Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1870-02-24

rectly across the richest portion Of her
soil. l am well aware that many Of
us here Will not live to see the devel-
Opment Of this great State-it is for
those who come after-theY will reap.
the great benefit; but it is our duty to.
DO for them what our fathers did for
us-wOrk and develope the country.
L rejoice at this beginning, which OF.
course is not much, but it is an earnest
of what we intend to do, and we will
live 20 see the benefits arising from It
by the increase Of our trade. One
thing / wish to speak about Some
people say We can never make q
large commercial city Of Quincy.
Suppose we grant that; we cdn and
aUiH make great manufacturing city
of her; she is surrounded by a rich
country; she has the water facilities,
and should supply this country with
its manufactured articles, If nothing
more. She ought not to let Chicago
supply the South with pOrk-ChiCa
ought not TO supplant as in this. i
am glad we are aroused and that the
people have embarked upon this en-
terprise.
Gen. Morgan then stated that very
few persons knew what had been
done along the line of this road, and
that Mr.. Savage, its President, could
explain the whole matter. The GEN
eral continued by saying-a great deal
of time, money, labor and "blOwingn
had been expended, and that much
more was needed; he approved OF
blowing; wind was necessary. He
here related little anecdOte of the ef-
ficiency of blowing on a certain Oc-
easiOn when he visited Pike county,
Ill. The General stated that the first
eight miles of this road was the most
important part, as it secured the COM
pletiOn of the balance and therefore
its immediate construction was not
only warranted but absolutely neces-
sary. ..-.
Mr.. @. A. Savage, President OF the
road, was then called upon. He stated
that he had been over nearly the
whole Of the contemplated road that
he lately returned from a Railroad
Convention in NOdaWay county and
that the people were fully alive TO the
Importance of the enterprise; that
their enthusiasm was abundant and
that but one feeling prevailed, which
was, that the road should be built.
He stated that the contributions along
the line have already reached over
$500, 600 and they We're constantly COM
ing in. The survey has been compile
ted from the Mississippi to the Mis-
souri, rivers and passes through the
finest country the sun ever shOne up
on. Mr.. Savage continued, 1--WE want
to open up this grand country; we
want to develOpe its resources in order
that our city may reap the benefit,
that is our Objectn
Mr.. James Woodruff was then call
ed upon He said he was a better
worker than talker. He stated that
he had been over the proposed route
| of the road and that il was a magnifi-
cent country. Speaking about his
| first coming to Quincy in lS4l, he
stated that the country through which
the now prosperous g. b. & @. II. r.
| passed was, at that time, an unculti-
| waited, barren waste, that he had trav-
/ eled over most of it and hardly found
farm from one end to the other, but
that how il was thiekly settled and
/ the road one of the best paying in the
| United States. He then stated that
the route over which the O., NJ. & p.
r. r. is to pass is one Of the very
richest, is already thickly settled and
has every advantage imaginable for
| being developed far beyond and much
faster than upon any former road.
He stated that commerce naturally
sets eastward and we are therefore
bound to look westward for our crops o.
and view westward along this
road presented the finest country he
ever saw and much of it under culti-
vatOn. The question was, could the
road be built. ii certainly cannot
without money. Thirty miles from
this point where we stand SIS, 600 is
waiting to help US. If we can reach
Round Grove township, thirteen
miles from here, $50, 600 is waiting
for US; at the next township line 500
600 is waiting for us; at the next
township line $50, 600 is waiting for
us, and so on through TO the Missouri
river. And to carry the enterprise
forward from thence the city Of
BrOwnville, and Nemaha and John
son Counties, Neb., have now ready
S378, ,0O0. Shall we lose all this, or
shall we work now for the road. If
we wait till our bonds are made avail
able, the friends in Missouri will lose
confidence. Subscriptions must be
made at once, and the road secured Oh
without delay. This road viii be six
hours shorter than any other eOntem-
plated road from Fort Kearney east,
and will Of course get the bulk or
travel and freight-it is the road Of
the West. Then our bridge charter
provides that the increase in corpora.
tiOns who use the bridge will be fol-
lowed by q lessening of the tolls.
Eastern capitalists will take advan-
tage Of this, and no other bridge can
be built under two years. The Direc-
tory Of this road is mostly located in
Quincy, and the people Of Missouri
are willing it should remain so. VIII
the citizens of Quincy sustain their
Directory by subscriptions at once-it
is the duty of Quincy to look this
matter square in the face.
On motion Of Mr.. G. NJ. POmroy. it
was agreed that DR.. j. n. RalstOn.
Robert TiilsOn and @. A. Savage. of
Quincy, and DR.. S. +. BoDnV. Of
Missouri, throw the first dirt. It was
nip and tuck which would get the
first spadeful in the cart, but Uncle
Bob IllisOn was che lucky man, and
the others pitched in the Missouri soil
at about the some moment. After
the work Wss inauguTated by these
gentlemen, each person present took
his turn a. the 81 ades and added his
shovel Of dust tifl the carts were filled.
Mr.. Frederick Collins coming up at
the time, the honor Of dumping the
same was given to him which he did
IN good style amid much enthusiasm.
DR.. Ralst0n made a short address at
this time, stating that he had nothing
to fear, that Quincy would yet be the
emporium Of the West.
After dumping the earth, Gen.
Prentiss moved that when the meet O.
ing adjourned il be to meet this eve
ming at the Court House at 81 o'clock
for the purpose of hearing a report
from the Directors and learn what
their wishes were.
Amid much rejoicing and cheering,
the meeting then adjourned agreeably