Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-29
Wanted 4!
At thi, Office, TWO COMPOSITIONS.
TO TIE PROPERTY HOLDERS OF
HANNIBAL.


meeting Of The Board If Dfocor Of tho Hannibal and
g. Joseph Railroad COmpaDy, convened In this city On the
Resolved, That the Engineer lnChlof In addition 10 tho
power already conferred him by resolution VI this Board
b and he hereby instructed % cause full and oomploo
examination Of the routes through COLLIER street. and also any
other route that In bis Judgment may bo deemed AdyRbo tO
the Interest Of tho RaoIL Con paBy, and to prepare an e
mate Of tho cost, Of these several routes Ogeher with their
relative working and prospective value % the Interest " tad
Road and that no be Ao empowered TO ascertain upon what
the right Of way for said oAd can bs upon tho
several routes and also 10 receive propositions from land
holders or their agents. upon what terms tho nscv-hy amount
i,, rd ~ a NJ "vSI 1 uP1 na w. U"n " ,o
~ for such other amount VI land NJ h0 may deem ncconry
ior the use Of the Company for the Necessary badpF and
chat no be required IN report NJ the meeting Of tho ard
and ell powers conferred committees heretofore appointed In
reference 20 getting the right way through the city Of Han
nbA aud getting land for dspOs and other buildings necog
sary for the wants Of the Company hs ana hereby Bpoad
Pnpoton TT the saO Of lands 10 tho Hannibal and ~
Joseph Railroad Company, for alto Tor Depot, do In city
Of Hannibal In accordance With tho above resolution arc
ytd fiom tho property hOde and will ho received nj the O
oo OF the undsgnsd on VI before the h Monday In Sep
The quantity Of ground necessary tho use IT The Company
Tor terminus viii be not To-" than hSe Aorea on or near tho
tH ana ten additional acres lying Ia abody On Or near the
line OF NoAd, distance not exceeding two mlos FROM thu
river.
Propositions Ihord bc sealed, and endorsed "proposn for
PAlc oil ground for Depot and contain an accurate dcr
on n tho ground itS locality, quantity 49, With references
nude TOT ph'oi tho CITY, -, JAMES ~ buCkhN'
Hannibal, July goth, ISJ3.--diHid
Guy phpers please copy.
CouNTY SuBScnIrrioSs.-The editor Of the
Bloomington Republican is botherng his patn
again about the location Of the Hannibal and 81.
Joseph Railroad. The following is fran an
article containing precious lot Of nonsense on
the same subject:
Since the road has been located ns il is, we
are opposed to involving tho people any further
IN tho Torn oil State loans or county Eubscrp.
taH ~.
the day (not FAR distNnt,) when this company
will be at the feet Of tho people, asking for this
appropriation, and that hypothccution.
AT the feet Of tho counties for their subserp.
tons The company won't have the county
subscriptions, unless they are paid in cash.
Mark that for our prediction, Mr., Republican.
by the amendments 10 tho charter, the company
is not compelled TO receive county bonds In
payment for subscriptions Of stock but cash
only, and we don't believe they will take any.
thing else. Some OF the counties seem to thinl,
tho issuing Of bonds a mere form, involving nd
expense, and are consequently making no suta.
BILE provision. We should not be surprised II
come Of them were TO "cOme up missing"
~" In advocating tho establishment of dali,
line OF stages 10 Naples, few days since, W.
stated that the time between Hannibal and Chi
CNgo would then be about thirty.six hours. W,
supposed there would be one hundred miles o
'iagng-forty miles TO Naples, and sixty mile
between Springfield and Bloomington. Tn
following extract from the Springfield Rcgistc
shows that the time is being rapidly reduced;
Tho iron is laid down over 20 miles toward
Bloomington. II istho eompNnys intention, a
soon as the iron is laid down TO Postvills, to ru
their trains to that point, which Is about midwu,
between this city and Bloomington. There vii
then be but about 80 miles nj staging betweC
Alton and Chicago, Tho iron will bo laid {
PO'tville within fortnight from tho preSer
time.
Hold we now n daily line OF stages 10 Naples
there would be, in two weeks, but seventy mile
of staging between Hannibal and New Yor
City The iron horse would take tho travel,
over all the balance Of tho distance. Choul
is mSviRg up so close we can almost sec, glistcr
ing in the sun, the frame cottages that shalt
her fifty thousand inhabitants end New Yol
as but 50 hours beyond,