The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-10-08
Railway Convention - Interesting
Proceedings.

OsWEGO, october TN the Rail-
way Convention, Culvers Comstock.
from the committee on permanent or
ganlzation, reported for President. j.
h. briggs, of Saginaw, Mich, with a
number of Vice Presidents and Sec
retaries. The report was adopted.
Notwithstanding briggs requested to
be excused, and he was conducted to
the chair, and briefly addressed the
Convention.
A committee of seven was appoint
ed to arrange business for the Con-
ventlon, A long communication on
the general subjects Of opening
communications from Hon. Jas. T..
Wilson, Commissioners of the Land
Office, was read. 1t points out ad-
yantages In favor of the Northern
Pacific.
A communication on the subject of
the Mississippi Valleys, By j. S.
Scott, was read, in which wore de-
picted the great natural advantages Of
those localities. Referring to the
proposed route, he advocated that the
line take in Toledo. He believed it
would prove more advantageous than
to rum it by way of Detroit.
AAAs A@AbeANJIAus lIOu the Dublueb6
Committee, reported in favor of the
resolutions that the Convention ad-
journ until 2 O'Clock. and that the
following resolution be referred to
the Committee on Resolutions:
ReSOLUed, That a direct railroad
communication on a short line across
the continent, with the eastern termi-
nus at Portland and the western ter
minus at the Lsthmus of Columbia or
Puget Sound, is demanded as a great
commercial highway, not only alone
by the entire intermediate territory
directly interested, but by both the
continents of Asia and Europe.
The report was adopted, and the
Convention took a recess until two
o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
OswEGo, October 7.-At the Rail-
way Convention. afternoon session. a
Committee on Resolutions were an
pointed, with Jno. A. Poor, Of Port.
land, as Chairman.
Hon. Edwin L. johnson, Engineer
in Chief Of the Northern Pacific
Railroad, read an essay on our rail
road system.
Marcus Masse, Vice President of
the R, w & o. Railroad, read an
essay on the advantages of the de-
mand for railroads, and ans.conti-
mental railroads in particular.
Mr.. Sage, PresideBt of the Board
Of Trade Of Oswego, read an essay
written by Hon. Alvin Bronson, who
had been for sixty years engaged in
the trade Of the lakes, on the subject
of the lakes.
A paper written by r. d. Hough,
of Lewis County, was read, on the
subject Of the route between White
hall and Oswego, the topography Of
which he minutely described.
Letters were read from Gen. w. II.
Sherman, Secretary Of War, who
urged concentration of effort to COM
plete to perfection the Central Pa
cifc with a double track. and with
branches spreading out both sides;
from Gov. Baldwin, of Michigan,
speaking in approval of the object Of
the Convention: from Hon. II. II
Spinner, United States Treasurer, ad
vocating the most Northern route to
the Pacific: from Comptroller Allen.
Edward Crane. of Boston, Charles
Sumner; j. G. Blaine, of Maine; the
Governors of Ohio, Wisconsin. and
Iowa, and Mr.. j w. Foster. of chi.
cago. John Neal, Of Portland. made
a brief address in favor of the prn-
posed railroad. Adjourned till
morrow.