Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-11-09


Christian County, Ky, between In
hours of q o'clock a. IN. and z O'Clock
p. m. of
SATURDAY, YsVENsEa 10Th, 1898,
to take the sense of the qualified vot
ers of the said county as to whethe
or not the said county shall subscribe
for 100000, Of the capital stool
Of the Cairo & Tennessee,
River Railroad Company, upon th,
following terms and conditions EN-
braced in the proposition OF the sale
company IN that behalf to the said
Court which is as follows:
TO The Honorable County .Judq,
and Justices Of he Peace Of Chris
ttdn County, kentucky, Sitting as a
Court an said County for The Pu'.
poses herein:
Tie undersigned, The Cairo & Ten
nessee River II. II. Co., 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 to submit
10 the qualified voters of the county
of Christian, State of Kentucky, at an
election TO be held ons 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 TO the
Capital Stock of said Company the
amount of Two Hundred Thousand
Dollars in fall 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 10 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
kinsville 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 Que Hun
1red Dollars nor more than 81 600 In
of the preparation and
delivery of the said bonds to the said
the said county of Chris
ian shall receive from the said COM
pany certificates Of shares in its capi-
al stock to the amount of Two
Thousand Dollars, and the
aid company hereby buds itself TO
prepare aud deliver them 10 the said |
county of Christian ready to be exc
'uted according to law, but it is un-
lerstood and agreed to by said Com
,any that the said county of Christian |
hall not be bound TO issueany bonds |
IS provided for herein until the COM
,any shall have built its said road |
rom its western terminus, near the
ity Of Cairo, Illinois, TO the city of
1opkinsvllle, Christian county, Ken
ucky and shall have laid its rails
lpon its roadbed from its western
erminus into the said city of Hop
except the bridges across
he Cumberland and Tennessee Riv-
rs. Then the said county of Chris
ian through its County Judge, as
provided for in the charter of said
ompany, shall prepare and deliver
o said company One Hundred Thous-
nd Dollars of its said bonds, but II is
Understood that when said county is
o called upon TO deliver these bonds,
he bridges or transfers across the
wo rivers, whichever may be de-
.rmined to be put in, by said COM
any, shall be.in process of construc-
ion and shall be finished as soon as
racticable and possible, and when
he said company shall have laid the
ron, upon its roadbed to the eastern
oundary of Christian county, so that
he cars ON same can be run from the
aid eastern boundary of the said
Dunty 10 Cumberland river, then the
aid County of Christian, by its au-
aforesaid shall prepare and
oliver to said Company an addition
One Hundred Thousand Dollars in
$ above mentioned bonds. And the
nd Cairo IL Tennessee River Rail-
BAD Company hereby binds itself to
egin work on its said road in good
18th, in the said County of Christian
ithin One hundred and tt0enty days |
fter the subscription herein asked of
lid County shall have been voted,
nd Ii it fails 80 to begin work, the
lid subscription shall thereby be
old and the said Company shall for
ut its right to same. The said Com
any further binds itself to complete !
lid road bed and track and put the
ars on same from Hopkinsville to I
40 l., A. Il L. r. Il. by July 1st, 1889, {
nd to complete the road through to
8 western terminus. except the
ridges before mentioned, within
'wo years.
The part of said road running from
Iopkinsville to Todd County line
hall be completed by July 1st, 1890,
aid road shall be standard gauge
nd be laid with railsnot less than GO
ounds to the yard and equal to the
verage southern road. Signed.
afro & Tennessee River Railroad
Company by b. A. NEALE, Presi-
dent OF Same.