Omaha daily bee., 1892-08-21
NOTICE

/ county, SuDll. .ltltu 10 u NDlt OF l ho qualified
To be held on the 10Th day OF June, a. u. iSg?
for adoption or rejection, pursuant to the
and provided, which proposition Is as follows.
to-wit;
NEBRASKA CENTRAL PROPOSITIONS
The Nebraska Central Railway company
| has made the following propos ton to the
county OF Douglas, Nebraska. to-w.t:
| To the Honorable Board OF County Commits
sioners. Douglas County, Nebraska:
conference.-the undersigned the Nebras-
! ka Central Raj way company, "A corporation
! duly organized and exist ng under and by vir-
! tue of the laws OF the state o! Nebraska pro-
/ poses to huild u double track steel railway
/ bridge across the Missouri river. at the loca-
the Secretary OF War OF the United States,and
| also double track railro ID from the west APP
proaoh of said bridge through the city OF
! Omaha to connection with the tracks of tho
Snt9n stock Yards and Railway company ~
! South Omaha, and also to protect Inc OF
! railway from the west approach OF the afore-
! said bridge into the interior of the stttc of
| Nebraska, and to construct that portion
thereof extending las nearly as practicable, in
westerly direction frotn point on the main
| line of said railroad north OF Mount Pleasant
! or Pacific street in the city of Omaha. Nebras-
ka, to point on the Little Papilton
Greek In section twenty Ave t2N township
| nitten V9, nortn Of range twelve u2,. east OF
| uhe slNth prime D a meridian and also TO con
| struci line OF railway from junction with
| section of Fourteenth street and lizard street,
nCrSherly to Grace street in said city, both OF
Silu liHCs OF portions OF railroad to be con-
struetcd and completed simultaneously with
she conStruct on ahd completion OF the afore-
ssh,a ssa bridge and tracks 10 the track Of tho
! Union stock Yards and Railwuy company nt
Eouuh IN !, ,Vhhhai provided the county OF Doug
las WI donate TO the Nebraska C6ntral rail-
| way company five hundred thousand R0OOOD
dollars of It's four and one hnif Gls) per cent
coupon bonds dated July. ,aS02, due and pay
noI twenty years from January /, 1894, with
interest payable scmi-annualy, from Janu-
| nry l. lsoI. on the LIST day of January and the
ist day OF July in each year, principal and IN
[ lt II a ~
Of Nebraska in the city Of New York: said
ponds to he OF the denomination of one thou
slhu $1,000 dollars zach, and each thereof to
fecite as follows This bond is one of u series
OF five hundred bonds of like amount and
las. in the state OF Nebraska. totho Nebraska
central Railway company. to aid In the con-
sour river at Omaha, Nebraska. and'a double
Track niS railway from the west appronch of said
ton WIZ sfI%Sn the S s 9o
ana Railway company.nt South Omahn,and its
side side tracks turnonts. switches and other rail
way Improvements herewith connected; all
or said bonds. in case the issuance of said
ponds be authorized by vote of the electors OF
~, nouSIas W. county, to ho executed and registered
on the lst day ofJuly A. ID. 1892. and to be im-
pp,ediateiy after registration delivered to tho
held In trust for delivery to the said Ne
Draska Central Railway company, its success
sors or assigns, in lnstallments AS follows:
One-balf when said bridge and its approach
es re completed, and the remaining une-half
ON the completion of said railway lines; all
bonds before delivery by the said trustee who
shall deliver the said bonus to the Nebraska
Cchtrhl Railway company or its order after
the board of county commiss oners. or its sue
cessors shall by resolution order SAID trustees
to TO make delivery thereof, which resolution
earned by said railway company herein
contemplated. but not before. The improve
ments herein contemplated shall be begun
Tlhln one year from the first day of May, a.
