The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-07-27
ANOTHERu)NDHECT|ON
Must be Held by lola to Vote
WaterwOrks and Elec-
trio Light Bonds
NOT ENOUGH NAMES BEFORE
Mr.. Atwood Thinks the Addi-
tiOns Should be Included
as Petitioners

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As a result of the interview held
last week with j. II. Atwood and re-
ported to the city council last Satur-
day night by Mayor Mcclure, lola
will have to hold another bond cleo
ton before we can have waterworks
and electric lights. A legal petition
must contain two-ffths of the prop
erty owners and Mr.. Atwood insisted
| that the dwellers in the additions
should have been included although
they were outside the city at the time
of the last assessment of city prop
erty the basis upon which the list
was made up. While many people
here do not hold with Mr.. Atwood,
among them being Mayor Mcclure,
it was decided to be perfectly obedient
to his suggestions as upon his az
prOval depends the sale Of the bonds
to the Messrs. Lanyon.
Last Monday the work was begun
of compiling a list of the tax payers
in the present city of Iola-greater
Iola-and men will he Immediately
started out to get the required two
iifths to sign the petition asking the
mayor to call another election. 1t
was estimated at the other election that
there were $40 tax payers in town and
there were 25S names on the petition.
There are more now and in order to
get the list filed as quickly as posi-
bic the circulators will be allowed
five cents for every name they secure.
In this manner it is hoped to have the
petition completed, issue the procla.
nation next Thursday and hold the
election five weeks from today.
While this is being done, the city
authorities will take it for granted
that the bonds will carry and will ad.
vertise for bids for the work OF con
structing the plants. The bids will be
opened few days after the election
and as, even under the old election,
it was expected to advertise about
three weeks for bids, in this way
there will be really a delay of but one
or two weeks in getting to work
The exact hitch in the old election
was in the matter of the petition, Mr.
Atwood agreeing that everything else
was all right. The petition for the
calling of the election was circulated
this spring. A list of all the tax
payers in the city was made, being
taken from the reports of the city as
SCISSOR for 1899 for real property, and
that of 1899 for personal property
Between the time OF circulating the
petition and holding the election a
number of tracts of land which had
before been in the township were
taken into the city and according tC
Mr.. Atwood all the tax payers resid'
ing i'm these additions should have
been counted among the people, two
hiths Of whom were required on the
petition. 1t was little peculiarly
which could not happen again in a
hundred years.
1t is anticipated that there will be
no opposition to the new bonds. The
city has spent about two or three
thousand dollars, in anticipation, and
made contracts with the canyons and
the engineers which will have to be
met or damages collected, perhaps
Everybody wants waterworks and
many want electric lights, the only
discussion at any time being the bet
ter method to be employed in securing
them. lola has put her hand to the
pillow of securing municipal water and
lights, has invested good money il
the prospect and about all that re
mains is to promptly sign the peti
ton, get out and vote the bonds anG
get to work.