The Empire County argus., 1854-12-16

RAILROAD MEETING-The following proceedings
from the s. F. Sun will show that men in San
Francisco are in earnest about Railroad and be.
gin to exhibit little practical sense about con-
structng it.. They positively resolve to begin and
do something, and point to the San Jose road, a
survey of which was made three years ago, as the
place to commence the effort. This is right. build
and put in actual operation few miles of road,
soon the road will stretch to neghbnring towns,
and over the continent. The Pacific Railroad will
be constructed in this world unless an earnest
commencement of the work is made on the Pacific
coast This beginning too must be made without
any aid from Government if necessary. Indeed
we may say at this moment, that the San Jose pro-
ject is one that especially needs careful Watching
lest under the fttror of Pacific Railroad few
spectators swinde the State out of cool million
Resolutions and resolves never accomplished
much, and are only excellent as material for hum
bug A few dollars of hard cash drawn from the
bottom of the pocket and invested will speak louder
than demonstrations The Sun SAYS:
The meeting at Musical Hall last evening was
the largest ever assembled there Mayor Webb
was called to the chair, and presided with the as
sistance Of several vice presidents
The meeting was addressed by DR.. Wozencraft
who proposed resolutions urging the Importance of
the Pacific Railroad enterprise upon the considera-
tion of our State and national legislatures and de-
manding their action in its aid. ELOQUENT address
ses were made by Col Baker, Messrs Billings. Pix.
ley, Wood, Parsons, Day and others, all Insisting
upon the necessity of beginning the work at once
ourselves, without waiting for the movement of
Congress. Mr. Woods stated to the meeting that
energetic measures were in operation to secure the
construction Of the road from San Francisco to San
Jose, from which point it may be continued to
stockton and Sacramento, thence connecting with
the Atlantic road at whatever point it may come
into the State. The construction of this road is
expected to do much to command the aid of Con-
gress and foreign capital by affordng the proof
that we are in earnest and have faith in the per
manance and resources of our own State Much
OF the stock has been taken within a few days mast
and as 1T is work in which all interested il is ex
pected that the shares will be taken bv all classes
OF community each in proportion to their ability
Mr. Plxley, though agreeing with all that had
been said and done to promote the railroad enter
prise, suggested plan of encouraging and faciita
ting an immediate emigration to our State bv the
employment of a sum of money, to be raised upon
State and City Bonds in improving the emicrant
road by establishing stations bridging streams dig
gng wells in the desert, &c.
Several resolutions were offered and adopted ex-
pressive OF the determination of the meeting to move
ut once In the work ofbegnnng our end ofthe great
road-and on a resolution offered by Mr. Tingley,
the meeting adjourned to the evening of the Goth
inst
Every person attending to consider hmselfun.
der honorable obligation to subscribe for, at least
one share ofthe San Jose railroad