Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1859-12-08
Rail Road Meeting as Jefferson.

S o~F'' 'u'S"y h'S"'j p"i'Si I''C"
in by members of the Legislature, and citi-
zens of the State who happened 10 be at Jef-
ferson City. Nothing was done Of def.
mite character. Several gentlemen made
speeches, and we copy some of them from
the reports.
Col. CHURCHILL presided, and opened
the meeting with the following remarks:
"Thls meeting has been convened for the
purpose of taking into consideration the sub
iect OF the Railways Of the State, and at the
same time 20 deliberate upon the best means
10 be adopted TO forward the general inter-
ests OF the people OF the State OF Missolr
towards which nothing in my opinion, would
so much contribute as the completion Of the
various railroads Applause.
Il Gov. SrrLIyc PR,cE. of Charlton, beng
called upon, said
ole would have preferred hearing some
gentleman better acquainted with the sub
iect OF the important matters which al pres
ent agiiate the State, Than himself. lie
was simply farmer, and as was generally
known. that class as rule did not take
very active part in railway matters. II
mi hr have created some surprise when, al
the lime he had the homer Of being lie Gov
eruor Of the State, that he had vetoed so
many railway bills; but he would say that
were his time 10 come over again, he would
DO the same thing, for he lacked upon those
; actions as some OF the proudest CT his lie.
That he was no, considered by ali 10 be
: right, was clear from the fact that the Leg
! siature saw iit, By that power which was
: vested in them by The Constitution, 10 rem
: Ger his, the Governors action, nugatorv,
; and had passed the several bills by him re-
: iec,ed. Whether they were right in 50 do
: Ing was a question, the discussion Of which
. could now tend TO no gaoI.
= It was admitted that the Stale or ATissou-
, ri, as regarded It's inerna! improvements,
$ was in dlfficu,Iy-she now was, how were
/ they 10 get over that difficulty? { Applause.
: We had a debt Of twenty-five millions, and
; It wcu!d be necessary 10 issue bond after
: bend, bearing interest, until at las, say for
= ty years, the debt wou,i become so great
e that even the Government Of the United
i; States could not pay tie indebtedness; the
: only way 20 obviatc such a calamity, was
by present wise legIslat!cR; cheers; they
# had gone TOO far 10 retracc their steps: tic
I time had come for action. He, Governor
Y Price, had ever been in favor Of internal
, Improvements, and he believed that tie
: State Of Missouri should not at.emp, to put
i herself on footing with great State like
It hat Of New York, but that if proper plan
: were pursued, he believed that the Pacific
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5 dollar Tor dollar principle. It could be done,
the people raising hall the estimated cost,
d and the State authorizing the company 10
Il Issue bonds for the remainder. secured up
: on a mortgaged Of so much Of the line as
= should be completed; this plan might be OK.
i tended as the line progressed, say il sect
I ions Of thirty miles, until a: last it should
D be released from all Stats lien, and SO on
e until the whole lirc is completed. He
D wcuid suggest also that a sinking fund
: should be provided sufficient 10 cover tie
bonds secured the read. The same course
would be applicable 20 the Iron Mountain
and other main lin. in the State, and al
l though the latter line passes through 4 coun-
= Try reputed as not Of great weaith, vet the
people say they are able 10 raise dollar Tor
dollar; the ueishborlood of this line was
, rich il swamp lands, a great portion Of
which turned out 10 he not so badly swan
ped as was The Government in taking them.
He would Farther suggest, in order to meet
al! doubts upon The succcss Of the lines,
that there should be slight augmentation
Of charge, both for passengers and freight
10 l!,is there would be no objection, Tor cv-
: cry one, for instance, who Travelled 10 JEFF
ferson City from ST. Louis would as freely
. pay six dollars as he did five. And where
, was the merchant who would cavil abou; an
increase OF a cent per ten per mile on freight.
Whilst he suggested this course, lie would
also recommend the abolition Of the dead
head system. Past bad management, had
there been such, should not deter immediate
. action. L. had been stated tina, there had
teen swindiine; that might or might not be,
bat he co..'d say for the Directory that il
was uy:1posad Of men o. too high CHARGE
Ter TO adm, On even a suspicion on this
head. Ga the Hannibal and s.. 10. line
the contract was made FOR ciovcE m!!licn
dollars, whilst the Western branch L. the
North Missouri line, for!y.,wo miles was
tSb a. ~ .'CcC ~! H-4'l' liz S~uil .'Ot s"I
whether OF no there had been ioJbing il
these contracts. As he Lad predicted long
hgo tie bords had come down below par
And he believed tney would come down to
IS cents or even low sr than that. 1t was
MT his desire 10 dictate 10 that meeting; in
TACT il was not his intention 10 have address,
ed them at all, although he had been re-
euested some days ago 10 DO that which lie
had never done in his life be!ore-prepaTe
a speech for The occasion.
Blu, lie wou!d urge upon that meeting,
and upon the Legislature, tho absolute ne
ce>sity Of Immed!ai and decisive aciicn.-
His desire was TO see the main roads COM
p!eted throughout; the State; aad to this end
1t was necessary that there should be some
definite legislative enactment. The hint lie
had thrown cut as 10 lie mode Of compile
ling the lines might not be the best, but it
was clear that the sian i-stilI, the do-noih-
ing principle, at this time, would he fatal