The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-10-03
ORDER FOR ELECTION
Office of the Board of Commissioners
of Henderson County. N. {

of Henderson County, N. C..
Alta meeting duly, legally and regu-
larly called and held by. the board of
Commissioners of Henderson COUNTY in
the court house, in said county on the
9Th day of Sept, 1907, it being made to
appear to the said board that a great
number of the citizens of said county
have subscribed to the capital stock, of
the Appalachian Interurban Railroad
Company, and have been engaged in an
effort to build a railroad through Hen
derson county, from an eastern or south.
ern connection where satisfactory traf-
nc arrangements can be secured for
said road, in = way by which said rail
road will be independent in its opera
lions, thereby securing the best rates
that competition will make Tor our peo-
pie, said railroad to be constructed from
said eastern or southern terminus via
Bat Cave and He~ndersonville, and thro'r
Mills River township to the Buncombe
county line.
And whereas, The best interest and
prosperity of Henderson county depends
greatly upon the construction OF said
railroad,
And, whereas, The construction of
said railroad will bring directly into the
county taxable property of approximate
ly one-half million dollars, to say moth
ing of the taxable property that will
flow into said county by reason of said
railroad,
And, whereas, The wisest financial
policy for b county will be subserved
by extending to the construction of said
railroad material aid by said county,
And, whereas, The subscription here
1noeloW mentioned is necessary to aid in
the construction of said railroad, in
which the citizens of the county have an
interest,
Therefore, it is Ordered by the Board,
That the question of subscription to the
capital stock of said company in the sum
OF FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
which amount this Board proposes to
subscribe) to be paid in county bonds to
mature In not less than thirty Q rs,
with B per cent Interest coupons attach
ed, payable semi-annually at the place
provided for in said bonds, the Interest
on said bonds and the bonds themselves
ut maturity to be paid by taxation as
provided by law, shall be submitted to
the qualified voters of said county as
provided by charter of said ompan
and Chapter 81, Vol. /, of the Revisal of
1913 OF NORTH Carolina, on 18th day of
October, 1907, which election is hereby
ordered for the purpose of voting foror
against the proposition to subscribe the
said amount of stock agreed upon by
the Board of County Commissioners and
at which election the said voters shall.
vote a ticket as follows: Those favorino
the subscription shall vote a ticket upop
which shall be written or nrinted.
AYE, for Subscription, :" and those OBJ
posed shall vote a ticket which shall be
written or printed, AGAINST Sub
scription," and if the majority of the
voters OF said county shall vote for sub
scrlpt1on, then the Board of County
commissioners, through their chairman,
snail subscribe to the capital stock of
said company the sum of FIFTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS to be paid in
bonds as specified above. which said
bonds shall only be issued upon the con
dltlons following, viz: The said bonds
shall not be issued and delivered to said
company or to any nj else until after
SAID company or it's assigns shall have
completed and put in operation a stand
ard gauge railroad in complianca with
construction contract submitted for in
spection Of the Board at this date. from
the eastern or southern connection with |
q competing railroad via Bat Cave to
Hendersonville, and that q REGULAR
OF train service for FREIGHT
and passengers bein operation as ev;-
denced by the publication of a scheduIe
In q newspaper published in Hender0
sonvilIe, and,
Provided, That the chief engineer Of
the railroad company shall have at that |
time in reserve the securities provided
10 said construction contract to secure
the completion of the railroad thronab
Mills River townshipto the BnncomSa
county line, to-wit: Subscriptions tn