The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1879-05-08
Election Proclamation


state or Kansas, was on this eth day Of April, A.
ID 1879 presented TO the board Of County Com
missioners Of said county q ssdgwicx, there
board, and J York and e. W Steenrod, MEM
bcrs thereof and T.. A. Dorsey, County Clerk and
exotiicio clerk Of said board which said petition,
with the signatures thereto omitted, Is in the FOL-
loving words and figures, to wit:
To the Honorable Board Of County Comnfssion-
ers Of .Sedgwiek county, State Of kansas:
WHEREAS THE SAINT LOUIS, WICHITA ANDwEsT-
ERN RAILWAY COMPANY, propose TO construct
railway of standard gauge from the city OF Oswe-
go in IIabette County, State of Kansas, TO the
Jity of Wichita, and thence to the western boun-
Diary Of the state OF Kansas
Now, therefore, We the undersigned, being legal
voters and resident tax payers OF the County of
Sedgwick, state Of Kansas, do hereby leution
of said sedgwck County, 70 make an order, pur-
siaut to the statutes in such Cases made and pro-
vidcd, to submit TO the qualified voters Of sedg-
wick County-at special election to be called by
your Honorable body-a proposition As provided
Tor In an act Of the Legislature of the State OF
Kansas, entitled IAN Act to Enable Counties,
Townships and Cities Aid in the Construction Of
Railroads, and to Repeal section Eight, Of Chap
ter Thirty mine, of the Laws OF ls1i, approved
February25th, 1876, and acts amendatory there
Of to aid in the construction Of the railway OF
the Saint Louis, Wichita and Western Railway
Company, n corporation duly organized and exist
ing under and by virtue Of the laws Of the state
of kansas-by subscribing 10 TOR for) the Capital
stock of said Railway Company, To the amount Of
Two Hundred and Thirty Thousand Dollars, and
"a paw therefor by issuing and delivering to said
Railway Company-the bonds OF said County of
Sedgwick, TO an equal amount OF Two Hundred
and Thirty Thousand Dollars
That said bonds shall mature and be payable
thirty years from the day upon which they are en-
ecuted and shall bear interest at the rate of seven
per centum per aLnum, payable semi ANNUALLY on
The first day of January and the first day OF july,
of each year, and shall have semi-annta' interest
coupons attached
That the subscription by Tor for) and in the name
of said county to (or for the Capital Stock Of said
Railway Company, shall be made upon the con-
change for said County Bonds, deliver to the
Treasurer of said County, Capital stock In their
eaid road equal in amount with the bonds author
lied to be issued, dollar for dollar.
That whenever the railway Of said Company
shall have been constructed, and the cars running
thereon from the eastern boundary OF said County
10 the corporate limits of the City OF Wichita, In
said County, and station established at or with
In the corporate limits Of said City OF Wichita
then there shall be issued and delivered to said
Railway Company in payment for an equal amount
of the t'aptal stock Of said Railway Company,
the bonds of said County, 10 an amount equal
TO Three thousand and Five Hundred Dollars per
mile for each mile the track both main and side
track, Of said railway then constructed In said
County.
papy shall have been constructed from some point
the said City of wichita, In a westerly
and northerly direction to the boundary OF SAID
county, either in township twenty-five or town
ship twenty-six south, range three west, and the
cars running thereon and two more stations es-
tablished, at such points as said railway company
Ia and the said BOUNDARY of said County, then
there shall be issued and delivered to said Railway
Company, in payment for An equal amount OF the
Capital Stock Of said Railway Company, the
bonds of said County to an amount, which. with
the bonds Of said County previously issued and
TO Three Thousand and Five Hundred Dollars per
miie FOR each mile of the track Of said railway
then constructed In said County.
That whenever the railway Of said Railway
Company shall have been constructed from some
point at the said City Of Wichita In u
westerly and southerly direction to the boundary
of said County, either In township twenty-eigh
or township twenty-nine south, range four west,
and the cars running thereon and two or more
stations established at such points rs said Railway
Company may determine upon between said City
Of Wichita aud the said boundary of said County
then there shall be issued and delivered TO said
Railway Company in pay ment for AN equal amount
Of the Capital stock III said Railway Company,
the bonds Of said County To mn amount, which,
with the bonds of said County previously issued
and delivered % said Railway Company, shall be
equal to Three thousand and Five Hundred Dollars
per mile for each mile Of the track Of said railway
then constructed In said County PTorided, That
whenever the two said lines of said Hallway shall
both have been constructed from such point oi
JUNCTION lat or westerly ofthe said City of wichi-
tai as said Railway company may determine upon,
To- the boundary of said County, as hereinbefore
set FORTH then there shall be issued and delivered
10 the said Railway Company In payment for an
equal amount of the Capital stock Of said alw
Company the bonds of said County to an amount
which, with the bonds of said County previously
issued and delivered 10 said Railway Company
shall be equal 10 -Four Thousand Dollars per mile
for each mile of the track, both main and side
track Of said Hallway C9mPasy then
Of the bonds of said County of sedgwick "a issued
and delivered 10 said Railway Company, shall not
eNceed--in the principal sumthe amount of wo
Hundred and Thirty thousand Dollars. And pro-
rided further. that said Railway Company shall
construct whichever of the aforesaid lines OF rail-
way from or near the said City of Wichita in n
westerly direction in such order, or priority, a-
TO time, said Railway Company may elect.
