The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-05-12
Tho Ottumwa & st. Paul
Railway.

wv PuoAisn ooAo" VIC proceedings
Of meeting held at Belle PLANE,
Iowa, in the interest of the above
line of road; tn extract is taken
from the Belle Plaire Union. The
same paper contains a lengthy and
well-written editorial upon the same
subject, and shows conclusively the
most intense and enthusiastic feeling
existing upon the subject. 1t seems
that Montezuma thinks she has a
better route to connect with Keokuk
by the way of Sigourney and Fair
field. If this be the feeling of that
people they had better perhaps pro-
fit by it. We desire them to under.
stand that we do not wish to force
upon them an enterprise that they
regard of second-ratc character.
We have also q letter before us show
ing q deep interest manifested by the
people OF Victor and vicinity. With.
intwenty days corps of engineers
will be running preliminary line
upon this route, aud we especially
ask the attention of our Waterloo
friends to the project.
Pursuant to previous notice,
number of the citizens of Belle
PLANE met at the Office of Clark l.
Tewksbury on Thursday evening,
April 18th, for the purpose of taking
into consideration the subject of a
north and south Raill DAD.
On motion Of Mr.. Clark, E. G.
Brown was appointed chairman and
Thos. B. Moore Secretary.
Mr.. J. w. Dixon, one of the stock.
holders in the Ottumwa & st. Paul r
r., in a fewremarks stated the action
taken by the citizens of Ottumwa
and thereabouts, in regard to that
road, and explained the route which
it was expected to travel. Starting
from st. Louis, coursing north thro'
north Missouri to Bloomfield, Iowa /;
on through Ottumwa, thence along
the east line of Mahaska and Keokuk
counties, through tho eastern portion
of Poweshiek and Western part of
Benton, thence on to Waterloo Il
that the cars will be running on this
road as far as Ottumwa by June next |
Mr.. Dixon clearly showed the advan.
lagos to be derived by our people
from this road /; it's course being
nearer and more direct than that Of |
any other line. He also showed by |
the map that Belle PLANE was al |
most directly on the line of the route,
and at another point in his remarks |
explained the advantages to be de-
rived from q cross railroad, citing
other points, similarly situated, to |
advance his argument. Mr.. d. de-
sired an expression of the people |
hero as to whether they were going |
to favor this project or whether they |
would oppose it i; asking subscrip-
lions to aid in the completion of the |
road said subscriptions to be Sc
cured by notes payable when the
road was completed and the cars
running thereon that engineers are
in readiness to make a preliminary |
survey of the route proposed, at any |
time; that . sufficient sum had been |
pledged in and around Waltham to |
defray the expenses of grading and |
tying the road through that section. |
The subject Of ties (from the scar
city Of timber hsre) was taken into |
consideration, when Mr.. D., stated |
that the Des Moincs and Skunk |
rivers were capable ofsupply,ng the |
deficiency, which he estimated at q
cost of fifty cents each.
On motion of Mr.. Clark commit
tee Of five afterwards increased to |
seven0 were appointed, to see to |
subscriptions and to take steps
toward calling another meeting.-l
Carried.
Thereupon the following named
gentlemen were selected us such COM
mittee D. II. Frost, Presley Hutton,
]. Duval, A. Steinaglc, F. g. Clark,
]. w. Filkins and George Alexander.
Moved by Mr.. Clark that the COM
mittee convene on Saturday eve., a.
the Office OF Clark Il Tewksbury.-I
Carried.
Remarks were made by Messrs.
Hutton, Henry, Brown, Clark, Far
rington and others.
Moved by Mr.. Clark that Z. G
Brown be placed on committee and
instructed to correspond with Mr..
Dixon with regard to the prospects
of the road. Carried.
On motion adjourned.
u. g. BROWN, Chm'n.
THos. B. MOORE, Sec'y.
The Presidential elections are
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