Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-12-13

First published In Baxter Springs
News, November 20, 1917
NOTICE OF CONDEMNATION
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOUTH
WEST MISSOURI RAILROAD
COMPANY IN CHEROKEE
COUNTY, KANSAS.
STATE OF KANSAS
CHEROKEE COUNTY, ss.
10 Whom IL May Concern;
Notice IL hereby given that we, the
undersigned have been duly appointed
Commissioners by the Honorable ].
N. Dunbar, Judge Of the Eleventh
Judicial District within and for the
County Of Cherokee and State Of
Kansas to lay off and condemn q
right Of way for the Southwest Mis-
souri, Railroad Company q railroad
corporation organized and doing bus
mess under and by virtue Of the laws
Of the State of Missouri and also
authorized to do business and doing
business In the State Of Kansas a.
q street suburban, and interurban
railroad company, through said
Cherokee county, along q route COM
mencing at the intersection Of Sheri-
dan and Military streets In the city
Of Baxter Springs, Kansas, and ex-
tending thence south and southwest
erly to Q point on the line between
the states Of Kansas and Oklahoma,
208 feet west of the southeast cor
uer Of lot /, Of fractional section 10,
ownship'36, range "a, Cherokee coun-
ty, Kansas, as more particularly and
definitely shown by the map and pro-
file Of said proposed line of railroad
now on file in the office Of the coun-
ty clerk Of Cherokee County, Kansas,
and passing along or through the fol-
lowing described tracts OF land, all
situated in township IS south, range
"a east, Of the 9th P. NJ, in Cherokee
county, Kansas, to-wit:
The southeast quarter (SEk) Of
the southwest quarter (SWh) of the
northwest quarter (NWh) Of Section
IL;
The northwest quarter (NWh) Of
the southwest quarter (SWA) Of
section II, the north half (Nh) of
the southeast quarter (SEk) OF sec
ton II, and the southwest quarter
(SWA) Of the northeast quarter
(NEk) Of section IL;
The northeast quarter (NEk) Of
the southwest quarter (SWh) Of Sec
ton IL;
The northwest quarter (NWA) of
the southwest quarter (SWA) of
section IL, and the southwest quarter
(SWh) Of the northeast quarter
(NEk) Of section IL;
The southwest quarter (SWk) of
the southwest quarter (SWh) Of
section IL;
The southeast quarter (SEk) of
the southeast quarter (SEk) Of sec
ton 10;
The southwest quarter (SWN) of
the southeast quarter (SEA) Of Sec
tion 10;
Lots 2 and 8 Of section Is;
Lot !, section is,
which Is more fully and definitely
shown by the map and profile above
referred to.
Now therefore in pursuance Of said
appointment we will meet on the Sis.
day of December, 1917, at 10 clock
q. m, at the intersection of Sheridan
and Military streets in the city Of
Baxter Springs, Kansas, and from
thence proceed to lay off and con-
denim q right Of way along the pro-
posed line of said Southwest Missouri
Railroad Company, to be used for the
purpose of building a railroad there
on, and necessary forthe proper con-
struction, operation, and maintenance
Of said line Of proposed railroad as
thus located through said county of
Cherokee, q route for such proposed
railroad not exceeding 100 feet in
width except it shall be necessary for
the purpose of cuttings and embank-
Inents or for setting its poles it shall
be necessary to take more than 100
feet for the proper construction and
security Of the road; and also such
lands as may be necessary for side
tracks, turnouts and switches and for
the construction of bridges, viaducts
and approaches, depots, workshops
and o right of way over adjacent
lands sufficient to enable said rail-
road company to construct and repair
its road and stations, and the right
to conduct water by aqueducts and
the right Of making proper drains
and to cause the land and route laid
off by said company to be carefully
surveyed to ascertain the quantity of
land necessary for such purposes out
Of each quarter section or other lot
Of land through which or over which
the said route is located In said coun-
ty and to appraise the value of said
portion Of any such quarter section or
lot Of land and assess the damages
thereto in the manner prescribed by
law.
And that we will adjourn from, time
to time until our labors as such COM
missioners are completed.
WITNESS Our hands this 18th
day Of November, 1917.
o, C., RUMMEL.