The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-07-20
euarantee : road to -the-river at Hem.

guarantee a.road to the-river at Hen
derson, SO long as the road terminates
there, and the running of the cars as
near to the. river as practicable, for
the transfer of through passengers
and freight, and thata suitable steam
boat or boats shall be run between
Evansville and Henderson, in
close connection with the passenger
trains of the road. and that freight
and passenger office shall be Kept
open at Evansville, at which freight
shall be received, billed and shipped,
and passengers ticketed and baggage
checked over the boat and road. and
that no discrimination shall be made
against the Evansville railroad -er
roads, or Evansville her citizens in
the transportation of freight or pas
sengers north or southa
See minutes of the Common Coun-
ell, June IL, 1861; page 323 -. 500
And. whereas, at said election, one
thousand eight hundred and forty
seven Q,847 votes were cast, of which
number one thousand four hundred
and eighty-one (1,481) votes were in
favor of, and three hundred and sixty
six 1861 votes were against, being a
majority of eleven hundred and if-,
teen (1,115) votes in favor of said
proposition, to subscribe and take
stock as aforesaid; So -.
See minutes of the Common Counr
ell of July 8, 1866, pages 391 and 1872.
Now, therefore, it Is hereby ordered
by the Common Council of the City
of Evansville, that upon the terms
and conditions hereinbefore recited,
and upon their acceptance and ratifi-
cation by the President and Directors
of the said Evansville, Henderson &
Nashville Railroad Company, and
upon the agreement of the President
and Directors of said Railroad Com
pany, that the city of Evansville shall
always be entitled to such number of
Directors in.said RAILROAD Company,
(Which shaft never be less than
one,) as will bear the same
proportion to the whole number of
Directors as the stock held and own
ed by the city of Evansville bears to
the whole amount of the capital stock
of said railroad company asaid agree,
ment, together with the acceptance
and ratification ofthe terms and con-
ditions aforesaid, shall be entered on
the minutes Of the Board Of Directors
of said railroad company, and cer.
titled copy thereof delivered to the
Mayor of the city of Evansville, and
therefor the city of Evansville will
subscribe for and take three hundred
thousand dollars (s300,000) of the
capital stock of the Evansville, Hen
derson & Nashville Railroad Com
pany, to be paid for in the seven ~
per cent. bonds of the city, having
thirty (30) years to run at
par, the city having the OPP
ton of negotiating said bonds, and
paying over to said Railroad Company
the proceeds thereof, instead of the
bonds themselves, and that said three
hundred thousand dollars $500, 10000
of stock, and the per centage thereon
herein before referred to, be received
by the city, and that said bonds, or the
proceeds thereof. be paid over to said
Railroad Company in strict conform
ity with the conditions hereinbetore
recited and not otherwise
And ordered, that the Mayor be.
and be thereby is, authorized aud re-
quested to make said subscription in
the books of said Evansville, Hender-
Son Il Nashville Railroad Company,
appendiDg thereto the terms and con-
dItIous above mentioned.
A SNEAK THIEF NABBED.-One
of the sneak thieves who are prowl-
ing around and through this city, was
nabbed yesterday evening. He had
entered three several houses in La
masco. In the last house he was so
lucky as to find twenty cents, which