Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-11-06
SATURDAY, E3VENsEs !hh, 1893,

to take the sense Of the qualified vot-
ers of the said county as to whether
or not the said county shall subscribe
for 100000, Of the capital stock
of the Cairo Il Tennessee
River Railroad Company, upon the
following terms aud conditions en-
braced in the proposition of the said
company III that behalf to the said
Court, which is as follows:
TO The Honorable County Judge
and Justices Of The Peace Of Chris
tidn County, Kentucky, Sitting as a
Court IN said County for the Pur-
poses herein:
Tie undersigned, The Cairo & Ten
nessee River II. II. Co., a corporation
organized under the laws of Ken
lucky and by virtue of the powers
invested in them by an act of the Leg
islature OF Kentucky for that purpose,
approved February 25th, 1888, and
amendments thereto, respectfully re-
quest your honorable body 10 submit
to the qualified voters of the county
of Christian, State of Kentucky, at All
election TO be held on u day TO be fixed
by you, not less than twenty nor
more than sixty days after the order
therefor the question, Whether you
shall, for and on behalf of the said
county of Christian, subscribe 10 the
Capital Stock of said Company the
amount of Two Hundred Thousand
Dollars in full for the amount OF
stock in said Company hereinafter
mentioned upon the terms and con-
ditions hereinafter set out, to-wit:
The sum subscribed to be paid In the
bonds OF the county of Christian,
with coupons attached, under the seal
Of the county signed by the County
Judge and countersigned by the
Clerk, and the coupons TO be signed
by the Clerk alone, negotiable aud
payable in the city of New York, at
any bank this Company may direct,
or at any bank in the city of Hop
kinsvillo as said Company may direc',
thirty years from their date, but re-
deemable at par, and accrued interest
at any time after five years from their
date at the option of said Christian
county, bearing interest at the rate of
five per centum per annum, payable
annually said bonds TO be in denom-
nations of not less than One Hun
drcd Dollars nor more than s 600. In
consideration Of the preparation and
delivery of the said bonds to the said
Company, the said county of Chris
tian shall receive from the said COM
pany certificates of shares In its capt.
tai stock to the amount of Two
Hundred Thousand Dollars, and the
said company hereby binds itself TO
prepare and deliver them to the said
county of Christian ready to be exc
cuted according to law, but IL is un-
derstood and agreed to by said Com
pany that the said county of Christian
shall not be bound TO issue any bonds
as provided for berein until the COM
pany shall have built its said road
from its western terminus, near the
city Of Cairo, Illinois, TO the city of
Hopkinsville, Christian county, Ken
lucky and shall have laid its rails
upon its roadbed from its western
terminus into the said city of Hop
kinsville, except the bridges across
the Cumberland and Tennessee Riv-
ers. Then the said county of Chris
tian through its County Judge, as
provided for in the charter of said
company, shall prepare and deliver
to said company One Hundred Thous-
and Dollars Of It's said bonds, but II Is
understood that when said county is
so called upon TO deliver these bonds,
the bridges or transfers across the
two rivers, whichever may be de-
termined TO be put in, by said COM
pauy, shall be in process of construc-
ton and shall be finished as soon as
practicable and possible, aud when
the said company shall have laid the
iron upon its roadbed to the eastern
boundary of Christian county, so that
the cars ON same can be run from the
said eastern boundary of the said |
county TO Cumberland river, then the
said County Of Christian, by its au-
thorities aforesaid shall prepare and
deliver to said Company an addition
al One Hundred Thousand Dollars in
its above mentioned bonds. And the |
SAID Cairo IL Tennessee River Rail-
road Company hereby binds itself to
begin work on its said road in good
faith, IN the said County of Christian
within One hundred and tioenty days
after the subscription herein asked Of
said County shall have been voted,
and Ii 1t fails so to begin work, the
said subscription shall thereby be
void aud the said Company shall for
felt Its right to same. The said Com
pany further binds itself to complete
said road bed and track and put the
cars on same from HopkiDsville to
the l., A. Il L. r. Il. by July Isl, 1889,
and to complete the road through to
lis western terminus. except the
bridges before mentioned, within
Two years.
The part of said road running from
Hopkinsville to Todd County line
shall be completed by July Isl, 1890,
Said road shall be standard gauge
and be laid with railsnot less than GO
pounds to the yard and equal to the
average southern road. Signed.
Cairo & Tennessee River Railroad
Company by B. A. NEALE, Presi-
dent OF Same.
JOHN BOYD,
Sheriff of Christian County.
October, 18th 1883.