The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-15
THE VALLEY RAILROAD.

The Annual Meeting of the Stockhold- t
RS and Directors of the Valley haii-
Dad was held at Emporia on Wednes- II
Law last. the 18th. A large majority of j,
he stock was represented, and all OF G
he Directors but two were present 7
and letters from Mr.. a. f.
Beach. speaking for the new company 9
of contractors, were received and read, Z
the settlement of all diff
culties with the Mauch Chunk party,
the organization of the new company, .
the departure of their engineering par
ty from New York for Kansas, the
intention of the Company speedily to
follow. and requesting that the Annual
Meeting might be postponed until some
time in June SO as to afford an opporfu-
nitv for the contractors to attend II. In
accordance with this request both the
Stockholders and Directors meetings
were adjourned TO meet at Burlington
on the oath day of June.
/ The delays and disappointmentsI
which have ensued since the making OF
the contract for the building of the
road. last August, while they have been
such as to annoy, and chafe the ardor OF
the whole people, and especially of the
4 Directors. who have had the matter i'm
mediafely in charge, it is quite evident
that the Directors have abated no hope,
relaxed no effort; but have steadily
, gone forward, over and through all III
tervening obstacles, i'll the same faith
| first
; inception of the enterprise. The spirit
they have manifested can never be y;ln-
t ouished. and in this we find great hope.
: DELAYS and discouragements of the
same kind retarded the commencement
= of the work on the Leavenworth, Law
! renee & Galveston road, and have
checked its progress since the compile
ton of the first thirty miles. The Atch
ison, Topeka & Santa Fe, though il
promising condition, has met Will
DELAYS of months already. Doubtless
they will all shortly be overcome, an6
the enterprises go forward. But i'll al
i great enterprises requiring the coop
: Grafton of men living at distance from
% each other, and from the location Of III
l. labor to be performed, and the invest
: ment of large capital, the prcliminar
n steps are always slowly taken, an
unforeseen hindering circumstances al
\ sure to arise.
In the case of the Valley road, of IL
al Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fc road, al
70 Of all other enterprises having real me
al it. we know these delays are only ter
hc porary, and while they are to be d
,,o plored. we feel that they had better o
- cur at the inception rather than aftC
,ri ward. And while we regret great
the loss of time that has already tax
= place in the construction of the Vail
iii Road, we arc convinced that it has be
as unavoidable, and that there are just
the strong grounds of hope now Us CIV
70 and that the good time coming when
arc vigorous prosecution of the work
will have so long been promised, Will not
ooo many weeks delayed. 1t is Hope OF I
kind. combined with a Faithi in the II
This future of the whole country, that
o,, kent us all here these many years. ;
,ce stimulated that growth and prosper
the that is the wonder of all who have
on been daily witnesses of it. y Ii
tore moe of the same sort, and an Oceasi
he al ..loag pull, strong pull and pull
,ch- together" Will set us up the hiil Oh
,on- ficuItv and into the Promised Il
light There may lie more delays. and III
'ifn- discourageme1.ts, but the Valley L
is a fixed fact. 1t is necessity to
Valley, has franchises sufficient to b
it, the people have faith i'll it, the
rectors are determined that 1T shall
nv built, and if the present contractor
80. 80. not promptly comply with the CO
c'ors lions of their contract an equally /
m of 80 ,,, ,r;,h whom the hi
one =, observation-disclosures stand r,
their 80. hoId az orcc We feel ,
sc Vi certain that the daylight is not far