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The Chelsea Commercial.
(jUINN A BAII.V, PinUimtM. CHELSEA, INDIAN TERRITORY, FRIDAY, JUNK 17,IB04.
The New Railroad Assured
The Cash Bonus has Been Subscribed;
the Lots Donated and the Con-
tract Between the Citizens
and the Company Signed
Property for General Offices has Been Bought
The new railroad is now ready
to begin construction, and in a few
w«'lw there will be a bout of men,
teams and scrapers moving dirt
J and ending duni|  in the uaineof
\ tlx* Oklahoma & Cherokee Cen-
tral, that will pans through Chel-
sea, on ita wny to thp west, whith-
er the "star of empire" in moving,
commercially, and Chelsea will
have the lion's share of good
things that the construction of
this road will give to the people
of the Cherokee nation.
The headquarters of the com-
pany will he here, and the res-
idence of ita officials well be here,
and in coarse of a few years we
will have afreet can racing down
the streets of Chelsea and the
clang of the bell will proclaim the
prosperity that is upon ua When
once fairly started, there is no
power that can head us off. We
have the natural resources, coal,
oil, stone, gas and grit. Chelsea
is going to make a city, because
her people have energy enough to
get up steam and keep firing. It
is not a -sail town. Some people
might expect the winds and God
Almighty to hlow a railroad and
v metropolitan activity into their
V. possession, but not So in Chelsea.
,f?7 The following is the contract be-
tween the citizens and company
jt and following that is a list of the
uames of those persons who sub-
scribed money or lota, and when
the future historian delves into
the archives of the Chelsea Com-
mercial Club, he will find who
made footprints that wouldn't rub
out.
AGREEMENT.
Chelsea, Ind. Ter., June 9,1904.
It is hereby agreed between
John D. Scott, U. 8. Jetferies, C.
W. Poole, W. G. Milam, A. Bonds
as a committee representing the
citisens of the town of Chelsea Ind
Ter. party of the first part, and
the Oklahoma & Cherokee Cen-
tral Railroad, party of the second
part, that:
W The said railroad compauy is to
construct and operate a railroad to
be known as the Oklahoma and
Cherokee Central, to tap four trunk
li/ % of railroad, and to cross the
"'A Frisco railroad in the said town of
■, Chelsea, and that the work of con-
struct ion is to begin within a rea-
sonable time, from date and
completed and in operation from
said town to the Cherokee Oil &
Gas Company's oil possessions
west of the said town within one
year from date.
In considsration of tha forego-
ing stipulations, the said commit-
tee for the citiiens of the said
town agrees to donate to Mid com-
pany 88 town lots in the said town
as exhibited by list hereto attach-
ed, marked "A" to deliver to said
company a ten day option from
June 9th on 48 lots within the
said town, as exhibited in list here-
to attached, marked "B" to deliv-
er to said company a ninety day
option on other property in said
town, as exhibited in list hereto
attached, marked •*C" and to pay
to said company a cash bonus of
18745.00, one third to he paid
when the road is completed and
in operation from the said town to
the said oil possession, and the
balance in two equal installments,
in one and two yeare^rom that data
It is understood that the said 88
town |pts are to be delivered at
the time of the first cash payment.
Johh D. Scott,
U.S.Jefferies,
C. W. Poole,
A. Bonds,
W. G. Milam.
Finance Committee for the Town
of Chelsea, Indian Territory.
Oklahomaa" Cherokee Central
Bailroad Co.
A. M. Gammon, Sec'y.
W. D. Todd, Pres.
subscription list.
Know all men by these presents:
That we, the undersigned, here-
by subscribe the amounts set op-
posite our names as the railway
bonus.
Chaa Pritchard
C L Hill M
P Fisher gg
J H Constable 2ft
W C Forbes £
Mre Boaa Blackwell for self 160
Jaa Harrell ft
D E Oliver 25
M M Caulk 25
D. C. Bowere 25
C A Davis mo
Jack Bobereon 100
■J w CoghiU io
Joseph Bohr SO
C L Wade
J H Johnson an
B K Adair fio
B F Cully go
Hans Hanson 500
Hill & Colton , <* go
J W Bone 25
J C Taylor 25
DG Elliott ft)
Mark Zulky go
W B Greer £J
N M Smith -Ao
J W Bishop fin
Martin Bell 25
W H H Scodder 25
J B McIntosh 25
W A Beeder so
W J Kuhn fto
Robinson & Nelson 7ft
Brinson & Patterson 100
Tlios. B Dickson AO
N B Dannenbuig 100
John Sharpe AO
i'aA*. Wihmms. AmUmi CuhW.
