Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08
CANTON, Mo, June n, 1863.

$50 CANTON, Mo-, June p, 1862
II. DAVIS, President NJ. & NJ. r.. A.
L.. r. r.:
Dear Sir The undersigned conf
mittee, appointed at a meeting of the
citizens of Canton, held at the City
Hall on Saturday evening, June 18th,
beg leave to call your attention to the
movement recently undertaken 70 Sc
cure direct railroad communication
between Quincy and Nebraska
via. Edna and Kirksville, and would
respectfully inquire whether it will
be practicable to secure to said Com
pany, when organized, the. privilege
of using the track of the NJ. & NJ. II.
A. l.. Railroad for some twenty-five
or thirty miles, should it be deemed
best to lOtate the proposed road
through LaGrange, Canton and Mon
! ticellO.
Very respectfully yours, &C.,
NJ. G.. HAWKINS,
Ed. MOORE,
j. w. BARRETT.
OEFICE OF NJ. &. NJ. r. \. l.. r. r., I b
CANTON, Mo-, June q, 1860. 5
IMessrs. HaoOkins, WoLfia, MoOre and
Barrett, Committee
GENTS Yours of this date is to
hand, asking if a joint use Of the
above named road could be guaranteed
to the proposed Quincy and Nebraska
road, for some twenty-five or thirty
miles. It would require vote of the
/ Board of Directors, OF the subject,
] but am sufficiently acquainted with
the views of n majority of them to
warrant me in saying there viii be no
difficulty i'm making such arrange
ments, provided the point Of diverg-
ence be somewhere west Of Canton
say near Monticello, at such point as
would be practicable.
The Board Of Directors meet Wedn-
esday, the I'D inst, and l shall bring
the matter before them ; but, in the
absence of any action by them, l vOuch
for a favorable vote, and authorize
you to act accordingly, for their views
are well known TO me.
Whilst / should not like any fac
tiOus opposition to any road in our
county,, / think it laudible and prop
er, and, indeed, our duty to use all
honorable means in trying to influ-
ence the location.
l think the interests Of both La
Grange and Canton are deeply con-
cerned in the location.
By using our track the distance you
propose, Quincy, LaGrange, Canton
and perhaps Monticello, Edna,
Kirksville and other points will be
subseFyed. Quincy would retain her
local trade up the Fabius, and the two
latter points and those beyond, would
have canneetiOn with the Mississippi
river, at three important points. The
enterprise would carry more strength
by uniting the interests of these
points. / cannot think any company
would run u road on the edge Of the
territory, paFellel to another road, for
distance of nearly sixteen miles, at
not further than from four to six
miles and even this calculation ia
based on the suppOsitiOn Of a joint use
of our track TO I4aGrange. -......
Suppose, now, we make Quincy the
objective point, and grant that Mon
tieellO is TO be point; then, at Mon
ticellO, the road would be in three and
a half miles of our road, now build
ing. So, by building three and a half
miles, YOU save, i'm running TO Quincy,
twenty-five miles, and all the towns
in our county seeking its location,
would be touched If, therefore, said
road is to run any where north Of the
Fabius river, there is every induce
ment to take your proposition.
Very respectfully,
H. DAVIS,
Pres't and Sup't.