Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-08-27
PROCLAMATION
For a Special Election in the City of
Wichita, Kansas,
In the Matter of the Wichita q Colorado
Railroad

Railroad.
To rae qualified rofers Of fAs Cus o. .sea,fa:
whereas, On the 10Th day Of August, A. ID.
lass, there Was daily presented 70 the mayor
and councilmen Of the civ Of wichita, al a
than two-dIths of the resident taxpayer, Of
said city, praying said mayor and counciimen
TO submit 10 the qualified voters Of said city 4
propo.itia IN TO subscribe tS40. COO forty thous-
and dollars TO the capital stock OF Wichita L
Colorado Railway Company, In the sum, on the
conditions Is EFT out In said petition, and other
signatures only being omitted. Is in words and
figures - follows, to-wit:
PETITION.
To the Mayor and Council Of the City Of VioA-
ito, Sedscick Couafy, Kansas:
We, the undersigned, being more than f.-s)
two-ffths OF the r. sident taxpayers Of the city
council ssid city of Wichita TO submit, a.
special elect N, to the qualified voters OF said
city of wichita. proposition TO subsrr ibe ~
the capital STOCK Of the Wichita 4 Colorado
Railway Company railway company duly
organized and existing under the laws OF the
state Of Kansas. which propo-es to construct .
railrosd into said city OF Wichita.
Said subscription to be for so 000l rty
thousand dollars And in payment u laid SUBJ
scription 10 said capital stock of said compsny,
bonds Of said city, With coupons attached. -hsll
be duly issued aud delivered, in sums II $500
forty Thousand dollars, payable in GO twenty
year, from date OF is-ue, each bearing (6) six
per cent. interest payable semi-annuxliy; both
principal anc interest payable at the Fiscal
Agency of the state OF kansas, In the city OF
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 4 Colorado Railway Com
gauge dncluding ali necessary side tracks and
switches) into said city Of Wichita. Kansas,
and have cars running thereon from some poin,
in the township OF Greeley or township OF
Sherman. in Sedgwick county. kansas, on OF
before February LIST, lss6.
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 and Conditions Of this petition
and such other conditions As said mayo
and council may deem advisable; and also FIX
ing the time Tor holding q special election
vided. under chapter l01. laws OF Kansas ls76
and amendments thereto, TO determine whethe
such subscription shall be made.
And the form OF the ballot TO be used at sucl
special election for and against said proposition
SO submitted. shall be as follows, eacn quail
fed voter voting for said proposition shall hav
printed or written on his ballot:
''For subscription to the capital stock OF tn
Wichita 4 Colorado Railway Company
| Each qualified voter voting against such prop
osiiion shall have printed or written On hi
| ballot:
Against subscription to the capital stock q
| the Wichita & Colorado Railway Company"
And the condition annexed by the council be
| ing as follows:
| "And said company shall at ali times main
tain depot In sad city, on the east side OF IN
Big Arkansas river
And whereas, said mayor and councilmen, 4
pursuance of said petition being duly convene
| as by law provided and after having examine
/ M
| form, and was duly signed by more than tive
hiths OF the resident taxpayers Of said city ,
| Wichita. and duly made an order that th
prayer Of said petition be granted. and ordere
that special election shall be held in ssid cit
| of Wichita on the
FIFTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, a. L
| 1855,
| TO determine whether the city of Wichita sha
subscribe $4,000 forty thousand dollars
| the capital stock of said Wichita 4 Colorsd
Railway Company, and issue bonds to sal
company and in payment therefor, In said SUI
and on the terms and conditions rs SET OUT !
said petition, and the condition annexed by u
council in said order. And further orderin
that In the event that said proposition carried
that the city clerk make such Subscription
and further ordering the mayor and city cier
| to issue said bonds, upon cnmpii zee with IL
conditions upon which said subscription
made, in the event that said proposition Is cal
ried And further ordering thst the ballots
be Used AT su:h election he In form a. set out
his proclamation for such election, and IN n
| things perform such = a by law provided
Therefore, !, Il W Aldrich, mayor OF sal
city of Wichita. by virtue of the authority
me vested by law and by virtue of said ord
20 made, do hereby proclaim aud give motto
that special election shall be held in said eli
OF Wichita on the
FIFTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, A |
lss5,
to determine whether said city shall make sue
| suhsrrtntIon on the cnndi tons above set GU