The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1889-10-03
TO TAKE ACTION.
ROUND TO LOOK AFTER THE % .Ooo-
600 STOCK.
SALINE COUNTY An INTERESTED
PARTY.
The Meeting Yesterday Of the Repressn-
tatISss OF the DIRsreat Counties
TruSersed by the ChIeaEo, Kan
sac a NsbFzska Railway.


| wichita Eagle.
At I O'Clock yesterday afternoon the repre-
sentatives OF = number Of counties contin-
| gent Ia SedEewlck, met according 10 call In
| the BedEeWiek county building and were
called TO orJer by County Attorney Morris,
reading the following letter:
MEADK, Kan, Sept =
Hon W. =. Morris. County Attorney Sedge-
wick County, wichits, Kan.
DEAR sIR-f am directed by my board Of
county commissioners 20 communicate with
you and through you wth your board,
reinilNe 70 matter o. no mean IIn ~, &c
the form Of subscription 10 stock Of the Chi
! cnzo, Kansas Nebraska railway has been
extended. By consulting With each other
he that the municipal stock holders can
avert the entire loss Of their respective sub
seriPtlons, By referring 20 your register rec
ords u will be found that your county has
lnvesied-In the paid up capital stock Of
said railway, for which you have issused an
equal amount Of the bonds Of your county.
that under article i've In the mortgage the
Metropolitan Trust eompany, Of New York.
II attempted 10 b. clothed With plenary pow
er and authority TO sell all aud singular. the
road bed, rolling stock, franchises, and
everything HOeyer Of value OF said railway
company, TO the highest bidder therefor.
Tor cash, or - otherwise therein nominated,
newspaper published In said city Of New
York. Under article ten you will further see
Ia preclude the railway Company from avail
ing Itself Of the snlutary restrhints and pre-
ventIOns enacted by our legislature.
The attention Of my board has recently
been challenged To an advertisement; In
New York IrPer ANNOUNCING 2 sale o. the
~ the trustees, the neiroPolltau
lated i S SRs" Is 20 some provision mS OF
the mortgage. The Chicago. Kansas Ne
eraska rallroad company has At no lime
touching any step it has taken, or the eonai-
ton OF the company nnaHcially. IL a sale
Is made under the dnh article Of the mort
less a. the paper upon which II Is written.
Marion, Reno, kloWa, Meade, Sedgwick
and sumner. have In round number In stock
not make common cause % thwaft the ali to to
evident purpose OF the trustees, In collusive
corporation with the Chicago, kausae
Nebraska. and Chicago, Rock Island Pa
Identical with this 20 the county attorneys
OF the counties above enumerated.
am directed 20 make the following sug-
gestions: That the boards OF the counties
above enumerated meet NJ the earliest pos
sible moment, and accredit one Of their
number, In conjunction with the county
attorney, 20 meet like representatives, from
the other mentioned counties At the once OF
the county clerk In the city Of Wichita, Sep
tem6er %, At O'Clock p. M, for the p9rPose
resistance to this palpable scheme OF rob
berry. have written the state fiscal agency
In New York for copy OF the notice Of sale,
meeting above suggested. I trust you will
lay this matter before your board without
delay, and wire me the results their action.
County Attorney OF Meade County.
The following counties were represented:
Mahon-Thomas Osborne, county COM
missioner.
sedgwIck-CommIsSion Randall, Van
Ness and Duncan, County Attorney Morris.
MOFris-W. r. Bigham, county commits
sIoner, J. Z. Owens, attorney.
Sallne-P. SWedlund, county commissioner,
Z. W. Blair, attorney.
Thomas-J. L. Loar, county attorney.
Kiowa--y. B. Wells, county commissioner.
Meade-E. ID; smith, county commits
sioner, X w. GriggS, attorney,
The meeting then proceeded 10 the elec-
tion Of Temporary Offcers and resulted In the
return q r: n grisE., q Aesde county 70
county. as seeretAr-. Mr.. Griggs then arose
and stated that he would like 70 hear sug-
gestIons whereby the different counties
action for stopping Of the proceedings
mentioned above and also TO protect their
stock in the company, which amounts 90
reiating 10 the matter, which were taken
from the registers records, afier which he
again said the meeting vas nov ready for
the suggestions OF the members
For nearly two hour the matter was
talk ed pro aud con, and nnally the following
resolution was presented by Mr.. J. l. Loaf,
wHEREGs, The different counties through
which the Chicago, Kansas a Nebraska
railway runs, being assembled 81 Wichita,
PURGE OF insuIrtna into ths matte, matt Of des
tense OF the Chicago, Kansas a Nebraska
foreclosure suit, DOG pending. By the Metro
wHsnrs ss. Tse ssrs % S soun,ist sTa
realize that the matter ought, because Of its |
lmPoriance; be thoroughly Investigated and |
Bel that ihsrs are Psosaellitiss that the
closure. therefore be u
Resolved, That the different counties, cities.
and townships holding stock In tine Chicago,
tihed that they are invited 70 attend and |
ur Sed % take part in the meeting 20 be held
II Topeka a One Capital eosel. si O'Clock |
lssa, for the further puFposs OF deciding upon
what course 90 pufsue and 20 form q perfna-
nent organization for fntare work. and that |
county attorneys Of the following counties,
;o-Wit: lack aon, ShaWnee. wsbannsee, Nor
rs, Mcpherson, lltckins0n, Raline, Butler.
Cloud. seiEUtck, Reno, Meade, Summer,
Republic Jewell. Smith, Phillips. Morton.
nseetaF, Sheridan, Thomas, BroIs. srd that |
he rsssisf sesSre H. 2, s ,n.sT
sstIon % tbe ssaiieF. aad iasi . copy Of |
thu IS. ,s.ssssSS, e 80. III I'D lssss
chair sppoini commis.ss a. skr<sip so,ifs
ofncers % the didefeni eounties - -eud /
them Q copy % the resolution, nolion l
rarrsed, sad The ehalFman appointed a. such /
comIniitee Messrs- LoaF, smith and Bighsm. |
ARR several unlmp0rtanf natter had i
been attended 10 . mOti0n 10 I'd lourn pre-
vailed.
Aftsr the meeting sdjoursed the visitors |
seFe taksa IN charge ~ the county cOas-
niszio1ers Of eedguick coaety and 9 wish |
rs taken % he neg coaR ~ 6uildiag s1d /