Bank of Chelsea
1896-1904
fcaiCotmiaateJ
i.v.MmxDm fituw w. r. h«wadd*x w.e. milam
j. m. sharp! w. 1. straxuk john o. sootr
toiwllwlw.r—d t«  p—w* maltna<UjufaullMtk*
Chelsea Livery Stable,
NIU, * COLTON, Props.
Keeps Good itigs ind Carefd Drtrai
Oldest Stable in Town and are Well Equip-
ped to Oareforall Patronage That Gomes.
HAVE JUST BOUGHT SMC WB0 6UTTVH TVTTIBL
Total $4345
LOTS LISTED.*
C.W.Poole, 6; C. L. Lane, 2; J.
T. McSpadden, 5; W. F. McSpad-
den, 1; Henry Ckrk^, 2; Wm.
Douglas, 8; J. K. Clingan, 1; N.
Levine, 1; A. W. Foreman, 2;
M. W. Couch, 2; W. J. Kuhn, 1;
L. R. Dawes, 2: W. G. Milam, 1;
L. A. Byrd, 1; M. J. DeLoader, 1;
Dr. Dickson, 1 lot. Total, 82.
charter oranted.
A charter waa granted to the
Oklahoma & Cherokee -Central
Railroad Company at Guthrie this
week to build a railroad from a
point on the M. K. & T., west,
topping the Frisco, Missouri Pa-
cific and Santa Fe, to a point in I
Oklahoma. The road is to be op-
H. C. Miller,
Administrator of the
Partnership Estate of
P. G. Browning & Co.
Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Doors, Sash
Blinds, Cement, Brick. Windows.
Plaster,
an^Tin fact
every-
tjkiflfl-tliat it takes to make a house.
GetfOur Prices And Save Money
erated by either steam or electricity j . ,7 , „ _
and its construction will be of the ^ tmcts where Mr Poole
very best. The rails will he of 80
pound steel and the equipment
It is understood that the money j wiu firet
tern . fi6 J? h ,"Wonli"K to, ! The officers of the road are W.
terms fixed by the people, and thej d. Todd, President: A. M. Gam-
rmlroad company. It is under-, m0I1, Secretary, with headquarters
stood that not more than one third at Chelsea, Indian Territory. The
of the amount subscribed by each ! capitalization of the company is
person shall be paid within twelve f $2,000,000.
The company has Acquired the
| four corner lots, at the crossing of
Sixth street and Vine Avenue and
will build on each of the four cor-
ners, spending about $50,000 aa
fast as the work can lie pushed.
This property was not donated to
the company by the citiaens of
the town, but was bought straight,
and will be one of the most im-
posing parts of the town in a few
months.'
The Hanson property on the
months
H. M. Adams
A Bonds
W J Strange
B H Hester
U. S. Jeff erics
M Roberts
G A Bearden
John D. Scott
W H Clarke
J D Miller
Chas Windham
J C Parks
Staats & Ben
S A McSpadden
H H Lindley
Spalding Bros.
HO Riggs
R C Parks
100
150
250
100
SO
50
400
200
50
25
50
75
50
50
now resides. This property will
be used as a residence by one of
the officials of the company
Four lots of block 49 was not em-
braced in the transaction
The surveying corps of the road
is now making the permanent sur-
vey of the line west, and some of
the construction material is on the
| side track in Chelsea, and as soon
as the right of way can be secured
work will be rapidly pushed.
TheChdaea Ual Mi
That there is a vein of coal un-
der the town of Chelsea, is a well
known fact, not only is it a fact
that it is under the town, but it
is under the country for miles
around at about 200 feet depth.
Everywhere that a drill has gone
down, coal has been found at about
cinity who own their homes,
would spend a-little money to ge
down about 260 feet, or even more,
it would pay them. They woaiii
be able to put an intelligent price
on their land.
A Mr Sep.
There will be a boiler shop
erected in Chelsea during the
summer for the making of boilere
and oil tanks, also in course of
time a machine shop will be adde*!
for the repair of oil machinery.
Mr. P. W. Wilkins, who will
conduct the business, told the
Commercial that he would begin
operations with about forty hands
and aa the bnainass increased, he
would incvrihee the force till a large
establishment was in operation at
this point.
50    oi, me that depth, but the thickness of The Commercial Club did not
50 corner of Sixth and Pine Avenue the vein is not definitely known I S?tunl v mKht the
vi i i .i ; raurnad people were unable to get
«0 was bought by the company, and tiecause no one paid any attention; Wk from a trip to Dewey in time
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l* SPALDING BROTHERS
Have a nice line of
Kingman Buggies,
Surreys, Hacks, and
Rubber Tired Driving
Wagons. Bright and
new.
By buying these goods
in car load lots, we
are enabled to make
you close prices and
very liberal terms.
Try them and see.
SPALDING BROTHERS. *
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