, 1861-11-18
RAILWAY MATTERS,
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Railroad Meeting ut Burlington.

BuIlinetsn convened IN Marion Han, On Tuesday
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%an, IL: Foote. SUBMITTED thie folieW1ng: 1 'n4'
sr:-Yeu are the President Of the '.Logsne.
Known as the Peoria and oquawk. Railroad
tha ehaltef the IL tRs e ang
read at cities outside OF the State L WAS subsa-
auently 60 - aneEded 2. as to provide for branch,
fo1ne four miles below Burlington. So the words
at OF Iear,." ;" embraced point opposite Burling-
ton. The citizens Of Burlington at once came
Burlington to Peoria.
The project Of this road to Peoria originated In.
Burlington, and Was pressed before the Illinois
Legislature as necessity OF Southern Iowa, In a
commercial point Of view, to give Us an outlet to
the SIT BY he only practicable route At the time
4Sul4A-kQt 14iUUlE 11YEE anu taQHl.'
We gfasped at the enterprise, No counseled
together IN public ard in private and fiaally re-
Eolved to exert ourselves to build the road. We
s95sc.1bed 2 as city $76, CO., individual citizens
Of Burlington have like amount In this enter
prize. '>~ S'&'e17
The edorts Of Burlington we're not seconded in
peps 81 hos Ea f. S.d & das a9s Rs h o. The
nagton and WAS built to Peoria, mainly by Iowa
energy and capital ~ ia and Tas ultimately putin run
The subsequent extension Of the Road to Lo-
gankpoH has greatly augmented our interest in the
original enterprise, f5r which We, IS citizens Of
b1r1pgton' and Iowa, e:aked our money
"A direction eaat By Loganspo1tt and to the Lakes
the Atlantic the midland and the Ohio river cities
and marts Of commerce, would be realization Of
But our whole ambition and enterprise and ene1.
| gy, have been banked by the 1ntrigues Of Roads,
which have determined to snbsidize this rosd to
Peoria. to the advancement OF other enterprises
By complication OF embar1nssments and COL
acts, az the interests Of Burlington and Southern
ion puiney r R.iToad Ha.nP hhs aeonred e.
ae1ery Of the Burlington road to Peorih and east-
ward they next acquired the entire control Of the
road to the uees and benefits OF the Chicago, Bur
fngtou and Quincy Railroad.
| Every embarrassment that human ingenuity
joint owners Of the Ch1csgo, Burlington Quincy
and Burlington g. Missouri River Railroads.
Iowa, (which Was direct Eastern connectton.) il
naught. b the intrigues and compllcity Of tie
GAlsago, Barlingten & Quincy. and the Hannibal
6 st. JoEeph Roads-our road and its direct con.
necion East, through Peoria, is suspended, whilst
these conspirato1s have grasped the whole Of our
land grant, a1d ste converting it to the private
who have gained the control OF this road, Thus
our great echtme Of q road to the Missouri river
On TIE most practicable route to NeTada, Utah ant
The citizens Of Burlington cannot afford to gi7t
up al their material interests to combination o
Hitherto every distinction Of rates Of fteights
| which conld embarTass our commerce, has beer
made by the Chicago, Burlington g. Quincy AMI
the Burlington g. Missouri River Railroad in com
The people Of Iowa aud Burlington, in par
ticular, are determined to have a communication
Peoria and thence East. We lave been hithert'
thw2tted in onr plans, by the ambitions dasigus
other companies. 1t remaias for Us to assert on
rights through you, as our President.
, community, BY the base action and COZ plicity {
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, and the Bur
Hngton NO: River Railroads, cover the wholei1
! terests Of Southern Iowa
For long time, and even now, exaction {
fteights IN favor Of the Chicago, Burlington
By denying to them the same rates Of transports
!. tion: ard the control over the eastern fou1e AZ
! CURED By the chteaeo, Burlington = Quincy Eoad
: combined to build this rad -''|t-'' "'&~'% "
H1H ERE43QEHT. ne 0RFE nEEu F1EtQ8lY CUE @
= from the benefits Weeought In our eastern come
r tIon BY Peorfa and Losaneport:: Our citizens AZ
, denied nll the privileges We desired. We csn ne
tber chip nor travel over the road with the usul
G accommodations belonging to highway No col
nection Hs allowed which Is convenient and nece
: sary- discrimination is made In fre1ghts by tt
tyranny Of the controlling power, by which the Pc
a pleof Iowa are compelled to pay e1orbftant rate
d and to uee the railroads to Chicago belonging
= this clique The terms Of injunction Of the da
, of Nov 24th, 1860, have been vio1At:d, and It CT
be 20 proven. and the insolence Of corporation
proposes to override the ruling Of the courts.
+ In view Of our great interests, the citizens
: Burlington appeal TO- you. Sir, as President,
n protect, in Court and ont Of Court, the fnterse
+ which have Grown up from our completely in th
- Railroad to Peoria. and especially, We pray yon
F. guard those common interests which belong
r | Us all
Judge Hall and Henry W Starr, Esq, address,
" the meeting, approving the act. and Euggestio
n ! Of Nr. F7oet, when on motion, the memorial r
- adopted by unanimous vote.
Mr.. John G. Foote submitted the following Il
olution:
Ii Ret0lred. That the hearty thanks Of this me-
IN irg be- and are hereby, rendered to the Hon. Chs
. l.. Frost for the able ard interest ting remarks Al
ot Information which he has submitted, and also
~ the interest and determination he mauife5ts,
~ President Of the Road, In the protection Of t
rights Of sll those interested in the corporation
10 represents.
=. Which was unanimously adopted.
IL And then, on motion, the proceedings Of
al meeting were ordered to be Published in the Ha
| Eye and the meeting adjourned
70 THOMAS FRENCH, Chairman
.y S11As A. HUDSON, Secretary.