Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-09-04
PROCLAMATION
For Special Election in the City O,
Wichita, Kansas,
n the Matter of the Wichita & Colorado
Railroad.

To fas qualified rioters Of fss Guy o, u'scai,a:
Whereas, On the 10Th day Of August, 4. d.
1852 tnero was duly presented 10 the mayor
regular meeting, petition duly signed by more
than two-nfths Of the resident taxpayers OF
said city, praying said mayor and councilmen
proposition to subscribe (Sio. Geo forty thous-
and dollars 10 the capital stock of Wichita 4
Colorado Railway Company, in the sum, on the
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 Ctr of rv,ck
'fd, Ssdgriek County, Kcnscs:
We, the undersigned, being more than G-5)
two-nfths of the resident tax payers of the city
OF wichita. hereby petition The mayor aud
council OF ssid city OF Wichita TO submit. al a
special election, to the qualified voters of said
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 proposes to construct =
railroad into said city OF Wichita.
said subscription 10 be for $4,000 forty
thousand dollars. And in payment Of said sub
scription to said capital stock OF said company
bonds Of said city, with coupons attached shsIi
be duly issued and delivered, in sums OF $500
i've hundred dollars each. aggregating (s.O ouul
forty Thousand dollars. payable in co twenty
years from date Of Issue, each bearing 10 six
per cent. interest, pay able semi-annusily; both
principal and interest payable at the Fiscal
Agency Of the state of kansas, in the city of
New York, such bonds 10 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 capitaI
stock OF said company is made, are:
That the Wichita Colorado Railway Com
pany shall construct railroad, OF standard
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 lst, lss5-
And We pray that said mayor and council
upon presentation OF this petition, duly con-
brace the terms and conditions of this petition.
and such other conditions as said MAYOR
and council may deem advisable; and also az
ing the time Tor holding special election,
which we pray. may be held, as by law pro-
vided, under chapter iO1. laws of Kansas is.6,
and amendments thereto, to determine whether
such subscription shall be made
And the form of the ballot 10 be used nj such
special election for and against said proposition
so submitted, shall be as follows, eacn quail
Ned voter voting for said proposition shall have
printed or written on his ballot
For subscription TO the capital stock Of the
Wichita Colorado Railway Company
Each qualified voter voting against such prop
osition shall have printed or written on his
ballot:
against subscription to the capital stock Of
the wichita 4 Colorado Railway Company"
And the condition annexed by the council be-
ing a. follows;
And said company shall at al! times main
tain depot in said city, on the east side of the
Big Arkansas river"
And whereas, said mayor and cnunciimen in
pursuance OF said petition being duly convened
rs by law provided, and after having examined
said petition found that the same was in due
form, and was duly signed by more than two
fiths OF the resident tax payers of said city of
Wichita, and duly made an order that the
prayer OF said petition be granted. and ordered
-Var In alA t.Nt il
of Wichita on the
FIFTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, A ID.
lss5,
to determine whether the city OF wichita shall
subscribe iSt0, 0O0) 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 IS set out in
said petition, and the condition annexed by the
council in said order. And further ordering
that In the event that salt 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 l. car
ried. And further ordering that the ballots To
lie used at such election he In form a. set out In
said petition; and ordering the mayor 10 issue
his proclamation for such election, and Ia all
things perform such act a by law provided
Therefore, l. II. W Aldrich, mayor of said
city OF Wichita, by virtue Of the authority In
me vested by law, and by virtue of said order
so 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
lSsj,
to determine whether said city shall make such
subscription, on the conditions above set out,
and in payment thereof issue bonds OF said CITY
as set out In said orle.; such election 10 be
conducted in all respects, returns made and
results ascertained As provided by Law on gen
eral elections. And DO further order that
election he 10 xartl- of
said city, at the places hereinafter designated
In each ward, and that the electors named in
clerks of said election. shall be the Judges and
clerks of said election. to-wit:
First Ward, at PopeEoe's stable. South Main
street Judges: Robert Carson, W r Walker
and James Davis. Clerks: J. 4 Holmes and
J. 7. McMillen.
Second Ward. at Office Of Wichita Water
Company, North Main street. Judges. VIM !
NJ Heller, u. c. Riggs and A II. Mckee. |
Clerks; Jessie Ask and III. e. Toler.
Third Ward, at treeman's livery stable, on |
North Topeka avenue. Judges: W. \ Richey. !
y. T. Stone and 4. 4 Backer. Clerks l. ca |
Hamilton and Martin Hellar.
Fourth Ward, AT Abe Smith s carpenter shop. /
North Main street. Judges J NJ Pollock, |
Douglas V. Donnelly and Vim. n Parkinson.
Clerks: II. l.. Taylor and Frank Thomas.
Fifth Ward. at Office of K. ID. Seaman. south /
side of Chicago avenue. Judges: Robert Carl |
ner, Charles Hembro and Charles Campbell. |
Clerks: J L. Moore and VIM German.
The ballots to he used at said election shall 1
be as follows;
Each qualified voter voting for faid subscrip- |
tion shall have printed or written On his bal |
lot:
For subscription to the capital stock Of the I
Wichita X Colorado Railway Company"
Each qualified voter voting against said sub /
.cription shall have printed or written on his 1
ballot:
Against sub-eription to the capi,sI stock Of /
the Wichita n Colorado Railway Company
In witness whereof I, ssid msyor, have here /
with officially set my hand. at the city Of wich- |
ita, this 18th day Of August, A. ID. lss5.
Il. ". ALDRICH,
Attest; Mayo.