The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1858-12-30
RAILROADS MEETING.
GREAT ENTHUsI As n.
THE RAILROAD Is COMING,

AT mass meeting of the poo pie o
Schuyler, Davis and Wapello counties,
held at Lancaster, Mo. on the 1lth day
of December, on motion Of Mr.. Don
Roberts, Judge Moore was called to thief
chair, and Amos Steckel, w. +. Wells and
D.1Weils appointed Secretaries. 4 40
On motion, DR.. Don Roberts explain.
ed the object of tho meeting.
On motion of I. B. Alverson, a Com
mittes of ten was appointed to draft res ;
buttons expressive Of the sense of the
meeting. ,1seq s.s.a a.. a,s,aaa rsat
The chair appointed I. B. Alverson,
R. Caywood, Il. j. Christie, w. Rusk,
VIM. Thatcher, M. Lamb, d. d. Hall,
H. H. TriEble, J. L. Young and Wn.
Law. '>@....15 .'''o. I'D" G' 'a1.f p,
During the bsence Of, the cor mittee
the meeting was addressed by Hon. II.
Dunlavy,> Geo. G. Pratt, Hon, Don. G..
R ,berts, Judge Moore and II. H. Trim.
Bile. .-.e. t2a i...e ...-.--.-..--.. d.
The committee appeared, and report
ed the following preamble and resola-
ions. - 70. ,5...-s- t....,.-.....r,fg. ..
WHEREAS, Experience has demon
strated 10 us that we'll devised sytcn Of
Railroads is better calculated to develop
the resources of country in its agricul-
tural, commercial and mineral resources,
than any other system of internal i'm
provement., -....-.... 49,.
Resolved, By the citizens Of Davis,
Wapel!o and Schuyler counties, that this
is most favorable time for the N. NJ.
r. r. Company to locate the said road to
the Iowa State line, in Schuyler county,
Mo. ,a.- s..aa.-.-.. ..-........'....s.. ..... a.
4 Resolved, That whereas, the citizens
of Davis and Wapel counties, in Iowa,
propose to extend the N. NJ. r. X. from
the State line, Cor from Lancaster, Mo-,
ii necessarily to Ottumwa, in Iowa
That it is, undoubtedly, to the interest of
the company to make such location i'm
mediasely, thereby promoting the inter
ests Of the company, by connection
with the Nebraska &, S. I. Il. r.. at
Bloomfield, the Keokuk Il f. D. NJ. and
the B. & NJ. Il. r. ) at Ottumwa, and f.
nally with the Minneapolis and Cedar
! Valley Road at the northern line of Iowa,
1. thus connecting ST., Louis with St. Paul
and Minneapolis, and thus securing to
her large trade that she would other
wise lose. i-l sis .=&n-1- x.'"Ss' 'a'." o' ..
! Rcsolved, That we deem the stopping
of the N. NJ. r. r. at Hudson City, for
the benefit of those interested, course
suicidal to the interests ofSt Louis, the
State, the ockholders, and the counties
north and west Of Hudson City-that
st Louis has nothing to gain BY. stop
ping the road at that point-that Nature
designed the trade for her, and the com
pletion will throw millions of dollars in~
to the commerce of St. Louis, which she
must, and will lose if it is not completed
without delay. n o ac s
| lRcsolveoi, Tnat VIC believe, upona de-
liberate survey of the whole matter, and
from knowledge Of the country through
which this road would pass, that the city
and county Of ST Louis would make mil
lions by building said road, if necessary,
4 by the additions to her commerce,
and by the enhancement Of her real
estate. ~, NJ
4 Resolretl, That we deem it to the in
terest of the State Of Missouri to render
the necessary aid to complete said road
to the State line via Lancaster, and in
the direction of Bloomfield and Ottumwa
Iowa, asa sssa s4s.. .ae>.ae, a,st .o.. 4. /.
4 Rcsolped, That we commend the Railroad
spirit and liberality of the N. NJ. r. r. Ex-
tension Company in proposing to build the
road from Lancaster Mo-, if necessary, 10
Ottumwa, Iowa, securing the company South
the best paying portion of said Road.
, RESOLVED That DR.. d. c. Roberts, be appoin.
ted delegate to St. Louis, to act in conjunc.
ton with the delegates from Iowa, to confer
with the Board of Directors of the N. NJ. r. II
to secure the location of the road to the State
T, line by way of Lancaster, Mo-, and to present
to the Board, the Importance Of putting the
road under contract to Lancaster, deeming i,
to be the interests of all parties that il should
be located to this place, and put under. imme.
, date contract.
Resoiued, That we in mass meeting assem-
bled, recommend said delegates to the kind
7 consideration Of the Board of Directors. II
, Rssotued, That we tender our heartfelt
thanks to the Board of Directors of the, N. NJ
r. r., for the energetic manner in which they
have pushed forward the work this season.
!, 'ResoIoed, That these proceedings be signed
by the President and Secretaries, and q copy
E be furnished to the delegates. ''S2o ID:
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