The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-09-28
| THE OTTUMWA COURIER.
l.-4 For the Daily Courier. a
Railroad Meeting at st. Louis.
Ottumwa, Sept. %, 1865

ID rr-..t. DO Of OttunWa, sept. 20, 1900.
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Sir: Havingjust returned from st. Louis,
which city we visited in the interests OF
the North Missouri & Cedar Rapids Rail-
road, it occurs to us. that we cannot. in a
more general and satisfactory way, COM
friunicate the result of our mission, than
to state through your paper what we eff
fected.
We arrived in st. Louis on Tuesday
morning, found Messrs. J. III. Sanders and
A. Mayer. of Sigourney there. On We'd
nesday morning we were joined by the
Hon. III. G. Angle and Drs. Ely and Car
penter, of Cedar Rapids. The Iowa dele
CATION as thus composed, were cordially
invited by the Hon. B. Able. president OF
the Chamber of Commerce OF st. Louis, to
meet the Chamber, at their rooms at II NJ
on Wednesday, which we did. Had a
very pleasant and cordial interchange OF
views on the subject of the North Missouri
& Cedar Rapids Railroad, receiving from
the members Of the Chamber, assurances
that they would do everything they could
to aid our enterprise. s............
The Chamber, by vote, instructed the
president to appoint a delegation Of ten OF
its members to attend the convention at
Cedar Rapids on the 9th inst, to cooper
ate with the people of Iowa in the con-
struction OF the North Missouri & Cedar
Rapids Railroad. This the president done.
The Iowa delegation next, by special in
vitation, met the Board of Directors OF the
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North Missouri Railroad Company, at
their office, where we had long, interest
ing and satisfactory interview. The fol-
lowing will fully indicate the result of
that interview:
WHEREAS. The commercial interest of
St. Louis, and the material interests Of our
road, imperatively demand that railroad
communication should be established with
the rich and growing State of Iowa and
|. WHEREAS, 1t is necessary that a definite
policy and line should he adopted in re-
gard to the ex tension of our road through
that State, i'm order that a combined effort
may be made'for a speedy completion Of
the work. therefore be it ,,as Ltans ra."7.'
rv Resolued,, That in the opinion Of this
Board the line from the point on the bor-
der of Iowa, reached by the terminus of
the North Mo. Railroad, by way of Ottum-
wa to Cedar Rapids, presents moro advan-
tages and is more eligible than any other.
and therefore is adopted by this Board as
the continuation of its read through the
State of Iowa, to which we will give all
our countenance SO far as we cam both in
our individual and corporate capacity. 90.
SO fResotred, That in the opinion Of this
Board. it is imperatively necessary that
the capitalists of ST. Louis and the entire
State of Missouri. should earnestly aid tho
construction of said line of road. by liberal
subscriptions to the capital stock of the
company organized to build road upon
that line. ",.r sa .fsf i a..iH d" -si
s The Board also appointed large dele
CATION to attend the Cedar Rapids conven-
ton.
We were very highly gratified with the
favorable interest manifested by not only
the Chamber OF Commerce and the Board
of Directors of the North Mo. Railroad.
but also by the business men generally Of
the city, many of whom we met on change
the forenoon of "Wednesday. We found
the business men and capitalists generally
of ST. Louis fully alive to the Importance
of the Iowa connection, which is promised
! in the extension of the North Mo. r. r.
+ We shall not omit 10 state here, that our
interests were kindly and essentially pro-
moted by Mr.. w. G. Leighton, Of the D. v.
r. r. And we also desire at this first OPP
portunty. to acknowledge the courtesy
and uniform favor extended to us individ-
lally, and to the enterprise We represent
ed. by the business men of st. Louis. a.r
p Our visit was all that we could have de-
sired and we can assure the people Of Iowa
that the city of st. Louis is very desrous
of renewing its business and social rela-
tons with them, which in days gone by
Were, as we believe, mutually agreeable
and profitable. 'Ha..a ra..f d. r.. .."
.s.-'. Yours DC. garr# ErI. 'r# ~. g..
.t,., '.u.sa. .s q. GEORGE tGILLASPY. .@