The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-07-20
Railroad Eestinp,

railroad Nesting.
Pursuant to call for a Railroad meeting,
the citizens of Ottumwa met at the City
Council Rooms on Monday evening, July
18th.
On motion Mayor Go.ssge was elected
President, and J. w. Dixon Secretary of
the meeting.
The object of the meeting was stated by
J. w. Norris, who introduced Mr.. Saun-
ders, of Sigourney, who addressed the
meeting, showing the valueand Feasibility
OF a line of railroad from Ottumwa to Ce-
dar Rapids, through Keokuk county, to
thus connect with the North Missouri Rail
road ut Ottumwa.
The meeting was addressed subsequent
ly by George Gillaspy and others.
1t was moved by DR.. Warden that a COM
rnittee be appointed to fix day and make
arrangements for a Railroad meeting at
O;tumwa, to organize company for the
building OF Railroad from the State line
and through Ottumwa and Sigourney TO
Cedar Rapids.
The President appointed DIR. Warden, J.
II. Saunders and George Gillaspy, and
August next for said meeting.
Mr.. Stiles moved that n committee on
resolutions be appointed; which motion
was carried. and Mr.. Stiles, J. w. Norris
J. II. Saunders, Capt. Ravens. Mr.. Mccoy
and e. L. Burton were appointed said
committee.
| The committee on resolutions reported
the following, which on motion were unan-
imously adopted:
We, citizens OF Ottumwa, in public meet
ing assembled, hereby express our graft
tcation in meeting in our city Messrs. II.
| T.. Ravens, l.. Mccoy, J. Fl. Saunders and
G. III. Higgins, citizens of Sigourney, Keo-
kuk county, and OF learning from them
that the prospect OF a Railroad from the
terminus of the North Missouri Railroad
on the line dividing the States of Missouri
and Iowa, to Cedar Rapids, in Linn coun-
ty, is attracting the attention of the people
North of US, and that they are prepared to
aid largely inthe construction of the salno;
therefore,
Resolped, That we regard the prospect OF
a Railroad from the State line, passing
through Bloomfield, the county seat OF
Davis county, Ottumwa, the county seat
Of Wapello county, Sigourney, the county
seat Of Keokuk county, Marsngo, the coun-
tv seat of Iowa county, and thence to Ce-
dar Rapids, and connecting at Ottumwa
with the Burlington & Missouri and the
Des Moines Valley Railroads, and at Co
dar Rapids or at Blairstown, some sixteen
miles southwest Of Cedar Rapids, which is
n point on the Cedar Rapids & Missouri
River Railroads, now completed to the Des
Moines river, and connecting at Cedar
| Rapids or Blairstown with Chicago by way
of Clinton, and with Dubuque by way oil
Dubuque & S. w. Railroad, is not only
to the country North ofus but to Ottumwa
and St. Louis a feasible and most impor-
tant project, deserving our cordial appro-
val and hearty corporation.
Resolved, That we learn with much
pleasure that the citizens Of the wealthy
counties of Kookak, Iowa and Linn will
promote the building of said road, by the
Expenditure of their means, and in every
way necessary to promote its success.
Resoived, That general Railroad con-
vention, for the purpose Of organizing Q
company to build said road, be held.at:Ot
tumwa on the 10th day OF August next,
and that the citizens of all the counties on
the line of the proposed road, and citizens
of St. Louis be invited to attend.
RESOLVED, That we deem a road scarcely
100 miles in length, passing through the
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and connecting with the whole Railroad
system Of Iowa, and with a road now
building up the Cedar Valley to Minnesota
TO be of the greatest Importance TO this
city and the whole section of country
through which it will pass, as well as to
st. Louis, Chicago, Dubuque and st. Paul.
On motion, it was resolved that the news
papers ontheline of the proposed Railroad,
and the st. Louis papers, be requested to
publish the proceedings Of this meeting.
On motion Of Col. Gillaspy, the meeting
adjourned.
SAMUEL GOSSAGE, Prss't.
j. w. DIXON, Sec'y.