The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-02-28

NJ, A Har1aoa, sIeFh ~ ghe district
GouTi, DRlisH g"unis' feHdH'
ruE sTATE or TEKAH-Ip Tho sheriff
Il az amy IOuBlHnlu ni llHllHh innNl 4fblNfl
lnai f0u aru hruhy rumWNuNfl lllNl
hy making puhlinll nn III lhH ilWl,nM
M bpnp y wHphphf pNnll.liNl ~
nouuty Of DHllnsi fnf innf Wrfh9 llN
yious ia The ielurl day hcrpl Fnn Nh,
u,nu "A. Calder, " HhHH 20 ~ Mll
ilnmipany, Hna nunnfili iA NsNn n va " TO-
ara nnnrlhhlinnli NE 9lhln nl ilaNp'i' n'.
tnit'n iu Hud igr lilo county Ni nhllNsi hil
,mn ihiru Monday la lane nekl liel SUI
lheTn ~ HnhNrr lhe prllluh nl nl45 'rtVi |
npd in fgll p0nfl hthlnslt Wiri,ta iian. |
u,n,a,d dninpa,iy, II lieudGIaOni and no Kan.
MN ilolling MIN C0mpnnNi lnhll hnll MI
Ionuoll, LHWhnn a NuJ nthhnhllsl HHN |
alleging - subsistence ~ IGJGT,i,np Mallroad
pa,nuanV WAS chartered Wy Hn hpl hl lllp
ieaislalufa Ofth0 state ~ lelaAi tnll llul NJ
nGi ~ incorporate lhh nAllAh hln Mlnn',H
railroad eomla II s Heip NJ NAV, i",s said
NV, ,iiupT aot was amended ny an act ~ TIE
lelIslaiuT0 NJ Texas, enllllhh 20 Ml W
amend an act ~ lnnnlpnIhln we iAllhh wv
Wighlia railroad nIWphny, anu w nv w
l1r contradiction NJ sald Ilhli PASSED. May
Hinat on the IAN ~ December, VA, ihehald
Dailas and Wichita rnlli0hl company WIS
uuly niphllkhh hlh huNil"h w wv A, lii',,
iOrs Ol aald company, ~ egll3 nl pHllns'
| bv the election ~ u board ~ hlftplplsl pltnl
| dsnt, Woo president, llphHiliT anu hlulrlhlbi
and adjourned W tho llfhl MONDAY W 'hhn'
What AZ a called meeting of the hoard Of
| dirooiuTs VI said company, on lhh lllh ~
| Fobruary, lMi, ~ code ~ hArlhWa WIS NUM-
| mi iOT lhn regulation ol Hnll company hhu
| nn,nuu otheT IhinpH N Wnh pfuYllul ll hhln
| nw'n,wA Nv Heotiuu |, Article I, "lhnt lhp
| AVA dtTugtnm elected hhhll 0phhll Nln
| h ard who shall mnnhg hhh Ounuuul Wv
| anaiTa und huHlhthh ~ lnu oplhlhny Wy
| rnnn,AblyaA, nnd Oftinurh nnd agHn't hppulhl
| ed by thHm under the powers Vthlnu va Wv
| AMIN my by the ola ftnf hnl BnhrIhl NV
repuinllig railroad companies ~ llln Hl',e
| by HsollOn ", ~ Article l. ~ nhlhll yp We
| il,oetOrs HhHll b0 ~ quorum 10 40 nus neM
| ia rnHe "A uunfum duna not ntlend, thosr
| nrsspnt may adjourn the meeting ~ hholhel
| i,mo u hNGliDn Z, "Nhun u quorum ~ pres
snt all the powers vested ~ thr nohla ii,Ay
| IA" nxerGlhoi Wy u ~ Joilly vote 81 lhohr
| nrfHont except 10 MI yhonncl0hl IN the board,
| III m "A vote Ofn mai riy 81 those remain
NM ia once shall bn necessary hnh hlho
tnit hucllOn b, "a rate Of a majority Of llr
| ,Vnule number shall 10 necessary 10 author
| la, "A eniu of any real ualhlti elcu tio'
rnG directors may make all oOuiraolh nee
uHsnfy nnd proper tAuoullhB lhe puNNln W.
pruRAiy granted thrm ny no ohhlluio or lnVtu
bv lnwa. ana not reftIlclod by tnom IN huoh
| uiude, and forms ~ they may doom proper
| I'M iha bnnent Of the company, Hut lhul
ahnii not contract Ot agree Tor, nor make
amy decd 0i iruAl mortgage or9lnor leh ON
| Iho mon Tly al IT. company without being
pxpfrH,iy authorized No 10 nN ny vote oi
lha dl eG ora NJ u gunuInl or X, Orlhl meeting,
Thnt nj u meeting Of the bonrd Of are tors
of atld Dallas ana wichita Railroad compa'
nv an tho an of June, 1879 the dolunuhnL u,
| M. CnldOr, became u stakeholder IN hhl
compauy, aud NJ Hnid meeting was ole ia
nrsi Il director ana then president OF shld
company, NJ that time ne had ~ property,
ma Visible means, nnd very lltllo, II any
Tnni On tho l7th of July, 1879, NJ u called
meeting OF the bOnrd ol directors, Tue Nhlu d.
