Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-19
MEMPHIS, SPRINGFIELD AND
KANSAS CITY RAILROAD.
Meeting of the Chamber of Com
U merce Yesterday.
Delegates to the Springfield Con.
= VentiOn Appointed.

The members of the Chamber of
| Commerce, and a number of citizens,
met yesterday afternoon and was call
edto order by President w. ii. Cherry,
who nominated Judge j. T. Swayne
as Chairman Of the meeting. Judge
Swayne was unanimously elected.
The Secretary of the Chamber Of Com
merce was made Secretary OF the
meeting.
Nj. Swayne explained the object Of
the meeting to beto appoint delegates
to railroad convention to be held at
Springfield, Mo-, on the 18th inst,
having in view the building of a rail-
road from Memphis to Kansas City,
on the Missouri river. The impOr-
lance of this road is very great, pass
ing as it does through q rich and
varied agricultural region, one OF the
finest in the country-the best stock
and grain country, passing nea the
Grand Bay lead mines, which are
among the richest within the State of
Missouri.
Mr.. Cherry offered the following
which was adopted:
ResoIced, That the people Of Shelby
county and of the city of Memphis see
and fully appreciate the great import
ance of a railroad direct from Mem
phis to Kansas City via Jackson port,
Ark, and Springfield, Mo-, and
pledge their hearty cooperation with
the people along the line of said road,
and all practical efforts for the speedy
construction of the road, and have
| faith that the great necessity for a
grand trunk road connecting Kansas
City, the great center of the North
west, with Memphis, the great center
| of the Southwest, running through a
country so fully alive to the necessity
of building it, will insure the speedy
construction of the same.
Resolved, That a. T. Lacey, VIM.
| Wallace, Isham g. Harris, VIM. Far
ris, j. 7. Swayne and B. B. Waddell
are hereby appointed delegates to rep
resent Memphis in the Convention
called to meet at Springfield on the
18th inst, and the President of this
| Convention be authorized to appoint
such other delegates as he may think
proper.
Mr.. WaddeIl moved that a COM
mittee of five be appointed TO prepare
a charter for a company to be organ
lied to carry the road through the
State of Arkansas, and for the pur-
pose of getting subscriptions of land
and stock. Adopted, and Mr.. VIM.
NJ. Randolph, Judge Adams, B. c.
Brown, Gen. Wallace and B. N. Estes
were appointed the committee.
Mr.. Cherry suggested the appoint
ment of T. Anderson, A. T. Lacey,
NJ. j. Wicks, B. B. Waddell, Isham
| G.. Harris as 8 committee to prepare
a document containing statistical in
formation of the country through
which the road passes, together with
the importance Of the road and
the advantages to be derived by
its immediate construction. Mr.. Cher
RVS suggestion was adopted.
Mr.. Cherry also said that the Mem
phis and Charleston railroad company
fully realized the importance of this
road and will render all the aid posi-
BILE to have it speedily constructed.
Mr.. Waddell said the people along
the line of the road felt ar intense in
terest In Its success and early compile
ton. From the Missouri line TO
Kansas City meetings Of the people
had taken place, and the road Is want
sd az soon as it can be built. The
country wants an outlet for their pro-
ductions, and if we do not help them
at all they will build the road. They
only want our influence and aid in
constructing the road this side of the
Arkansas line. He had prepared ar
ticles which had been freely distrib-
uted through the country where the
road is to pass, and much interest
is manifested in the enterprise.
The road saves three hundred miles
of round about travel, passes through
one of the finest grain, stock and min
eral regions in the west, and places
California travellers more than fifty
miles nearer Washington City than
by any other route.
Mr.. Farris said he hoped some one
would go to the Springfield Conven-
ton, and if possible he would go him
self. He suggested the appointment
of a committee 70 raise funds to de-
fray their expenses, Being put il the
form of q motion 1t was carried, and
Mr.. Farris, Capt. A. T. Lacey, w. W.
Scheduled and Geo. Mellersh were
appointed to raise the money.
Gen. Wallace said he had the rail-
road fever very badly, and, friends or
no friends, he intended to go to the
Convention at Springfield, whether
any one else goes or not.
Remarks were made by several 9TH
er members Of the meeting, after
which it adjourned.