The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-02

ay of September, 1903, there was pre-
scented to the mayor and council of the
city of wichita (said mayor and coun-
cilEnen being duly convened in regular
SESSION. a petition duly signed by two
fifths CO of the resident tax payers of
said city of Wichita, praying said mayor
and councimen to submit TO the qualified
voters of said city q proposition that the
city of Wichita issue and deliver to the
Arkansas Valley Interurban Railway com
pany the bonds Of said city 10 the amount
of Thirty Thousand $4,000 Dollars TO
aid In securing and paying for right OF
way, depot grounds and terminal facili-
ties, all upon the conditions as set forth
in said petition. which petition, signatures
being omitted. is in the words and figures
following, to-wit:
THE ARKANSAS VALLEY INTERUR-
BAN RAILWAY COMPANY.
PETITION.
To the Honorable Mayor and City Council
Of the City Of Wichita:
Inasmuch as The Arkansas Valley In
terurban Railway company a corpora
ton. organized under and by virtue of
the laws of the state Of Kansas. proposes
to construct a line OF railroad from the
city OF Wichita Kansas, in a southerly
direction to the city OF Arkansas City.
Kansas, the undersigned, being more than
two-ffths of the resident fax payers OF
the said city Of Wichita, respectfully petit
ton the mayor and council of the said
city Of Wichita 10 call d special election
IN the said city, at as early date as
practicable and legal. at such cpecial cleo
ton, TO submit TO the qualified electors Of
the said city a proposition that said city
issue its bonds TO the amount of Thirty
Thousa nd ISL. 600 Dollars and deliver said
bonds TO the said The Arkansas Valley
Interurban Railway company TO aid the
said railway company il securing and
paying for lands for right OF way. depot
grounds and terminal facilities within the
10y of Wichita, under the terms and
y 5nd:tons hereinafter set forth. Said
bonds TO be Of the denominet ton of Five
Hundred (S500.00) Dollars each. numbering
from one to sixty coEsecutively; payable
TO the said railway company. or bearer,
twenty COO years after date, redeemable,
however, at the pleasure Of the said city
at any time after ten QQ years after the
date thereof, each bond bearing interest at
the rate of four and one-haif CD per
cent per annum. payable semi-annually,
as per interest coupons thereto attached,
payable on the first days Of January and
July of each year, the principal and in
terest of such bonds to be payable at the
fiscal agency of the state Of Kansas, in
the city of New York in the state of
New York The conditions upnn which
said bonds are to be issued and delivered
to the said The Arkansas Valley Interur-
ban Railway company are as follows:
That said railway company. its success
sors OF assigns shall build standard
gauge railroad 10 be operated by electric
ity, from point in the city Of Wichita
to a point on the south line OF the county
of Scdgwick Kansas. and thence in a
southerly and southeasterly direction
toward the city Of Arkansas City. in cow
ley county Kansas. with a suitable pas
senger and freight depot within the said
city of Wichita; that the said company
shall also maintain its principal repair
shops and car barns in or near the city
OF Wichita, and that the said company
shan commence the construction of the
said road on or before the first day Of
May 1894. and that at least forty-five
(45) miles of the said road, commencing
in the said city of Wichita, must be COM
pleted and in operation on or before the
first day of May, 1906, unless the consuuc-
ton thereof be delayed by acts Of Provi-
dence, strikes. or injunctions; and that
when the said road is so constructed and
in operation for the said forty-five~ (fO
miles and when the said depot. repair
shops and car barns in or near the city
OF Wichita are built then the said bonds
- the amount of Thirty Thousand G30,-
50 Dollars shall be issued and delivered
- the said railway company.
The said railway company snail also
establish and maintain in the SAID city
of Wichita its principal Offices.
It is expressly understood and stipu-
lated that none of the above bonds shall
be issued and delivered by the said city
Of Wichita until each and all of the above
conditions shall have been fully COM
piled with OF the part of the said rail-
way company
We further respectfully petition that
said special election be held c0nf0Tmably
TO ana as provided Tor by the laws of
the state of kansas applicable thereto.
and that the said bonds be issued and de-
uvered 10 said company in accordance
with the 1901 compiled laws of the state
Of Kansas as set forth in Sections 590l-
1912 inclusive. and that the form Of bal
lots to be used at such election shall be
as follows:
Each qualified voter voting for said
proposition shall have printed or written
On his ballot For bonds 10 The Arkan-
sas Valley lnteTurban Railway company"
and each qualified voter voting against
said proposition shall have printed or
written on his ballot Against bonds TO
The Arkansas Valley and Interurban
Railway company
The said mayor and councilmen upon
presentation of said petition found the
same was III writing. in due anu legal
form and was signed by moro than two
fifths Co OF the resident tax payers of
said city, and said mayor AID councilmen
thereupon granted the prayer of said pc
tition and ordered that q special election
be held at the legal voting places in said
CITY on the 9th day Of October 1913. to
determine whether said bonds shall be
sued upon the terms and conditions
Z set out and stated in said petition. and
said mayor and ccGncilmen further or
dered that in the event a majority OF the
voters at said special election cast their
votes in favor Of said proposition and
when the said railway company, its sue
cessors or assigns. shall have complied
with the conditions stated in said peu-
ton. then The mayor Of said city shall
duly sign and the city clerk shall ouly
attest and seal with che corporate seal
Of said city and issue and deliver to the
said railway company. its successors or
assigns the bonds of said city 20 the
amount Of Thirty Thousand Csso,ee0 Dol
lars. of the number denomination and
.er-,-S I'D hsa ~sr-e~ ;~taraSr as SET forth