Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-08-06
Railroad Meeting at- Bellefon-
4tnine-- Extension of Hooking
Valley Railroad froml Columbus
IO TOTedO

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TO ahe Editors Of the Enquirer: yss
nAtameeting of the citizens of Bellefon-
taine, Ohio, Thursday evening, August l,
1867, to take some action TO secure an ex-
tension of the Hooking Valley Railroad,
from Columbus to Toledo, by the way of
BelIefontaine and Lima, Colonel George T.
Dawson was elected Chairman, and John
A.Price Secretary tasi1 u is-l.,ar3 o'Ea,siTi
The meeting g55Was then addressed by
Hons. C. W.B. Ilison, W. H. West and
General j. S. Gardner, who clearly showed
all others yet spoken of ,pas well as of the
great good which would result to the
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago, and
DAYTON and Michigan Railroads. iisJz
sfCol6ne1 George f. Dawson, General j. S.
Gardner, Hon o. Hayes, james Kaufman
and J.. c. Scharff, were then appointed a
COMMITTEES to meet and confer with, and
entertain acommittee expected from Lima
on August 2. s,s
Hen.-W. 81, Vest and Colonel George F.
Dawson were appointed a committee to
correspond with the officers of the Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne and Chicago, and Day
ton and Michigan Railroads, 4, r,,.o5 ~ o.
The meeting then adjourned to meet Au-
eustD2, at o'clock p. M NJ ty@-A 1daa-
7oAugust q, Up. M.-The citizens of Belle
fontaine met pursuant to adjournment, and
with them q a0eommittee of gentlemen ap-
pointed by the citizens of Lima.
The meeting was then addressed by Mr..
j J,M.eBrown, of Lima, who made a forcible
speech. After him short speeches were
made by Hons. w b. West, VIM. Lawrence,
antil 6eneralE j. s.. Gardner, of Bellefon-
.sHen. WsH. West then offered the follow
ing resolutions, which were adopted !
Resolved, That Committee of i've be ap-
pointed by this meeting, who, In conjunc-
tion with a like committee of our fellow
citizens from Allen county, shall. proceed
to Marysville, and there solicit the cooper
alton of a similar committee to proceed to
Columbus. and confer with the citizens apd
capitalists of ethatIcity, with a view to Sc
cure the objects of this meeting, and that
they report, progress in q short day. 15
.sResofued That these committees corres-
pond with the oficersiof the different rail-
roads that are Interested.
The following committee was appointed /:
Hon. W. H. West, Colonel Geo. F. Dawson,
Br. Spairs James, Mr.. Charles Folsom and
Hon. VIM. Lawrence. .,..ss..
On motion. Messrs. S. ID. Elliott, j. II.
De Fress and Amos Miller were appointed
a committee to raise funds for prelimin-
sry survey of the route. Meeting then ad--
iourned. = 49, '--'s -
To secure an extension of the Hooking
Valley railroad, there are several routes
spoken of, but the one in which the peo-
ple of Logan and Allen counties are inter-
--ested is certainly the most feasible. From
BeHefontaine to Marysville, distance OF
twenty-seven miles, railroad can be
built at a comparatively trif1ing expense.
For that distaneethe old Bellefontaine &
Delaware railroad (now detunct), has a
bed graded; and thirty thousand dollars
wouidumakea it ready for ties and rails
Nearly all the stockfold oldersOf the Bellefon-
taine and Delaware Railroad Company will
surrender their stock in said company to any
corporation that viii build a railroad over
their graded bed from Belh0ntaine to
MarysvilIe. BY this route-f arrange-
fnenIs are made with existing corporations
that it is believed can be made-there will
not be to exceed thirty miles of absolutely
new road to build. By any other route il
will take from one hundred and thirty to
one hundred and fifty miles of new road
20 The people OF Allen and Logan counties
are alive to their interests in this matter
and If pluck, energy, money and and the
best and cheopest route will secure the road
sgTS Z, a. JOHN A. PRICE, Sec'y.