The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-01-08
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.
Railroad Meeting.

the proposition made by Ben Holiday
in relation to the direction to be given
to the Oregon Central Railroad, the loca-
ton of the depot, ETC., was largely at
tended, and the greatest interest mani
tested
JAS. FL. Foster was elected Chairman,
and JAS Elkins, Secretary. The Chair
man stated the objects of the meeting to
be to take into consideration PROPOSE
ton made by Ben. Holladay to the citi-
zens of Albany and Linn county, said
proposition being in g black and white, .
and to this effect: Ben. Holladay agrees
to diverge the line of the Oregon Gen.
trail Railroad to point within half
mile of the Court House in Albany. and
to erect a depot at that point, provided
our citizens subscribe the sum of twenty
five thousand dollars in L. S. gold coin,
and the same amount in town lots or
other real estate, the money to be paid
and the deeds to the real estate to be ex-
ecuted to the said Ben. Holladay SO soon
as the road shall be completed and the
cars running to said city of Albany ::
Provided, said road shall be completed
on or before the first day of January
1871. The Chairman gave it as his
opinion that the above proposition was
the best that could be obtained from
Holiday; that in conversations had with
Holiday, he asserted positively that
raised, aud the fact telegraphed to him
! (Holladay), the road would not touch
Albany; that in bringing the road to
Albany he would be compelled to di-
verge from straight line nearly three
miles, at cost of 100000, and he
would not incur the additional expense
alone, especially as all his interests and
ends would be as successfully accom-
plished by leaving Albany some miles
laday denied that he had ever offered to
bring the road to Albany for the sum of
$4,000; that this was his first, last and
only proposition.
Rev. l.. r. Geary, by request, gave
the substance Of his conversations with
Holladay. and his own views in the mat
ter, all of which corroborated with
the views and statements of the Chair
man. Mr.. Geary believed that Hola-
day. in this proposition, had given US his
utlmatum that if we failed to raise the
amount asked Tor, we would not get the
road.
Mr.. Douthit, DIR. Alexander, and
others, addressed the meeting-all of
them agreeing that if the money was not
made pby the 10th inst, Albany would
be ssleft out in the cold.'
On motion committee of seven
two for this city, and five for the county
was appointed to solicit subscriptions to
the railroad fund.
On motion, the meeting adjourned to
meet at the Court House, on Friday
evening to hear the report of the Com
nittee ON Subscriptions, and to take
any further steps that may be deemed
necessary to secure the road to Albany
Previous to adjournment, motion of
Dr. lAlexander's was adopted, and sub
scription books were opened then and
there, and we are informed that nearly
$4,000 were subscribed before the meet
ing finally broke up. It seemed to be
the universal feeling that the time for
badgering had passed that immediate
and prompt action is demanded at our
hands if we would have railroad to
Albany. Mr. Holiday said that he
would locate the depot to suit the bust
ness of the road that his aim in the
selection of site would be to accommo-
date the largest number of the business
portion Of the community; that no offers
or subscriptions would be received bind
ing him to erect depot on or at GER
tain fixed point.
That the road will be built, we have
the evidence of Mr.. Geary that enough
iron has been bought, and is to be deliv-
cred at East Portland between June and
July next, to build sixty miles OF road,
besides the twenty miles already con-
structed; the fact that car and black
smith shops have been erected at a cost
of two or three hundred thousand dol
lars; that saw mills are erected on the
line of the road, capable of saving O,0O0
feet of lumber daily, and that enough
ties have been sawed out to complete
twenty miles Of road at once These are
evidences that Holiday intends to pros
ecute the work, says Mr.. Geary, or else
his senses have forsaken him.
BAPTIsMAL GEREMoNIEs.-A large
number of our people were assembled on