The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-04-30
RAILROAD CONVENTION.

The Neosho Valley Railroad Convention
met here on Monday last, the 25th inst,
agreeable to adjournment, and was called to
order by the President, Judge Bent.
Woodson, .Cofeg, Lyon and Riley coup
ties were fully overwhelmingly one
votes in all.
The committee which, was appointed at
the Ottumwa convention to confer with the
Board Of Directors of the Atchison, Tope-
ka & Santa Fe Railroad, submitted the fol-.
lowing partial report, and asked further
time which was granted
Mr.. PRESIDENT Your committee ap-
pointed at the convention at Ottumwa, to
confer with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe Railroad company, beg leave to submit
the following report: That we regret that
we are not able to make.a more complete
report in regard to the matters referred to
this committee, but We report that on con-
ferring with members of said company that
we find no material objection to the detach-
ment of the Neosho- Valley Branch of the
A. T. 81 S. F. r. r. from the main line of
that road and making it branch of the
Union Pacific Railroad, E. D., from Fort
Riley via the Neosho Valley to Fort Gibson;
That Gen. Lane has introduced a bill IN
Congress to extend the Neosho Valley
Branch of the a. T. & S. F. r. r. from the
point where said road intersects the Neosho.
Valley to Fit. Riley, with the prospect of it's
passage at an early day.; That the A. 7. q
S. +. R. R. Co., have had no regular meet
ing since the appointment of your conn rit-
tee, but we are now notified that they will
have meeting on OF about the 18th day of
May next. Your committee ask further
time to confer with-the company.
n. S. Goss,
P. B. MAxseN,,
j. NJ RANKFN
Messrs Rankin and Maxson read several
letters from Senators Lane and Pomeroy,
and some of the members of the AT. 81 S.
F. R. R. company, which showed conclu-
sively chat we had very little to hope for
from that company; so far as getting pos
session of the fands-is concerned. u
Several able speeches were made on the
interests and importance of the road, by
Messrs: Maxson. Rankin and others. They
showed eonclu9iveiy that if this road could
be put onsanjequar footing with other rail
road projects in the State it would be a
success.
Mr.. Rankin offered the following resO-
luton :;
I2oenIs,ed, THAT our Senators aud Repre-
sentative in Congress be requested to leave
all local intermediate points out Of the bill
offered in the Senate of the United States;
| by Gen. Lane, March 21st, 1864, 80 as to
read "Of railroad and telegraph line
down the valley of the Neosho river to the
| point where said first named road intersects
or crosses the Neosho river"
Some discussion arose on this resolution.
Mr.. Goss, of Woodson, had a resolution
which he desired passed, asking our Sena-
tors and Representative in Congress to make
Neosho Falls, ia Woodson county, and lola,
and Humboldt, in Allen county, points
on the road The bill, as it now stood,
mentioned most all the points on the
road, and as these were important and d.
rectly on the line Of the road, he asked that
they should be named in the bill. But if
Mr. Rankin's proposition prevailed and no
points were mentioned, he was willing to
abide by that. Mr.. Rankin's resolution was
adopted.
Mr.. Rankin also offered the following
which was adopted
Resozved, That we most earnestly urge
upon Congress TO locate and provide for the
construction of Southeastern Branch of
the Union Pacific Railroad, commencing at
or near Fort Riley. and running thence
down the valley Of the Neosho river to Fl.
Gibson, and diecoBnect the Neosho Valley