Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-02-12
RaiIrona InteIIirenne

Railroad Intelligence.
AGREAT ESTERPRIsE.-The Northern Pa
cife Railroad Company, at their recent Bos-
ton meeting, decided to construct, within
the next three years, seven hundred miles
of the road connecting the waters of Lake
Superior with the ~navigable waters of the
Columbia river.
PAINEsvILLE & HUDSON RAILRoAD.-We
learn from the gainesville Telegraph of the
sth inst, that at the Stockholders meeting,
held Tuesday, February 9th, in gainesville,
the following Board of Directors was cleo
ted R. Hitchcock, D. R. Paige, A. L. Tink-
er and H. Cram, gainesville; B. B. Wood
bury and E.. Spencer, Chardon; and D. A.
Davis, Chagrin Falls.
A Report was submitted by the President,
Hon. B. B. Waterbury, showing the condi-
ton of the Company.
Resolutions were adopted requesting the
Directors to collect the amounts and settle
the claims against the Company as soon as
possible, and ascertain the amount required
to complete and equip the Road, but not to
resume any work on the Road until reliable
Stock shall be procured to prepare at least
ten miles for the iron-and no future con-
tracts to be made, or Bonds to be issued for
work on the Road without a stipulation
waving the personal liability of the Stock
holders.
The meeting was the largest and most
enthusiastic held since 1854. Over 5000
shares were represented. and we confidently
expect the Chardon Stockholders viii come
to the next Annual Meeting on a special
over the gainesville 4 Hudson Railroad.
Portions of the Road from gainesville to
Chardon, from Chagrin Falls to the Mahon-
ing Road, and from Twinsburg to the Ma
honing Road, will undoubtedly be compile
ted this year-and with SO muchefthe work
done, the entire Road to Hudson will GER
tainly be finished in 1868.
CLEVELAND AND MAHONING RAILROAD
At a recent meeting of the Select and Com
mon Councils of Pittsburgh, the following
preamble and resolutions were read three
times and passed:
WHEREAS, At several meetings of the in
dustrial associations of our city, a PROPOSE
ton has been made by Ex-Governor Tod,
President of the Cleveland and MahOning
Railroad Company, TO extend said railroad
from its present terminus to this city, with
out any corporate or private subscriptions
on the part Of our people, asking only the
proper legislation to enable him to do so:
And, Whereas, The proposition has met
with general favor, and would, f carried
out, speedily result in great benefit to our
city and county, and enable our manufae-
turers, merchants and mechanics to forward
without delay their goods and merchandise
without las has frequently been the case)
having to wait for days for transportation,
and would TO a great extent prevent the
streets of our city in the vicinity of depOts
from being blOekaded from day to day, and
week to week, with loaded drays and
wagons; therefore,
ResoIued, That we, the representatives of
the people of Pittsburg, earnestly request
the Legislature of Pennsylvania to grant to
the Cleveland and Mahoning Railroad Com
pany an independent charter to extend the
said road from the Ohio State Line to the
Pittsburgh, the wants and necessities
of our trade absolutely requiring additional
facilities as an outlet for the in
and increasing products of our
manufactures and workshops.
ResolUed, That we would respectfully
urge upon the attention Of our legislators at
Harrisburg the necessity that exists for the
passage of a Free Railroad Law, with pro-
per and well guarded restrictions, providing
Tor the building of railroads anywhere
throughout our State, so as to enable our
resources to be more easily and thoroughly
developed, and leave our people free and in
dependent of railroad monopolies, if any
exist or may thereafter arise.
RcSolUcd. That a copy of these resolutions
De forwarded to each of our Representatives
It Harrisburg.