The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-02-08
important Railroad Meeting.

A delegation ofgentlemen from the
West, connected with the railroad and
other interests OF Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois. arrived in this city on Wednes
day evening and took rooms at Bar
MINIS City-IIotcl. The party repre-
| scented the several counties and cities
along the proposed route of the Bal
t%in.orc, Pittsburgh and Chicago rail-
way, being an extension of the Pitts
burgh and ConnelsvHle branch of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
The delegation was, met yesterday
morning by John w: Garrett, Esq.
President of the Bat more and Ohio
Railroad Company, and b. Ii. La
trobe. ESQ, chief engineer. Mr..
Garrett fully explained the many adj
vantages to thu. West us we'll as Bal
tinInre to he gaine'l by the contempla-
ted extension, AMI his views were
ably seconded by Mr.. Latrobr. At
ter the interview n meeting Of the gen
tlemen from the West was held at
the City Hotel. when the Hon. Geo.
Rex, Of Woo>ter, Ohio, was appointed
Secretary.
A committee consisting Of j. B.
Wade, of Lagrange. Ind VIM Shcf
field. Esq OF Napoleon. Ohio; Gen.
Willard Slccum, of Ashland, Ohio ;
Mr.. II G. breckenridge, of plymouth
Ohio; Mr.. Harvey Howard, OF Woos-
t.r, Ohio was APP ointcd to draft res
buttons, expressive of the sense Of
the meeting, and submitted the fol
lowing which were unanimously
adopted:
Re.oIucd, That we especially thank
President Garrett for his able eXpoSi-
ton of the past history, present sta
tus and future prospects of the great
corporation under his control, and we
find from his statements abundant
guarantees that every dollar which our
people may invest ir extending the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad via New
Lisbon, Canton, Navarro, Wooster,
Ashland, Plymouth, Attica,. Tifin,
Napoleon, Fostoril, Bryan, Angola,
La Grange. Goshen and Laporte, to
Chicago, will not be lost by financial
or other Encouragement.
Res0lrcd That we recognize aud
honor the distinguished capacity and
integrity which charactcriz., the con-
troll of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
way, and express onr thanks 20 It's
able President, John w Garrett,
Esq and its chief engineer, Benjamin
II Latrobc. Esq, for the kindness
and courtesy with which they have
listened tt us in our conference with
them this day.-BahimOre Sun.
@"Thn steamer ~. r. Arthur, bound
from New Orleans TO ST Louis, ex-
ploded her boilers at l o'clock atur
day morning, twenty miles above
Memphis, and caught fire, but the
flames were extinguished. She after
wards grounded. A number of la .
sengers were lost. and others severely
burned. The Arthur was built al
ST. Louis, in April, 1867, at a cost OF
S15O,0 coo by the St. Louis Dock Co.
She was insured Tor $40, 900 in Gin.
cinnati offices, but not against explo
sions.
w@A An Indiana pedagogue going
to school on a cold morning, lately
found himself locked out by a number
of scholars who were inside. He got
Il ladder, assembled the roof, and laid
a board over the top of the chimney tc
smoke them out. They took away hi.
ladder and left him sitting on tho
ridge-pole till he froze his nose ant
fingers, and agreed to yield to theil
demands. School discipline is rather
imperfect out that way.