Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1914-09-10
LIST Of THOSE
SUBSCRIBING TO
$4,000 FUND
Amount Subscribed


Leroy Ferris ............... 500
C. P. Malone ................ $1OO
The Mexico Ledger ......... s1OO
J. T. Johnson .............. $10O
L. F. Ross ................ $100
Alex Carter ................ 800
]. B. Woolery .............. 500
F. M, Ragsdale .............. $1OO
Fredendall & wilkins ........ $500
The above list is the amounts sub
scribed Tuesday afternoon for the
subscription of Mexico of $4,000 to
extend the electric line. The COM
mittee did not work Wednesday be-
caus Of the rain.
The contract of the Commercial
Club with the railroad company fol-
lows:
Mexico, Mo-, July 10, 1914
Mexico CONNER al Club, party of
the first part, throt gh its president,
Fred Pitcher, males the following
proposition to the dexico Invest
ment and Cons, ~, Company,
party of the second 70 aid said
second party in bu.4dl 5 md con-
structing an extension of an cleo
trio railway from Molino to Santa
Fe, Mo-, and from Mexico to Prairie
View Church southwest Of Mexico,
and put in operation a continuous
connected line of electric railroad
from Santa Fe, Mo-, south through
i Molino and Mexico and through
Champ to Prairie View Church,
southwest of Mexico, as a continu-
GUS line of railway with subway or
surface crossing over the Wabash
and C. & A. railroads in Mexico, Mo.
The first party will undertake to
secure a subscription Of $4,000 To
be used in said improvements on the
following conditions:
Second party agrees in considera.
ton Of said subscriptions to incor'
porate its company under the rail
road laws Of Missouri as railroad
company, and convey and deliver it,
line of railroad and all its propert!
TO said Incorporated railroad com
pany.
Said second party agrees to built
and construct in good condition Al
extension of its said electric rail
road from Molino to Santa Fe, Mo
and from Champ to Prairie View
church, complete with cars RUNNING
over the said entire line of road witt
sufficient electric or other improves
power to operate said entire line o
electric road SO as to haul both pas
senger and freight cars over the en-
tire length of said line of road wit
subway or surface crossing over o
under the railroads through Mexico
Mo.
Said second party agrees to com
plete said extension of said railroa
from Mexico to Santa Fe within on
year, and from Mexico to Prairi
View church within eighteen month
from the time said subscription
, completed and accepted by secon
7 party; provided that delays cause
r by legal difficulties in regard
rights Of way and crossings shall b
v added to the time herein given.
Y One half of said subscription sha
: be due and collectable when sal
: road is completed to Santa Fe, Nc
!, and payable as follows: one-ha
n when said work is completed and OF
e half in thirty days thereafter, ar
o the other half of said subscriptit
y shall be due and payable when sa
e road is completed to Prairie Vie
/ church, and payable one half whit
IS the work is done and the other ha
n in thirty days thereafter.
e Said second party agrees to ke'
y said entire line of electric railroad
Ie good condition and operate the sar
in the condition herein specified +
lie a full term of five years from t
lie date said extensions are complet
l. and said subscriptions are paid; G
p cepting interruptions caused
Iy storms, wash-outs, labor strikes a
Id unavoidable accidents, not here
:" specified.
n When work begins on said exte
III sion, the first party, through
er President. shall select one pers
and the second party, one person,
act as arbitrators, to whom all qu'
tions concerning the character
C. construction and of material us
ty shall be referred, and their declsl
ks ON all such matters shall be final a
st binding on all subscribers In c.
en- of their inability to agree, tn
to shall select a third party and his q
OF their decision shall be final.
wv Said second party agrees to 6
ed good and satisfactory bond, p'
I'D able to the President of the II
all marty, in the sum of Thirteen Tho
,ly sand dollars, conditioned that
IL second party will keep and perfo
IN the terms and conditions of
contract on it's part, with forf'
wo ure TO the President of the said f
by party for the benefit of the subscl
IN ers 10 said fund and conditioned t
'ay IL they fail to extend and constr
es, either the north part or the SO
ck- mart of said extension as hel
lrk agreed to, then it will forfeit the
its tire amount that it shall have
tile lected on said subscriptions for
ck- benefit of the said subscribers.
Said Second party further agi