The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-19


scented to the mayor and council of the
| city of Wichita said mayor and coun-
/ ciImen being duly convened in regular
SESSION. a petition duly signed by two
! fifths C2-5l of the resident tex payers Of
said city<of Wichita praying said mayor
and eouncilmen to submit to the qualified
voters of said city a proposition that the
city of Wichita issue and deliver 10 the
Arkansas Valley Interurban Railway COM
pany the bonds of said city to the amount
of Thirty Thousand ($3e, 600 Dollars to
aid IN securing and paying for right OF
way, depot grounds and terminal faciii-
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-fifths Of the resident tax payers Of
the said city of Wichita. respectfully petit
ton the mayor and council of the said
city of Wichita to call a special election
in the said city, at as early a date as
practicable and legal at such special 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
Thousand $3.50 900 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 (S500.0s) Dollars each, numbering
from one to sixty consecutively; payable
to the said railway company. or bearer.
twenty (20) 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
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 upon 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 or assigns, shall build standard
gauge railroad to- be operated by electric
ity, from point in the city of Wichita
to point on the south line of the county
of Sedgwick. Kansas. and thence in
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
SHAH commence the construction Of the
said road on or before the first day of
May. 1904. 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 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-five (l5)
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 CS31.
OO0 Dollars shall be issued and delivered
to the said railway company.
The said railway company shall also
establish and maintain in the said 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 eonformably
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 1891 compiled laws Of the state
Of Kansas as set forth in Sections 1851
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 OF written
on his ballot For bonds 70 The Arkan-
sss Valley InteTurban 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 Councilrnen upon
presentation OF said petition found the
same was in writing, IN due and legal
form and was signed BY more than two
hfths (2-5) Of the resident tax payers OF
said city. and said mayor and councilmen
the~eupon granted the prayer Of said pc
tition and ordered that a special election
be held at the legal voting places in said
city on the 9Th day OF October. 1915. 10
determine whether said bonds shall De
issued upon the terms and conditions
set out and stated IN said petition. and
said mayor and coCncilmen further or
dere6 that in the event 4 majority OF the
voters at said special election cast their
votes in favor Of said proposition and
when the said railway company. It's sue
cessors or assigns. shah have complied
With the conditions stated n said peti-
~ Of city ahsn