. Electric railway journal . The Iowa & Illinois Railway has just secured a valuablefreight terminal property in Davenport, la. This property, in-cluding an office building and warehouse, was occupied orig-inally by the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway(now a part of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific system),under a right granted to it by the City of Davenport. Re-cently the property reverted to the city, and as the city au-thorities were desirous of encouraging the establishment ofadequate freight and passenger terminals for interurban roads,the use of the property vacated by the s
. Electric railway journal . The Iowa & Illinois Railway has just secured a valuablefreight terminal property in Davenport, la. This property, in-cluding an office building and warehouse, was occupied orig-inally by the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway(now a part of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific system),under a right granted to it by the City of Davenport. Re-cently the property reverted to the city, and as the city au-thorities were desirous of encouraging the establishment ofadequate freight and passenger terminals for interurban roads,the use of the property vacated by the steam road was offeredto the Iowa & Illinois Railway Company on satisfactory terms. A map of the property offered to the electric railway com-pany is presented. The block of land and the buildings shownthereon, except such portions of the land as now are occu-pied by steam railway tracks, is leased to the Iowa & Illinois. Davenport Freight Station of the Iowa & Illinois Railway Railway Company by the City of Davenport during the life ofthe interurban companys franchise and for any renewal there-of, with the distinct understanding that the property may beused jointly by any other interurban railway entering Daven-port. In the provision for joint use it is stipulated that anyexpense to the Iowa & Illinois Railway for the constructionof tracks, rehabilitation of the building and ground upon whichit stands, shall be equally apportioned among the companieswhich may in the future enjoy joint use of the property. TheIowa & Illinois Railway now pays only a proportional rent, Plan of Davenport Freight Terminal Island, Moline and Davenport, has made the necessary trackconnections to the depot. The expense for making the con-nections between the tracks of the Tri-City Railway Companyand the buildings, together with the cost of the entrances tothe buildings, was rather large for an interurban railwayco
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