisions of the act of congress for the temporary
purpose of hastening the completion of the road; but the estimated cost
of reducing the same to grade and curvatures, as established by the
chief engineer, or as approved from time to time by the company, shall
be deducted and retained by the party of the first part, until such
grade and curvature is so reduced.
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