Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-03-15

/ 4 meeting Of the citizens Of Richmond
and its vicinity will be held in the warue,
building on Saturday evening. the ls,hsn,,
for the purpose Of making an effor, to a.
SIS; in the construction of turnpike road
or roads, north or northwest, A general
attendance of our citizens is respectfully
requested. RICHMOND.
We hope TO see full meeting at the time
proposed. Every citizen Of the town has
an interest in the construction Of good and
permanent roads coming 10 the city. The
price of almost every article Of domestic
consumption Will be effected by them
Enough would be saved 10 our citizens in
one year, IN the price Of wood. TO pay for
making mile Of turnpike. The price Of
every article is more or less effected by the
facilities enjoyed OF bringing i: to market.
The great advantages, however. to be de-
rived from such works of improvement 10
the Immense amount of increased trade
which they will bring To our town-to our
mechanics and our merchants--io our fac.
tories. our mills and our foundres-to ev.
cry branch of business however insignifi.
cant it may be. Now is time to take hold
of the matter. The construction Of our
rail road is settled beyond all doubt-it
will be made. Our city is in q more -four
ishing condition than it has ever been
our mechanics are busily employed. and
the notes OF preparation now heard among
our citizens warrants the expression that
there will be more houses erected in this
place. during the ensuing season than has
been any previous year. Then every cit
izen should give his aid to keep the ball in
motion. Not only this. but the farmers,
they who are most deeply interested in q
cheap and certain conveyance OF their sur
plus produce to market. have awakened
10 the importance of the subject. They
have determined TO make turnpikcs. and
have the ability to carry out their deter.
minations-they will do their part.
The citizens Of Newport and between
that place and this, held meeting At
Hamp;on's school house on Saturday last,
and made some judicious arrangements
towards making road from Richmond to
Newport. They agreed upon n route and
in few days VIII be soliciting subscrip-
tons of stock. The right kind Of men
were present and participated in the bust.
ness of the meeting.
The citizens of Williamsburg and along
the road from that town TO this. have had
ameciing. and employed a surveyor. who
will next week commence the survey and
location of their route. They have mani.
tested the right spirit. if they are met in
the same spirit OF hbcrality and enterprise
by our citizens. which they have exhibited.
the road can be. and will be made.
The citizens of W Washington and vicinity
obtained a liberal charter at the late ses-
sion of,he Legislature for a road from Ia-
gerstown through Washington to Rich
mond. They will probably take the nc
cessary steps II an early day to commence
their work This road would probably in
terscc, the road from Williamsb srg, at OF
near Michael lIarvey's, about Ave niles
northwest from THIS place.. IL has also
been suggested TO make road from New
port 10 Dover, on the Williamsburg road,
thus making the road from Richanond to
Harvey's, the trunk Of the three proposed
roads. Again. it has been suggested to
bring the road from " iliamsburg 10 an in
tersec,ion with the Newport road at Hamp-
ton Browns. These are mere PROPOSE
tons and suggestions, and il IS for the
people most interested to make the deter
minaiions The citizens Of Richmond
have a deep interest in the proposed roads,
hence the proprety and necessity OF hold
ing a meeting as proposed in the notice a.
bove. We hope there will be full meet
ing.