The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-03-09

Last evening, the following petition
was filed in the Office of the township
clerk, asking for a special election on the
question of voting $4,000 bonds to the
narrow gauge road, for the purpose of
procuring its widening and better equip
ment:
''To the township board of the town
ship of Paw Paw county of Van Buren,
and state of Michigan The undersigned,
qualified electors of the township of Paw
Paw, county of Van Buren, and state of
Michigan, respectfully petition and re
quest your honorable body to order
special election to be held in and for said
township, under and by virtue of act
No. 438 of the local acts of the legislature
of the state of Michigan, passed in 1895,
approved May oath, 1895, to ascertain
whether or not the qualified electors of
said township will vote to bond said
township of Paw Paw for the sum of ten
thousand dollars, to be evidenced by ten
one thousand dollar bonds, maturing one
in each year, commencing five years from
the date of their issue, bearing interest at
the rate of five per cent per annum, paya-
BILE annually, for the purpose of building
and repairing avenues of transportation
within said township of Paw Paw, in ac-
cordance with the provisions OF said act
No. 438 of the local acts of the state of
Michigan for the year A. ID. 1895, entitled
An act to authorize the township of Paw
Paw, in the county of Van Buren,, to
borrow money to be used for roads,
bridges and avenues of transportation,
and to issue bonds therefor.
"And you petitioners will ever pray, &c
dated this 7th day of March, A. d.
189S."
The petition is signed by the following
gentlemen, only II being necessary for
the calling of an election
Lincoln II. Titus, Chas. S. Maynard,
Albert w. Showerman, III. w. Shower
man, Benz. +. Heckert, /. Jay Cummings,
c. r. Ocobock, f. l. Northrup, VIM. But
Ter, Jay Reynolds, j. ID. Holmes, f. S.
Briggs, III. l.. Mcneil, c. III. Scott, John
S. Tuckey, l.. E. Shepard, A. A. Hinck
ley, j. G.. Sage, Chas. A. Lamberson, L. A.
Granger, NJ. p. Allen, j. r. Chandler,
/ b. O'Dell.
In accordance with the petition, the
township clerk has called a special meet
ing of the township board, to be held at
his office, Wednesday, March 8, at 10 a. IN.
CoMPANY's PROPOSITION.
Following is the proposition and agree
ment made between the company and
the citizens committee:
In the event that the electors of the
township of Paw Paw, said county and
state, at an election to be duly called for
that purpose, shall vote to bond the town
ship of Paw Paw for ten thousand dol
lars in ten 81 900 bonds, maturing one
in each year, commencing five years
from their date, bearing interest at the
rate of five per cent per annum, payable
annually, and drawn in favor of said rail
road company or its assigns, the said
South Haven q Eastern Railroad com
pany hereby agrees to construct the
present track of said company across
said township of Paw Paw and from the
village of Lawton to the village of Hart
ford, in said county, into standard
gauge railroad and equip said road with
suitable standard gauge equipments, con
sidering the length of said road between
said points, using rails of the weight of
not less than sixty-five pounds to the
yard between said points, and make full
and complete connections with the Mich
igan Central railroad tracks at Lawton
and with the Chicago q West Michigan
tracks at Hartford, for the switching and
transferring of standard gauge cars.
Said railroad company also agrees to
construct at Lake Cora, or in the vicinity
thereof, some suitable place for freight
station, sufficient to meet the require
ments and needs of the company to han
die the business offered at such place,
and also to keep and maintain thereat, as
necessity shall require, an agent to re
ceive and deliver freight and to attend
; to such other duties of the railroad com
pany as is usual with agents, and in
case the said freight or warehouse or
station is located at Lake Cora, as afore-
said, the said company shall procure,
construct, or cause to be constructed, a
suitable highway to said station and ex-
tend the switch now there, making it a
closed switch at each end, with capac
ity of at least six cars, or in case said
freight or warehouse or station shall be
erected in the vicinity of Lake Cora, the
company also agrees to construct closed
switch of the same capacity as above in
dicated.
Said company also agrees to construct
at the village of Paw Paw, or at its sta
ton grounds thereat, suitable stock yards
or cattle pens sufficient to handle that
branch of business, and also construct a
warehouse or elevator of the capacity of
; ten thousand bushels of grain, said eleva
tor to be suitable in all ways for such
purposes and not unlike ordinary ware
; house elevators erected by railroad com
panies for like purposes.
Said railroad company, upon said elec.
/, ton being called by the township board
to vote upon said proposition to issue
!. bonds, will deposit in some suitable bank
or other place agreeable to the officers oi
said township, the sum Of fifty dollars tc
defray the expenses of said special elec
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