Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1850-10-17
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At meeting Of large concourse of
the citizens Of Gallia and Jackson conn
ties, at the court house in GalIipolis. ON
the 9th inst. Gen. LEWIS NKwsom was
called to the chair, and Gen. A. T. HoL.
COMB appointed Secretary:
The Chairman, in a concise and com.
prehensive address, announced the OBJ
ject of the meeting being to consider
and deliberate on the prospective ad-
yantages of connecting central Ohio
with central Virginia by railroad CON-
munication, passing Jackson, Gallipolis,
the Valley Of the Great Kanawha, New
and Greenbrier rivers, to Howard's
creek, in Greenbrier county, thence by
the White Sulphur Springs to CoVing-
ton.
Gen. George House laid before the
meeting a map OF the country between
Gallipolis and Jackson, accompanying
the same with an extended view Of the
susceptibility of that part Of Ohio, for
railroad improvement.
A. T. Holcomb, late member Of the
Ohio Legislature, took a brief view Of
railroad operations in Ohio; he said that
the day was not far distant when Ohio
would be traversed with railroads in all
directions; that in the interior Of Ohio
a main portion of the agricultural pR-
ducts were carried to market on rail-
roads, and he felt assured an investment
Of capital in a railroad on this route,
would insure to capitalists greater divi-
dends than any other in Ohio. from Gin.
cinnati to Sandusky not excepted,
]. ]. Coombs, ESQ.,, attorney at law
of the District Of Columbia, late from
Ohio, also added his experience in rail-
road operations, and expressed a firm
conviction that a railroad on this route
would bring into life and being larger
amount of business than any similar
Improvement in the United States; that
the water power on this route is suffi-
cient to propel all the machinery, ifpro-
perly distributed, that would be required
+ for ages to come.
Col. Alonzo Cushing also expressed
his views of the prospective advantages
of this route, reminding the citizens
that it wanted but such railroad to de-
velope the mineral wealth of Southern
Ohio; that from a geological survey
, made by geologist appointed by the
: Legislature Of Ohio, more mineral
) wealth was found in Jackson county
than any other in Ohio, and il wanted
but the facility Of a railroad to the Ohio
, river. to induce capitalists to invest their
funds in bringing into active operation
! this now dormant and useless mineral
wealth.
The meeting then by unanimous ac-
,, climation adopted the following resolu-
tions:
Resolved, That this meeting heartily
concur in the project OF connecting GEN.
tral Ohio and central Virginia by rail-
road.
f Resolved, That Gen. Geo. House be
appointed a delegate from Gala and
Jackson counties to the Louisa Rail-.
!. road Convention in Virginia on the I7lh
, inst.
Resolved, That Gen. House give to
said Convention an assurance that no.
thing shall be wanting, on the part of
the citizens of Southern Ohio, in the
furtherance of said project.
: Resolved, That Col. A. Gushing, DR..
: Edward Naret, and Gen. Newsom be
committee to correspond and obtain in
/, formation relative to the furtherance of
the project of a railroad on this contem-
plated route, to be reported to future
meetings of the railroad directors in
Gallia and Jackson counties.
Resolved, That the proceedings of
this meeting be signed by the chairman
and secretary, and copy be handed to
Gen. House, and a copy be sent to the
editors Of newspapers in Lynchburg,
Charlottesville, S!aunton, Lew sburg,
J Charleston, Gallipolis, Jackson and
, Chillicothe, with a request to publish
! the same.
r The meeting then adjourned.
LEWIS NEWSOM, Chm.
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