Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-08-08
RAILROAD ELECTION
Town OF Lancaster.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, J
GRANT COUNTY,
Town of Lancaster.

STATE OF WISCONSIN, J a
GRANT COUNTY, IS.
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
poraion duly organized under and by virtue of the
laws of the State of Wisconsin, for the psrpose of
building and operating railroad under the name and
style aforesaid, from Chicago, in Illinois to Tomah in
Wisconsin, the construction of which railroad has
been begun at Wauzeka, and at BloomingdaI and at
points and sections intermediate in the State of Wis
consn propose to build and operate it's road narrow
gauge. to-wit, of the gauge three feet; and
WHEREAS, The several municipal corporations Of
the State of Wisconsin authorized by law 20 aid
the construction of railroads. and especially narrow
gauge railroads; therefore, in order to securo
aid in and for the construction Of Its railroad, in
cordance with the laws of the State of Wisconsin, the
Chicago Tomah Railroad Company proposes to the
town of Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin, to sub
scribe for Forty Two Thousand Dollars of tho frat
mortgage bonds of said railroad company said railroad
bonds to be secured by trust deed of that
portion ofts proposed line from Wauzeka south ward
and that said railroad bonds shall bear eight per cent
interest per annum the interest to be paid semi AN
nually, and the whole amount of said railroad bonds
TO be issued under said mortgage not to exceed five
Thousand dollars per mile and that the payments by
said town for said bonds shall be in nstallm s nd
in money-as follows, to-wlt
The Chicago Tomah Railroad Company proposes
that the town of Lancaster shall pay to the Chicago
Tomsh Railroad Company two thousand dollars
upon the delivery of each fifty of steel or iron
rails suitable for road of three feet gange upon the
cars of the Milwaukee Il St. Paul Railway at Wood.
man or Wauzeka, until eight hundred tons are de-
livered aforesaid, and upon the payment of said
money by said town of Lancaster the said railroad
iron shall be delivered in trust to George w RyIand
for the purpose of ironing the portion of the Chicago
and fomah Railroad between a point on the Chicago
milwaukee, st. Paul railway near the mouth Of
Green river and the city of Lancaster and it shall be
the duty of said trustees to deliver said iron to the
Chicago Tomah Railroad Company, as the same
may be requir3d by said company to Law the track he
tween the mail line of the Chicago l. Tomah railroad
In the of Fennimore and the city of Lancaster
and for no other purpose till said railroad is com
pleted to the city OF Lancaster as herein proposed
two thousand dollars as each one quarter of the
grading is completed between the city of Lancaster
and the junction with the main line ofthe Chicago
Tomah Railroad Company-and that all PAYMENTS
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 Chicago Mil.
wankee St. Paul railroad near the mouth of Green
river to the city of Lancaster.
The Chicago & Tomah Railroad Company proposes
to said town OF Lancaster that the said Railroad Com
pany shall deliver to said town the first mortgage bond
ofsaid Railroad Company of the class herein described
at the par value ofthe same amount and the same
time that the payments made by said town to said
Railroad Company in accordance with the terms of
this proposition. The certificate of the engineer in
charge OF the work niedn the Office of the
of said town shall be evidence OF the fuflment Of
this contract as aforesaid by the Railroad Companv
The Chicago Touah Railroad Company proposes to
establish depot at such point the citizens may
designate within the corporate limits of sa i'd civ
provided depot grounds are furnished free of cos, to
the company and the right of way the same within
the city. And said Chicago Tomah Railroad Com
pany and bind said company to run at o,
train OF cars to and from the Chicago Milwaukee, 4
st. Paul Il. X. and the city of Lancaster each day
Sundays excepted, from and after the compe ton OF
4 naAf IN aid eff NnIft hat
said road running southerly from Fennmore shall be
extended SO that any portion Of its track shall RIM
further south than said city, 1t shall be so extended
from the depot grounds in said city, and shall mass
within half mile OF the court house in said CIR
and said company further agree that no other d,not
or station shall be established said road within
eight miles OF said city of Lancaster.
The Chicago Tomah Railroad COMPANY pronosa.
to complete said railroad ready for the passage of
cars from connection with the Milwaukee & St.
Paul Railroad to ths city of Lancaster aforesaid GU
or before the lst day OF November A. d. ISIS with
locomotive and cars running thereon
The Chicago Iomah Railroad Company proposes
to INK and establish for the period of ten wears from
the acceptance OF this proposition and its falmen
on tn part OF the town of Lanca ster the sad COM
pany's rate OF transportation of passengers and
freight in accordance with chapter 253 of the Gene raj
Laws Of the State oil Wisconsin of the session of the
legislature, A. D., 1874, commonly known az tbe
Potter Law, and alse in accordance with the
amendments TO said chapter, which said rates have
been established maximum rates bv a rasolut;on
OF the board OF directors of the Chicago 4 Tomab
haliroAu 70. aaopseu al meeting of sad beard of
directors, at Wauzeka, on the 18th Of july. A. D.
1878. f " -
Dated this Sd day Of May A. D., 1873.
l.. AcuLFER, eye. & T. r. R. Co.
d r.. w. WILLIAMS
President Chicago Tomah r. R. Co.
AND WHEREAs, A petition of more than
twelve resident free-holders and legal voters
of said town, to the town clerk and Board of
Supervisory 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 fled 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 a
notice of such ar election, in manner and
form us the law provides,
Now, THEREFoRE, An election viii 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 10th 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 g accepting said proposition will de.
pcsiG-a ballot upon which shall be writtea oil
printed the words, " For the railroad PROPOSE
ton, and those in favor of its rejection viii
deposit a ballot on which shah be written ,or
printed the words, Against the railro al
proposition
Dated July goth, A. D.. 1878.
AUG. MICHAELIS.
Town Clerk of the town of Lancaster