| W, Calder presented hlh llrhi hlil hghlhht thv
company which wHH Tor alSl 10, without
Items or Vouchers, and II was felorrod To II
snpclnl Goa mlltce' 49, ,
rrhnl ON the qhth of November, 1872, n little
o on four months from that date, ~ whhl
proposed tO loo u meeting oi tho rootoih, u
III was presented by the said NJ " calder
tIr 50 0Il 10 against luOHnld railroad colnpt-
ny, aud by order OF The onrd duo hll VIVA
executed 10 tho said j, W, Calder oy the rec
rotary of The coz pnny, Tor lnn company Tor
that amount, dated Dallas, Texas, Novem'
hrr ~ 1872 That no itfnzed account or
vouchers Noro III Il with said ncrount ANA
none dcpONltod with or ON lllo WIN inc hco'
rotary Of HGid company,
were only two persons pteHent. Ono OF these
peing j. W. Calder, tho othor Two ltneio
were only Tour In all being present 10y theit
| niuNN, It w NhluNIs Alh' Wv ~ Wa Wv
quorum Of tho board present nj hat Time
competent 10 act Ia II matter of account IN
which the said i. y calder was lht stou,
and Lunt the pretended action OF the Gnl
board la allowing said account ana ordering
IA duo hill to b. given for II, and tho due NH
given by the secretary In conformity there
TO, nie void ana ul no legal force whatever
That on the Is h OF December, 1872 attn
cnllo meeting Il the b ard Of dlrto iors OF
said company, n prOpos tlon was made by
Alexander Calder, by his agent, j. W. Cal
der, IN substance AZ tollowH:
OETICEor
DALLAS AND WICHITA RAILROAD Co. !
Attn call meeting OF the directors of th,
DnlhlA ANA Wichita railroad company al
their 0nlco IN the city of Dallas, On the lo!l
of December, 1879, there were present j. W
Calder, O. Wogetatih, d., Conhaliy, IL. y
Eiyny; j. Il. calder being absent, Moved ny
II, y, ErVny that the Recalling of the minutes
he dispensed with, seconded by o. Wegrihrth
tho following proposition was then pre-.
'ented by A. Calder, through his agent D.
: W, Calder
cory OF PROPOSITION
For, ANA In consideration of one hundred
, (OW shares of paid up capital stock of IN,
Dallas and Wichita railroad company, THU
day received by me through my ny nj, j. W
Calder pr mise To pay Mat CULLEN, ON de-
mnud for work done Of said road, and Il
advance sufficient money 10 make up any
amount tho company may not nave OF
hand to pay Oh the engineer corps now II
the field, and to pay MI amounts du To mer
chants up to date In fact to act as bank err
, ior snid company ana TO advance then
money ms they may need II, without Inter
: est, the money NO paid ana advanced To b
, refunded to mo whenever the said compan,
| have the funds ON hand not otherwise Np
signed ALEXANDER CALDER.
. by his gent, j. W. CALDER.
Dallas, Texas, December IL, ls72
ENpoRsEr AS roLLoNs:
: endorse this agreement and bind mysel
personally, IT, the present holders Of p aid NJ
stock In said company, TO stand between
them and all claims against the company IL
Signed j. W.UALDER.
Dallas, Texas, J., cember II, 1872
{ Motion by Z, Megeinrth that the propo /
, ton be accepted nd the stock be issued b,
the secre AIRY In accordance herewith Sec
a onded by ID. Connnl v. Adopted. Moved
that the president discharge the enginee
4 corps now in the field, except W, IL. Went
worth, who Is retained to complete the note
OF hissurvey. Adopted.
Motion tJ adjourn carried.
Y NJ. IL ALMOND, secretary.
, That tho making tho proposition In th,
nam of Alexander Calder was u mere bltnu
and was tho first step In deliberate ant
we'll cunsid red system of fraud practiceC
upon the ID ,ilas and Wichita railroad nm
pany, Us will be hereafter more fully shown
by the said j. W. Calder.
That on the lIth -! December, the day
wnen by the terms of said proposition he re-.
, celved ono hundred (lO0 shares of the paid
, up capital sio0k of the DALLAS aud Wichita
raih oad company, Alexander Calder was In
the state of Pennsylvania, That ne resided
there then aud since, an has never been In
: the state of Texas, nor had he then any
means or properly In the tate OF Texas, nor
my ere III or bushes, connections In the
sta g, nor was he personally known to any
members of the said board of directors then
| present, except the said j. W, Calder, who
was his son, nor had they any knowledge or
guarantees of the responsibility of the said
Alexander Calder, and the said j. W. Calder
was irresponsible, and the said directors
knew II or couu easily have known II.
That the real party making said PROPOSE
ton was the said j. W. Calder, who then In
troduced the name of another person in his
dealing with the said railroad company, the
better to screen himself from the frauds he
then contemplated anu afterward perpetra-
| ted upOn IL