Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-03-13

Proposition 90 uild q Railroad to Cha
cinnatt.


From the Chattanooga american
Union of Saturday, we Gull the following
proceedings Of a meeting which took
place in that town on the Sth inst.
The meeting was called to order by
Judge Henderson, and Mayor Charles +.
Lewis was requested to take the Chair.
I. j. Kirby vas appointed Secretary.
Mr.. \. H.. Burt, Chairman of the
Committee on Resolutions, appointed at
a preliminary meeting, offered the fol-
lowing preamble and resolutions, which
were unanimously adopted
WHEREAS, We, the citizens Of Chatta-
nooga and Hamilton county assembled,
are DESTROYS to communicate with the
capitalists Of Cincinnati for the purpose
of inducing their consideration in a pro-
posed railroad from the city OF Chatta-
noOga 10 the city of Cincinnati, uniting
with roads already completed ia the
neighborhood Of Danville, Ky, from the
latter place; and to the end that the
facts msy be fully presented in present.
ing the advantages of the city of Chatta-
nooga as a railroad center, it is proposed
that a committee Of the citizens he
chosen by this meeting who will imme-
diately enter upon the discharge OF their
duties, and who viii visit the city
of Cincinnati and submit all the inform
alton they may gather, as follows:
L. The field notes, maps, plans, etc., CIV
ing the resuitsof the original preliminary
surveys, made by Mr.. Fulton, under the
direction of citizens of Chattanooga
in 1854, in order 20 obtain the leading
characteristics of the proposed road, the
length of the projected line from Chat
tanooga to Danville, the maximum and
minimum grades and curves, number
aud character Of culverts, number OF
cubic yards of earthwork, embankment
and excavation
2 The leading characteristics Of the
country through which the proposed
road viii pass-the character Of the tim
Der and quantity OF lumber adjacent Go
the line-the character of helaBdslying
contiguous 70 the line, embraced within
a belt Of ten miles on either side-and
the descriptions OF the coal mines and
mineral deposits adjacent thereto
Sd. The dispositions % the resident ana
nonresident owners Of lands TO donate
the same TO any company that may en-
gage in the construction OF the road
and
4th. The character of the products OF
the tlulie HOeaAA @ANNA - 8N N'J -
Cincinnati.
Therefore. be It reso1rcd, That said
committee consist Of in number, VINO
will at once take action in this matter,
and devote their energies 70 the purpose
in view.
Ind be- II further rcsOlred, That q COM
mittee Of five in number be appointed to
ascertain what amount of capital stock
OF donations the citizens of Hamilton
county themselves viii subscribe to aid
in the building Of such road and they
viii also ascertain what lands may be
procured along the line of road, and IN
The several counties through which the
road will pass.
Mr.. Burt stated that the committee
which had reported these resolutions are
already IS well acquainted with the facts
in the case as any committee could be IN
a month, and that this would oDvi&te the
necessity Of appointing the first commit
tee. It was then moved that the second
committee be increased from five to nine,
which motion WIS carried.
1t being desirable that the members Of
this committee should represent the
country along the line Of the proposed
road, the following gentlemen were APP
pointed bv the chair, and the remainder
W IA DC hkslJAAtLtA ttf'A4 " Az NHAAeAA"-"
ton: Wan. CrUtchfield, 7. r. Stanley,
R. g. McRee, WIN. 5. McEwen, Of ROane
county. Jas. a. Darwin, of Rhea county,
Staples, Of Morgan county.
The following gentlemen were appoin-
ted a committee to visit Cincinnati for
the purpose of urging the claims Of Chat
tanooga as the southern terminus Of the
proposed road: Mayor Chas. Z. Lewis,
Chairman Messrs. r. Henderson. j.
Ruohs. J.. p. Long, Z. a. James, W. 3.
Cav, w. 3. RathbuTn, \. il. Burt, a.
N. johnson.
Speeches in favor Of the project were
made by MessTs. Long, Henderson, Hood
and Burt.
A committee was appointed TO confer
with officers of the railroads of Georgia,
Alabama and other Southern States,
with a view to receive their cooperation,
in case the Committee appointed to visit
Cincinnati should be successful. The
following gentlemen We're appointed T.
W. Yardley, G. 4. Wood, D. haylor
and T. 3. Kirby.
After %transacting other business OF
minor importance, the meeting adj
journed.