The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-10-08

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| woodville on Eastward also from Green |
Springs and New London on to Nassillon,
| Wnete they expect the road to be extended /
The line from Woodvile through this place |
TO Cresuine he had Surveyed, and supposed |
thAt the average cost PER mile for krAding on |
I the balance Of the route, would be the same |
that is, 50, 400, per mile. The price put up. |
/ on II Is abundant 70 do the work well, faith |
/ fully and completely, and ineludes the grad |
! ing, all the bridging and the entire road |
/ ready for what is called the superstructure. |
The cost Of this superstructure will be
Sl2,4OO, per nile, and about 81 900 more, II |
4 we use the broken sandstone 50 abundant |
in this country for ballast, instead OF sand. |
Both would make ~, los, 900, or say 81, 400, |
| 600, 10 make the road teady ibf use, except |
| ing the right Of way and the depot grounds |
and buildings, which may be as cheap or As
substantial as the company saw fl to erect !
| II would run dose to ri 100000 "A bali
I million could be raised on tho toad, aeaving !
| the balance TO he taken In bonds They !
have made efforts at various points to raise !
this stock. At Woodville $40 OO1 is raised.
| All Of the $500, 900 could be raised II Tifiin
will give 100000. Outside Of Tilin they
are further along, and instead of being at
| tin bead of The enterprise she ia az the tail,
atthis time As to the selling Or the bonds I
we have assurances that they can be readily
disposed Of The road will have friends in
the Cleveland h Columbus road and the
.PiiIsbarg Fort Wayne 4, Chicags. lie ssti-
mated the Rrosa receipts At 200 per mile. \
Mr. Cas- had said that the estimate was low.
The A. 4 g. w. receipts last year. we're
! SO, 900, and the Lake Shore $4,000. We
will probably divide with the Lake Shore.
Taking stock would not be donating money
o. = -. - IA.
even above par. .,...,, ..., I.
Mr.. HAIL Before NJ sirAhan made his
! report there was call made for the reading
OF the coalitions in that subscription book. !
have it here and will now read II.
" We, the undersigned, hereby seyerally ngrco
to subscribe for the number Of shares of the
| Capital Stock Of the Columbus, Tifin 4 Toledo
RR cay T+sh 'errS SS,ns Es,S sSSsIs 1PiSgs eg:
parties, severally, u Resip ", shawn OF Tnn,
D., shall also sibserIl,o this ls,ibseription fof
900 shares OF said capital stock, On or bdiors Oct
| 9th, lsGs."
Capt Boyd. of Bloom, made speech Of
some length, expressing great astonisbmcnt
at the lassitude manifested by the citizens OF
Tifin. His speech was greeted with ap.
pause, Mr.. Hall also spoke at some length
on tho importance OF the road. lie was
anxious to see the business men OF Tifiin
taking hold Of the matter, and among those
present wsro Nr. Shawhan and Mr.. Tomb.
| lGApplause Calls were made for Nr. Shaw
han. -. TtrtJ ff.T.Ijt tfL
Mr.. SnGNHLS.-i have only to say that
according to the conditions Of the subscrip-
! ton ! am prorluded from expressing my
views. and have nothing lurlher to sAy, in
regard TO It,
IA voice, Mr.. Tomb dil no, hear you, Mr.
Shawfau.
ur. .SHA,sp1S.--Lst him make .his- speech
independent ut anything have said.
Mr.. YERK. Mr. ShaUhSn, you say the
conditions, ns far as you are concerned are
fixed. II you want TO increase II to 10000,
all right.
Mr.. suAwHAs.-I believe will rise and
make another remaJk Applause. Tho
gentlemen who wish To subscribe TO that sub.
scription, can do 20 With perfect safely
They can take large amounis with perfect
security that they will never pay = dollar OF
IT, lis all folly and foolishneSS to gut up a |
subscription with those conditions. J wculd |
not suppose that any set OF rnen would nn-
dertake TO assess a man, and make that
condition upon which their Subscriptions
great pcice OF folly.> II is more than can
possibly inke. ! have said TO Nr. Loomis
AMI Others that | had taken all | could
afford 10 take, aud will not allow this com-
munity to say what shall Subscribe for any
eLtcrpriae. want that distinctly nnder-
stood. do not estimate any mars means
or assess him. want them 10 give what
they please, aud will do the same II
iNr. Looais.-Mt Shawhan says he never
assessed any one. fcnllcd upon Mr.. Shaw
han aud aiked him how much he would
give. lie said 5000, aud he said ought 10
take the tnnie. claim that have as good
right 10 assess him, As he has 10 assess me.
[App|ause.
Ar. Shawhap said in szPlsnation thai he
told Mr.. Loomis that ia order to raise 100,
600, il would be necessary for him TO take
an equal amount but did not do il in the
light Of an assessment. ... .,.,... .,.I
Mr. Loomis thought IL Was not any better
than Il Was before, and submitted whether
it was fair proposition that he should give
as much as Mr.. Shawhah. y
Hr. Ysrk spoks ola "TiHin ring,p that
had been in the habit St bsildlhg rAiIrosda,
and made il auhiyefsAl practice to assess, and
FL I :
Mr.. ShawhAn was one Of ihsm- l1mo1
Mr.. shawhau.-al dsnyliLp ps.b'ct s.
Mr. Hail spoke Of proposition ttfSt Mr..
ShawhSn had submitted, and &'liich he called
turning the tables on the citizens Of Thin,
to wit: II they would raise o., 900, he would
add the other 5000, and the object Of this
subscription was to turn tho tables against
Mr.. ShAwhan, in turn. SD, ,aaf
Mr.. Hall again made spOee b as to the In
justice Of allowing men Of small means to
build the road lie did not desife TO be at
all harsh upon hr. shawh1u, but he felt
that Is was public enterprise, ahd lit failed
the people Of this community could point to
Mr.. Shawhan and say thou art the man,
WhO is responsible for the hilure,-ws can
do that Applause ,,,.ss.,a. al4..,.nI
Nc. Boyd suggested the policy OF patron.
jzing those who helped build ths road and
'discardinG those who did no. Applause1 |
Mr.. Watson Was called upon for speech.
He complied, and made good one. 10
the course Of his remarks, he said ii was
aiways more difficult 10 snlls. capital than
men Of small means He bad loreseen the
deadlock they were At
Nc. shaNhsu Esfatsd tbs pSopOsisioh sbst
capital was always harder 70 snlIss than
laboring met. Mr.. Watson, WjtA dus dfIsr.
erenee, re-aSSsrted it. Other speeches were
made by different geademen.
Upon motion, the subscription committee
was initrueied to canvass the city thorough.
ly and report at an adjourned meeting.
Carried. L
Mr.. Beard submitted the ioll0wing. areso-
lutionS! ~ f.io ~ ~ - ttF
RESOLVED, That Il IL now hllly aseeftained
that the ColumbuHb TIM Toledo Railroad
COMPANY can rely upon every poiRt along the 4
line TO raise its alAre OF stock exccpt Tinln who