Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-03-21
From the Peoria Daily Champion
THE RAIL ROAD MEETINn

An adjourned meeting Of the fr;.ra...
the Peoria and Mississippi Rail Rid
held at the court house on We&..a.-
evening last, and F. voris, ESQ. ac,.s . I.
chairman, and Washington Cookie. s..
secretary. -,
Onslow Peters, Esq, on behalf # j.
committee appointed, al previous n..,; .'s
reported, in substance, in favor Of ab,nda1
ing the charter Of The peoria .na \
quawka Rail Road Company" and !, J.
yor Of organizing a company und., \.
General Rail Road Law, to be csll.s y, ~
''peoria and Mississippi Rail Road o.. ~
pany," and for the construction Of ~
Road from Peoria to Pennington. ~
Alter some remarks from Mes.r, ..
tiers, Balance and Powell, the report =.
unanimously adopted.
Mr. Peters then read letters Al.
Messrs Grimes, of Burlington, and Kns.
OF Knoxville, and accompanied The r.I'
ing with appropriate remarks. On No.
Of 4. N. Powell, that we now proce.S..
take stock in the contemplated rail ,o.s
This motion was unanimously adopted ~
in short time stock 10 the smoun =
$4,000 was taken by gentlemen comro..
ing the meeting.
After the appointment Of committee, i.
procure additional subscriptions, The No.,
ing adjourned until next SATURDAY ev.n;..
at which time the company will be organ.
lied.
The imperfections that are known "a =.
ist in the character of the "Pecria -
Oquawka Rail Rosd Company, and Il.
fact that a charter for the exclusive ~, i
ten miles of the road on the proposed routs
for the term of thirty years, wa. granted
TO Andrew Gray by our Legislature ,one
years since, together with the belief nv
rail road to The Mississippi would 4
more surely and speedily CONSTRUCTED b
the creation Of company 10 build he rod
TO Pennington, influenced the neeliae II
the abandonment Of the original schene.
Ample time and opportunity was afforded
persons TO take stock in the "Oquawh
Company" but there seemed an apstlr
and lukewarmness manifested on The pst
OF capitalists that could not be oyercone,
When il was proposed for the citizens I
Peoria to build the road TO Pennington. !
new spirit seemed infused into our people.
and the utmost enthusiasm manifested.
And from what has been already done.
we have no doubt but that rail road run.
ming ten miles west will be CONSTRUCTED i
few months, and completed to Farmir.
ton as soon as the right Of way can Be 81
tanned from the legislature.
Anticipating, from the tone or an artiel.
in the last Monmouth Atlas, that dissa,is.
faction will prevail in that quarter frcn
our abandonment Of the Oquawka charter,
we take this occasion TO state orr convie-
ton, that what has been done BY our cti.
zens on this subject will enure to the ben
eft ofthe towns Of Knoxville, Galesbure
and Monmuth, for Peoria wishes no alter
alton made in the direction Of the red 20
far as Warren and Knox counties are con.
cerned. Whetherthe road will terminals
at Burlington or Oquawka will depend %
the spirit manifested by the citizens u
those places. For ourselves, we mus
confess that, in our opinion, Burlington
is the most favorable point for the western
ter,nini.
1t may be proper to state also, that tho
subscribers to this stock have no wish 10
have the road from Peoria to the Missn-
sippi owned by several companies, as ihey
are aware Of the many objections that xx-
is. 10 this plan, but they are willing, viii
or without aid from Pennington, 10 con
struct the road 10 that point; then as IN
work is continued westward to Knoxville,
Galesburgh, &c., The persons who there
subscribe come into the company on The
same terms as the original stock holders
bearing equally the expenses and enjoying
equally the profits.