Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1867-06-19
RECEPTION TO DIREoroRs.-on Thurs.

hECEPT1ON 10 O1RECTORS.-On IDurS.
day, the 18th inst. at half past &c O'Clock, the
special train conveying the Officers and Direc-
tors of the Chicago h Northwestern Railroad,
arrived at the Union depot, where were ass
sembled the Mayor Common Council and a
large number of the citizens Of our city. May
or Mulberger made brief address which we
publish below, and presented to President Og
den the following resolutions: s..s ~ gsF
Mr President, Gentlemen, Directors and Officers
Of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Company: -
Permit me, as the representative of the peo-
pie Of the city of Watertown, to present to you
the resolutions adopted by the people OF this
place expressive of the sentiments of friendly re-
gard which exist in this community towards
you and the noble and important enterprise
over which you preside-the operations over
which you are so ably planning and directing
and which has done SO much to promote the
growth and prosperity of this section Of coun-
try. I hope that the perfect good feeling,
which has heretofore prevailed between your
Company and this city, will hereafter also be
maintained and perpetuated, and that in the
prosecution Of your extensive nd well-direeted
projects, you will always be supported by the
sympathy of the people dwelling along the lines
of the various routes Of your great and benefi-
cial improvements. | will now read the reso-
buttons.
At a meeting of citizens of Watertown, held
in the Common Council Rooms, at l o'clock,
June 18th, 1867. for the purpose of giving ex-
preston to the views of this community as to
the present management of the Chicago l.
Northwestern Railroad, the following resolu-
tons were unanimously adopted, and the May
or of the city, Hon. HENRY MULBEReER, reques-
ted to present them to Hon. WILLIAM B. OGDEN,
the President of the Company, on his arrival
heoe with the Pacific Excursion Party, this af-
ternoon at half past 2 o clock:
e Reso1ued, That we regard with mingled
feelings Of admiration and gratitude, the fore
sight, energy and liberality W hch have, in so
short period and at so great cost, made
possible such a long and interesting Excursion
misunderstanding from Chicago, the met
ropolis of the Northwest, to the Mississ ppi
River, and - across the Plains to the
base of the Rocky Mountains, and thence
northward to the iron and Copper regions of
Lake Superior-passing over hu ndreds of
miles OF unsettled country that, until these
gigantic projects were carried out, was COM
paratively inaccessible, and wild bunting
ground for wild men. - 57r>.~s kHk
officers of the Chicago i Northwestern Rail-
road Company have won the confidence and
are well entitled to the lasting thanks of the
communities interested, for the zeal and per-
seyerencc they have displayed in Wig oriously
prosecuting-often under serious difficulties
and embarrassments-the vast enterprise they
have undertaken; and also for the success and
fidelity with which ttey have managed and
administered the affairs of what is fast becom-
ing a corporation of international Importance
and magnitude sis 58
Resolved, That the commencement and ap.
preaching completion of so many magnificent
iron highways OF communication between far
distant points--running, as some of them do,
through themost populons and fertile portions
of orr own Estate, helping to develope with
marvellous rapldity our Agricultural, Manufac-
turing and Mineral resources bringing under
cultivation our prairies and forests, giving us
choice of markets, and supplying reliable
and unsurpassed facilities for business, trans
portation, trade and trayel-are matters of
sincere and mutual congratulations and merit
our warmest goodwill and favor for the per-
manent benefits and unrivalled advantages
thus bestowed upon u.s. and we then have no
better assurance for full realization, at an ear
ly day, Of the other benefcent works now in
contemplation by the Northwestern Company,
$1,000
experience, abilities and integrity hat have
already accomplished SO much to bring and
bind together the young and fourishing States
and Territories now rising into existence be-
tween the Great Lakes and the Great Noun
tains.
H. MULBERGER, Chairman.
AKRON FRANCL. Secretary.
Mr.. Ogden, on behalf of the officers and d.
rectors of the road replied in an appropriate
Speech thanking the citizens of our city for
their cordial reception, the aid which we had
offered the railroad in times past, and express
lug hope that mutual benefits would main
tain a lasting friendship. The whole affair
passed off pleasantly and showed the mutual
good feeling existing between our citizens and
the new Board of Directors of the road
CELEBRATION OF THE SINGERS So
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