The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-06-14

road, whoro they have to quarry rocks,
dig down hills and fll up valleys
This work is now done. am going
to remain here and shall take no ac-
ton until get an answer If the
subscription is not filed, then l am
not bound by my proposition. But
if it is filed, we shall go on with the
work. ! have already written to New
York.to get everything ready; and by
Che time the twenty miles are laid, the
road will begin to have some public
credit. There is now so much mon
cy to put in to comply with this prop
osition. Aa a .l-l4
After Mr.. Smith concluded, Col
John c. Lee was called upon .....
REMARKS OF COL. LEE.
lie did not know much about the
tnatter, aud discloimed hayingD head
for railroads, to the extent that Mr..
Smith had, or else, in that event, he
might say something Of usc in the
enterprise. The practical question
of fact presented by the first speak
ers, he thought, should at once en-.
gage the attention Of the people J:
namely, that here vas n profitable
line of railway, as straight as the
compass of thc engineer could run it..
lie was informed by Mr. Furgusos,
the old Engineer, that there was q
strip of ninety miles in the line, in
which there was not the deviation of
a hair by the compass The whole
distance Is l02 miles. lie instanced
the value Of the right of way already
secured, while tho only obstacle of
any moment TO be encountered in the
whole route, was the Auglaizc river,
(which would require bridging. This
project was a question for practical
discussion. Mr. Smith says money is
essential to build railroads; speeches
wont do it. 1t does require money,
aud there is no mistake about it,
The question then becomes pertinent,
who shall furnish the money (Laugh-
ter) We would be gladif Mr.. Smith
would put his hand in his own poek-
ct, or somebody else's pocket, get the
money and employ the men, aud build
the road. If he did this, and allow.
cd the people of Tiiin and Seneca
county to ride upon it. for nothing,
everybody would call him one of the
clcverest members of the Smith fami-
ly, and would have his name changed
from Adam to John Smith, as a sort
of favor. Uaughtsr) DR., Kagy
had enc Legislative hand in the Treas.
ury, aud there was no knowing how
much money he could handle and
he thought it would be advisable to
allow DR.. Kagy to furnish what Mr..
Smith didn't. (Laughtsr. Thore
was a reserved power, resource and
credit enough to meet the proposal
which had been made but as Mr..
Tomb remarked in the speakers hear
ing yesterday, eve are all too apt to
think that somebody else is the one
to act, and that nothing is required of
US. " (Laughter) Mr.. Lee warmly
favored the plan, and urged upon all
the necessity Of immediate action in
the matter. Cd
Mr.. Isaac Kagy was the called out.
REMARKS OF MIR. KAGY.
He had no speech to make. He
had not been at home during the rail
road excitement, aud had had nothing
whatever to do with it until .yester-
day, AS much was known regarding
the railroad, its condition and the
proposition now submitted, by the
persons present as by himself. He
referred TO the work already accom-
plished on the road, aud said ,thatbut
a comparatively small additional sum
Of money was required ito complete
the work, aud make the road a per.
manent thing. lie devoted some
time TO tho advantages and impor.
tauce of such q railroad, and gave i
as his opinion that there was little o,
no risk ito be accepted in devotinl
money to that object. The .advauta
) ges Of the present railroad, whel
compared with the OK carts in whicl
our fathers hauled their produce t
! Saudusky city, was almost incaloula
BILE. Then, how much more so woul,
be an additional one in new diroe
b tion. Men of Ienterprize, he said
paid large sums of money to secure
the erection of Agricultural and 9th
er public institutions in towns, FOL
J the mere purpose of. therebysccuini
an increase Of business activity ant
prosperity, and such investmentswer'
g 10 loss. Railroads were always th'
9 incentives, to business and activity
, enterprise and wealth., in the town
through which they passed, and a
= opportunity Of this nature, the speak
er Thought, was one which should b
no means be neglected,
Mr.. Smith here arose to make ON
9 more remark ( lie had been at Nor
d walk sinco ms last visit here, and ha
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