The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-03-31

By far the most enthusiastic railroad
meeting that was ever held in our village
was called at the Windiate House on
Monday evening, pursuant to an invita-
ton from Jos. Villas, Esq, President oil
the proposed Western Road and Treas
urer of the NJ. NJ & G. B. r. r. Co.,
who recently returned from trip through
our neig boring section Of country on the
business connected with our railroad in
| terestS.
AT o'clock on the evening above men
toned there were assembled the majority
of our most prominent men, who pro-
ceeded to business by calling Mr.. NJ Eel
lows to the Chair and Messrs. Troemel
and Borcherdt to act as Secretaries.
Mr.. Villas arose and made quite a
! lengthy speech setting forth the import
ance Of the occasion and the necessity of
being up and alive to the prosperity Of
| our county, and gave the results of his
trip to theclties and towns through which
nc passed and with which he predicted an
early connection by rail. At Green Bay
he and his associates were cordially re-
ceived, and the result of the interviews
with prominent citizens oe that city and
Of Fort Howard and Depere were most
satisfactory, the people being fully alive
to the necessity Of immediate and con-
certed action with Manitowoc in this
matter. At Appleton they received the
same hearty welcome as at Green Bay,
which was also the case ON the part of
the business men at Neenah, who were
anxious to cooperate with Manitowoc in
building road. While at Appleton, the
gentlemen of the party examined the
little docket which has been the saliva
ton OF Manitowoc in a railway point of
| view,-the Appleton and New London
charter, of which more is said In another
column,-placing US. as Mr. Villas says,
Just where we want to be" The citi-
zens of that city were, Of course, almost
unit in favor of immediate action.
He then stated the object of the meet
ing, which was to devise the best means
OF raising tax of $25O,00 for the con-
structlon of the two roads, that being
the sum asked by the contractors, and
suggested the propriety of appointing a
Committee whose duty it should be to
prepare proposition to be submitted as
a County measure, said Committee to re-
| port alta subsequent meeting.
MIR. Woodin was of the same opinion,
| and submitted an estimate he had pre-
pared whereby, in his opinion, land in
the opinion of nearly all presently the
vote to raise the necessary $3.50, 900 could
be carried by snug majority, all feeling
that the benefits arising from the con-
struction of two roads would vastly over
balance the raising of tax, and that ev-
cry portion Of the county would De
equally benefited.
Mr.. Markham. sustaining that point,
moved to have a Committee of seven
appointed by the Chair to make a pro-
position to the inhabitants of the County
for the sum Of $3.50, 900, to be voted as
a County measure, and to report at a
meeting to be held at the Court House
on the following Wednesday evening"
This was almost unanimously carried, the
Chair appointing Messrs. G. III. Walker,
S. \. Wood, j. D. Markham, Carl II.
Schmidt, E. 3. Treat, Geo. Pankratz
and X. kingholtz as such Committee,
the same to meet at j. Villas store the
next morning for the purpose of perfect
ing such proposition.
Many short, earnest and sensible
speeches were made by number of oul
best citizens which our space prohibits US
from commenting upon, but which went
to show the feelings of our citizens on
the railroad question, and which can be
summed up in remark made by Mr..
p. 2. Smith, as follows: 'We aoont a
railroad we aciU hare railroad, and nc
aodnt 1t right aacayW
The meeting finally adjourned until
Wednesday evening, to meet at the
Court House.