The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1920-05-06
First published in the Liberal Demo-
crat May 6, 1920
NOTICE OF PROCEEDING

NOTICE OF PROCEEDING
To lay off route for the Kansas &
Oklahoma Railway Company in
Seward County, Kansas, under
condemnation proceedings.
To Whom 1t May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that on the
9th day of April 1920, The Kansas
& Oklahoma Railway Company made
application to the Honorable C. E.
Vance, Judge of the District Court
of Seward County, Kansas, for the
appointment of Commissioners to lay
off its right-of-way through a portion
of Seward County, Kansas, and to ap-
praise the value of the land taken
for such right-of-way, and assess the
damages of each owner, which ap-
plication is in substance as follows,
to-wit:
"The Kansas & Oklahoma Railway
Company, railroad corporation duly
organized and existing under the
laws Of the State of Kansas, and duly
authorized to construct and operate
a railroad in said State, hereby makes
application to you, under and by
virtue of the power vested in you
by Section 1906, General Statutes of
Kansas, 1909, to appoint three Com
missioners who shall be free-holders
and residents of the County of Sew
ard, State of Kansas, and direct them
to lay off a right-of-way fifty (50)
feet in width, along the line of the
proposed road of said The Kansas &
Oklahoma Railway Company, as To-
Gated by said Company and as more
fully and specifically shown by the
map and profile of the route of said
Company, across the lands described
upon said map and profile, the same
to be filed in the office of the County
Clerk of said Seward County; that
said right of-way shall not exceed
! fifty (50) feet in width except for
the purpose of cuttings and embank-
ments it shall be necessary to take
more land for the purpose of con-
struction and security of the road in
or through said County of Seward,
from a point of connection with the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Railway in the City of Liberal, Kan
sas, and from thence in southeast
erly direction to point at or near
the south line of Seward County,
Kansas, as is more fully and specific
ally shown by the said map and pro-
! file to be filed with the County Clerk
of said Seward County, Kansas, as
provided by law; and also to lay off
such land as may be deemed neces-
sary for sidetracks, depots, work
shops, water stations, material for
construction Except timber), and a
right-of-way over adjacent lands suf-
ficient to enable said company to
construct and repair its road and
stations, and a right to conduct water
by aqueducts, and the right to proper
drains.
And the said Commissioners, after
ascertaining carefully the quantity
of land necessary for said route, side
tracks depots, work shops, water
stations, material for construction,
Except timber) and right of way
over adjacent lands as desired by
said Company, be directed to APP
praise and value the same, and as
sess the damages thereto and there
for, all as is provided for in the
statutes of Kansas relating to the APP
preparation of land for the use of
railway corporations, and in accord
lance Herewith.
In witness whereof, the said The
Kansas & Oklahoma Railway Com
pany has duly signed this application
by o. P. Byers,y its President, there
unto duly authorized and empowered,
this 9th day of April, A. D. 1920"
That upon consideration of said
application, the same was granted,
and it was ordered and adjudged that
-. F. Fuest, Warren Farmer, and w.
H. Vickers, freeholders and residents
of said Seward County, be and they
were thereby appointed and consti-
tuted as commissioners for the pur-
pose of laying out and condemning
said right of way along the route To-
Gated by said The Kansas & Okla
homa Railway Company, as de-
scribed in the foregoing application.
Notice therefore, is given that on
Friday, the 4th day of June, 1920,
at 8 o'clock a. m. of said day, said
commissioners will meet at the office
of the County Clerk of Seward
County, Kansas, in the Court House
in the City of Liberal, and proceed to
lay off and condemn a right-of-way
along the route as located and de-
scribed in the map and profile of the
proposed road of The Kansas & Ok
lahoma Railway Company to be filed
with the County Clerk of said county,
and to continue the said duties here
by imposed until their said duties
have been fully performed as re-
quired and provided by law.
Witness our hands this 4th day of
May, 1920.
j. F. FUEST,
Commissioner.