The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191?, 1909-12-10
Bond Election Next Tuesday-If Our Citizens Vote
AS they Talked Last July the Bonds
Will Carry Without Doubt.
OPPORTUNITY COMES A. KNOCKING
The Terminal improvements Well Under Way-The
Missouri Pacific Company Has Fulfilled
Its Agreement-Up the Voter.

vert and rest in the Srantors there.
to.
In witness whereof the parties
hereto have set their hands in dup.
lieate the day and year last above
written
The Missouri Pacific Railway Co.
BY Its Officials, Party of the First
Part.
City of Falls City, Nebraska,
BY Its Representatives Party OF
the Second Part
Falls City, Nebraska, July s, 1909.
The Missouri Pacific officials did
not delay matters. They showed
their good faith promptly, and the
grading of the yards was commenced,
and barring bad weather, there has
been no cessation of operations
since the first furrow was turned.
Today the grading is well under way,
the yard proper being completed,
the ties and rail laying well under
way.
The agreement between the rail
way people and the citizens of Falls
| City called for an eighteen stall
round house The contract for a "a
| stall round house has been let to
| James l.. Powell, at cost OF $780,
900, the same to be constructed of
cement and wood-the cement work
rising to the heighth of the windows,
the whole calling for 200 car loads
of material.
To an individual who is even in a
small measure versed in railway af-
fairs, a "a stall round house, in con
junction with yardage of ample dimen-
sions, means much
The most conservative estimate
of>the number of men that the Mis-
souri, Pacific will need here is be-
tween 200 and 300--tnis is conserYa-
tive estimate, mind you, made by
those who are in position TO judge
in the matter, and the pay roll will
in all probability be $l2, 900 monthly.
The Missouri Pacific railway com
2ens of Falls City in this matter,
and brought to our city something
that Hiawatha or Auburn would have
subscribed a much larger amount for
True, it was a matter of location, and
in that Falls City was most fortunate
But whatever the causes that led
the terminal point for the railway
company, it devolyes upon the voters
to line up for the bonds at the cleo
tion next Tuesday. 1t is no time for
the splitting of hairs. Opportunity
knocks at our door, and it behooyes
every man who has the welfare of
Falls City at heart to put in a
boost" for the carrying of the
bonds, for be ii remembered,
the terminal point HAS been estab-
iished al Falls City, and il is not a
case wherein the citizens are deal
ing in future possibilities.
The Tribune is for the voting of
these bonds, and trusts that the prop
osition will carry by a unanimous
vote, or as near to that desired end
as is possible in an election of this
kind
1t is incumbent upon all good cit
izens To vote for upon the propos-
ition. The acquiring of railway
terminal, of the proportions now guar
anteed, was a bargain day" snap
at $4,000. Let us make no mistake,
no false moves Let us vote for
with vim and ,igor that will her
aid the fact to the rest of the world
that we are as one upon this prop
sition, or any other proposition look
ing to the upbuilding or bettering Of
our little city.