True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-06-27
Railroad Meeting.


being present at the meeting of the Stock
holders and Directors of the SteubenvillC
and Indiana R. r. on Wednesday last
held in this city, and are therefore indebt
ed to the Daily Herald of Saturday fol
the following:
'The meeting Of the Stockholders o.
the Steubenville and Indiana Railroad
which assembled in this city on Wednes.
day last, attracted more than ordinary in.
terest. So much SO, that many of the
friends of the improvement were here from
distant counties along the line, and the
Court House was crowded with spectators.
Judge Shaw of Coshocton county presi-
dcd, and Joseph Sharon Esq, of Harrison
and j. s. Patterson Esq, of Jefferson ac-
ted as Secretaries.
The object of the meeting was to pro-
cure additional subscriptions to meet cxi-
gencies, and to make some additional i'm
provements in the way of putting the road
in first rate order. .t.
On the opening of the meeting, the
President, Thomas L. Jewett, gave very
clear, lucid and satisfactory report of the
road, fnapcially and prospectively, which
was by no means discouraging-but, in
consideration of the times, rather encour-
aging. .......
Col. Collier followed, in very excellent,
well-timed, and meritorious specch-and
gave the meeting some idea of the laborS
of the Board, of which he is a member.
The amount Of gratuitous labor performed,
and, that they had backed their opinions
of the practicability of the improvement
-evinced their interest not in words alone,
but by the call essential" mOney-and
that too, in liberal sums-and, they were
with the united action of the citizens along
the line of the improvement, ready and
willing to still do more.
After remarks of several other gentle
men, committee composed of one repre-
sentative of each township in the counties
along the line of the road, was appointed
to procure additional stock-and, we are
pleased to know that they are meeting with
remarkable success. The amount subscri-
bed already, for the objects set forth above,
exceeds eighty thousand dollars.
Every confidence is thus manifested in
the road-that it will when an Eastern
connection is made, be, not only one of
the best improvements of which Ohio can
boast, but one of the best paying roads in
the country-the stock of which will in
due course Of time, be sought for by cap
italists.
The result cannot be, possibly, other
wise. There is no other road in the State
of Ohio, which passes through better i'm
proved, richer, or more productive agricul-
tural districts. There is no Railroad re-
gion in the eastern portion of the State Of
Ohio, which, for fertility of soil, will bear
a comparison with that through which the
Steubenvile and Indiana Railroad passes.
Such being the state Of the facts, those
who have capital at command along the
line Of the improvemcnt-who have prop
erty, and consequently an interest on the
road-should not be "found wanting" at
this, the eleventh hour"-but give un-
mistakable evidence of their good will, by
the liberal and free subscriptions Of stock
emulate the example of those who have
already, and, within few days, "piled''
up the sum Of eighty odd thousand dol
lars. ....