The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1855-12-19

On Saturday last, 10 pursuance Of the
call, large number Of the citizens Of our
county assembled q, the Cour, House, and
were called to order by Mr.. A. Gilbert,
Chairman Of the previous meeting.
On motion. it was resolved that the
officers Of the previous meeting &C. in the
same capacity for this meeting, and R.
F. Piatt, Esq, was elected Assistant
Secretary.
The proceeding, Of the last meeting
were then read.
Mr.. J. W. Cat.ell then offered the
following Resolution, viz:
Resolved, That the County Judge DO request
Cd 70 submit the following proposition TO the
legal voters Of Cedar County:
To resuiad the Soee Aervtofeee given, by the
County Of Cedar, suthorising . County sub
Central Rail Road Company, % fer - the same
can be legally rsscindsd-sod thas Ne County
Judge be authorised add empowered 70 sab
cribe Thirty tAoosADd dollars - Ne Capita
stock of the Mississippi and Missouri Rail Road
-C,mpany, for the purpose 1t aiding said Com
,pAny in constructing . Branch Of said Road
from some point on the main trunk east OF Cs
d.r river, 70 Tipton-tsai hraoch being par
OF their projected route 10 Cedar Rapids sns
should the vote of the CeuKy be n favor o
said proposition, the County Judge be empower
I'd to Issue the Bonds Of the County to said Com
pany for the amount specified, pa ysble in ven
ty years with interest at the rate Of sven pc
cent per aanum.
A motion was then made to strike gu
all in the resolution Ia reference to the
Lyons Iowa Central Rail Road Compa
ny, or Of resembling the subscription
thereto, and which after being debate
was adopted.
Mr.. Tuthill then arose and said:
"The present resolution hsa been under cou
ssideratiou by the citizens Of Upton, that the
night determine the proper mode of wording
In order that IL II! Oh: be Of service toward h
tanning the belehis of a rail road to Tiptor
That the only question here Was, az to what &c
ton, on the part of the citizens will tend
secure the benefits Of q rail road in the leas
spsce OF me. That the people were not interes
ted In the town or point Of junction, nor 10 th
particular location of the road bat Ia the one ger
seral idea, that of securing rail road in III
shortest time. That two or three prof C,
through the county had been talked Of, noue c
VII CD were under contract. Ii now looks NOR
favorable than ever bsfore, aod that rail roa
matters were getting into god shape for u,
Tha4 the proposition was now made, that If W
would raise oy subscription of any kind $50
Quo. that the balanc. necessary to complete
road to Upton. 5000 would b. furnishe
from without the county; that this was . fave
r.ble time, and that We h ,uld set cooIy an
wisely In the matter; should no. quarrel lik
the dog in the fable. who had found a bone, an
when crossing bridge with the b ne in b
mouth saw his shadow, and eupposing it to
another dog with 9 b ne, dropped his bone al
jumped at his shadow fora fght, whereby
lost bis bone; said we should not like the dos
grasp 1t the shadow aud lose the SUI distance.
He said railroad WIS now constructed an
10 running order, nearly to Iowa City, and pas
e. o0iy fourteen miles from Upton; aud that
lF.nch road wSs in operation from the m al
trunk 70 MuscAtne, and from thence soon voui
be to Oscsloosa. That the N. & N. Co. vel
prepared to run branch of their road to Tlpt 4
and from thence TO Cedar Rapids that the G.
intend 70 build this last branch; they have give
no official knowledge Of the point Of jlactol
that two Surveys had been made both ter M na
Ing ct Wilton; four or Ave others 10 ~ BE- mad
before the point IL determined ; tina. we are no
called on TO act; the resolution only says
subscribe 70 obtain this broad road and leave
70 tbs Company TO locate its juno ion; that
obtain this branch road was the substance, al
thAt 1t va the substance we desired, and th
substance would be OF great advantage to u
that the shadow was the point OF junction xhiC
was Of no importance TO us, and that II We qQe
ed or delayed matters on account OF tbs sh.io,
We would be putting the subs ance beyond o
reach, and thus Be acting the part Of the foDl
dog, who lost he bone that Ivy adhering TO
determination to locate the junction ourselVe
we light lose q road entirely.
That Davenport and Muscatl1e We're riv
cities ard If they were interested in the loo ,tit
Of the junction let them determine the matter
best they could, aud not let Us take sides wi
either That be owned three or four hundr
acres OF land n ar Wilton, but that did not n
could not Influence his actions that be want
to act for the best interests OF the county.
was in favor Of she resolution AZ il was.
Al the reques. of Mr.. Blssell, NJ
Jacob Butler. Esq. OF Msscatine, w
called upon to address lhs meeting. N
Butler came forward and addressed II
meeting n length, upon the position
the M. & M. R. X. Co. ia relation
the construction Of the third general div
sion Of the road. Tie tenor Of his spec
was similar to that Of Mr.. Richmond
the previous meeting He said: