The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-07-12

Hancock--W. II. Wheeler.
Seneca-Charles Foster.
Campaign-Thomas Andos.
Union-P. Il. Cole. n
Alien. II. Eaton.
\ Hardin-J. +. Henkle.
Sandusky-Charles Powers.
Logan--G. +. Dawson.
D. S NJ. r. RS. S. LHomme-
dieu.
To enable the Committee to report, ii
the Convention adjourned, to meet
at > p. NJ. /:
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Shortly after two o'clock, the
Chairman, j. Il. Osborn, called the
Convention to order. The report of
the Business Committee was then
handed to the Secretary and read, rs
! follows:
The Committee to whom was re
ferrcd the duty to submit rules and
regulations to govern the Conyen-
ton do report tine following l.
| LIST. Parliamentary rules tha: govern Leg
IIsatiye bodies sliall apply 10 this Con veniiOn
"a. No member Of the Convention shall
speak more than twice. nor longer than i've
minutes upon any quest on before thIs Con
iveniiUn.
/ Further: II
Resolved. That n railroad be bUilt from
Toledo io Columbus, 10 be called the Ivle'o
Is rlumbus railroad Company, Toledo ana 7
Columbus to select the lncorpOratoIs- Pay
mants for surveys I" 6s made By parties
Interested at the rCqulsition oI The lEc"Tp'-
raiors.
Resolved, That the pa rites interested Ia
each contemplated route, take such steps Il
AS shall be necessary TO raise The iunds re-
quIred to pay the expense Cf the prel!ml-
/ nary surveys. The corporators shall On
/ pl1y competent engineers Tor The purpose ui
making said surveys, and the moneys cOiiec-
/ ted on each route shall be used for the ex-
elusive beneht Of lhe route On which TIE
same is collected. Applications for surveys
/ 10 be made 10 this incorporatnrs.
P.B. COLE, Chairman.
F. Il. MILLER, Secretary.
Mr.. Croninger, of Hancock, moved
that the Report be acopted as the de-
cisison of the Convention. 1t was
finally resolved to consider it Seriaf
I'm. The first part OF the Report was
adopted without objection, but upon
the question of the adoption Of the
Resolution,
Mr.. Cook, of Wood, moved to
amend by directing that the incorpo-
rators be selected by the citizens OF
Columbus and Toledo, ut 3 joint
meeting.
Mr.. Day, of Columbus, rose to
correct an impression created by the
letter of Mr. Green, that while the
Hooking Valley r. X. declines to af-
ford material aid to the proposed
road, yet he was authorized TO say
that the citizens of Columbus were
prepared to help the enterprise by
all the moral and material aid in their
power, and the Convention might
depend upon the hearty co operation
of that city in the objects they had
in view.
Mr.. Cook, of Wood. then moved
that the following resolutions be
adopted, in lieu of the report of the
Business Committee:
Resolved. That committee of one from
each of the following counties. tO-wlt Lu-
cas-, Wood, Hancock, Hardin, Logan. Union
and F franklin, be appointed by this meeting
whose duty u shall be To- organize 4 railroad
company, Tor the purpose 81 building a r.-il-
road irOm Toledo To- Columbus; ina De u
iUTther-
Resolved, That said committee be. ana
they are. hereby authorized 10 raise the
me ans and make n preliminary survey OF
the route Of line of line Ot tho road before
Opening tho books Of subscription, u, IN
their opinion. such survey Will facilitate
subscriptions oi stock L. the Inns Of road.
Resolved, That said COmmlItee Dc requl-
red 10 open negotiations with the Hooking
Valley, Ohio Central, and Baltimore and
s,.s,o 's-i'rns-is vy''n s-sisW s0I securing a
convention al Columbus which VIII iuEHlsh
mat erial aid IA the construction OF this road.
Mr.. Van Fleet, of Marion, oppos-
ed the resolutions of Mr.. Cook.
The Committee were of opinion that
as Toledo and Columbus were more
interested in the completion of road
from the Hooking Valley, they
were entitled To more OF the Incorpo-
rators of such road. If the incOTpO-
rators were spread along the whole
| line of the road, it would be found
difficult to get them togeather. /,
MIR. Cook said the object of his
resolutions was TO abort something
tangible and impartial. He thought
the report of the Committee was in !
crested and partial to two of the
cities, while the interest of other por-
tions of the route were neglected,
The resolutions lie offered would f,
Leave the way open for negotiation I
with other railroads, the Ohio Cen
tral for instance, which would not
only enable us TO reach the great
coal beds of Ohio, but those of Virgin
il, also and would ensure the build Il
ing of the road through country ,
from which we could obtain the most {
help. He did not wish to be conlin- !;
ed TO the Hooking alley road.
Mr. Dawson, OF Logan, could see j
nothing in the Report of the Com I
mittee which would bind the propos- 5
ed road to that OF the Hooking Val !
ley. The delegation of which he was i
member were not interested in the I
differences between existing lines :
They wished to inaugurate aprelimi- |
nary survey, and then help build that /
which offered most advantages to the
whole State, He could see no pro |
priety in having incorporators all ,
over the country. II
Mr.. Foster said Mr.. Cook had Of II
fered resolutions fixing line of l
road he could see no places but Per {
rysburg and Bowling Green. He, {
{ Mr. Foster) did notthink that any
delegate would make so unjust 4 4
proposition. They had come there {
in good faith, not TO fix definite :
line, but 10 make such preliminary I
arrangements as would result in the ,
sele Stion of the best route to be en- !
couraged. r Il
Mr.. johnson cared nothing for the I
Hooking Valley road. This delega
ton had no direct interest in any par
ticular line, but would go ION their ,
own hook, for that which promised {
the best results. 4
Mr.. Long, of Putnam, thought IL
a road is ever built, it will require all q
the energy of all the people, and all j
would be required 10 work. He t
thought it wculd be just rs easy for 7
incorporators located at Toledo and q
Columbus to use their influence for
the. road, as if one was selected from 5
each county. He considered the res
olutions inadmissable. i