Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-07-25
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RAILROAD ELECTION |!
4 Town OF Lancaster.
Town OF Lancaste,
STATE OF WISCONSIN
GRANT County,
Town of Lancaster

GRANT COUNTY, 81
Town of Lancaster.
Notice is hereby given, that
WHEREAS, The Chicago and Tomah Railroad
Company, on the Sd day of May, 1878, filed in
the Office of the clerk Of said Town, a proposi-
ton of which the following is copy, viz:
PROPOSITION:
The Chicago and Tomah Railroad Company, a Cor
poraton duly organized under and by virtue OF tho
laws OF the State Of Wisconsin, for the parpose OF
building aud operating railroad under the name and
style aforesaid. from Chicago Ia Illinois to Torah In
Wisconsin. the construction OF which railroad hns
been begun ut Wauzeka, and at Bioomingdae, and nj
points and sections intermediate In the State OF Wis
consn propose to build aud operate its road narrow
gauge. towit., of the gauge thrse feet; and
WHEREAS. The several municipal corpora ops OF
the State OF Wisconsin are authorized by law 20 aid
the construction of railroads. and especially narrow
gauge railroads; now therefore, in order to secure
aid In and for the construction Of Its railroad In ac-
cordance with the laws OF the State OF Wisconsin tbs
Chicago Tomah Railroad Company proposes to the
town of Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin to snb
scribe for Forty Two Thousand Dollars Of the first
mortgage bonds Of said railroad company said railroad
bonds be secured by trust deed NOR OF
portion its proposed line from Wauzeka so
and that said railroad bonds shall bear eight per cent
interest per annum, the interest to be paid semi "A
nualy and the whole amount OF said railroad honda
to be issued under said mortgage not to xceed iva
Thousand dollars per MILE and mat the payments by
said town for said bonds shall be in lin and
in money-as follows, to-wit:
The Chicago Tomah Railroad Company propo,s.
that the town fLancaster shall pay to the Chicago
4 Tomah Railroad Company two thousand doliars
upon the delivery Of each fifty tons OF steel or iron
rsis suitable for read OF three feet gauge unon ira
cars Oft the Milwaukee Sc. Paul Railway, at Wood.
man or Wauzeka, until eight hundred tons are dc
livered as aforesaid, and upon the payment OF said
money by said town Of Lancaster, the said raiIrosd
iron shall be delivered in trust to George W. Rylapd
for the purpose Of ironing tho portion OF the Chcag
and Toinah railroad between point on The Chic.g,
Milwaukee Il St. Paul railway near the month n,
Green river and the city OF Lancaster and il shall he
the duty of said trustees to deliver said iron to tbe
Chicago & Tomah Railroad Company, as the sam
may be required by said company lay the track be.
tween the maii line of the Chicago Tomah railroad
In the town of Fennmore and the city OF Lancaster
and for no other purpose till said railroad is com
pleted 10 the city Of Lancaster, herein proposed
two thousand dollars as each quarter of the
grading is completed between tho city OF Lancaster
and the junction with the main line of the Chicago
Tomah Railroad Company-and that all nsyments
unpaid by said town shall be paid when said Railroad
Company has completed its road ready for the
OF cars with locomotive and cars running thereon
from the above mentioned point on the Oh icaoo Mil
waukee & st. Paul railroad the mouth OF Green
river to the city OF Lancaster.
The Chicago Tomah Railroad COMPANY nronoso.
to said town Of Lancaster the said railroad Com
pany shall deliver TO said town the first mortgage DO
OF said Railroad Company OF the class herein
at the par value the same amount and at the
time that the payments made by said town 10 said
Railroad Company in accordance with the terms 81
this proposition. The certificate OF the snaipeer A.,
charge of the work led the Office Of the town cia ~
OF said town shalt be evidence OF tho Ifllment IA
this contract az aforesaid by the Railroad COMPANY
The Chicago Il Tomah Railroad Company pronosss 70
establish depot at such point the citIzsns ma y
designate within the corporate limits of 4. IA cit
provided depot grounds furnished free OF cos 10
toe company aud the right of way the sans wit;n
the city. And said Chicago u fomah Railroaj a n,a
pany agree and bind said company to ut ast one
train OF cars to and from the Chicago Milwaukse 4
st. Paul r. X. and the city Of Lancaster each av
Sundays excepted, from and after the comnIat;on -
said road to said city, and that in case the noron
said road running southery from Fennimore shall ba
extended 30 that any portion OF its track shall
further south than said city, 1t shalt be SO
from the depot grounds in said city and sh.ji no.
within one.haf mile Of the court house. in said city
and said company further agree that no other
station shall be established ON said road ,vi,b;
eight miles Of said city of Lancaster. "''''A
The Chicago Tomah Railroad COMPANY p,on,.a.
complete sad railroad ready for the passage OF
Paul Railroad, to the city of Lancaster afore..,d g.
or before the LIST day of November A, D. ISIS viii
locomotive and cars running thereon 80 w."
The Chicago AZ Tomah Railroad Compan y nro nosa.
to nix and establish for the period OF ten wears
the acceptance OF this proposition and its fuIlIm
On IN 'i ,he .oSn o. Lancaster, the said com.
freight in accordance with chapter 27 Of the Cana RI
Laws Of the State OF Wisconsin of the session ~ az.
,. a. ", ls's, commonly known as the
"Pofter Law, ana aiss In accordance with the
amendments to said chapter, which said r.tas h.vs
been estaDished as maximum rates by resolntion
OF the board OF directors Of the Chicago 4 Tomeh
u boar n
directors, at Wauzska, on the 2Sth of July. A. b.
1875 I8 EHf -
Dated this Sd day OF May A. D., 1878.
L. NJ CULVER, secy.C. & 7. r. R. Co.
D. n. W. WILLIAMS,
President Chicago Tomah n r. Go.
AND WHEREAS, A petition of more than
twelve resident free holders and legal voters
of said town, to the town clerk and Board Of
Supervisors of said town, that said proposition
be submitted to an election to be held by the
legal voters of said town, as the law provides,
has been filed in the office Of said clerk; and
the Supervisors Of said town, deeming the
same proper, have ordered that the town
clerk of said town Immediately publish
notice of such ar election, in manner and
form as the law provides, ~,
Now, THEREFoRE, An election win be held
by the legal voters of said town at the Court
House, the same being the usual place Of
holding elections in said town, on Tuesday,
the goth day OF August, 1878, to be held and
conducted in the same manner as are general
elections, for the purpose of deciding whether
said town viii accept or reject said PROPOSE
ton, and the legal voters of said town are
hereby notified that at such election, those in
favor of accepting said proposition will de-
post ballot upon which shall be written or
printed the words, /" For the railroad PROPOSE
ton" and those in favor of its rejection will
deposit ballot on which shall be written or
printed the words, Against the railroad
Dated July goth, A. D., 1873.
AUG. MICHAELIS,
Town Clerk of the town of Lancaster.