Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-18
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD
Meeting Of Merchants for the Purpose
OF Making Preparations 10 Meet and
Entertain Delegates.
List of Railroads that will Pass Dele
gates at Reduced Rates-COmmittee
on Reception ApPofnted-Etc.

A general meeting Of the members
of the chamber of commerce and the
cotton exchange met at halt-past three
Petit stated that the object of the meeting
was TO hear reports of various committees
and perfect arrangements for the holding OF
the Southern railroad convention at the
Greenlaw Operahouse, in this city, next Fri
day, the nineteenth instant.
+. 8. Davis, chairman of the executive COM
mlttee appointed TO call the convention, re-
ported that the duty had been performed and
copies OF the call sent to the governor, sena-
tors and representatives of the States repre-
scented, as well as TO the mayors of towns and
cities throughout Tennessee, Kentucky, Ar
kansas, Mississippi, Texas and Alabama. A
large number Of replies had been received re-
porting the appointment of fun list of dele
gates, and indications favored full repre-
sentation.
w ]. Ross, from the committee on transpor.
tatiop, reported they had issued the following
circular, which had been sent to all the va
rious connecting lines, and favorable respon-
ses received from the following roads: Mem
phIs and Charleston; Louisville and Nash
Vile and Great southern; Mobile and Ohio;
Fort Smith; Port Royal; Elizabethtown and
Paducan; Washington City, Virginia and
Great Southern; Macon ana Brunswick; In
transitional and Great Northern; Vicksburg
and Meridian; Western of Alabama; Vicks-
burg, Shreveport and Texas; Texas and Pa
cifc; Iron Mountain and Southern; Louis
vile, Cincinnati and Lexington.
The circular is as follows:
Rooms OF COMMITTEES ON TRANSPORTATION,
MEMPHIS, TENN, November s, 1875. !
DEAR SIR On November 10. 1875, there will
convene in Memphis, Tennessee, a convention
to take into consideration and discuss the
subject of another and more southern route
to the Pacific coast For this purpose invita-
lions have been extended by the mayor and
the general council of the city, the presidents
of the chamber of commerce and of the cotton
exchange, to all interested. The undersigned,
composing the committee on transportation,
DESTROYS of securing reduced rates to delegates,
issue this circular, asking your cooperation,
and requesting that you Will return free all
delegates who paid hrst-class fare over your
road to Memphis. To make it satisfactory to
lines interested, a bureau of inquiry will be
established by the undersigned committee,
whose duty will be to carefully examine the
credentials of all delegates, and ascertain the
route by which they reached Memphis, and
issue g request to the terminal lines at Mem
phis for return tickets by the same route only.
The return tickets to be marked especial" or
otherwise designated. The terminal lines is
suing the free return tickets to so report them
in their monthly reports to the different lines
over which the tickets are Issued. Soliciting
your concurrence in this movement, we trust
you will accede to the proposed arrangement
and issue such instructions to the proper de-
partments' of your road as will prevent any
misunderstanding or annoyance 10 returning
delegates. Earnestly desiring an early and
favorable reply, in order that the committee
may publish for the information of delegates
a list of all roads complying with this request,
We are, very respectfully,