Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-11-02
saturday, FaViNssa lath, 1919,

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SATURDAY, E!VtNssa 10Th, 1913,
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 8 ocl
of the Cairo Il Tenuess OF
River Railroad Company, upon the
following terms aud conditions EN-.
braced in the proposition of the said
company IN that behalf to the said
Court, hich is as follows;
To The Honorable County Jadge
and justices Of The Peace Of CHRIS
ttdn County, kentucky, Sitting as a
Court in said County for The PT-
poses herein:
Tie undersigned, The Cairo & Ten
nessee River Il. II. Co., a corporation
organized under the laws of Ken
lucky ANA by virtue of the powers
invested in them by an act Oft Leg
islature of Kentucky for that purpose,
approved February 25th, 1883, and
amendments thereto, respectfully re-
quest your honorable body TO submit
10 the qualified voters OF the county
of Christian, State of Kentucky, atun
election to be held on a 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 OH behalf of the said
county of Christian, subscribe TO 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 aud eounterslgned by the
Clerk, and the coupons 10 be signed
by the Clerk alone, negotiable and
payable in the city of New York, at
any bank this Company may direct,
or at any bank In the city of Hop
kinsville as said Company may direc',
thirty years from their date, but re-
deemable at par, and accrued interest
at any time after flveyears 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 10 be in denom-
nations of not less than One Hun
dred Dollars nor more than s. 900 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 capi-
tai stock TO the amount of Two
Hundred Thousand Dollars, and the
said company hereby binds itself TO
prepare aud delryer HeaH 10 the-saids y
county of Christia1r readyI0-bc exn.
cuted according 10 law, ,-but 1T is un-
derstood aud agreed 10 by said Com
pany that the said county of ofChristisn
shall not be bound to issue any bonds
as provided for herein until the COM
pany shall have built its said road
from its western terminus, near the
city of Cairo, Illinois, to the city Of
lopkinsville, Christian county, Ken
lucky and shall have laid its rails
upon its roadbed from its western
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
shall prepare and deliver
10 said company One Hundred Thous-
and Dollars of Its said bonds, but 1t is
understood that when said county is
10 called upon to deliver these bonds,
he bridges or transfers across the
.wo rivers, whichever may be de-
to be put In, by said COM
)any, shall be In process of construc-
ion aud shall be finished as soon as
and possible, and when
he said company shall have laid the
ron upon its roadbed to the eastern
boundary of Christian county, so that
he, cars ON same can be run from the
'aid eastern boundary of the said
county TO Cumberland river, then the
aid County of Christisn, by its au-
horities aforesaid shall prepare and
leliver to said Company an addition
i One Hundred Thousand Dollars In
Is above mentioned bonds. And the
aid Cairo " Tennessee River Rail-
Dad Company hereby binds itself 10
,egin work ON its said road in good
aith, in the said County of Christian
within One hundred and t,oenty days
Ifter the subscription herein asked of
aid County shall have been voted,
md If it fails so to begin work, the
aid subscription shall thereby be
,oid and the said Company shall for
cit its right to same. The said Com
,any further binds itself to complete
aid road bed and track and put the
,ars on same from Hopkinsville TO
he l., A, Il L. r. r. by July lst, 1889,
md to complete the road through to
is western terminus. except the
bridges before mentioned, within
rwo years.
The part of said road running from
to Todd County line
hall be completed bYJaiy 1st, 1890,
Said road shall be standard gauge
md be laid with railsnot less than GO
pounds to the yard and equal to the
lverage southern road. Signed.
Cairo Il Tennessee River Railroad
Company by b. A. NEALE, Presi-
dent of Same.
JOHN BOYD,
Sheriff of Christian County.
October, 18th 1888,