Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-09-06
PROCLAMATION
For a Special Election in the City Of
Wichita, Kansas,
n the Matter Of the Wichita & Colorado
Railroad

To sse qualified rofers Of fae Guy ., -,eafa:
Whereas, On the 10 n day of August, 4. D.
ioo, there was duly presented Ia The mayor
AMI councilmeu oil the citV Of Wichita. At .
regular meeting. a petition duty signed by more
than two-fftns Of the resident taxpayers OF
said eity, praying said mayor aDd counciImen
TO submit 10 the qusiiied voters OF said city q
proposition 10 subscribe tS+o. ooo) forty thous-
aud dollars 10 The capital stock OF wichita 4
Colorado Hallway Company. in the sum, on the
conditions as SET oul Ia said petition and other
conditions il deemed advisable, which petition,
signatures only being omitted, Is In words and
figures Is follows, to-wit;
PETITION.
To the Mayor and Council of the CITY of Jyieh-
ifa, Sedgrick County, Kansas:
We, the undersigned, being more than fs-s)
two-ffths Of the resident taxpayers OF the city
OF Wichits, hereby petition The mayor and
special election, to the qualified voters OF said
city OF wichita, proposition to subscribe to
the capital stock OF the Wichita 4 Colorado
organized and existing under the laws OF the
state Of Kansas, which proposes TO construct .
railroad into said city OF Wichita.
Said subscription to be for $40. 0oo) forty
thousand dollars And in payment OF said sub
scription to said capital stock of said company
bonds Of said city, with coupons attached, shall
be duly issued and delivered, in sums Of $500
i've hundred dollars each. aggregating (es0, OO0)
forty thousand dollars, payable in GO, twenty
years from date Of issue, each bearing 90 six
per cent. interest. payable semi-annuaily; both
principal ane interest payable at the Fiscal
New York. such bonds TO be duly issued and
delivered upon compliance with conditions
hereinafter set out. and delivery of stock in
said road as by law provided The conditions
upon which said subscription to the capital
stock OF said company is made, are:
That the Wichita Colorado Railway Com
pany shall construct a railroad, Of standard
gauge Qncluding all necessary side tracks and
| switches) into said city OF Wichita, Kansas
and have cars running thereon from some point
In the township OF Greeley or township OF
Sherman, in Sedgwick county, Kansas, ON or
before February LIST, lsc6.
| And We pray that said mayor and council,
upon presentation OF this petition, duly con-
yene and make an order. which order shall en-
brace the terms and conditions of this petition
| and such other conditions as said mayor
and council may deem advisable; and also tx
| ing the time for holding . special election
| which we pray. may be held, g. by law pro-
vided. under chapter lJ1 laws OF Kansas 1855,
| and amendments thereto, to determine whether
| such subscription shall be made
And the form Of the bsllot To be used at such
special election for and against said proposition
so submitted, shall be as follows, eacn quail
printed or written on his ballot:
| For subscription TO the capital stock Of the
| Wichts 4 Colorado Railway Company
Each qualified voter voting against such prop
ballot:
"Against subscription to the capital stock Of
the Wichita Colorado Railway Company"
And The condition annexed by the council be-
/ ing rs follows:
And sail company shall at all times main
tain depot in SAID city, on the east side Of tn,
| Big Arkansas river -
And whereas, said mayor and councilmen. In
| pursuance OF said petition being duly convened
as by law provided, and after having examined
said petition found that the same was In due
form, aud was duly signed by more than two
| fiths OF the resident tax payers Of said city o.
| Wichita. and duly made an order that the
prayer Of said petition be granted, and orderet
that special election shall be held in said cit,
| Of Wichita on the
FIFTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, A. D.
to determine whether the city OF Wichita shall
suDscribs $40 ,o00) forty thousand dollars u
the capital stock OF said wichita Colorado
Railway Company, and issue bonds to sait
company and In payment therefor, In said sun
and on the terms and conditions set out 1,
said petition, and the condition annexed by tn
council in said order. And further ordering
that In the event that said proposition carried
that the city clerk make such subscription
and further ordering the mayor and city clerl
to issue said bonds, upon eompli.nce with tn
| conditions upon which safi subscription Il
| made in the event that said propo -ition Is car
ried. And further ordering that the ballots &
be used ri such election lie In form Is set out II
| said petition; and ordering the mayor TO issu'
his proclamation for such election. and In al
things perform such act "a by law provided
Therefore, ], b. W Aldrich, mayor OF sal
|
me vested by law. aud by virtue of said orde
so made. do hereby proclaim and give notic'
that q special election shall be held in said cit
Of Wichita on the
FIFTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, A. ID
lssj,
to determine whether said city shall make sue
subscription, On the conditions above set cut
and In payment thereof Issue bonds OF said cit
as set out In said orier; such election 10 ID
conducted in all respects, returns made an
results ascsrtained n provided by law on gen
eral elections. And ] 40 further order tina
such election shall be held in the Eve wards O
In each ward, and that the electors named 4
connection with each ward. judges an
clerks OF said election, shall be the judges an
clerks of said election. to-wit:
First " ard, at Popenoe's stable, South Maj
street. judges; Roberi Carson. W .. Wake
and James Davis. Clerks: }. L. Holmes an
1T. McMillen.
Company, North Main street. Judges: VIM
NJ. Heller. ID. &. Riggs and a. II. Mckee
Clerks: Jessie Ask ami II. q. Toler.
North Topeka avenue. Judges: ". A Richey
j. r. Stone and A. A Bscker. Clerks: l.. Z
Hamilton and Martin H-llar.
Fourth Ward, at Abe Smith IS carpenter shop
North Main street. Judges: j. NJ Pollock
Douglas v. Donnelly snd wm. n. Parkinson
Clerks: II. l.. Taylor and Frank Thomas
Fifth Ward. at Office of x u. seaman. sout
side of Chicago avenue. Judges: Robert Gard
ner, Charles Hembro and Charles Campbell
Clerks: J l.. Moore and VIM German
The ballots to be used st said election shsl
he AS follows:
Each qualified voter voting for said subscrip
ton all have printed or written on his bal
lot:
"For subscription to tine capital stock Of III
Wichita h Colorado Hallway Company -
Each qusIifed voter voting sgainst said sub
.cripticn shall have printed or written on hi
ballot:
Against subscription to The capital stock G
the Wichita h Colorado Railway Company -
In witness whereof I, ssid msyor. have here
with ofYicially set my hand. at the city Of Wich
ita, this llth day of August, A. u lssj.
II. ". ALDIICH,
Attest: Mayor.
VIZ GsrES, City Clerk. DE- 81