Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-09-13
PROCLAMATION
For a Special Election in the City Of
Wichita, Kansas,
Il the Matter of the Wichita 4 Colorado
Railroad.

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| lss5, there was duly presented 70 the mayo
aad eounclmeD OF the city OF wichita, at
regular meeting, petition duly signed by NOR
| than Two fIIns of me res dent taxpayers q
| said citv, PRAYING said mayor aud councilmei
| 10 submit 10 ihe qnsli6ed voters OF SAID city
| proposition to subscribe tSio,DoO forty thou.
4 and dollars to the capital stock OF Wichita
Colorado Railway Company, in the cum, on IN
| conditions q. "a out in -aid petition, and otne
conditions If deemed dyisabie. wh ch petition
| signatures only being omitted. is in words an'
| figures Is follows, wit:
PETITION.
To HE Mayor and CoHsrH Of the City Of Wieh
ifa, SecsUiek Cogaiy, Kansas:
We, the undersigned being more than (s-5
two-GfIhs OF The resident taxpayers OF the cit,
Of Wichita hereby petition The MAYOR an
council II ssid city OF Wichita 10 submit, al 1
special election, TO the quslined voters OF salt
civ OF Wichita, = proposition to subscribe IL
| the capital stock " The Wichita 4 Colorado
Railway Company, railway company duly
organized and existing under the laws OF Ihs
state OF Kansas. which proposes to construct q
| railroad into said city OF Wichita.
Said subscription to be for tS4o. 000) forty
Thousand dollars. And in payment Of said SUD-
| scription to said capital stock OF said company
| bonds of said city, with coupons attached, shsll
be duly issued aud delivered, Ia sums of $500
five hundred dollars each, aggregating $50, 0Vo)
forty thousand dollars, payable in Go twenty
per cent. interest. payable semi-annually: both
PRINCIPAL ant interest payable at the Fiscal
Agency of The stale of Kansas, in the city OF
New York, such bonds 10 he duly issued and
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 Michita X Colorado Railway Com
paDy shsll construct a railroad, OF standard
gauge Gncluding all necessary side tracks and
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 lst, ISIS
And We pray that said mayor and council
upon presentation OF this petition, duly con-
vene and make an order, which order shall EN-
brace the terms aud conditions of this petition,
and such other conditions as ea.d mayor
and council may deem advisable; and also tx
ing the time Tor holding q special election,
which We pray. may be held, as by law pro-
vi'iei, under chapter lo., laws OF Kansas. 1876,
and amendments thereto, TO determine vine ther
such subscription shall be made.
And the form OF the ballot To be used at such
special election for and against said proposition
so submitted. shall he a. follows, eacn quail
fed voter voting for said proposition shall have
printed or written on his ballot:
"For subscription 10 the capital stock Of the
Wichita a colorado Railway Company"
Each qualife voter voting against such prop
osition shall have printed or written ON his
ballot:
against subscription to the capital stock of
the Wic.ita X colorado Railway tompsny -
And he condition annexed by the council be-
ing "a follows:
s.And said company shall at al! times main
tain depot in "a d city, on the east side OF the
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 sSme was in due
form, and WAS duly signed by more than two
fiths oil the resident taxpayers Of said city of
Wichita, and duly made an order that the
prayer Of said petition be granted, and ordered
a y q -
OF Wichita on the
FIFTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, A. D.
ISIS,
to determine whether the city OF Wichita shall
subscribe CSio,OOo) forty thousand dollars to
the capital stock of said Wichita 4 Colorado
Railway Company, and issue bonds to said
company and In payment therefor, in said sum
and on the terms and conditions rs set out in
said petition, and the condition annexed by the
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 clerk
to issue said bonds. upon compliance with the
conditions upon which said subscription Is
made, in the event that said proposition Is car
ricd. And further ordering that the ballots 10
be used AT such election lie in form a. set ont in
said petition; and ordering the mayor To issue
his proclamation for such election, and in all
things perform such act a by law provided.
Therefore, 1, Il. W Aldrich, mayor of said
city of Wichita, by virtue of the authority I'm
me vested by law, and by virtue Of said order
made, do hereby proclaim and give notice
that special election shall be held in said city
Of Wichita on the
FIFTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, A. ID.
lSS5,
to determine whether SAID city shall make such
subscription, on The conditions above set out,
and in payment thereof Issue bonds of said city
rs set GU; In said order; such election TO be
conducted in all respects, returns made and
results ascertained rs provided by law on gen.
eral elections. And ! do further order that
such election shall be held in the five wards OF
said city, at the places hereinafter designated
In each ward, and that the electors named in
connection with each ward, as judges and
clerks of said election, shall be the judges and
clerks OF said election. to-wit:
First ard, at PopenOe's stable. South Main
street Judges: Roberi Carson, W. +. Walker
and James Davis. Clerks: j. 4. Holmes and
J. T. McNiilen.
second Ward, at Office Of Wichita Water
Company, North Main street Judges: WIN.
NJ. Heller, ID. {. Riggs and a. IL. Mckee.
Clerks: Jessie Ask and ii q 1oler.
North Topeka avenue. Judges: W. A Riehey
j. r. Stone and A. A. Kicker. Clerks: l. CO
Hamilton and Martin Hsllsr.
Fourth Ward, at Abe Smith 3 carpenter shop,
North Main street. judges: J. NJ. Pollock,
Douglas V. Donneily and Vim. u, Parkinson.
Clerks: II. l.. Taylor and Frank Thomas.
Fifth Ward, at onice o, L. d. Seaman. south
side of Chicago avenue. Judges: Robert Card
ner Charles Hembro and Charles Campbell.
Clerks: }. l.. Moore and Nm. German.
The ballots 10 be used st said election shall
be as follows:
Each qualified voter voting for said subscrip-
ton S, all have printed or written on his bal
lot
'For subscription to tine capital stock OF the
Wichita \ Colorado Railway Company.
Each qualified voter voting against said sub
,crption shall have printed or written on his
ballot:
Against subscription to the capital stock OF
the Wichita h Colorado halfway Company
In witness whereof I, said msyor. have here
with officially set my hand, at the city Of Wich-
ita, this llth day Of August, 4. ID lss5.
L. ". ALDEICH,
Attest: Hayos.
" y. GRKrS. City Uerk DE- sic