d. 1892, and be pushed to completion without
unnecessary delay. and not less than five mum
drcd thousand (S5m,GOOJ dollars shall be
pended in actual construction of said bridge
and railroad within IA per cd OF nine months
from the commencement OF said work said
buri to include the cost OF materials paid for
and delivered upon the around. but NOT to in
clude the cost of rllht-of-way or real cstatel
proOf of said expenditures to be fled with tho
Board OF County Commissioners in the form
or sworn statement by the president und
treasurer of said Nebraska Central Railway
company; work on said proposed improve
ninety consecutive days before the expendi-
tpre OF a sum not less than two million tS2,0OO.-
OOW dollars has been made thereon. and al OF
said work shall be completed ana in operation
within three years from and after the lst day
In case any of the terms, limitations. condi-
lions or provisions proposed herein relating to
the beginning, progress and completion of
said improvements are not complied with tun,
less delay is directly and necessarily caused
by Injunction or other judicial proceeding, or
by unavoidable accident % act of prov yidencel
the said company shall not be entitled to
celve said bonds or any thereof, even though
the electors OF SAID county of Douglas shall
have by their vote authorized the Issuance OF
said, bonds: but all rights to said bonds
snail Snda,. by such o.ni default without any
provided, however, that If the beginning
progress. or completion of said improvements
snail be delayed or obStructed by any of the
aforesaid causes the times herein allowed for
the progress ana completion of said improve
delay or obstruct on and should a dispute
arise between the said county of Douglas ana
the said Nebraska Central Railway company
with respect to the cause or extent OF any
such delay. the same at the election of said
Nebraska Centrai Railway company shall be
referred for determination to II board of
s. nrDltrators. 30 be APPOINTED as hereinafter
The charter granted by rhe congress of the
United states, under which this bridge will
be constructed, provides that the bridge and
It's approaches shall be open To the use of all
railway companies desiring the same upon
equal terms; the char-es for the use of said
bridge and the rules for the operation of the
same, in case the railway companies cannot |
avree, to be fixed by the honorable the secre
tary of war.
. In constellation OF receiving the proposed
subsidies. The Nebraska Central railroad
company agrees to al ow all railway compan-
les the right to run their locomotives pasSen-
ger and freight trains over sail bridge and APP
proaches thereof, and over the main and pass
the following points, VIZ: Between the west
approach of said bridge, and the junction OF
Stock yards and railway company ut South |
Omaha; also between 4 point on the main limo |
Pleasant street. in the city of Omnha. Neb.
and "a point on the Little PapilliOn creek in |
bectOn tWontY- Y-hYe I'd. township fifteen 40, |
north Of range twelve N2. east of the sixth |
principal meridian; and also between a point |
on the main line of said railroad near the in |
tersection OF Fourteenth and lard streets, |
and northerly to Grace street. in the city of |
omaha; and II also agrees 10 allow oach ana
every railroad desiring to enter the cty OF |
Omaha over It's tracNs tho right to use such
Dortious of It's terminal grounds depOts und
facilities AS may be necessary and proper for
the conducting of the business OF said roads,
and IL agrees also 10 switch and deliver upOn
ali of Its switch tracks the cars Of any and all |
railway companies, and also that all railway |
companies shall have the right To connect
their railway lines at any point within 100
miles of the city OF Omaha with any line of
railway which the said Nebraska Central
Railway company or its successors or assigns
may hereafter construct or cause to be con
by Itself or through the agency of any other
corporation or patty and TO run their loco
motives, passenger ana freight trains over the
main and passing tracks OF said railway into
the city of Omaha, ana also that IL viii allow
All railway companies TO connect with any OF |
its railway lines hereafter constructed |
within the county ot Douglass ana within |
one hundred miles Of the city Of Omaha at
any point either cast or west of the Missouri |
river and TO cross the same, and the right-of |
way thereof for the purpose of entrance to
and egress from the city OF Omaha; Pro-
yided, That the use and enjoyment of each
and oil OF said ri hts by other railroad COM
panles shall be upon just and equal terms, |
and the payment of just ard falr cOmDensH-
tion TO the Nebraska Central railway COM
such operating rules and regulations Of the
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