The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-25
puhlishsd october 8. 1eOO.


1900 there was presented to the Mayor
and councilnen of the city Of Wichita.
eedgwick County, Kansas, petition
signed by two-4ifths 90 of the resident
taxpayers of said city, praying that said
rnavor and councilmen submit TO the
qualified voters of said city proposition
that said city issue and deliver to the
kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway
company the bonds of said city, to the
amount Of Thirty Thousand Dollars
6sao opol to aid said Kansas City, Mexico
&. Orient Railway company, fits success
ors or assigns in securing and paying
for right-of-way, depot grounds and
terminal facilities in said city, all upon
the conditions as stated and set forth
in said petition. which petition, the sigma
lures being omitted, is in words and
figures following, to-wit: I
PETITION.
tn. 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. y
To the Honorable Mayor and Council OF
the City of Wichita, Sedgwick county,
Kansas:
Inasmuch 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 facih-
fies. as hereinafter described, we, the IN
dersiened being more than two-ffths
of the resident taxpayers of said city,
respectfully petition and request the
Honorable Mayor and Councilmen of said
City of Wichita, TO call 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, corporation organized
and existing under the laws of the state
of Kansas. the bonds Of said City, to the
amount Of Thirty Thousand Dollars
(sS0. 900 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-
scribed Said bonds shall be each in the
denomination of Five Hundred Dollars
(s5OO) and numbered from one % to
sixty (60) 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 Councilman
of the said City at any time after ten
QO) years after the date of their issue;
and each to bear interest at the
rate Of four per cent a per cent?
per annum with seni-annual interest
coupons attached payable on the first
days of January and July of each year,
the principu 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 are to
be issued and delivered and the full de-
scrption of said terminal facilities are
as follows:
That the said Kansas City. Mexico &
Orient Railway Company, its successors or
assigns, shall construct its line into the
City Of Wichita, and acquire the neces-
sary right Of way, and depot grounds
struct, equip and put in opera ton in said
City division terminal facilities to consist
of freight and passenger division termi-
nails, locomotive or round-house and prin-
cipal machine, manufacturing and repair
shops for the Company's lines, at which
all work conveniently accessible to the
City of Wichita shall be done. No other
principal or main manufacturing machine
and repair shops to be established at or
between Kansas City, Missouri, and the
north line of Texas.
The said principal machine, manufac-
turing and repair shops to be equipped
with the necessary machinery and APP
planes. and maintained and operated
by the said Railway Company, its sue
cessors and assigns in which shall be
employed the full complement of men
necessary. The site of said shops to be
selected by the Railway Company within
the City Of Wichita within one year from
the date or the election on this PROPOSE
ton and be erected or acquired and put
in operation on or before December 31st.
1904.
The bonds so to be issued shall be
signed by the Mayor of said City and at
tested by its City Clerk. with its corpor-
ate seal. and when the railway of said
Kansas City. Mexico and Orient
Railway Company shall be con-
etructed. acquired. completed and in oper-
alton from the City of Wichita south
westerly to the Red River on the bound
airy line between the Territory of Okla
homa and the State of Texas and the
necessary right Of way and depot
grounds obtained therefor in said city.
and the said principal machine. manu-
featuring and repair shops, locomotive or
round house. yards. side tracks and other
terminals as above described. located, es-
tshished, acquired, constructed, equip
ped, and put in operation in said CITY.
the said bonds shall be delivered to said
Railway Company or its assigns.
And we further respectfully petition
that said special election be called and
held conformably 70 and as provided bv
the laws Of the State of Kansas apnlica-
BILE thereto, being an act TO authorize
Cities Of the first and second class TO is
sue bonds for the purpose of aiding Rail
road Companies in securing and paving
for lands for right Of way. depot grounds
and terminal facilities. passed February
Is. 1885. being Chapter 81 laws Of Kan
sas, for the year 1855: and that said Snec-
isi election shall he called. held ana the
results thereof canvassed and determined
in manner provided by the laws Of Kan
sas applicable thereto. and that the form
Of ballot 10 be used at said election shall
be prepared and issued as required BY
law. and shall have printed thereon. for
the purpose of submitting the said prom
osition. the following language:
Shall the followlRg
be adopted? The
proposition that the 7
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