The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-12-12
THE W. NJ. & P. R. R.
a NEW RAILWAY xoRrHwARD,


abbreviation of the name of the railroad
company that is to he, in the near fu-
ture. 1t reads, Tie Wyoming. Mon
tana and Pacific railroad company. The
LEADER has heretofore stated that the
Union Pacific folks were in earnest in
their intention of having road built
northward. We can say that the bill
which passed in the legislature meets
with their hearty approval, and they
are anxious to begin work at the earli-
est moment
The bill as passed contains the follow
ing provisions:
SECTION /. That the board of coun-
ty commissioners of the county of Lara
mie, Wyoming territory, be, and they
are hereby authorized and required to
issue the bonds of the said county of
Laramie to the amount of four hundred
thousand dollars, par value, to the Wy
oming, Montana and Pacific railroad
company when the said company shall
have completed and equipped ready for
the running of trains, and trains run
ming thereon, one hundred miles of rail-
road from the city of Cheyenne, in said
county, in northwesterly direction, by
the most practicable line to the terrific
ry of Montana, and upon such route as
best to facilitate the construction Of a
branch thereof to the Black Hills, and
shall also have erected at said city of
Cheyenne machine shops for the use of
said Wyoming, Montana and Pacific
railroad at a cost of not less than twen-
ty-fve thousand dollars.
Sections 2, 3, A. 5, 6, and provide
for the manner of issuing the bonds, the
mode Of tax levy for interest, etc. The
remainder of the bill is as follows:
SECTION 0. None of the bonds pro-
vided for in this act shall be issued to
the said Wyoming, Montana and Pa
cific railroad company unless the issue
thereof shall be duly sanctioned by &
vote Of the electors of said Laramie
county, in the manner provided for in
this act, nor unless the said Wyoming,
Montana and Pacific railroad company
shall first obtain from the said Colorado
Central railroad company full, COM
plete and absolute surrender and release
from the said Colorado Central railroad
company to the said county of Laramie,
and to the board of county commission
ers of the said county of Laramie, of
any and all claims or right which the
said Colorado Central railroad company
makes or may make to the bonds au-
thorized to be issued under the act en-
titled, "An act to authorize and en-
power the board of county commission
ers of Laramie county to issue the bonds
of said county to the Colorado Central
railroad company, and for other pur-
poses," approved Dec. IA, 1877, and
shall file such surrender and release with
the board of county commissioners Of
said Laramie county; nor shall the
bonds authorized by this act be issued
to said Wyoming, Montana and Pacific
railroad company until said last named
company has completed and equipped
its railroad in the direction contem-
plated by this act, and trains are run
ming thereon, for distance of one hum
dred miles, and the machine shops pro-
vided for in section l of this act have
been erected at the said Cheyenne City.
But in case all the conditions precedent
to the issuance of the bonds provided
for in this act have been performed and
complied with, then and in that event
1t shall be the duty of the board of
county commissioners of said Laramie
county to issue such bonds to the said
Wyoming, Montana and Pacific railroad
company within ninety days thereafter.
SEC. 10. That before the aforesaid
bonds shall be issued to said railroad
company, herein mentioned, majority
Of the electors of said county, voting,
shall sanction said issue, at an election
to be called for that purpose by the said
board of county commissioners of said
county; such election shall be called by
publication of, or notice of, the holding
Of said election in some newspaper
printed in said county, twenty days
prior to the day of election, notifying
the electors Of the object of the elec.
tion; and tickets shall be provided, upon
which shall be printed the words, "FoI
Railroad Bonds" and an equal number
upon which shall be printed the words,
Against Railroad Bonds. 1t shall be
the duty of the said board of county
commissioners to issue the call for sale
election not later than the first day o.
February, A. D. 1880.
The votes shall be taken at the tint
mentioned in the notice of election
and the places of holding said election
shall he the several precincts of The
county now established, or those which
may hereafter be established according
to law; and the vote shall be returned
to the county clerk of said county O
Laramie, within fifteen days after sucl
election, by one of the judges or clerk
in each precinct; and when the return
are all in, or at the expiration of fifteeI
days aforesaid, the board of count,
commissioners of said county shall can
vass the vote and declare the result OF
the minutes of their meetings and pro
ceedings, as in other cases; and in cas-