The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-06
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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. corpora
ton, organized under and by virtue Of
the laws of the state Of Kansas, proposes
to construct line OF railroad from the
city Of Wichita, Kansas, III a southerly
direction TO the city of Arkansas City,
Kansas, the undersigned, being more than
two-ffths Of the resident tax payers Of
the said city Of Wichita. respectfully petit
ton the mayor and council o. the said
city Of Wichita to call q special election
in the said city, at as early date as
practicable and legal, at such cpecial cleo
ton, 10 submit to the qualified electors Of
the said city a proposition that said city
issue its bonds TO the amount Of Thirty
Thousand C$30,O 900 Dollars and deliver said
bonds to the said The Arkansas Valley
Interurban Railway company TO aid the
said railway company in securing and
paying for lands for right of way, depot
grounds and terminal facilities within the
city of Wichita, under the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth. Said
bonds TO be OF the denomination OF Five
Hundred (S500.00) Dollars each, numbering
from one to sixty censecutively; payable
to the said railway company. or bearer,
twenty co years after date, redeemable,
however. at the pleasure of the said city
at any time after ten QO years after the
date thereof, each bond bearing interest at
the rate Of four and one-half 90 per
cent per annum, payable semi-annualsy,
az. 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 upon which
said bonds are to be issued and delivered
to the said The Arkansas Valley Intsrur-
ban Railway company are as follows:
That said railway company, its success
sors or assigns, shall build a standard
gauge railroad TO be operated by electric
ity, from point in the city of Wichita
TO a point on the south line. of the county
of Sedgwick. Kansas, ands 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. 1904, and that at least forty-five
10 miles of the said road, commencing
a of+ T,o
pleted and in operation on or before the
first day Of May, 1906. unless the construc-
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-fve (45)
miles and when the said depot, repair
shops and car barns in or near the city
of Wichita are built then the said bonds
TO the amount of Thirty Thousand $780,
00O Dollars shall be issued and delivered
TO the said railway company.
The said railway company shall also
establish and maintain in the sad city
of Wichita its principal offices.
1t 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 on the part OF the said rail-
way company.
We further respectfully petition that
said special election be held couformably
to and as provided for by the laws of
the state of Kansas applicable thereto
and that the said bonds be issued and de-
livered to said company in accordance
with the 1901 compiled laws OF the state
Of Kansas as set forth in Sections 1907
6S12 inclusive, and that the form OF ball
lots to be used at such election shah be
as follows:
Each qualified voter voting for said
proposition shall have printed or written
on his ballot. For bonds to The Arkan-
sas Valley InteTuTban 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 InteTurban
Railway company"
The said mayor and councilmen upon
presentation Of said petition found the
same was in writing. in due ana legal
form and was signed by more than two
dfths GA of the resident tax payers Of
said city. and said mayor and councilmen
thereupon granted the prayer Of said pc
tition and ordered that . special election
be held at the legal voting places in said
city on the eth day Of October. 1898. to
determine thether said bonds shall be
issued upon the terms and conditions
set out and stated In said petition. and
said mayor and councImen further or
dered that in the event q majority Of the
voters at said special election cast their
.-fs
when the said railway company, its sue
cessors or assigns, shan have complied
with the conditions stated in said petit
tion. then the mayor Of said city shall
duly sign and the city clerk shall duly
attest and seal with the corporate seal
Of said city and issue and deliver 10 the
said railway company. its successors Aor
assigns the bonds of said cicy TO the
amount of Thirty Thousand tS30eel Dol
lars. Of the number. denomination and
terms and bearing interest as set forth
and stated in said petition, and said
mayor and councilmeu further ordered
that the form OF ballot 10 be used at said
special election shall be in the form stated
n said petition. and that said special elec-
ton be called. held and The returns there
Of made aud canvaSSed and The result
declared in an respects as provided b.
law for the holding Of general elections
II was further ordered that legal notice
OF said election be prepared and pub
Iished IS provided b. law
Wherefore. the said city clerk. under
and pursuant 10 the direction and order
Of the mayor and ccuncilmen OF said
city. hereby gives p0bIic notice that said
special election was ordered and called
ana win be held in said city e Wichita
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therein on the slh day II October. a D
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