Nebraska advertiser., 1870-03-03

aOONG kANSGElDLlu0- MILnin the nGAE
sixty days, amOuntstO the sum Off, 10000
Amountingia all to. E.4if,aO
A survey of the whole line from
Quincy, Illinois. to Brownviile, Ne
braska, has. been made, on which the
estimates for construction of a first
class road are now being prepared.
The first five miles from Quincy west
is already being graded, and the work
of grading or building the road to
BrOwnville will be pushed as fast as
possible.
Atchison county, Mo-, has already
voted $l5O,OOO to this road. Her
County Court is now having submit
ted to the two townships east of the
Missouri River, a proposition to vote
forty or fifty thousand dollars to this
road, to be issued Immediately, and
the amount so voted to be expended
between Rockport, Mo-, and Brown
vile, Nebraska, the present summer.
BTownville has already fifty thousand
collars in bonds that she can use to
build this road to Rockport, and I
trust that as soon as these townships
vote the amount named, that the
road will be located to that point, adj
vertised, let, and completed this sum
mer.
The estimated cost of first mile east
from Brownville, that is grading and
bridging ready for ties, So, 973, 30; sec
ond mile, So, 1852, II; cost of compile
ting the first two miles ready for the
rolling stock, $27, 426, 90, the estimated
cost of iron and ties being $4,000 per
mile.
The O., NJ. & P. R. R. stockholders
met in West Quincy, Tuesday March
the drst, and elected the following
persons as Directors for the ensuing
year, namely:
John Wood, It. v. selms, George
Adams, Thomas Redmond. C.-H.
Ball, G. A, Savage, c. NJ. Pomeroy
and Thos. Jasper, Quincy P. B. Lin
vile, Knox county, Mo-; NJ. G.
Rosenberg, Nodaway county, Mo. !;
J. w. Blackburn, Atchison county,
Mo. ; J. n. DeFrance, Adair county,
Mo-, and A. P. Cogswell, Nemaha
county, Neb.
Col. G. A. Savage is now President
of the company. By the laws of Mis-
souri,, thirty days must elapse after
this election of Directors before the
President for the next year can be
elected. AS soon as that takes place,
and the company is organized in Ne
braska, it may be deemed necessary
to consolidate the two companies.
The people of Quincy and along the
line in Missouri are very anxious that
this road should be built, and are de.
termined that it shall be as soon as
men and money can do it.
NOW desire to say to the people of
Brownville and Nemaha county that
Quincy and the people in Missouri in
terested, have all that they can do at
present to build the road to Brown
vile. Consequently, we must build
our road ourselves, which we can do
if we all go to work in earnest. AS
soon as Our company is organized, we
shall locate our road from BrOwnville
west, say ten or fifteen miles, and
either let contracts, the pay to be in
bonds, or negotiate the bonds and pay
cash.
This road can be built now as well
as one year from now, il we only
think so. Give us a President and
Directors of ability, and let them BE-
sustained by the people, and you may
be sure of success. We are all inter
ested, and must work together and
although 1 am no prophet, L will pre-
dictt hat if we do SO, in place of Brown
Vile now having 5000 inhabitants, in
two years she will have 10000. We
have the location, the crossing for the
bridge, and all the necessary advant-
ages to make us the best town In Ne
braska.
A. P. COGSWELL.