Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-08-19

For Special Election in the City Of
Wichita, Kansas,
In the Matte, OF the Wichita & Colorado
Railroad.

Wnereas. ON me lgif day Of August, A D.
ls,5 there was duly presented To the mayor
and councilmen u Inc CITY Of Wichita, al =
regular meeting, = petition duly signed by more
Iiian ,wO- @ MS Of The resident taxpayers Of
lad civ PRAYING aid msyor and councilmen
TO snbmit 20 tue duSiideu voters of SAID city
proposition 10 subscribe $4,000 forty th9Is-
and dollars 90 he capital stock OF Wichita 4
Colorado galway Company, in the sum. on the
conditions : - CUT ia said petition, and other
conditions # deemed advisable, which petition,
signatures only be ng emitted, IL IN words and
figures as follows, t0-wit;
PETITION.
To the Mayor and Council Of the City Of IFiek-
iia, Sedgriok CoGsfy. kGasGs:
We, the undersigned, being more than (s-0
tyo-ifths OF the r, sidenf taN-payers Of the city
of Wichita, hereby petition the mayor aud
council # said city Of Wichita TO submit, at q
special election, to the qualified voters OF said
city OF wichita, proposition TO subscribe 70
the capital stock or the Wichita & Colorado
Railway Company a railway company duly
organized ard existing under the laws OF the
state Of Kansas. which proposes TO construct n
railroad into said city Of Wichita.
said subscription to be for so. 900 rty
Thousand dollars And i'll payment Of laid sub
scription to said capital stock of said conn any.
bonds Of said city, with coapon> attached. hall
he duly issued and delivered, in sums Il $500
five hundred dollars each. sggregatiDg (sio,o cc)
forty Thousand dollars, payable in co twenty
wears from date Of issue, each bearing t6) six
per cent. interest payable semi-annuslly both
principa. 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 took 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 Wichite 4 Colorado Railway Com
pany shall construct railroad. OF standard
gauge Gnciuding all necessary eide tracks and
-witchesj into said city of Wichita. Kansas,
and have cars running thereon from some point
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sherman, in Sedgwick county. Kansas, ON or
before February LIST, lsS6-
And we pray that said mayor and council
upon presentation OF this petition, duly con-
vene and make 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 fix
ing the time ior holding special election,
which we pray. may be held, as by law pro-
vided. under chapter Ia. laws OF Kansas 1856,
and amendments thereto, TO determine whether
such subscription shall be made.
And the form of the ballot To be used a, such
special election for and against said proposition
so submitted, shall be "a follows, eacn quaii-
fed voter voting for said proposition shall have
printed or written on his ballot:
For subscription to the capital stock Of The
Wichita x Colorado Railway Company
Each qualified voter votir z against such prop
osition shall have printed or written ON his
ballot:
Against subscription TO the capital stock o
the Wichita X Colorado Railway Company"
And the condition annexed by the council be-
ing as follows
= And said company shall at all times main.
tain depot in sad city, on the east side OF thu
Big Arkansas river
And whereas. said mayor and councilnen, il
pursuance of said petition being duly convened
MS by law provided, and after having examined
said petition found that the same was in du'
form, and WAS duly signed by more than two
iiiths of the resident taxpayers OF said city o
Wichita, and duly made an order that TIT
prayer of said petition be granted, and ordered
that special election shall be held in said cit,
of Wichita on the
FIFTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, A. ID
1ss5,
to determine whether the city of Wichita shall
subscribe $40 600 forty thousand dollars u
the carital stock of said Wichita X Colorado
Railway Company, and issue bonds TO saie
company and in payment therefor, In ssid sun
and on the terms and conditions as SET out II
said petition and the condition annexed by tn
council in said order. And further ordering
that In the event that said proposition carrleii
that the city clerk make such subscription
and further ordering the mayor and city clerl
to issue said bonds, upon complian nee with TN
conditions upon which said subscription D.
made, in the event that said proposition is car
RED. And fur, her ordering that the ballots u
he used at such election he in form set out il
said petition; and ordering the mayor To issn'
his proclamation for such election, and In al
things perform such act as by law provided
Therefore, l. Il. W A!drich, mayor OF sal
city OF Wichita. by virtue or the authority II
me vested lay law, a3d by virtue of said orde
10 made, do hereby proclaim and give notic'
thai special election shall! be hello IN SAID cit
of Wichita ON TIE
| FIFTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, y. ID
lS,J,
to determine whether said city shall make sue
! sui, .cription, on the conditions above set out
and in payment thereof sue bonds of said cit
a. set out in said Orde-; such election 10 b
conducted in all respects, returns inside an
results ascertaiEed rs provided by law on gen
ersl elections And do further order tina
! such election shall be held in the five wards o
/ ia each ward, and tnst the electors named il
connection with each ward, rs judges an
clerks of said election, shall be the judges am
] clerks Of said cleo ion. to-wit:
| First " ari, at Popenoes stable, south Mai
/ street Judges: Roberi arson. W. r. Wake
and James Davis. Clerks: j. 1. Holmes al
J. I. McNillen.
second Ward, at Office If Wichita Waite
I Company, North Main street. judges: VIM
| NJ Heller, -. {. Riggs AMI \. ii. Mckee
! Clerks Jessie Ask ana III. q Ioler.
Third Ward, at t'reeman,s livery stable 81
I J. X Stone and 4. " Backer. Clerks; l.. L
! Hamilton and Martin ilellar.
! Fourth " ard, at Abe SGiith's carpenter shop
| North Main street judges: J. NJ. Pollock
I Donglas V DonnelIy snd Vim. n. Parkinson
4 Clerks: II. / TAYLOR and Frank Thomas.
FiHh War!, at Office of Il. %. seaman. soutl
side of Chicago avenue. Judges: Robert Gard
| Clerks: y l.. Moore and " m. CORNISH.
The ballots to he used at said election shsl
I be Ms follows;
! Each qualified voter voting for aid spbscrip
I ton s al! have printed or written on his bal
I lot:
!. ''For subscription to tine capital stock If tn
! Wich tn X Cnloraio hallway Company "
! Each qualified voter voting against said sub
/ crption shall have printed or written on hi
/ ballot.
Against Subscription to the capital stock q
/ the Wichita x Colorado Railway Company -
| In witness whereof l. said m-vor. have here
with officially set my hand. al the city Of Wich
| ita this lIth dag ct August, \ II iss5.
| H. ". ALDKICH,
Attest Mayor
W F. GREEN, City Clerk d7s 81