The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-03-17
From the Daily COURIER of 18th.
OFT lmWa and St Paul Rail-
road Company Fully Organ
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From the Daily COURIER of 18th.
OFT lmwa and st. Paul Rail
road Company Fully Organ.
iSed.
\ meeting of the old and new Di-
reetorsof the Ottumwa and ST. Paul
Railroad Company was held at the
office ofJ w. Dixon, last night.
On motion J. II. Merrill was made
Chairman, and J, w. Dixon, Sec'y.
rhe officers and Directors hereto
fore elected, Tor the purposes ofatem-
perary organization Of the Company,
having presented their designations,
the same were duly accepted.
On motion, J. H. Merrill, VIM.
Daggett, A. II. Hamilton, A. d. Moss,
J. ". lIuggins, DR.. J. l.. Taylor, j.
w. Dixon, L. IL. Stiles, r. N. Harlan
aud ). NJ Hcdrick, were duly elected
Directors of said Railroad Company,
ior the ensuing year.
The Directors then proceeded to
the election of officers, resulting in
the choice of
Hon. A. III. Homilton, President.
DR.. }. L. Taylor, Vice President
Hon. J. w. Dixon, Secretary.
\. d. Moss, Esq, Cor. Il Rec. Sec
J. w. Higgins, Esq, Treasurer.
and J. H. Merrill, Z. H. Stiles, VIM
Daggett. r. N. Harlan and ]. NJ
Hedrick, Executive Committee, with
J. IL. Merrill, ESQ.,, for Chairman o.
the same.
This Company is now fully organ
lied, and with its articles of incor
poration, properly recorded in thil
county, while they will Immediately
be put on record in the different
counties through which the road pro
poses to run.
The stockholders have subscribed
s20,0o0in unconditional stock to thi.
road, and propose at once to put :
competent man in the field and keey
him there until sufficient stock is sub
scribcd along the route, to enable tht
Company to put the road under con
tract. a.
Sufficient assurances bave already
been received from eastern capital
lists to the effect that if we raise 6
liberal amount of stock along the
route that the road can be speedily
bonded to put down the iron anc
rolling stock.
The gentleman who have taker
held of, and organized this company
mean business, and have faith
enough III the project to not only
devote their time to it,. but also
to subscribe unconditional stock
in IT and become responsible for
the actual outlay of expenses
IN keeping canvassing agent in the
field making preliminary surveys
NC, &C., and they only ask the PEG.
pie of Ottumwa to give their notes
payable when the road is finished
and the cars are running to the
north line of Wapello county in the
direction of Cedar Rapids or Water
loo.
Any intelligent man who will
study the map can't fail to see tina,
this is one of the most important
Railroad projects in the State
There is less than one hundred miles
to complete the gap between st.
Paul and st. Louis, and now at eth
CT end of that gap, we have great
and wealthy corporations directly
interested in helping us along
Moreover we cross five great Rail.
roads which either are or will be
completed at an early day.
And it now remains with the peo.
pie of Ottumwa and Wapello County
to say whether they want a road
completed to the interior of magni.
ficent country, whose people are
naturally tributary to us, and who
must have our coal, and whose trade
we are equally anxious to secure.
A liberal subscription, or diversion
OF their stock in the c. & s. W. RR..
payable to this company when the
road is built, will secure it.
Indifference and apathy will kill it.
The number and spirit Of the alton.
dance at Taylor u Blake's Hall to.
night, will probably decide the
matter.
DANciNG.-We allow our CORES.