The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-03-13
RAILROAD CONVENTION.
The Meeting at Davenport In be.
half of tho Peoples Narrow
Guage Railway-Large attend
ance and some practical action.

In accordance with adjournment
and notice, a convention in the inter
est of the Peoples Narrow Guage
Railroad assembled in the Davenport
City Hall on "Wednesday morning,
March 9Th
The assemblage was called to order
by Hon. A. ii. B. nnett, Mayor of Dav-
export, on whose motion w. b. King,
Esq, of Tama county, President of the
/ Peoples Narrow Guage Railroad COM
pany was elected President Of the Com
yent;on.
Being asked for eX ,,lana,ory re
marks, the President stated that the
road was projected by farmers of sps,.r
Creek township, Tama Co. He also
said that the object was cheap freights.
and that the project Was favorably re-
ceived all along the line; and then
called upon Mr.. Richmann, Secretary
OF the Company, to give further infor-
nation.
Mr.. r. gave statement os The route
of the proposed road, IL fo,.ows: Com
mencing at Davenport. and running
west along the Black hawk Creek TO or
near Blue Grass and the coal region;
thence to Center Grove, to Upton and
Cedar Bluffs: thence through the
north east corner Of Johnson county,
to Putnam, College, aud Fairfax
townships in Linn county; thence
through Freeman, I'll Dorado, Union,
Kane and Homer townships, in Ben
ton county thence through Oneida,
Carroll, Perry, Crystal and Spring
Greek, in Tama coanty thence thr'o
the northeast corner os Marshall Co
thence through Clay, Palamo, Melrose
Shiloh and circuit, in Gruniy county
| thence through 1Etna aud Hardin
township, Hardin county, to Iowa
Falls On account of difficulty o
gratk and heavy expense, it wa.
thought best not to include Eliora OF
the line.
The names of delegates present wa
then solicited, whereupon it was founo
that Hardin, Grundy, Tama, Benton
Marshall, Linn and Cedar counties
were represented, while scott county
presented delegates from Blue Gras.
and Buffalo townships and Daven por,
City presented its Mayor and Alder
man, a committee from the Board OF
Trade and sixty business men appoint
ed at a meeting for that purpose.
Delegates We're then called upon to
give expression TO the feeling in their
respective counties. They responded
one after another with the uniform
assurance that the project stood high,
especially among the farmers, who are
ready to aid it earnestly and etfectu-
any so soon as a practical opportunity
be offered. Mr. May, of Cedar sail he
would speak for the western part of
Cedar. He gave some Of Gedar,s mil
road history and figures of debt. and
said the people are afraid TO embrace
new projects. But the people can be
worked up to proper point, as expert
ence has demonstrated, but they want
assurance they will get the road. On
The west side OF the Cedar they can Sc
cure right of way, and raise enough to
grade the road some II or Is miles
The people have an anxiety-a fear
that the whole project will fail because
three points are named for the termi
nus, Clinton, Muscatine aud Daven-
port, between the trio We are afraid
If Davenport fails, the other two will
fail also, His folks had been defeated
so many times that now they come up
with many misgiving- Nevertheless
they will do all they can for this enter
prise.
The delegates from Btn. Grass and
Buffalo townships. Scott Co.. repre-
seBte't HE coal mining interests of
their vicinities, sbq%ed what vast
amount Of profitable WORK they would
give road which should reach them
and assured the convention That should
this project do so, their townships
would DO all for 1t that could be asked
mr.. Porter, Of Blue Grass, spoke of the
Importance Of the Buffalo and RIua
"ra's c"al mines, giving statistics
showing their Importance to Dayen-
port three hundred tons day passes
t.7 as'r fh'it tsa hundred and
PITY tons ale Used ln Davensort Der
day II the :os! would develop these
Coal interests, then the people Of Buff
falo and Blue Grass would aid it 9TH
erwise they cared nothing for it.
w. II. Holmea WAS called for L.