Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-04-03

called, aud Ill response said hS
| could hut repent The declarations
of Col. Pattison.
Mr. Ellery further said he bad
made report TO the st tckhoid-
c:s. Which contained aiIont all he
had 10 say on The subject. In
his judgement the road would be
built. In response to questions.
he ated some OF the dlth
culties experienced in the nego
tiati0us of bonds, and gave so@ie
reasons why he had confidence in
the success of the road The
gentlemen who composed the
contract company Were individu-
ally able to-neet Obligations to
IA large amount. They assured
him that The road wonla be fn-
finished to Bonneville by t e first
ofJuly, and had all confidence iii
their statements.
Hon. Will. Cumback being
called, and in response said he
was willing to give reasons for
his faith in the enterprise. lie
had confidence in it, because O!
its intrinsic merits; because OF
the faith the people had in It, a
faith manifested by their liberal
subscriptions, this faith on tha
part of the people had indnce'l
prominent meu of the east-n"u
OF capital and character 10 take
hold oil the enterprise. they
were to shrewd TO take stock in
a bogus concern. lie had Away,
beer confident the road would be
built, but since the mevsing of
the Directors today his conf
dence had been greatly increased.
1t took time to accomplish s."
great a work. The pcoI lie must
exercise pa,ience. In the lam
guage of Iongiell W, they must
"lenrn TO labor and to wait"
Judge Haines, OF Eaton, Ohio.
the venerable and portly father
of this magnificent rnilrnmd
scheme, was ueXt called upon.
aud in his hafIicst manner re-
sronded, at some length. lie
said he always fctt at home III
speaking on-tfis enterprise. He
represented a hopeful.section OF
country on the line. His poo
pie had manifested their faith in
this grand enterprise years ago,
by expanding IN the work some
$780, 900, when the road was
abandoned, but not lost. The
building OF the road had been
delayed for years, by uutagonistic
Interests, and he now felt great
full to know that success dawned
in the near future. 1t had been
a favorite idea with him for years
to aid in building a line which
should reach from the popnlons
and wealthy north east, to the
great and broad dJmains Of the
Southwest, and no other line
presented SO favorable a pros
pect as the one proposed by the
Lake Erie, Evansville and South
western Railway. 1t occupied
the exact channel of trade be-
tween these great sections OF the
continent, aud -upon the shortest
route. It would naturally and
without doubt become the great
highway tor trade and travel be-
tween these important sections
of the country. That this fact
was apparent from the physical
geography of the continent, and
from the cheering fact, that it
embraces within its iron grasp a
large section of country, antrav-
arsed by any similar line, aud it
therefore ddfed compton for
this great and uncersing business,
The excellence of the country
through which it runs-tbe beau
tlful lands OF Iudiana and Ohio
as arabic and productive as any
on the habitable globe would
render its business enormous.
He presented the general adj
vautages of the road to the coun
try, towns and cities through
which it will run, the advance
ment of the value of productive
labor; the special advantages to
the city of Evansville, as a point
On the river, and urged the citi-
zens to act literally toward the
company, in devising plans Of
approach to the wharf, and in
grants of land fordepot purposes,
And, as the ci y was to become
the recipient of vast benefits, by
the construction of the road, he
further>urged is citizens to mo!e
by meterial aid in the immediate
construction of a bridge across
the river, as the proprietors OF
the road intended it as a link in
the intermediate central line be-
tween the Atlantic and Pac;fis
Oceans, outside of Snow drifts
and other climatic obstructi us;
and he closed by expressing a
comfortable hope that he might
yet live to accompany the first
train from the Atlantic to the