Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-03-24
THE RAIL ROAD ELECTION ON
THE 26th.

A large meeting was held here Q
: the 18th to consider the question {
: voting an appropriation to aid
building the Plymouth, Kankakee
Pacific Rail Road, the Prcsidei
or the Company, c. II. REEVE {
our town, made full explanation o
the propositions Of the company
|. the benefits to the town and count
: and the "details Of the law. Jon
c. CusHMAN and nj. A. o. PACKARD
EsoRs.. spoke in favor of the dona
ton and strongly favored the build
ing OF the road. Mr.. CeRBIx seem
cd to be opposed to the donatio,
of aid The remarks of thos
favoring tn. project were received
with applause by large npmbe
assembled.
The President will meet th,
voters in West township a
Sucks School House, or
Thursday, and at Inwood on Fri.
day next. We hope there will lie q
liberal turnout of voters to consid
er this iuHortan. subject
1t occurs 10 US that our people
DO not appreciate this movement,
and overl ook its great importance
A Rail Road cut off south of Chi
oago will be located this summer.
Five probe ctions have been made.
Some one Of them will be loca-
ted. All pass rorth or south of
Plymouth, save this one. If any Of
then are built Dortls or south of the
own, they will injure us beyond
remedy. If this project is carried
out and Plymouth made the eastern
terminus, it will be of great benefit
to the town and county Being a
junction, it will necessarily bring
machine So ops here, it seems to u.s.
On the Michigan Southern Road.
the shops were at Pigeon. When
the AIRLINE was built from Elk
hart, the shops moved to tie juno
ton at Elkha Our Fort Wayne
no ad has shops at Valparaiso. We
understand that they will he moved |
here if this place is made the juno
ton. Assto voting tax, the peo-
pie Can lose noting.
1st. No tax can he collected I'M
til 1871 and 1872.
I'd. 1t goes into the treasury, to
the credit Of the township.
Sd. 1t cannot be paid out only on
the order OF the Commissioners.
4th. When the Railroad has ex>
pended in the township an equal
amount they may gay one half only.
The rest cannot be paid until the
road is completed through the to wn-
ship and train of cars hos passed
ovsr il. BY that time the company
will have expended five times tn
OF the tax, in our milst.
9Th. Tire work must be common
ccd within a year and finished. with
in three years, or the company get
nothing.
9th. The Commissioners can take
stock for the money and own so
much Of the road, or donate the
N eney when The road is made.
9TH i. the money is not used it
remains on hand to the credit Of the
townships and they will have so
much less taxes TO pay on the fol-
lowing years.
9Th. The road will add q great
many thousand de,lars to the taxa
Die property of the townships OF
Centre and West. and will expend
in those Townships an smount equal
to one hundred thousand
or more; and give work
to hundreds Of men and teams, at
payiig prices.
9th. Wien built, it viii compel
the bailding of other roads north to
South Bend and north east to Ligo-
nier, and thus make Plymouth a
railroad centre, with large facilities
for transportation; and thus bring
ing in capital and manufacturing,
and making large and ready mar
ket at home, for all our farmers can
produce.
WitLoat the vote in favor Of the
road i0e shall loose Il, and be Iefl on
one side. VIII the uofe in favor of it
we shall get the road and become
Mriring young city and rich couaty-l
Those who oppose it are blind to
their own interest, we fully believe.
4 RAILROAD MEETING.
On last Saturday at ] o'clock Balcony !
Hall was filed with resident voters for
the purpose of discussing the propriety of