Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-19
wild with Entluslasun.
People Parading the Streets
Bands Playing and BELLS
Ringing.
The Money IL Up q nd SO Ii
Ottumwa.
This Day . Hundred Years
will be q Centennial In
Ottumwa's Prosperity.

1
The Water Power meeting called
to meet ut the Opera House this after
noon at O'Clock, drew large crowd.
The business houses were all closed,
and to the music Of one of the best
bands In the State, the solid men of
Ottumwa filed into Lewis' Opera
House and filled It ~ full % 1t would
comfortably hold. Tho people were
there, the merchant, the professional
man, the mechanic, and the farmer,
and in the face OF each, there appeared
to DO indellibly written . determine.
ton to make this the grsndest Of all
OrruMwA's enterprises, the grandest
success of them al.
There was only about $4,000 TO
raise, and the people met with tho full
determination to raise It at ones, and
thus settle forever the destinies Of the
best, the liveliest and grandest little
city In the State. A. the band filed
into the room, Mr.. Nichols stepped
forward and signed the first share be-
fore tho meeting was organized.
| Mr.. Daggett nominated Mr.. j. d.
Lsdd President of the meeting
He came forward and said be
thought any man ought to feel glad
that he was called to preside over such
. meeting, and he would make no
speech, - the time for work had come.
Jim Hawley nominated Jno. Briscoe
Secretary, who came forward, and the
good work went bravely on.
Ballingsll said no understood Dixon
wanted to make speech. Mr. Peck
requested the proceedings of the last
meeting be read.
Mr.. Briscoe said he was unable 10
read the proceedings except a. they
were published, and proceeded 70
read from the report - published in
Mondays COURIER.
When Mr.. Briscoe finished readiua
Mr.. Dixon was called on and he said
hs bad NO speech to make, that the
time for that had passed and now Il
was necessary to get ON shore, and
that tho time had como to work, and
he expected It to be done. He quoted
from . village newspaper, and COM
mented ON the statements made there
In /; ssid that we had BEEN remiss and
that % we were 20 much nearer out, Of
the woods that there was the grsss
danser shas people thought We
would get out any how. He said w
had the most active town In the State,
and we had got beyond tho petty jeal-
ousies Of other county towns, and that
we could make this town OF 10000
inhabitants in three years If we raist
this money and build these water
works. Mr.. ID. was loudly cheered.
Mr.. Blake said the best plan to
further the interest was to subscribe
stock.
Mr.. Carpenter said he was the oldest
man probably in the crowd, and said
he would be one Of twenty men Il
raise 5000 by subscribing $500 each
and one Of twenty TO take a 600. Dix
on said he would be the second on tn,
first proposition; Mr.. Blake third, and
Hon. II. B. Hendershott fourth on thu
first proposition.
Major Hamilton said in q littl'
speech that he was authorized to sab
scribe $500 for George Haw whial
WAS applied $500 on the first PROPOSE
tion and 500 on tho second. TIL,
President said there WAS . chance fo1
persons TO come forward and subscrib'
what they could.
Carpenter did mot want to cram
anybody, and therefore wanted an,
three persons combining TO conn
forward and take $500 share. Johz
Vsnderpool said he would be one, and
j. e. DIETRICH one, and VIM. NcCarro
the third, which made ono additions
share ON Carpenters proposition
Charles Gross led of ON the next
WIN. Shrsvc said he would make &c
ond, and y. A. Swiggest took another o
Carpenter. $500 shares. making the 81
In al.
A motion was made and carried tha
. committee Of Eve be appointed tocauva.
tho house. w. J. Mitchell took one share
VIM. Cole took another, B. w. Ladd tool
one share, making the 9th. D. D. Cal
houn took one share, Charles Miller on
share, VIM. Hurst one share, Moore
Goodall one share, A. Dumbler took tw,
shares, which was one share on the 12tl
proposition Of J. W. Carpenter. F. n
Godfrey one share, Peter Hirschanss on
completing the 18th groupe. w. L. On
saRted the 18th {; John Gray took on
share, John MoYiasty took the third shas
on the 18th propagation :; j. w. Brown
one share. The President said this was
good time TO get mp some little pools an,
help the thing over the drag.
Potter b Chinn took another share, Jas
Hawley took share; Col. Whitla, Joe
KissE, and L. E. Gray each took . share