The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-13
ARE TO GO AFTER
SUBSCRIPTIONS
TO Raise Funds for Prospect
ing for Gas or Oil.
MASSMEETING OF CITIZENS
Held in the Council Chamber
Last Night,
OF CITIZENS
COMMITTEE is APPOINTED
Who VIII Begin Today to So
IiCit Subscriptions.

At mass meeting OF the citizens Of
Wichita last night IT was determined to
raise Sl5,o9 by popular subscription to
PAS Tor drilling for gas or oil. Much en-
thuslasn was shown. The council cham
Der. where the meeting was he'd, was
wei filled. ana every person present
wanted the gas, and wanted it as quickly
a. il IS possible to get IL. over Si,5oo was
raised within a few minutes ana 10 one
did any soliciting. The subscription lists
have not been made up, and no one was
! asked To sign for any amount.
When the meeting was called to order
BY G. L. Davidson. president Of the
Chamber of Commerce. J. y. Haymaker
vas called to The chair and presided
over the meeting. He stated the purpose
OF the meeting and then called on AIR
!. W Adams chairman Of the committee
appointed 10y the Chamber Of Commerce,
To draft plan FOR getting Subscriptions
To report AIr Adams presented a long
technical statement something ovee two
every possible legal polntetaoinup2i-.
T. peWIiJten pages. and it embraced
every possible legal point that could
come up in regard to the city owning the
gas wells and the citizens subscribing
The money to pas for them.
City Attorney Helm then introduced a
substitute which required the drillers TO
furnish now of gas of AZ least half
million cubic feet day or ten barrels of
oil. and if gas was discovered +be drill
ers should show II 1easr ron feet If els
Sand before II sholld he accented p0fb
plans concentrated the aDDointnlent of
q trustee 10 receive the cas-, ami mako
the contracts.
BON resolutions were discussed in an
thgir various features ana no one excapt
sla.., ~ the LAWYERS seemed 10 be- salts
led VITA hem it was stated thar thew
vVtre too rfafG for rhe citv and allowed
nc lafftude Tor The city to work on. ID
v-as possible Thar the contract for the
work could be made even hftrer than The
r,lcTosi.io-s Submitted. la fha+ as. the
trustee should have plenty IF latitude.
Then some thought that the driIers
would not ACCEPT a contract where tI.av
verc ~ produce 50 many fer ef gas sl-9
as tins was NOT in ths 7-,r.osiffon +ba,-
had submitted t. the Cbsr.har of Co~,-
rierce. The two res3.stio1s. were discuss
od at leneth and after .au,a tina b43
been CONSIGNED Fir + IT Srev-art aross
ana anuouncaf mar ha vas nor -qrfsfod
with the two uIaas They were too long
and roo rigif to 81 rrtl.ris.bla mo Iso.
pio aid M ,t-s-t ~ s,,s,,7 f,.rr 80, ;,.,-
reading a paper ANA thsn subscribe q few
dollars So H. submitted the fo1lovviner
resolution. which is to head the sr,b-
scription blanks.
lc undersigned citizeus Of Wichita
Kansas bereh, sl5bscrtba +1,o s,rr.s set
OPPOSITE our names ror The nu-pose Of
creating Il fund To driU within ffteon
miles Of Wfchfra fer gas ana In y,irb tba
urde~sta-f7frr rb.+ c-h.- +bo ,.,, -
81 800 is subscribed AN sums are due ana
pavaI5ie. and as soorr-as rho s,r,.. is co.,
lectcd and paid TO the treasurer Of tbe
CITY OF Wichita the MAYOR and council
OF joe city of Wichita are hereby author
tied 10 contract for the driIlin. of said
gas or cI ven and use said funds -
pa, for said v.fu Win In. rnrtb4r mn
delstandlac ttaz c-cb of the subscribers
e. this fund shan receive from, fhe ci+,- I
Of Wichita in The event thar GAS in
commercial quantity is found two dollars
r. gas at regular rates for each dollar
subscribed ar r4trrn nj -r,rC,. at The
Subscribers option.
IF Oh 10 the amount of ten barrals
per day er gas to the amount of 5o.0a +
cubic feet per dav is nor found The
amounts subscribed hereto shall be re-
turned 10 each subscriber"
This resolution seemed To meet with
thu approval If every one present ana
was adopted with but three dissenting
votes.
Some ~ the peouIe were in a hurry /
and then il was suggested that some sub I
scriptons be taken. s T. Nelson. sem
eral manager of the Wichita Railway
and IIcht conuanv announced tbat de-
" Qua s4oserioe so Mayor Mclean and