The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-25
Mayor of the City of Wichita
Attest: AMOS MCLAIN, City Clerk.
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway.
LEGAL NOTICE
or Special Election to be Held November
20 ION

Notice is hereby given that on the 22nd
day Of October, 1900, there was presented
to the Mayor and Councilmen Of the
City of Wichita (said Mayor and Coun-
cilmen being duly convened in regular
SESSION., petition duly signed by two
fifths of the resident taxpayers of said
City of Wichita, praying said Mayor and
Counciimen to submit to the qualified
voters of said City a proposition that the
City Of Wichita issue and deliver to The
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway
Company the bonds of said City to the
amount of Thirty Thousand Dollars $780,
OoD, to aid in securing and paying for
right of way, depot grounds and terminal
facilities-all upon the conditions as set
forth in said petition, which petition.
signatures being omitted, Is in the words
and figures following, to-wit:
PETITION.
The Proposition That the City Of wich-
ita Issue and Deliver to the Kansas
City, Mexico and Orient Railway
Company the Bonds of Said City to
Aid in Securing and Paying for Right
of Way, Depot Grounds and Terminal
Facilities.
To the Honorable Mayor and Council Of
the City of Wichita, Sedgwick county,
Kansas:
1nasmuch as the Kansas City. Mexico
& Orient Railway company proposes to
construct a line of railroad in and
through the corporate limits Of the city
Of Wichita, In the state Of Kansas, and
obtain therefor right of way and depot
grounds through and in said city, and
establish and maintain terminal facli-
ties, as hereinafter described, we. the I'M
dersfgned, being more than two-fifths
of the resident taxpayers of said city,
respectfully petition and request the
Honorable Mayor and Councilmen Of said
City OF Wichita, to call a special elect
ton to be held in said City, for the pur-
pose of submitting to the qualified
electors thereof, a proposition for said
City of Wichita to issue and deliver TO
the Kansas City. Mexico & Orient Rail-
way Company, a corporation organized
and existing under the laws Of the state
of Kansas. the bonds of said City, to the
amount OF Thirty Thousand Dollars
$4,000 for the purpose OF aiding said
Railway Company in securing and paying
for land for right of way, depot grounds
and terminal facilities, as hereinafter de-
scrtbed. Said bonds shall be each in the
denomination of Five Hundred Dollars
$500 and numbered from one % 10
sixty (So) consecutively, each payable TO
the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Rail-
way Company or bearer twenty years
after date. redeemable, however, at the
pleasure OF the Mayor and Councilmen
~of the said City at any time afrer ten
Qe) years after the date OF their issue;
and each 10 bear interest at the
rate Of four per cent a per cent?
per annuu with semi-annual interest
coupons attached. payable on the first
days OF January and July OF each year.
the principtl and interest OF such bonds
TO be payable at the fiscal agency OF
the State Of Kansas IN the City OF New
York
The conditions upon which the above
proposition is made and said bonds ara TO
be issued and delivered snd the fun de-
ecrption OF said term.na, fac5itie are
as follows;
That the said Kansas city. Mexico &
Orient Railway Company. its successors or
assigns. shall construct is line into the
City Ct Wichita and acquire me asces-
sary right OF way. and dspSt grounds
therefor, and ssa5ish, acquire, cor
stFuct. ecuip and put IL operation In said |
City division terminal facilities TO consist
OF freight and passenger division ter-ni- |
nals. locomotive or roand-hoase ans ps.a-