Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-07-15
From the Council Bluffs Dusls
RAIL ROAD MEETING.

At meeting Of the citizens Of Council
Bluffs, for the purpose Of taking into con.
sider.iiOn the construction Of q Rail Road
to this place, held on the evening Of June
Gath, 1886, on motion, DIR. Enos Lowe,
was appointed Chairman, and NJ. w. Rob
inson, Secretary.
d. c. Bloomer having been called upon
to state the object Of the meeting, address.
ed il briefly and concluded by offering the
following resolutions, which after appro
pirate reinarAs by the Hon. o. D. Rich
ardson, CT Omaha City, and the Chair
man of the meeting, were unanimously a.
dopted
Resolved, That the passage by Congress
OF the law granting lands to this State, in
aid OF the construction Of its Rail Roads,
was an act of long deferred justice to Iowa,
and one which cannot fa,l TO hasten the
rapid development Of the almost boundless
resources OF this, the Empire State Of
the West.
Resolved, That our thanks are due and
are hereby rendered to our Senators and
Representatives IN Congress, for their sue
cessful exertions in procuring the passage
Of said act.
Resolved, That this city BY its fortunate
position on the great central line Of travel,
between the Atlantic and Pacific, by its ma
tural advanta ges and the amount Of entel-
prise and capital already employed, has, by
the fertility of the snrI oundng country, Of
which it must be the central poi Of trade
and commerce, and by tire fact that it 10 des
ignated in the act OF Congress as the ter
minus of the great central line Of road ex-
tending westw ard from Davenport, has a
deep and vital interest in the speedy prose.
oulion of these works Of internal improve
ment, for which grants Ut land nave thus
been made BY Congress.
Resolved, That we rejoice that special
session of the Legislature has been called
at the earliest day by the Governor, for the
purpose Of acting upos these grants, and
we do hereby cali upon that body to adopt
such measures as will secure the prompt,
speedy and economical application of the
lands to the purposes for which they have
been granted to the State.
Resolved, That We have the fullest con-
fidence in the Mississippi and Missouri Rail
Road Company, and We are convinced that
is management is in the hands Of pnerret-
ic, enterprising and reliable men. II has
already completed its road for a distance of
sixty miles to Iowa City has located and
contracted for its completion to Fl. Dcs
Moines, apd made surveys TO this city, at
the earliest day possible. and we DO hereby
pledge ourselves to advance the interests
Of said Company by individual subserip-
ton to its stock, and by city and coun.
try subscriptions, and in all other proper
modes to the full extent Of our power 10
do so.
Resolved, That the land SET apart for the
construction of the road from Davenport
to this City, should be granted by our State
Legislature to the said M. e. NJ. Compa-
ny, upon the conditions prescribed by Con-
gress, and we request the Senators and
Representatives in our Legislature from
this county, to use their influence to that
end.
Resolved, That we believe the fore.
going resolutions express the unani-
nous sentiments Of the people Of this
county.
On motion, Resolved, That the proceed.
ings Of this meeting be published in thu
city papers, and also be placed in the hand.
OF the members Of the Legislature FROM
this county, with request that they be pre-
scented to that body.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
ENOS LOWE, Chairman.
NJ. w. ROBINSON, Secretary.