Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-17

A VENPORT, low.
In response 10 this invitation, J. 8.
Drake replied, that neither he, no any enc
else from Peoria. could tell the people Of
Davenport, anything about Ar. Cable, o.
the coal oenepely-shss tsibsts Of e2t,-
600 per year had made them seq tainted
With the subject. He reviswsd ths psea-
isss asds By Dr.. H., and The Dissctses,
whsrsby they Asd secured the Davenport
Subscription, enc Of which was cheap esal,
aud another Eastssa connection and shsap
freishts, and asked il any effort had been
[ made to keep these premises.
He further asked il the Directors had
any right to lease the road without . vote
Of the stock holders. aud vby Ceal Valley
vas the objective point Of al their opera'
| tions.
DR.. Hsmilton replied in references 70 the
right OF leasing the road that hs was con-
0dent the stsckb beldsrs would ratify the acts
Of the Directors. In sgard to the coal bus
iness. there Was nothing in the lease abeut
il, and they had No right to say there
shoald be anything in it abeut Ooal-Ra'l-
read opinion The eastern conssetion
will be the same st Psoris, - though the
read had not been leased to Mr.. Gable. But
passengers will probably have to change
cars at Psoria. His judgment vas that The
importance Of Aeliss 80 statlen On the
rsAd had been ever estimated. But he'd NJ.
Cable and bic seai never existed, be veuld
have bssn in faver Of the ssuts By way et
Coal Valley. The reasons for such % opin-
len did not appear. In reply to question
Dr.. II. repeated that there were NO words
in regard to csal in the lease
Mr.. Joseph Shields addressed The meets
Ing. He said be he'd had sxpssisnss 10 the
coal business for fifteen years, and hs had
never seen 90 much uniformity in the price
u coal % exists under NJ. Cables monopoly.
NJ. Cable had kept the price Of coal dsws
this winter three Or fear cents per bushsl
lower than il would have bssn had hs been
cut Of the way. The speaker had paid -
u - cents per bsshsl fsr ssal when all the
esal fields shout here we're sending coal 70
this market. NJ. Gable had sold esal sll
this winter for nineteen cents, or lsss, When
tsamstsrs wsrs charging twsaty.iivs cents
bushsl. The truth 10, bod it net bssa fos
NJ. C.'s road. and bic fse;litiss for mining,
there weuld have besa suffering for want
Of fuel in this city. NJ. Gable deserves
credit fer his energy. You can't mine esAl
for nothing. He knew party in THE visin'
lty who had sunk fifteen thousand dollars
il coal bank ths past six nonths. Il cssts
nsney - mine il and get Il to the market.
The spsakGe had subscribed $500 in the
stock Of the p. 1 R. I. road. He had paid
one installmsnt, and be would pay the rest
il it ,sok his last cent. Ar. Gable had gone
10 to win, and had won, in spite Of oil sp-
position, and msritsd praise for his success.
when asked Why It wss that Mr. Cables
monopoly had kept the price Of coal Uni.
(srmly Jrsm ice to seesn essts PER bsslsl
AioAsv than it va in places having ths
came facilities for mining and tsansporting.
be replied that il wss for want 81 cs@Psu
sien-(tAs very reason Why ths people did
nos went The OPAL Valley seuts).
M. W. H. Holnss then addeessed the
meeting, IMPLICITLY rsviswing the ststsmsnts
q Dr.. Hsmilssn. and thsaking hin for The
admissions hs had made. being in fact what
vas claiued-and showed that hs had been
thsrsughlv Cablsissd. While the state
nsnnts Of the doctor are simple stalsments
Of faot, the infsrsncss to be drawn are dif
fersnt. The Doctors statements in regard
10 Mr.. Gable were different from anything
be had ever heard before. Mr.. Holmes
repeated several Of Cables statements in
regard TO his own road and and the P. 4 r.
l.: how he said from the 6rst that while be
could buy up the latter hs would not sell
the fermer but for gold. OF possib'y green
backs, il they could bs piled high enough.
The speaker we'll remembered the state
msnts Of Dr.. Hamilton made here in refer
encs to Mr.. Cab.s's road-saying that they
would not treat with Mr.. Cable unless they
could buy him outright, aud own his road
that be had the power and could take
more stock .has Davenport aad Rock
Island dayed 10. He thanked the Docto,
also for saying that the Osal Valley route
was the only, OF best souts. differing en-
tirsly from the first representations nsds
10 the psople Of Dsvsoport. Ar. Holmes
then entered into . statement Of his con-
nsetion with the P. I r. l. road, saying be
had written ten times - much for that road
- be had for his own road. the D. I st. P.
Pseple abroad had asked him theaesnd
times Why hs wanted read cis Pssris
His object Vas an eastern connection, inde.
pendent Of the present one, and Of Chicago
When hs learned Mr.. O's intsstisss be
came to the conclusion that he he'd ratAe.
not have . road than one which Mr.. O.
control I'd, for hs believed the latter wesld
run the road = spprsss ~ more than ssw.
NJ. H. read . auotatisn from . psblishsd
statemsat be bad 0ads last year, snd then
gave particulars Of visit Of The Davenport
committee to Peoria in Nay last, and ths
subsequent visit Of he railssad men 70 No
line 70 eonsidsr the Moline Route. Al bad
resulted II asthing. Ne such rssts - III
people se Moline wasted had ever bsss
survsysd, DR.. Hamilton 70 The csutrAry
notwithstasding. There was rosie which
they preferred which wsuld cost thousasdi
Of dollars less than road By Coal Valley
Mr. H. here entered into brief statement
Of the difference In the grade and cost ol
the routes alluded to, showing large pre-
pouderanes in favor Of the route desired By
The Moliss people. He gave The figures pei
mile q sstimsted by compstsnt ssginssrs
The people sf Moline and Rsck Island wsrs
never informed, olhcially, - 10 the differ
sncs in sest to build via Moline ~ tAsJ