Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-07-14
The Iowa Delegation at st. Louis.
Report OF the Committee.
BARNUM's HOTEL, ST. LOUIS, NJ

| June Dist, 1855. J
| The delegation appointed by the Iowa Cen
trail Railroad Company to visit st. Louis for the
| purpose of comforting with the president and
directors of the North Missouri railroad COM
pany, with view of making a connection OF
road, and enlisting the cooperation and sym
pathies of the merchants and business men of
St Louis in our enterprise. met at Barnuns
Hotel at 10 o'clock a. M, June 2lst, 1865, and or
ka county, Chairman, W. ii. dunlap, Of Wapel-
Delegates pressnt-Dr. H. l.. wolfori, Appan-
Dose county; Col. Daniel Anderson, Monroe
Capt. Henry Saunders, Monroe county; Hon.
ii. ID. Ives, Wapello county; w. IL. Dunlap,
Wapello county Wm T. smith esq, Mahaska
Hon. Reuben Nickel, Poweshiek county; W.
+. Johnson, esq, Tama county; T: A. Graham.
esq, Tama county; Hon. P. Melendy, Black
On motion of Mr.. Ives, of wapello the Hon.
p. Melendy, Of Black Hawk, and Judge Town
send, of Monroe, were chosen committee to
wait upon the president and board OF directors
of the North Missouri railroad company, noti-
what hour it would be agreeable to receive the
delegation
Dunlap, OF Wapello, were appointed a commit
tee to visit the offices of the principal city pa
pers, for the purpose of having the proceedings
of the united conferences published.
On motion, the meeting adjourned until II
O'Clock IN.
IL o'clock D,.-Delegation called to order by the
The committee to visit the board of directors
OF the North Mo. railroad co., reported that
they had visited that honorable body, and had
arranged for an interview and joint cnnsulta-
ton this day at p. N. The meeting then
adjourned to meet at the call of the chairman.
pleasant 'e interview with the President and
board OF directors Of the North Mo. railroad
company, at their office, and were very cor
daily received, and permitted to show their
plans for q connection of our Great Trunk
roads, and general consultation was had
the early completion of the North Mo railroad
to tho State line of Iowa, and the completion
of the Iowa Central from Cedar Falls to the Mo.
Your delegation had every encouragement
| and assurance from the board OF directors OF
! the North Mo. railroad company of having
their hearty cooperation in our great cnter-
! prise, and the promise of material aid when
needed to assist in the completion of our road
The con ference was addressed by Hon. j. IL.
Sturgeon, president of the North Missouri rail-
road company, Gov. Jas. s. Rollins, Hon. j. d.
| on motion the conference adjourned To meet
at the iindell Hotel at s p. N. this day, for the
purpose of meeting the merchants and BUSH
| ness men of st. Louis, at which meeting the
Hon. John Logan, NJ. c., welcomed the delega-
ton in a very happy and appropriate speech.
which was responded TO by Col. Daniel Ander-
son, of Monroe followed by speeches from Gov.
Rollins; George Partridge ESQ., and others o.
81, Louis, and Hon; u. II. Irimnie and other
After partaking OF refreshments beautifully
furnished by our kind st. Louis friends the
meeting adjourned To meet at the Merchants
Exchange Tomorrow at II o'clock n.
BARNUMs HOTEL. ST. LOUIS Mo-.
June I'D, 1865. I
The delegation met in its committee room
and was called to order by the chairman for
general consultation the Hon David Morgan,
the president OF the Iowa Central railroad COM
pany having arrived having been detained
BY high water. Remarks were made by Hon.
David Morgan of Mahaska, +. Melendy OF
Black Hawk, and T. A. Graham, ESQ.,, OF Tama.
On motion a committee of three, consisting
OF Melendy OF Black Hawk, Johnson of Tana,
and Anderson of Monroe, were appointed 10
receive the board of directors Of the North
Missouri railroad company at this hotel this
p. II.
On motion a committee Of two were appoint
ed by the chair, consisting of Hon. David.Mor-
gan of Mahaska and W. A. johnson, "a, OF
Tama, to confer with the chief engineer Of the
North Missouri railroad company, exhibiting
for his inspection, the profiles and accompany
Ing maps Of the survey OF the Iowa Central
railroad.
A committee of two. consisting of Col An
derson OF Monroe, and Dunlap of Wapelio
were appointed to prepare a Statistical report
Of the counties along the liue OF the Iowa Cen.
trail railroad for publication.
, | On motion, the Hon. d. Morgan was appoint.
ed 70 confer with the chief engineer OF the
North Missouri railroad company in reference
70 an early visit to Iowa, and an inspection o.
the line of the Iowa Central railroad.
Messrs. smith OF Mahaska Townsend o.
Monroe and Wolford OF Appanoosc, were APP
8 pointed q committee 70 procure q photographic
I lnap OF the Iowa Central road ana its co1nec
q. as. Hon. IL. p. Iyes Of Wape,lo was chcSeE