The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-06-05

OpelOusas Railroad ConvcnthOns
At halfpast six o'clock last evening" the dele
gates from different Parishes met in the Lyceum
Hall, for the purpose of organization.
On the opening of the proceedings, the Hon.
John Moore was called to the Chair pro ters', and
Mr. Burns was appointed Secretary pro tenn
Mr.. j. H. Stanton rose, and offered the follow
ing resolution NJ
Rssolred, That committee Of one from each
Parish, be appointed to receive and report dele
gates-and to consider and report upon the most
advisable basis for voting during the Convention.
Which was adopted
The committee reported as the basis, that each
Parish and Municipality, Algiers and Gretna,
should have two votes.
M. M. Cohen proposed that a committee OF two
members Of the delegation from each Parish, be
appointed to select officers to preside over the Con-
yenton, which, after debate, was adopted.
After short time the Committee reported that
they had selected the following gentlemen as Off
GERS of the Convention:
President-MAussELL WHITE.
Gen Decleast ST Martini Coy; Mouton: lafayette y
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tee Gretna; A. b. seger. Algier H. Il. Lawrence, La
's Ssersiaries@JqSn King. St Landry Robert Tay9.
Ls:yFs s.a G Hsss g. s e. John Burns o
These names were received with great applause,
and the Chairman was handed to his seat by B. H.
Payne, Esq, amidst great cheering.
Col White made a brief and pertinent speech on
taking his seat.
Mr.. Cohen offered the following resolutions
Resolped, That a railroad shall be built from
NewOfleans to Washington, in the Parish of st.
Landry.
Q. That committee, to be called "Tha Perma-
nent Committee on the Opelousas, Attakapas and
ENewO resns Railroad" be appointed by the Pre-
sident of this Convention. 1.-
8. That said committee shall be apportioned
among the several Parishes represented in this
Convention, on the basis adopted for voting.
A. That they shall procure surveys of the route
and estimates Of cost of constructing the road, and
devise the ways and means of defraying the ex-
penses Of said surveys and estimates and of all the
preliminary expenditures to be incurred in pro-
noting the objects Of the Convention.
s. That they shall take the necessary steps to
procure such legislation as may be required in the
premises.
6. That they shall frame provisional act of in
corporation, and apply to the Police Jury of each
Parish, and to the Municipal Corporations of New
Orleans, for grants proportonate to their interest
in the Opeousas, Attakapas and New Orleans
Railway for the purpose of defraying the expenses
contemplated in the fourth resolution herein above.
7. That when the company shall be incorporated
and organized, said committee shall resign their
trust, and place the said surveys and estimates,
with an account Of their expenditures, in the hands
of the stock holders their proper representatives
who alone shall have authority to decide the pre-
else line OF the road.
Nh. Cohen supported these resolutions in a
speech Of considerable length, speaking to each o.
them in extenso, and he was much applauded.
Mr.. B. H. Payne moved the adoption of the re-
solutions, which, after long debate, in which
Hon. J. Moore, Mr.. Sever, Mr.. Lawrence, Mr.
Fouchey, Governor Mouton and several Other
gentlemen, took part, was unanimously carried.
Mr.. Lawrence proposed that no speaker occupy
the Convention more than fifteen minutes or speal
more than once on one motion. Carried.
Mr.. Fouchey moved for Committee on Plan,
and Projects but several gentlemen thought tn.
resolutions already passed would cover that matter
and the motion was lost.
A general call was here made for the Hon. Johr
Moore, who delivered speech of great import
ance, full OF facts and figures, which will be fount
very interesting. We prefer leaving this speecl
till tomorrow, as, from its length, are unabl,
to give it in this report but we will favor our read
ers with full report of it in our next
Governor Mouton came forward at the call O
the meeting, and said he was pleased to see tina
deliberatiye assembly, as he knew that those who
were present were determined to make the rail
road. He was confident that the advantages o.
the line were incaculable, and they came Their
ysady to be taxed, for they knew that they wer
'beisg s-..<s k.s thsir sdsnnsass- Men wsr
reluctant to agree to being heavily taxed; he wa.
reluctant himself; but when he knew that he wa,
being taxed for the advantage Of the whole com.
munity, he would not hesitate, especially when it
was only by these means that works of public i'm
portance could be accomplished. In conclusion
he alluded to the building of railway from Wash
ington to Berwick Bay, and said that if New Or
leans would not assist them in making their line
they had sufficient power in the country Parishe
to make line to Berwick Bay, which would trans
port their produce to the shore. Here it would
not remain, for the Northern Yankees would fetcl
it, and make money by it's sale. He sat down
amidst great cheering.
Mr.. King addressed the Convention, and wished
to pass series of three resolutions, as to the d.
vision OF the money to be supplied in each Parish
but he was overruled, and at length withdrew tn,
resolutions, after which the Convention adjourned
until six O'Clock this evening,