Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-29
G NOTICES

THE MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY
SPECIAL, sroSGHHHH66HH11EERs,
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that a spe-
cial meeting Of the Stockholders Of The
Missouri Pacific Railway Company viii be
held at the principal office of said Com
pany, in the Missouri Pacific Building, NO.
105 Market Street, in the City Of ST Louis,
January, 1910, at nine o'clock in the fore
noon of that day, to consider and act upon
the following propositions:
(a) To adopt a code Of bylaws for the
OBJ 10 ratify, assent to and approve a
certain indenture Of lease bearing date the
18th day of July, 1909, by and between
Boonville, st. Louis 81 Southern Railway
Company, a corporation of the State OF
Missouri, and this Company and authorized
on behalf of this company at a meeting OF
the Board of Directors. held on the 10th
day Of August. 1903.
(cl To ratify, assent to and approve the
purchase by this Company OF the whole or
any part OF the railroads and other prop
erty and franchises of all or any or the
following named railroad companies:
Carthage and Western Railway Company,
Joplin and Western Railway Company, St.
Louis, Oak Hill and Carondelet Railway
western Railway Company, The Kansas
City Southwestern Railroad Company, The
Nebraska Southern Railway Company,
Omaha Belt Railway Company, Omaha
Southern Railway Company, Pacific Rail-
way Company in Nebraska, The Pueblo
and State Lins Railroad Company, and
Kansas and Arkansas Valrey Railway.
Cd For the purpose Of refunding under
lying mortgage bonds and equipment obli-
cations OF the Company and for other cor
porate purposes to consent TO, concur in
and authorize An increase o. the bonded
Indebtedness of The Missouri Pacific Rail
way Company, by the amount OF SlI5,OO, 900
by the issue OF Gold Bonds OF the Com
pany, limited in the aggregate to the
principal amount Of Sl75,OOO,UO at any one
time outstanding, TO bear interest at a rate
or rates not to exceed five per cent per
annum, payable s~emi-annuaily, and all or
any part OF such bonds. as the Board Of
! Directors may determine, to be convertible
at the option of the holders and registered
owners thereof into stock or the Railway
company upon such terms and otherwise
as the Board of Directors may determine;
and to consent to concur in and authorize
the execution and delivery OF a mortgage
and deed OF trust on and OF the whole or
part Of the railroads and other property
and franchises of this Compan whether
now owned or hereafter acquired, TO secure
such issue OF bonds by this Company, and
to consider and act upon the form and
terms Of such mortgage.
(e) To consent TO and authorize the pur-
chase by this Company from time to time
of not to exceed SIS, 900. 900 par value OF the
bonds OF the st. Louis, Iron Mountain and
Southern Railway Company.
CD To ratify the proceedings Of the
Board OF Directors heretofore taken in
and about the matters Aforesaid, lncluding
the authorization of said bonds and mort
gage and deed Of trust and the use to be
made of said bonds, and to consider and
act upon such other business as may
properly be transacted at tho meeting.
The stock transfer books of the Compan
Of January, 1910, and will remain closed
until 10 A. NJ. on the 18th day OF January,
1910.
Dated, New YORK. November nth. 1909.
BY order OF the Board of Directors.
GEORGE j. GOULD. President.
A. H. CALEF, Secretary.