The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1854-04-28

from their present location in this city,
the terminus OF the road on the Ohio rive
for no reasons, with which we are scqusinte,
except to build up colossal fortunes for n
President and his special friends, in his, a
'cea as other COUNTIES through phich he roa
passes, by speculations in real estate; and I
PerPetuste their power, to use for their owl
private ends, the whole influence Of the com
Pany; all this to the great detrimen,, If no
; total destruction Of the industrial interests O
the city of GAINESVILLE. Therefore, in view
OF these facts and reports, be il.
Resotued, That the present Directory, q
Tar as they belong to our city, have betraye,
the trusts We reposed in them in electin,
them 40 Directors.
i 1sssolvsd, That .he executive committee. :,
far as composed of Jour own citizens; and 8,
Tar as they have been privy to, and concerned
in the late high-handed measure of the Presi
dent, have shamefully betrayed the confidence
heretofore reposed in them, as friends Of ou,
city's mechanical and industrial interests
Resolved, That we view the conduct o.
the President as dishonorable in the hiqhes
degree, in violating his own oft repeated pied.
gss; and in his endeayors to crush bcyond the
hope of revival, the mechanical and maru.
featuring interests ofZsnesville.
Resolved, That we call upon the Director,
to remove the President forthwith, as being
utterly unworthy of the place he occupies
Resolved, That if the President is not lost
to every honorable emotion he will at once
tender his resignation to the Board of Direc.
tors.
Re esclUed, That from the certificates read to
meeting tonight, from three o. the most re.
spectacle Railroad Companies in the United
States, we consider our manufactures of mo-
tive power and railropd cara worthy of the
confidence and patronage Of any railroad COM
pany in the Union. ,..,e,.'......,.,..
Resolced, That copy Of the proceedings
OF this meeting be sent to the manufactures
of motive power in Virginia and Massachu.
sets, and of railroad cars at York, Pennsyl.
vania who have contracts with the President
and Directors of the Central Ohio Railroad.
Resolred, That we council all good citi-
zens and friends of our city's industrial en-
terPrise to refrain from committing trespass
or injury to protect at all hazards and to its
interest everything belonging to the company,
and respect their just rights. !. ....' -
RESOLVED, That we feel just sense of the
importance and magnifcence Of our great
Central Ohio Railroad enterprise; and while
we never contemplated or expected mono:
poly Of Its patronage, we bad right to ex-
pect the ftlfllment of contracts and pledges;
and fair play to enter into competitions for the
construction of its necessary equipment and
fixtures not asking anything at the hands of
its President and Directors, which was not
positively to the advantage of the company
to award our manufacturers. All of which
are respectfully submitted. .. .....-...
The report and resolutions were then adop-
ted without dissent, after. some remarks bv
DR.. Drake, defining the position of the com
mittee in considering the position ofthe MEN,
bers of the executive committee Of the road,
who he said were in the same category
with the President, until they publicly stated
their, and until which was done, they should
be properly held as identified with him, and
asserting to all his official acts. ..... ban, Il.
On motion of R. w. P. Muse, the follow
ing resolution was adopted: .... .-....
RESOLVED, That c. w. Potwin, Joseph Ga
ligher, Geo. A. Jones, VIM. H. Ball, d. Ap-
plegate, and ]. Cooper, be appointed COM
mittee to prepare an address to the stockhol-
ders of the Central Ohio Railroad, in relation
to its existing state Of affairs. .--r.., .
Messrs. w. H. Ball, James X. Harper and
Il. p. Marsh were severally called and ad-
dressed the meeting id their usual ELOQUENT
and argumenta tive manner. The length of
these proceedings preclude the possibility of
giving, even sketch Of their remarks. That
they were listened to with intense interest,
was apparent from the fact that the large au.
dience remained present until IL o'clock P.
NJ. and that the manifestations OF approval
were loud long and frequent. These gentle
men gave brief but, lucid statements of the
history Of the road, it's inceptions and subse-
quent progress, John Sullivan's induction
into the Presidency, his promises and pied
ges, their violation, induced by personal pi.
que and private interest, the extension and
speculation al, Bellair by Sullivan and a por-
tion Of the Directors, the determination to
WELD the power and patronage of tho COM
Ppny to build up the embyro city of Bellair,
the purchase Of land with the funds of the
company in trust and the subsequent transfer
Of the same to Sullivan & Co., on iheir own
terms, the Contemplated removal of the Of
ficers and machine shops from Zsnesville, g.
the apparent warfare against her mechanical
interests, all showing up in his true colors,
the man that proved recresnt to, and abused
trusts reposed in him by those whose 3etray-
ed confidence, placed him in his present posi-
tion. One of the orators related a transac-