The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-02-03
CHICAGO, KANSAS 6 TEXAS R. R.

A company has been organized under
the above name, having for its object
the construction of q railroad eommene-
! ing at Council Grove, Morris county,
Kansas, and thence by way of Cotton.
wood Falls, Chase county, Chelsea, Ell
dorado, Augusta and Douglas, Butler
county, Winfield and Arkansas City,
Cowiey county, and thence on the most
direct and practicable route to Florence,
near the mouth of the Little Wichita,
ON Red River, Texas.
The capital stock of said company to
be one million dollars.
A meeting of the directors of said
company was held at Cottonwood Falls,
Chase county, Kansas, January 4tb, A.
d. 1871.
The proceedings of the meeting were
as follows: In the absence of Hon. T.
III. Baker, President, Vice President G.
A. Britton took the chair. After a
lengthy discussion of the project by
Messrs. Wood, Baker, Slower and others,
the meeting proceeded with the follow
ing action: At the request and recon-
mendation of G.. NJ. Simcock, treasurer
by the charter, William Shamleffer was
elected to fill vacancy as director and
treasurer. FL. L. Hunt was also elected
to fill vacancy of director.
S. n. Wood, superintendent, was au-
thorized to cause books to be opened in
subscriptions to the capital stock of the
company. Hon. e. s. Slower was au-
thorized to open books in Council
Grove, Morris county; I'll. l.. Hunt in
Chase county L. III. Baker in Augusta !;
III. I. Sumner in Eldorado, Butler coun-
ty; E. G.. Manning in Winfield, and III.
b. Norton in Arkansas City, in Cowley
county, Kansas.
On motion, Hon. E. S. Slower, Hon.
James Finney, Hon. S. NJ. Wood, Hon.
L. S. Friend, Hon. T. Ii. Baker and Hon.
E. Z. Manning were appointed COM
mittee to ask the Legislature of the
State of Kansas for the passage of q
memorial asking Congress to grant the
pany through the government lands in
the south of Kansas and the Indian Ter
ritory to Texas.
1t was moved and adopted that S. n.
Wood, I'll. p. Dumas and A. Elridge be
a committee to procure action and the
influence of the Legislature of Texas in
favor of obtaining the right of way
through the Indian Territory and also
obtaining grant of land from the State
to the company. The said committees
were also authorized to present to the
proper authorities the question of get
ting transfer of the Atchison branch
road as required by act of Congress,
running from where said Atehison road
crosses the Neosho river to where the
LeavenWorth, Lawrence and Galveston
road crosses the same, to run from Cot
tonwood Falls, Chase county, by way
of the Walnut valley in Butler and
COwley counties, to the south line of
the State of Kansas.
Moved and adopted that the Superin-
tendent cause preliminary survey of
the road to be made, if the same can be
done without involving the company
in debt. Moved and adopted that the
proper officer, as soon as local subscrip-
tons are sufficient, cause to be let under
contract any portion of said road and,
also, to negotiate with any other rail-
road company to construct any part or
the whole of said road. 1t was also re-
solved that the secretary correspond
with the secretary of st. Joseph, Wam-
ego and Council Grove r. r Co., in re-
lation to the probability or possibility
of forming continuous line of the two
roads. 1t was moved that subscriptions
to capital stock of the company be re-
ceived, payable in county and township
bonds, lands or town lots at their cash
value, and that certificates of paid up
stock be issued therefor as well as the
ordinary subscriptions of stock in mon
ey. Ordered that the secretary furnish
a copy of the proceedings of this meet
ing to the newspapers of Morris, Chase,
Butler and Cowley counties. Moved
and adopted that the meeting adjourn
subject to call by the secretary.
G. A. BRITTON.
w. S. RoMGH, Vice-Pres't.
Secretary.