Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-05-17
MEETING WITH
ENCOURAGEMENT
Promoters of New Electric
Line Intend Asking For
a Franchise.
FORM OF CONTRACT SIGNED

AT the next meeting of the city
council the promoters of the proposed
Highlands electric car line will go
before that body and ask the city
fathers for a franchise for their in.
tended line, and in the event that the
franchise is granted, will begin WORK
within sixty days thereafter, as they
seem confident of securing the neces.
sary $4,000 subsidy.
Quite a large number of property
holders in the Highlands have signed
the printed contracts, agreeing to pay
a certain per cent, according to the
amount of property owned, amonp
them being N. w. Alger, E. b. Christy
+. G. Cornish, +. w. Preissner. C. d
Con, e. A. Fields, T. f.. Ketchum, r.
%. Crawford, Mrs. M. Stumpf Mrs
Mrs. Pessie Keleher, A. J. Kleyten
berg, j. w. Hall, J. F. Palmer, Mrs
NJ. A Bigelow, F. A. Nohl. w. G.
Hope, l. H Cix. Ralph w. .Gilchrist
ID. f. Gill, NJ. w Fiournoy, c
Baldridge, ID. A. Bittner, A. r. Wal
ker, ]. w. McQuade, Robert Appleton
E. l.. Washburn, Mrs. l.. f. Warner
D. II. Boatright, B. A. Sleyster, A. B
McMillen, r. B. Harsch, Car
Schroeder, NJ. E. Hickey, George p
Learnard, George X. Neher, George
E. Brewer, W. E. Pratt, J. S. Ray
nolds, T. j. Topham, w. 7. McCreight
William Archer, o. H. Scott, A. Mon
toya, j. II. O'Rielly, A. w. Hayden
j. d. Caldwell, George II. Moore, Uni
versity Heights Improvement com
pany, Charles e. Crary, F. w. Fisher
A copy of the printed contracts
which the property owners are beinl
asked to sign, and which Colonel ID
X. b. Sellers, one of the promoters O
the new line, left with The Eveninl
Citizen, is as follows:
THE said party of the first part, il
consideration of the sum of ......
dollars, to be paid by the party O
the second part, and of the coven
ants hereinafter mentioned, agrees Il
build and equip, or cause to be bull
and equipped an electric street ca
line from where the Atchison, To
peka q Santa Fe railroad crosse!
Railroad avenue, east along Railroad
avenue, to the reservoir of the Water
Supply company, east of the New
Mexico university, provided fran
chises are granted to the said party
of the first part for that purpose by
the city and county, and provided
further that the property owners
along or adjacent to said car line
shall constitute the sum of fifteer
Thousand dollars.
I'm the event of the granting o
franchises by the city council of the
city of Albuquerque and also by the
county commissioners of the county
of Bernalillo, and of the making O
valid agreements by property owners
as aforesaid for the contribution o.
said sum of fifteen thousand dollars
the said party Of the first part
through a corporation to be formed
by himself and his associates, viii
commence construction work on said
line within sixty days after the grant
ing of said franchises and making oI
said valid agreements, and have SAID
car line in operation within one yeal
from the date of the commencement
Of such construction.
The said party of the second part
in consideration of the premises and
of the sum of one dollar % him in
hand paid by the party Of the first
part the receipt of which Is hereby
acknowledged, covenants and agrees
with the party ofthe first part that in
consideration OF the construction OF
said electric car line he will con
tribute and pay TO the said party OF
the first part or his assigns the sun
-f................d dollars. One-half oi
which shall be paid when the track oi
the. said electric street railway is
laid, and tine other half when said
electric street railway is in opera
ton.
The party of the first part further
agrees that upon the fun payment OF
the bonus specified herein he will
cause 70 be issued TO said party OF
the second rart by said corporation
10 be organized by the party OF the
first part and his associates for the
construction of said electric car line
corporate stock of said corporation
OF the par value Of the said sum of
.......... dollars.
In witness whereof ra. said par
ties have herenutu SIT taelr hands
and seals the day and year hrs, above
written"
ST. Louis Wool
ST. Louis, Mo, May l7-Wool mar