Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-06-01
THE H. q G. R. R.
The Proposition to be Laid Before
the City Council To-day.

To the Board Of Councilmen of
The city fHophinSviHe:-The "Hop-
kinsville Il Cadiz Railroad Company"
organized under an act of incorpora-
ton passed by the Legislature of
Kentucky and approved April Sth,
1884, and amended at the recent ses-
sion of the Legislature, proposes to
build a railroad, standard guage,
from Hopkinsville to Cadiz, in Trgg
county, with branch connecting
with the G. o. & S. w. Railroad.
During the last summer surveys
were made by competent corps of
engineers, with the means appropri-
atcd for that purpose by your hon
orable body, of route for the pro-
posed branch to the G. o. Il S. w.
Railroad, and also of the Cadiz route
to the Trigg county line, and the re-
port of j. w. Robinctte, the engineer
in chief, together with maps and pro-
files and estimates of the cost Of the
road on these routes, are in the pos
session of the Board of Directors of
the Company and have been made
public. Enough is known from the
data in possession of the Board of
Directors 10 warrant the statement
that the proposed road can be con-
structed, either upon the routes al
ready surveyed or upon other ada
cent routes, with expedition aud at
a reasonable cost.
Since the surveys were made the
Board of Directors has not been able
to accomplish anything towards the
construction Of the road for the want
of the necessary means. Although
the citizens of Hopkinsville and those
living along the surveyed routes and
various parts of the county, who
recognize the importance of the en-
terprise and of these railroad con-
nections 10 the future growth and
prosperity of Hopkinsyille, and to
the development of the surrounding
country, have repeatedly manifested
their interest in the enterprise, and
urged the Directory to prompt action
looking to the construction of the
road, yet they have seen and appre-
ciated the difficulties in the way of
securing the money needed for 1t. 1t
was deemed important that aid
should be secured from the city of
Hopkinsville, but inasmuch as no law
could be found which certainly au-
thorized the city in its corporate ca
pacity to grant the and desired, it was
by common consent agreed that APP
plication should be made to the Leg
islature for the necessary authority,
and TO wait until an act was secured
granting it to the city. Application
was accordingly made and an ap-
propriate act passed, to which the
undersigned now invite the attention
of your honorable body.
The act in question is entitled, can
act to authorize and empower the
City of Ilopkinsvillc to provide the
means for, and TO aid in the construc-
ton of the Hopkinsville & Cadiz
Railroad, and of any of the branches
thereof" and was approved May It'll,
1856. 1t confers power and authori-
ty upon the City of Ilopkinsville, to
provide the means to the extent of
$4,000 by issuing bonds, and to use
and appropriate the same for the pur-
pose named in the title of the act,
upon such lawful terms and condi-
tons as may be agreed on by contract
between the City, acting through
your honorable body and the Hop
kinsvillc g. Cadiz Railroad Company.
But as a condition precedent to the
exercise of the power conferred upon
the City by the act, it is required
that the proposition with respect
thereto shall first be approved by a
majority of to-thirds of your honor
able body, aud then be submitted to
and approved by a majority of the
legally qualified electors of the City
who shall vote thereon at a special
election which your honorable body
is authorized to cause 10 be held upon
the written petition thereof of ma
jority Of the Board of Directors of the
Said Railroad Company, or of TWEEN
ty COY electors (being freeholders) o.
the City.
In order that the Hopkinsville &
Cadiz Railroad Company may be EN-
abled to secure to the citizens O
Hopkinsville and surrounding coun
try the advantages of the new line o
railroad herein above indicated, the
undersigned (petitioners) in behal
of said Company now formally re
quest your honorable body, unde
the authority conferred by the sale
act, to grant and pledge the sum o
$4,000 to aid the enterprise. w
make the following proposition TO
aid requested, and ask that the sam
may be approved by your honorable
body, and that it may be submitte'
, to the electors of the city for thei
ratification and approval, viz;
"That the city of Hopkinsville il
pursuance of the power and authori
ty conferred upon and vested in tn
F said corporation by an act of th
Legislature of Kentucky entitled
, "An act to authorize and empowe
, the city of Hopkinsville to provid
the means for and to aid in the cor