The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-02-24
RAILROAD MEETING,


o.. a meeting as held at the Windiate
House, to receive the report of said Com
mittee.
t e meeting organized by appointing
Fred Borcherdt to the chair and Messrs
| 7. c. Shove and Carl Schmidt Secreta-
ries
Mr.. Villas, beng called on. reported
the state of affairs at their arrival in
Madison and the many hinderances they
had to contend with; he said. that Mr.
| Reed. who misre resents our County in
the Senate. his tools and confederates, es-
necialy those in the Western Land Grant
Road. and SOME of the delegates from
| Milwaukee were strongly opposing the
massage of the said Charter; that Reed
was determined to oppose any road from,
| the Fox River TO the Lake Shore north
| If Milwaukee: that the delegates from
Hena>ha were in league with him. and
| !hat they hal nearly >urcpcaad by falls.
representations 20 induce the Committee
on Railroads TO report unfavorably to the
passage of our Charter The Milwaukee
delegation had been told that the road
| proposed from Milwaukee to Manitowoc
would never be built and that all that
! Company ever intended to accomplish
was Il road rom Manitowoc to Appleton
| and thence further west. To counteract
the many misrepresentation and to allay
the fears of The Miiwaukeans, our Com
mttee consented to two amendments to
our Charter to be reported to thu Legis-
lature: First, that our Railroad should
he hnilt both Wesr and South simultane
ously and that not less than twenty miles
of the road should be built within eigh
teen months after the passage Of the
Charter, otherwise that the same should
be for eited. Mr. Villas, in closing,
spoke of the necessity of continued un.
firing vigilance on the part of Manitowec
until the complete passage of the Bill.
Mr. Markham then fully endorsed the
remarks IF Mr.. Villas, complimenting es-
recia'iy the Democratic members of the
Legislature for their earnest efforts to
see justice done TO Manitowoc in Railroad
matters; that the interests of Manitownc
had been made to suffer in consequence
of the false and preiudicial statements
found by our Committee to be in circula
lion regarding Manitowoc I'D her citizens:
that our Representative, Carl II. Schmidt,
was entitled to much praise for the able
and persistent efforts manifested by him:
that Reed claimed a rreferance by reason
of having graded % miles of the old
Railroad tract at his own private expense
(what lie) except what aid Nenasha
had given it. Mr. Mark ham closed urg-
ing the necessity of further and careful
attention TO the Railroad bill. believing
if such was done that it stood a good
chance Of being passed and becoming
law.
a vote of thanks was passed unani-
mou>iy to the gentleman of the Commit
tee and to Carl H. Schmidt for his able
and earnest efforts in behalf of this Vii
lage and our contemplated Railroad.
On motion of T. G. Shove, the former
Committee were unanimously requested
to return again to Madison to forward
and secure the interests of our Railroad
charter
Mr.. Rankin stated that in his opinion
Messrs. Villas and Markham would be
fully sufficient to attend to our interests
at Madison, and that he would prefer II.
manning at home.
Mr.. Fuessenich stated that it was eI
trely impossible for him to leave home
again and to return to Madison.
Then II was proposed to request spe-
cial meeting of the Trustees of this Vii
lage Tor the purpose of prov iding for the
payment of the necessary expenses, al
ready and still to be incurred BY our Com
mittee for the interests of this Village !;
and the meeting adjourned
AT a subsequent meeting of many Of
the most prominent Germans for the
purpose of uniting upon some delegate
tn join the Railroad Committee in place
of Mr.. FneSsenich. petition was drawn
up and unanimously signed requesting
the Village Trustees to appoint Mr.. Chas.
Esslinger a. one of the Committee to at
tend to the interest of this Village in the
& NJ. Railroad Company.