Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-09-05
PROCLAMATION
For 4 Special Election in the City Of
Wichita, Kansas,
y II l9atter of the Wichita 4 Colorado
Railroad.

rsSa1l01ece ssfers Of the Guy ~ vScsis:
- - duly presented TO the mayor
- en1ncfln1n Of the city Of wichita, q !
re9uiar meeting, Petition duly signed by morr
said eity. praying said mayor aud counciimen
70 submit 70 the quAhded voters Of said eity Z
propagation 70 Subscribe teso. O0O) forty thoss-
snd doilars to the capital stock Of wichita Z
Coicrado Hallway Company, in the sum- on the
conditions q 81 out In said petition, and Other
conditions II deemed advisable, which petition
signatures only being omitted. 10 in words and
ngures q follows, t0-wit:
PETITION.
To the Mayor and Cornell of the Cisy of v,cA-
tn, Sedsssek Cssafy, Kasses:
We, the undersigned, being more than fs-s,
two.nnhs OF the resident taxpayers Of the city
Of wichita, hereby petition the mayor and
cooneii g saaa city q ~icnita to submit, At .
Sy o. Wtehita, proposition 70 subscribe to
the capital stock or the wichin Colorado
kaiE.y Company, . railway company duly
state Of Kansas, which proposes to Construct 4
railroad into said city Of Wichita.
sAad subscription to BE- for 90. 00O) forty
scription to said capital stock Of said company.
bonds OF said city, with coupons attached. shall
be duly issued and delivered, in sums OF cojOO,
I'VE hundred doilars each. aggregxting (Sa0, OOoj
forty Thousand dollars, payable in co twenty
years from date Of Issue, each bearing (6) six
per cent. interest. payable seIni-annuaiiy; both
principal and 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 ont. and delivery of stock in
s1la road ada; as BY Law provided The conditions
stock OF said company Is made. are:
That the Wichita & Colorado Railway Com
pany shall construct . railroad, Of standard
gauge dncluding 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
SneImSn, IN sedgw1ck county. Kansas. ON or
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 c0ndit tons OF this petition.
and such other conditions Is said mayor
and council may deem advisable; and also iix-
Ing the time for holding q special election.
vide,i. under chapter IU7 laws OF Kansas is,e.
and amendments thereto, to determine whether
such subscription shall be made.
And the form Of the ballot TO be used ct such
special election for and against said proposition
50 submitted, shall be Is 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 shsl have printed or written on his
against subscription to the capital stock Of
the Wichita Colorado Railway Company"
And the condition annexed by the council be-
ing Is follows:
And said company shall at al! times main
tain depot In said city, on the east side OF the
Big Arkansas river''s
And whereas, said mayor and councilmen, in
a. 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
nlths OF the resident taxpayers Of said city Of
and IvrIx- a. 49, Al.
prayer OF said petition be granted, and ordered
that special election shall be held In said city
OF Wichita on the
FIFTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, A. u.
lss5,
to determine whether the city OF wichita shall
subscribe go ,000) forty thousand dollars to
the capital stock Of said Wichita 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,
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
be used At such election he in form as set out In
aid petition; and ordering the mayor to issue
his proclamation for such election, and In all
MINES T perform sHeh act q BY law provided
city Of Wichita, by virtue Of the authority In
me vested by law, aad 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
DAY OF SEPTEMBER, A. ID.
Iss5,
To determine whether said city shall make such
on the conditions above set out
and in payment thereof Issue bonds Of said city
rs set out In said order; such election 10 be
conducted in all respects, returns made and
results ascertained rs provided by law ON gen.
eral elections. And ! do further order that
said city. Mt the places hereinafter designated
In each ward, and that the electors named in
with each ward, as judges and
clerks OF said election, shall be the Judges and
clerks OF said election. to-wit:
First " srt, at Popenoe's stable, South Main
street. Judges: Robert Carson, W. =. Walker
and James Davis. Clerks J. T. Holmes and
Second Ward. at Office of Wichita Water
Company, North Main street. Judges: VIM
u. Heller. D. c, Riggs aud A. IL. Mckee.
Third Ward, at Freeman's livery stable, on
North Topeka avenue. Judges: W. A Richey,
J. 4. Stone and 4. A. Backer. Clerks: L. c:
and Martin Heliar.
Fourth ard, at Abe Smith, carpenter shop,
North Main street. Judges: j. NJ. Pollock,
Douglas v. Donnelly and VIM. II. Parkinson.
Clerks: HI. Taylor and Frank Thomas.
Fifth Ward, at Office Of L. ID. Seaman. south
tide of Chicago avenue. Judges: Robert Carl
ler, Charles Hembro and Charles Campbell.
Clerks: J l.. Moore and VIM German
The ballots to be used at said election shall
Each qualified voter voting for said subscrip-
ion stall have printed or written on his bal
OF:
''For subscription to the capital stock Of the
Wichita 4 Colorado Railway company"
Each qualified voter voting against said SUBJ
cription shall have printed or written on his
ssApainst subsrrjptiop tn the canItnI sfork NJ