The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-12-21
RAILROAD MEETING AT MT. PLEAS

The Free Press has this report of Rail-
road Meeting held in Mt. Pleasant on Saturday
last:
The citizens adjourned Railroad Conven-
ton met again at Union Hall on last Satur>
day, the 18th inst, at 10 o'clock a. M, Maj.
L. A BERGMAN presiding. There being but a
small attendance, recess was taken until
o'clock. At that hour very good number
assembled 10 take into consideration the in
terests of the road. Remarks were made by
several gentlemen, among whom VIM. Penn
Clark, Esq, was the principal. He spoke in
an eminently plain and practical manner, dis
playing to the people the manifold advantages
OF railroad connection North and South,
rs afording rival market at St. Louis and
competing line for the expectation of our az
ricultural products. BY carefully prepared
tables Of charges he exhibited the enormity
of the profit now made off shippers by the
Eastern railroads as compared with the rates
of 1861. He showed the advantage Of the
railroad to Mt. Pleasant, as uniting her as a
link IN that connection which shall eventually
reach from ST. Louis to ST. Paul, and thence
extend northwardly through the valley of the
Upper Mississippi. Fairfield is stirring for
the precedence. Burlington has every ener>
~ at work to secure the connection there.
They are alive to the importance of the mat>
ter, and if DIT. Pleasant is content to let this
opportunity slip, her golden chance is gone,
and her destiny as an active business center
fixed for all time. He further urged the i'm
portance Of building the road from Iowa City,
when with its termination at Mt. Pleasant a
connection with keokuk is bound to follow.
The location Of this road on the route pro-
posed, be ventured to say, would in q few
years pay back every stakeholder principal
and interest.
Mr.. Clark address was very happily re-
celved, and infused considerable enthusiasm
into the audience. When he sat down few
remarks were offered by Messrs. Dew, the
Engineer of the Iowa Northern Central j
w. Cole, Henry Amber and DR.. Pearsod, o
this city, and Mr.. Bennett of Washington.
On the whole, we feel encouraged from tn,
tone of the meeting to hope for the coming
of this Railroad 70 Mt. Pleasant. But it viii
need effort TO 1t, and it will neeC
money. Yet We .ure to say without mucl
hazard that no c.; list will lose by this in
vsstment. The opf counties are evjentl,
more jealous this and it is high time W.
should take some lied action. johnson
county has S249a secured, Washington
county is to raise : 1000, of which one
third is already subscribed in the city 0
Washington. And secure this road Henri,
county must subscribe 100000 in thirty
days. This re mus IT, Already there or,
SOME good subscriptions on the list-promi
nent among which stand II. Amber, Esq
$1,000; I. Whiting Il Co. 1900; Col,
Bros. $1,000; Joseph Howe $500; Mai. T
A. BERGMAN, $500; p A. Lee $500: L. ".
Taylor $500; Chas snider $500; J. B. Shaw
SZoo; ". c. Hawley $500; John Eshelma,
500; E. L. Penn 500, etc. But we mus
do better than this Some Of the subscri
bers must be induced to quadruple their sub
seription, and all the new names enrolled ths
can be found. Every farmer in Henry coun
ty ought to have his name on the books. lie
Us give our means and We can have this Rail
road.
At the conclusion of the meeting. the fol
lowing resolutions were adopted without
dissenting voice:
WAEREAs, The interests OF Henry conn,
demand the undivided efforts of its citizen
in securing continuous line Of railroad fron
Keokuk to st. Paul, Minnesota; and
WHEaEAs, The opportunity, for the com
ing forty days, is opened for securing sal
road; therefore,
Resolred, That we, the citizens Of Henr
county, pledge ourselves to uss our best On