The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-23
THE ARKANeAS VALLEY E,IERUR-
BAN RAILWAY COMPANY.
LEGAL NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELEC-
TON TO BE HELD OCTOBER
STE, 1893,


day Of September. 1903, there was pre-
sented to the mayor and council of the
= city of Wichita (said mayor and eoun-
cilmen being duly convened in regular
session. petition duly signed by two
fifths (2-5) Of the resident tax payers of
said city of Wichita, praying said mayor
and couneiirnen to submit TO the qualified
voters of said city proposition that the
city Of Wichita issue ana deliver TO the
Arkansas Valley Interurban Railway com
pany TIE bonds of said city to the amount
OF Thirty Thousand Cs3l.0oo) Dollars 10
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, te-wit:
THE ARKANSAS VALLEY INTERUR-
BAN RAILWAY COMPANY.
PETITION
To the Honorable Mayor and City Council
of the City Of Wichita:
iIasmuch 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 q line or railroad from the
city of Wichita. Kansas. in a southerly
direction TO the city of Arkansas City,
Kansas, the undersigned, being more than
two-hfths of the resident tax payers of
the said city of Wichita, respectfully petit
ton the mayor and council Of the said
city OF Wichita 10 call u special election
IN the said city. al as early a date as
practicable and legal. al suc1l special cleo
ton. TO submit to the qualified electors of
the said city proposition that said city
issue its bonds TO the amount OF Thirty
Thousand (s3O. 900 Dollars and dsliver said
bonds to the said The Arkansas Valley
Interurban Railway compa ny 70 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 ID be of the denomination Of Five
Hundred Cs5e0. co. Dollars each numbering
from one TO sixty consecutively; payable
TO the said railway company. or bearer,
twenty (s0D years after date redeemable,
however. at the pleasure OF the said city
ct 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-annually
as per interest coupons thereto attached.
payable on the first days OF January and
July of each year. the principal and in
teTest 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
10 the said The Arkansas Valley Interur-
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 il the city Of Wichita
TO a point on the south line Of the county
Of Sedgwick Kansas, ana thence in
southerly anu southeasterly direction
toward the city of Arkansas City, in Cow
ley county. Kansas. with a suitable pas
seRger 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. 1914. and shat at least forty-ive
(45) miles OF tbs said road, commencing
in the said city OF Wichita. must be com
first day of May. Isa1. unless the construc-
zion 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 foTty-five (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 CssO.-
III -f,.H h al nd a rod
20 the said r,nway company.
The said railway company shall also
establish and maintain in the said city
OF Wichita its principal Offices.
Il 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 conformabiy
to and as provided for by The laws OF
the state OF Kansas applicable thereto
and that the said bonds be issued AID de-
uvered to said company in accordance
with the 1901 compiled laws OF the state
of Kansas as set forth in Sections 5SoT-
1912 inclusive. and that the form of bal
lots to be ased at such election shah be
as follows;
Each qualified voter voting for said
proposition shall have printed or written
on his ballot, For bonds &c The Arkan-
sas Valley Interarban Railway company.
and each qualified voter voting against
said proposition shall have printed CT
written on his ballot. Against bonds to
The Arkansas Valley and lnterurban
Railway company"
The said mayor and courcilmen upon
presentation OF said petition found the
same was in writing. in due and legal
form and Was signed by more than two
fifths 90 OF the resident tax payers 81
said city. and said mayor and eouncilmen
thereupon granted the prayer Of said pc
y .tion and ordered that special election
be held at the legal voting places in said
city on the 9Th day OF October. 3seS, 70
determine whether said bonds shall be
issued upon The terms and conditions
gel out and stated in said petition. and
said mayor and eouncilmea further or
dered 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, its sue
cessors or assigns. shall have complied
with the conditions stated in said peti-
ton. then the mayor Of said city shall
dulr siga and the city clsr& shall duly
attes: and seal with the corporate seal
NJ said city and issue and deliver 10 the
said railway company. its successors or
assigns the bonds OF said cltE' 10 the