Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-01-09
The committee reported as follows

| On motion OF Judge Kinney. the convention in
sructeh the directors to lay the road on the follow
| ing route: From Keokuk TO Montrose, thence 10
, West Point in Lee county, thence to Salem in Hen
ry couaty thence to Fail field, in Letcrs county,
thence to Brighton, in Washington county, thence
to- osty. Johnson county, tnence 10 CeGar
Rapids and Marion, in Linn county, thence TO Du-
buque and to insert the points in the articles OF
association.
| Messrs Hamilton, Hewitt, Dewey, Evcrson, Jo-
seph T. Fales, William Greene, J. NJ. Preston.
! L,ngworthy. West, and Lewis appointed
! committee Of nomination for the permanent OIL
GERS of the company, and another committee on the
| revision Of the articles of association. Judge
Greene, as Chairman reported the revised articles.
Upon the 9Th article If as ociation, 10 lay in
per cent, cnsthy debate arose, the Dubuque del
egation, taking strong ground against paying one
per can't. unless they could have assurance that
m unreasonable expense would lie incurred. till
grant Of land by the United States is secured
Messrs Langworthy, Marsh, and West spoke THEN
views with great stness, urging the inc"raci-
ty of the company 10 DO any thing effectively ~ the
amount subsci ibeh alone. They urged that il the
| road were prosecuted al Keokuk alone, those on
the other end OF the route would withdraw their
| subscriptions. Messis Negns, Preston, Judge
! CT Gene, Bnynton, and others expressed different
views; showing the importance of the percentage,
to effect survey and location and right Of way
to the road. The one per cent article was, at last
almost unanimously adopted.
| Article nth refers to the exemption Of the pri-
vate property of the rkhoders, as prescribed in
section sixth Of the statute on ccrpoI ations.
The articles of association, consisting oftwe't. =
| ~ in all ,rifl ion of he ith. or
adopted without much debate or delay; and EXCEPT
the 10th, for which Mr. Preston Of Linn otier ed .
substitute, with provisos, that this company obtain
the grant Of land Of Congress, and the legislature
of this state give it to this company, else the in
stallmeuts be not called in. Some debate arose On
the substitute, by Messrs Preston and Lewis for IT,,
| and Mr. Negus against il. Whereupnn, Mr. Preston,
moved, (as the voting had been rva poes) that the
vote be taken by the shares OF stock, when Mr. Is.
bell offered an amendment to the proviso of Mr.
rreston--provided that grant Of land be secured,
prov ided that two thirds vote Of the stock hold
at a regularly called meeting Of the some shall
authorize instalments. sunless some may choose to
pay their installments at their discretion whether
| any grant be made or not,)-as amended again BY
the addition Of the last sentence by Judge Greene.
Mr. Hem suggested that it be left discretionary
with any county to pay in and proceed with the
work.
| Mr. Everson opposed breaking up the line into
county sections, as eastern capitalists would be
interested in it.
To accommodate Mr. Hem, Judge Greene further
amended the proviso, that majority Of the
| stockholders may appropriate the money paid in,
where they please; viz: the discretionary or vol
| untary instalments.
| Mr. Slagle, of Jefferson, made a very animated
speech the proviso upon provisos, with little
touch Of irony and some turn of ridicuie. He en-
| pressed confidence in the majority of the stock
holders. and of the directors, the major part
of the board were from the north. He opposed all
sort of provisos. Mr. Isbell replied. Here the
writer left, it was verging toward 10 O'Clock at
night
A great deal of zeal seemed manifest, mingled
with discretion; while some speakers. especially
on the side Of the land grant provisos showed a
! great deal OF postiveness of opinion, being very
unwilling to yield anything, like the reported case
| of two men in New England who disagreed as to
the place where a meeting house should be built
the one saying finally there must be yielding some
where; and you must for can't. 1t is difficult TO
| make railroad corporations or tracks conform to
| every hody's views.
The friends of the Davenport and Iowa City Rail-
road are subscribers, for a small amour, to this,
and favor its construction.
! Last evening the Senate chamber was turned into
a ballroom. for the qualification Of such members
of the legislature and the community as were dis
posed to play of all the lille its of their heads Nth
their heels by amusement, in which the ahorig'-
nal Indian race far exec, the Angls-saxoA people,