I,rorided al,ndys. hat the aforesaid subscription
1.a rttasIg rlt.pn q
Railway Company shall begin work upon their
said Railway, within sixty days from the day up
ON which majority Of the qualified electors oi
said County shall vote to make theaiore said sab
scription and shall have said Railway constructed
and in operation from or near the city OF Oswego
In Iahctte county Kansas, to point, or place,
seventy-iye miles distant thcrcfrom in the gen
era direction of and towards said City of Wichita
upon such route said Railway Company may
determine upon, by or before the first day Of Jan
uary, A ID IssO. and said Railway shall he con
structed, and the cars running thereon, 70 said
City of Wichita or before the first day OF Aug
ust \. u. Iss0 and 10 the western boundary OF
said County or before the first day of july A
u. lssl.
Prorided further, That Immediately after ma
jority Of the legal voters of said County shall
vote 10 subscribe u Tor for) the Capital stock
OF said hallway Company, and Issue the bonds OF
said County In pay n.ent therefor 10 the amount OF
Two Hundred and Thirty Thousand Dollars, and
the result Of said special election shall have been
duly ascertaned and declared said subscription Il
Tor lori the capital stock of said Hallway Company
shall he made for and in the name of said County
and when said hallway Company shall have theii
railway constructed 10 within thirty miles of the
eastern boundary OF said County, then, or Mt some
time prior thereto the bonds of said county shall
lie duly executed by the Board OF County Commits
sioner. of said County and sttested by the County
Clerk of said County, under the seal OF said Loun-
", according b. law, and he deposited in escrow
with the Fiscal Agent Of the state of Kansas, at
the Fiscal Agency Of said state In the City OF New
York or with such other party In the said City OF
New York a may be mutually agreed upon b. and
sioners and said Railway Company, and said bonds
shall remain In possession of their custodian,
aforesaid, until said hallway Compan. shall have
constructed their said Railway ito the several
points, In said Comfy, named In this PROPOSE
iion) when there shall, from time 10 time, as
said HALLWAY shall he constructed Ito the points
within such County 50 named lie issued and de-
lvered 90 said Railway Company, the bonds OF
said County, 10 such an amount as ssld Ksimsy
q; this proposition, be entitled To receive-and NJ
the same time said bonds Of said County, are exc
vided for, THE said Railway Company shall exc
cute Ia land fcr) the said tounty and place In es-
crow with the same party with whom said tounty
bonds shall he entrusted, as aforesaid certificates
Of fully paid..sha of the capital stock of said
Railway Company, equal In amount, dollar
for dollar, 7" 70 said County bonds. which said
certificates of shares Of capital stock shall remain
I'm the posses Of said custodian until exchanged
for the bonds of said County, as hercnbefore pro-
vded for.
FG,fhrr Troriaed. That whenever said Railway
Company shall. in accordance with the provis-
ions set forth in the foregoing.and accompanying
aforesaid bonds, then, before the delivery of said
bonds to said Railway Company, the cus:o-
dian holding said bonds in escrow shall detach
thercfrum interest coupons which shall, in the
aggregate Ice equal To the amount Of interest
which shall have accrued thereon nj the time
when said Railway Company shall ir-t have be-
come entitled lin accordance with the provisions
of this proposition) to receive said bonds. That
whenever any such interest coupons shall he SO
detached by said custodian, they shall, by said
custodian, he cancelled. then and there, and re-
turned forthwith, Ia the Board of Coanty Com
mi-sioncrs of said County.
those voting at the aforesaid Special Election In
favor of the foregoing proposition shall have writ
ten or printed on their ballots, the words; For
extending aid 10 the Saint Louis. Wichita and
Western galway Company, aud all such ballots
shsl be counted In favor of the Aforesaid propo-
sition.
And sil those voting at said election against the
foregoing proposition shall have written or print
ell ON their ballots. the words; Against suascrib
ing Ia for the Capital stock Of the saint louis
Wichita and Western Railway Company and issu-
lug the bonsss of said tounty In payment therefor
III order t. aid in the construction of the halfway
of the amt Louis, Wichita and Western Railway
Company through Sedgwick County, and all
such ballots. and only such. shall be counted
against the aforesaid proposition.
And whereas, said board of County Commits
sioncrs have examined said petition aud IL having
been shown TO the satisfaction of said board that
said petition has been signed by more than two
flfths of the tax payers resident In said Sedgwick
County, and Is regular In form and legal, and said
board finds and declares
Now. therefore, pursuant 10 the prayer OF said
petition, and the statutes in such case made and
provided, II Is hereby ordered by the Board of
County Commissioners Of Sedgwick county, >tste
of Kansas, that n special election be held In the
several votiag precincts In said county OF Sedg
wick the usual voting place in each Of said pre-
at which said election the proposition set forth in
the hereinbefore recited petiton-sll OF which Is