The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-30
Complete.

The rOrga0lzeH0n OF t00 OtGumWoy
Tama City 4 Minnesota Railway
Company Is now complete. The fol-
lowing sre the officers: President,
Jas. D Ladd, Of Ottumwa; Vice Pres
ident, James "a. Brooks, Of Tama
City; Treasurer, Il. Merchant, o.
Tama City; Secretary, Geo. Warren,
Of Tama City; Directors, O. 81. Kent
nor, B. "A. Hall, Hugh MoNutty, n.
K. Lewis, James E. johnson, James
81. TiltoD, James Bridges, James
Beatty, Chas. r.. Blake and james
Hawley, al good men, and who will
work for the completion Of this road
snergetlcally, we have no doubt
The Inhabitants along the line arc
alive TO their interests, and are striv-
ine Tor the consummation of this gi-
esntic entsrprise which thcy soe
Wilf, whenI completed, repay four
foid the nmO6ut they are vOtng u.
aid Of cons6tacting tho same. We
are told .that should we succeed in
securing the grade, that no company
would lie, iron and put on the rolling
stock; if 60, Why is it that those
identical parties are strainiDg every
nerve to defeat the tax2 And trying
TO SOW seeds II dissension among the
inhabitants on our line, why 20 much
philanthropy manifested towards the
people along the line Of the Ottutnwa,
lama City & Minnesota r. RI "Shoo
Ay, don'tboddcr usl" And be assured
that We can seeiwhat will benefit us
greater and more lasting in . tenn
| Soral point of view, than any other
project that can be gotten up at tho
present time. Furthermore, we have
Already ascertained that capitalists
who are able and willing, win tie,
non and stock the road immediately
upon the completion Of the grade !;
whyf Because 1t runs through ono
Of the very best coal fields in the
State at Kirkville, in WapellO county,
from there north through an agri-
cultural district to the north line of
eur own State that cannot be sur
passed By any, thence through the
State of Minnesota to some point on
the Father of Waters, not yet deter.
mined; being almost an air line, Civ
| ING an outlet TO st. Louis by way of
the North Missouri Railroad, Des
Noines Valley Railroad vt0 Keokuk,
| which will afford every one the very
best facilities for q Southern market.
From the northern end, We SECURE
cheap humber in return for our inex-
haustable supplies Of coal, also q
competing market for oil our grain
1 raised in the interior Of Iowa,
| 1t Milwaukee, Wisconsin,, one u
| tho great grain marts OF the
| North west. Further. this road
i paases centrally through Poweshiek
| county, giving our farmers within !
radius of ton miles on either side o.
the route d competing line, thcrebv
| securing . reduction of freighti
which evcry one very much desires
| Tho Central running through sh'
western tier Of townships is nov
benefting evcry ono along that line
and another ono running centrally
a oars will, increases those advau
tages doubIy TO cvory farmer along
the Central. In Sheridan township
on our line, will be . depot near th
/ centre, which affords market to
every farmer in Chester township
either at Grinnell or Sheridan dcpo'
securing them competition withou
, voting one mill TO aid in construct
. ing any other line; the same ma.
be said Of Madison township, who's
:. places Of business are now at Brook
lyn and Tama City; the depot o
! our line in Sheridan affords anOthe
. place, ami competing market to
: every farmer in Madison, 60 tbs
every one must admit that our lin
is more beneficial to the creates
: number OF the farming class, who 81
it the bone and sinew Of the who
= country, and are to reap tho greate'
i rswa. d from the building and opcr
! ting of the O., 4. q. \ NJ. RAilws,,
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