Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-08-25

Fot a Special Election in the City Of
Wichita, Kansas,

PROCLAMATION
Fot a Special Election in the City Of
Wichita, Kansas,
In the Matter Of the Wichita & Colorado
Railroad.
n t4e qualified Sofers of fAe Guy ., syseai,G:
.WAarsas, o. ~ 1oih day Of August, A. D.
~ TER ~ dnly presented % the mayor
negul1S neetiSg, petition duly signed by more
49, tw0-Afshs 81 the resident taxpayers Of
said dty. praying said mayor Iand eouncilmen
proposition to subscribe Gao. ooo) forty thous-
aad dollars TO the capital stock Of wichita 3
Colorado Railway Company, IN the sum, on the
conditions IL deemed advisable, which petition,
signatures only being omitted. is in words ard
figures As follows, to-wir: ---.--.
PETITION
To fAe Mayor and Council Of the City Of Wiel-
ito, Sedgriek Cousfy. Kdnsas:
We, the undersigned, being more than fs-D
two-tifths OF the resident taxpayers OF the city
Of Wichita. hereby petition Inc mayor and
council Il said city OF wichita TO submit, NJ Q
special election, to the qualified voters Of said
city Of wichita; proposition % subscribe to
the capital stock Of the Wichita & 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 to be for ~. 900 4 rty
Thousand dollars. And In payment Of said SUD-
scriPtion to said capital stock OF said company
be duly issued and deiiy cred, in sums Of CS50ol
i've hundred dollars each, aggregating (Sao, eco
forty thousand dollars, payable In co twenty
years from date Of issne. each bearing Is, six
per cent. interest payable semi-annualiy; both
principa. And interest payable at the Fiscal
Agency Of the state Of Hansas, in the city of
New York, such bonds to be duly issued and
hereinafter Sc: cut. 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
pany shall construct . railroad, Of standard
gauge Qncluding all necessary side tracks and
swltches) 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, lss6-
upon presentation OF this petition, duly con-
vene and make an order, which order shall en-
brace the terms and condiuons Of this petition.
and such other conditions - said mayor
and council may deem advisable; and also TX
ing the time for holding . special election,
which we pray. may be held, ss by law pro-
vided. under chapter lo7. laws OF Kansas is;6.
and amendments thereto. TO determine whether
And the form Of the ballot to be used 1t such
special election for and against said proposition
80 submitted. shall be Is follows. eacn 9 uAli-
printed or written on his ballot:
Por subscription 10 the capital stock Of the
Wichita Colombo Railway company -
Each qualifed voter voting agAinst such prop
osition shall have printed or written ON HE
ballot:
"a galnst subscription to the capital stock of
the Wtchita 4 Colorado Railway Company
And me condition annexed by the council be-
ing - follows: t-.-
.'And ssid company shall at all times main
tain depot in said city, on the east side Of the
Big Arkanaas river"
pursuance Of said petition being duly convened
as by iHw provided, and after having examined
said petition found that the same was In due
form, and was duly signed by more than two
Wichita. and duly made an order that the
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. ID.
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to determine whether the city OF Wichita shall
subscribe 90, 600 forty thousand dollars %
the cspitsl 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 as set out in
said petition, and the condition annexed by the
council in said order. And further ordering
i,
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 IL car
yied. And further ordering that the ballots to
be used ~ such election he in form Is set out in
said petitions; and ordering the mayor To issue
his proclamation for such election, and In all
things perform such act D by law provided.
Therefore, !, b. W AldTich, mayor of said
city at 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. II.
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10 determine whether said city shall make such
subscription, On the conditions above set ont,
and in ayment thereof Issue bonds OF said city
US set out In said or,ier; such election TO be
conducted in all respects, returns made and
results aseertained as provided 10y law on gen.
ersl elections. And io 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, ut Popenoe-s stable, south Main
street. Judges; Robert Carson: "; Walker
J. 7. McMiIlen. ------
second Ward. at Office Of Wichita Water
Company, North Main street. Judges: VIM.
n. Heller ID 4. higgs AMI A II Mchee
Clerks: Jessie Ask and IL q. Toler.
Third War,l, at Freemsn's livery stable. on
North Topeka avenue. Judges: W Richey
J. X Stone and a. 4. Backer. Clerks; l.. &.
ii hamilton and Martin Hellar-
Fourth " ard, Al Abe Smiths carpenter shop.
North Main street. Judges: J. NJ. Pollock
Douglas V. Donneily and Vim. II. Parkinson.
Clerks: II. l.. Taylor and Frank Thomas.
Filth Ward, at Office Of r. ID. Seaman. south
aide of Chicago avenue. Judges: Robert Card
ner, Charles Hembro and Charles Campbell.
Clerks: J l.. Moore and VIM German.
The ballots 10 be used at said election shall
be as follows:
Each quaIified voter voting for ssid subscrip-
ton ST all have printed or written on his bal
lot:
'For subscription to tine capital stock Of the
Wichita 4 Colorado Railway Company
Each quslifled voter voting against said sub
.cription shall have printed or written on his
ballot:
Against subscription 10 the capital stock Of
the Wichita A Colorado Railway Company -
In witness whereof 1, said mayor, have here
with officially set my hand, .; the city Of wich-
ito, this 18th day Of August, A. ID ise3.
b. W. ALDRICH,
Attest: Mayor.
W. =. GREEN. City Clerk. d. sl6