Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-13
The Railroad Convention In To-

held In Toledo, on wednesday, July 10.
The delegation from Franklin county
included the names of L. p. (Evenans, OF
Dublin, W. B. Brooks, w. j. Fell and Gen.
d. w. II. Day, of Columbus.
We take the following from the report OF
the Toledo Blade:
The Committee to whom was referred the
duty to submit rules and regulations to
govern the Convention reported the follow
ing:
First-Parliamentary rules that govern
Legislative bodies shall apply to this Con-
vention.
Second-No member of the Convention
shall speak more than twice, nor longer
than five minutes upon any question before
this Convention.
Further:
Resolved, That railroad be built from
Toledo 10 Columbus, to be called the Tole-
do & Columbus Railroad Company, Toledo
and Columbus to select the incorporators
Payments for surveys to be made by par
ties interested at the requisition of the in
corporators. t' ~
Resolued, That the parties interested in
each contemplated route, take such steps
as shall be necessary to raise the funds re-
quired to pay the expense of the prelimin-
ary surveys. The corporators shall en-
ploy competent engineers for the purpose
of making said surveys, and the moneys
collected on each route shall be used for the
exclusive benefit of the route on which the
same is collected. Applications for surveys
to be made to the incorporators. IL
L.I.l P. B. COLE, Chm.
F. K. MILLER, Sec'y. ~ .s.
Mr.. Croninger, Of Hancock county,
moved that the report be adopted as the
decision of the Convention. 1t was finally
resolved to consider it sertatin. The first
OBJECTION, but upon the question of the
adoption of the resolution, -t He-l ~
Mr.. Cook, of Wood, moved to amend by
directing that the incorporators be selected
by the citizens of Columbus and Toledo, al
ajoint meeting.
Mr.. Day, of Columbus, rose to correct an
impression created by the letter of Mr.
Green, that while the Hooking Valley rail
road declines to afford material aid to the
proposed road, yet he was authorized tC
say, by the Franklin county delegation
that the citizens of Columbus were pre-
pared 20 help the enterprise by all the
moral and material aid in their power, and
that the Convention might depend upon
the hearty cooperation of that city in the
objects they had view.
Mr.. Cook, of Wood, then moved that the
following resolutions be adopted, in lieu
of the report of the Business committee:
j, Resolued, That committee of one from
each OF the following counties. to wit: Lu-
cas-, Wood, Hancock, Hardin, Logan, Union
and Franklin, be appointed by this meet
ing, whose duty it shall be to organize a
railroad company, for the purpose of build
ing railroad from Toledo to Columbus
and be it further
Resolued, That said committee be, and
they are, hereby authorized to raise the
means and make preliminary survey of
the route of line of the road before opening
f1o nlrc nf - ahonr init is,f fhoi,
ion, such survey will facilitate subscfip-
tions of stock to the line of road.
Resolued That said committee be required
to open negotiations with the Hooking Val
ley, Ohio Central, and Baltimore & Ohio
railroads, with the view of securing a con-
vention at Columbus which will furnish
material aiI in the construction OF this road
After considerable debate, Mr.. j. C. Hall,
of Lucas, presented, as a substitute for the
report of the committee, the following
resolutions:
RESOLVED, That the hest interests of Toledo
and Columbus, and the intermediate coun-
try, demand the early construction of a
railroad on a practicable line, between the
points named, due regard being had for the
settled interests of the country.
Resolued, That Columbus and Toledo are
hereby requested to organize company,
by procuring the necessary articles Of in
corporation, to be called the Toledo & Co.
lumbus Railroad Company.
ResoEued, That said company, after the
same is incorporated, is hereby requested
to employ corps of competent engineers
to survey and ascertain the praeticability
and cost of the several routes between the
two points named, and that the reports of
the engineers shall be made public from
time to time.
Resolued, That the expenses of said sur
veys shall be paid by an equitable assess
ment on the counties interested in said
surveys.
Resolued, That as delegates to this Con-
vention, we pledge our respective counties
to respond promptly in the payment OF
such requisitiOns.
Resolued, That certificates for all monies
advanced for or paid on account of the
preliminary surveys, shall be received in
payment of stock subscriptions at their
par value, with six per cent. interest.
Mr.. Cole viewed with favor Mr.. Halls
substitute, as being more comprehensive,
and covering the whole ground.
Mr.. Cooke thought the object of his res
olutions had been misapprehended. The
road must have a route and name before
it can be incorporated under the laws OF
the State. It was not only necessary to
name the termiui of the road, but each
county through which it will pass, SO as to
be recorded In each county, and this could
not be done without more particular dei-
milton than that of the committee.
On motion to strike out the Committees
report so as to admit Mr.. Cooks resolu-
tions, the Convention refused, when Mr.
Hall moved to amend by substituting the
resolutions he had previously introduced
The amendment being put to the meeting,
Mr.. Halls resolutions were unanimously
adopted. s..s
The following resolution was then unan-
imously agreed to:
ResoLped, That the officers of this Con-
vention be authorized to call meeting of
citizens of Toledo and Columbus, inter-
ested in this project, for the purpose oil
selecting corporators and organizing the
Toledo & Columbus R. R. Company, as
provided for in the resolutions adopted by
this Convention, said meeting to be held at
the Oliver House IN the city of Toledo, on
Thursday, July 18th. at 10 o'clock A. NJ.