The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-26
THE ARKANSAS VALLEY INTERUR-
BAN RAILWAY COMPANY.
LEGAL NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELEC-
TON To Re HELD OCTOBER
STH, 1903.

o@s oA SSpkenDe lyaJ mere was pre-
Il scented TO the mayor and COUNCIL OF the
Seeity of Wichita tsaid mayor and coun-
cilmen being duly convened in regular
session. petition duly signed by two
nfths Co Of the resident tax payers of
said city OF Wichita, praying said mayor
and councilmen 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 to the amount
OF Thirty Thousand Iss5eoe) 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 ISTERUR-
BAN RAILWAY COMPANY.
PETITION.
To the Honorable Mayor and City Council
% the City of wichita:
1nasmuch 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 construc:- 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 tax payers Of
the said city Of Wichita respectfully petit
ton the mayor and council Of the said
city OF Wichita to call d 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 el01 Dollars and deliver said
euE4ds 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 70 be Of the denomination Of Five
Hundred $4,000 Dollars each, numbering
from one TO sixty consecutively; payable
70 the said railway company. or bearer,
twenty (20) years after date. redeemable.
however. at the pleasure of the said city
az any time after ten 40 years after the
date thereof, each bond bearing interest at
the rate of four and one-half az per
cent per annuu. payable semi-annGslly.
IS 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
sers or assigns. shall build a standard
gauge railroad 10 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 q
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. ana that the said company 4
shan commence the construction Of the /
said road on or before the first day Of
May 1884, and that at least forty-five F
(fs) miles OF the said road commencing
in the said, csty of wichita must be COM I
pleted and in operation on or before the 4
FIRST day Of May 1896. unless the construe- 4
ton thereof be delayed by acts Of Provi- I
dence. strikes or injunctions: and that /
when the said road Is so constructed and .
In Operation for the said forty-hve (45) F
miles and when the said depot. repair 4
shops and car barns in or near the city
Of wichita are built. then the said bonds +
10 the amount OF Thirty Thousand $50, 1
Boo} Dollars shall he issued and delivered /
a. rDrrl~-uV
The said railway company shall also l
establish ana maintain in the said city /.
OF Wichita its principal Offices
II 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 /
pied with on the part Of the said rail- /
way company.
We further respectfully petition that I
said special election be held o0nfcrTnably /
TO and as provided for by the laws Of /
the state of Kansas applicable thereto, 7
ana that the said bonds be issued and de- /
livered TO said company in accordance /
with the 1871 compiled laws Of the state /
Of Kansas as set forth in Sections 1907 I
1912 inclusive. and that the form Of ball /
as follows:
Each qualified voter voting for said +
proposition shall have printed OF written (
or his ballot. For bonds 10 The Arkan- /
sas Valley Inte-urban Railway company. /
ana each qualified voter voting against f
said proposition shall have printed or 4
written on his ballot Against bonds to (
The Arkansas Valley and InterGrban .
Railway company"
The said mayor and councilmsn 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 4
said city. and said mayor and councilmen I
thereupon granted the prayer OF said Pc I
sstion and ordered that s. special election 4
Sc held at the legal voting places in said 4
.jtv on the 9Th day OF October. 1853. to i
determine whether said bonds shall 6e 4
issued upon the terms and conditions i
set cut and stated in said petition. and 4
ssid mayor and councilmen further OF +
sered that in the event a majority Of the ]
voters at said special election cast their 4
votes in favor Of said proposition. and 4
when The said railway company. its sue I
eessors or assigns. shall have complied i
x4th the conditions stated IN said peti- 4
tsan. then the mayor Of said city shall 4
s,lv sign and the city clerk shall duly /
attest and seal with the corporate seal &
II said city and issue and deliver to the 4
aid railway company. its SUCCESSORS or 4
assigns the bonds Of said city to the 4
amount Of Thirty Thousand CSS00 Dol 4
-. - ehA -t,rsber denomination and 4