The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1855-08-04
Tho Railmad Meeting.

The Railroad Meeting.
Bear in mind, that Saturday next the hrst PUBIC
meeting of the friends Of the Branch Railroad u 10
be held, and come prepared to promote the work BY
every honorable exertion.
The work may be procrastinated; 1t may DC 'hnt q
vear or two NAV vet clapse before this enterprise
can be given such an impetus as will furnish the
people guarantee of its completion, but let moi
these delays and untoward circumstances cause any
dependency. The road must be built. II Is the
great public necessity of this region OF country. IL
holds out inducements to every interest and every
class Of society too powerful to be long disregardcd
On Saturday next we hope Its advocates will as
semble here, and by their action give the movement
shape and direction leaving to the future to dcvelope
In full the maire power, which once obtained, and
sklfully and economically applied will yet give us
this much needed road.
We are informed that charter, under the provis-
ions Of the act of 1852 has been drawn up needing
merely the formalties Of signatures, recording ana
publication for thirty days, in order to place the
stockholders in position to elect President and
Board Of Directors, and thus to realize the advanta-
gcs Of organization.
The advantages Of organization In promoting the
progress of any work of public utility, are such that
they should not be overlooked, nor indeed can they
be safely neglected. A corporate body, though II
may represent limited number Of stockholders and
sparse subscription for its shares, yet may acquire
rights and ivieges under Its charter to enable 1t
to do much that individual enterprise cannot accom-
plish For instance suppose that one hundred thou
sand dollars for stock subscription can be obtained.
II is but o fifth amount of the capital stock, and
does not even furnish sum, sufficiently respectable,
to warrant the company to commence cutting out
the line of the road, yet, 1t 10 nucleus, around
which future operations can be based looking stead
lily and hopefully to its augmentation, and such o
subscription will enlist sufficient number Of indi-
viduals, and sufficient quantity Of capital, to rem
der necessary the formalites Of incorporation, and
the election of officers Of the company.
Our advice then Is that at the meeting, the charter
should be signed, and oil the preliminary steps taken
to secure good working charter and in due time q
Board of Directors and other officers Of the company.
In their hands regular set of books can be placed;
the interests of individuals will assume corporate
shape. Steps can be taken to obtain from the Lcgs-
lature perpetual and more comprehensive charter,
better suited to the especial wants Of the company,
and above all rallying point will be obtained to
which not only the friendly efforts of individuals may
be directed but from whie much Of concentrated OK
ertion may be brought to bear upon the desines Of
the enterprise. No one need have any scruples in
signing the Charter, the mere act Of signature binds
them to nothing in the event that the work cannot
be undertaken for want of sufficient means to COM
plete it
The field from whence it is expected to CLEAN fur
Their resources, affords, we sanguine, vast rcsd
ium of unemployed means, consisting Of capital
labor, and materials, which will need perseverance
and industry to draw them to the promotion Of the
work but in the end all these resources will be
drawn in to the aid Of it. So counsel the friends
of this most important enterprise to go on steadily
and earnestly keeping in view the immense results
which will surely flow from the completion Of theiI
labor, and Designating any and all apparent causes
for dependency All enterp rises must have begin
ming, and this one, though its beginning may be small
and Insignificant in proportion to the magnitude Of
work to be undertaken, yet assuredly possesses al
the elements which are necessary to command thu
public favor, and for it ultimately all the sue
cess asked for it by its warmcst friends.