Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-05-13
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A iollification meeting of the friends ol
the s. J. & p Narrow Gauge Road was
held at City Hall on Tuesday night last
\ delegation from ,Icffersonyilie was pres
ent. accompanied by the ,JcticrsonyiIe
Brass Band The hall waS fllcsl and the
meeting was exceedingly jubllsnt. Hon.
James Purzell was called to the. chair and
". \. Beasley appointed secretary. The
meeting Was called some days ago, with
the confident expectation that the balance
of the stock apportioned to this county
would be raised by Tuesday evening. and
Hon. J. F. Ely, Yice-president Of the road,
who was the first speaker called for, made
the very gratifying announcement, that
! their expectations had been fully realized,
and the entire amount, $IO5,OGo. apportiou
i ed to Fayctte County, had been subscrib-
/ cd and Fayette County was out Of th Q
( woods He also stated that at meeting
! Of the Directors Of the road to be held on
Wednesday evening. there was little doubt
that the 100000 required FOR the road
could be reported taken, and the building
of the road secured beyond a doubt
| Col. Maynard, Rev Pitzer, NJ B. Wright.
Rev. Hirst, and others followed in congrat-
ulatory addresses.
The following resolutions were adopted:
RESOLVED, That the thanks OF this meet
ing be rendered to j. F. Ely, Esq. Vice
President Of the S, j. & P. r. r, for his
dntnrroiDo5 arcror.. in o.
curing Fayette County's quote or stock to
said Railroads and be it further resolved
that in the person of j, T. Ely we have a
true type and faithful representative Of
FaYette County's enterprise,
RESOLVED, That we remember with
pleasure the untiring energy and persistent
efforts of very many Of our citizens for the
part thay have taken in closing up the sub
scription books Of the S. J. & ?, Railroad
among whom we may name with PRIDE
A. f. Silcott, Esq, DR.. Roberts, James Pur-
!. sell, C. H. Brownell, L. c. Coffman and
Mills Gardner
REsoL WE'D, That the thanks Of the cti-
zeDs of our county, and especially those
of Washington, are due, and are hereby
heartily rendered to the noble and energet-
ic workers of Jefferson and other town
ships, for their Herculean efforts in rails
ing the funds Of the road, among whom We
mention, Messrs. Willis Hays, George
james, BENZ. Wright, VIM Blessing, and
others.
RESOLVED That our thanks are also ten
dered to the gentlemen composing the JEFF
fersonville Band for the music furnished
upon this and other occasions.
RESOLVED, That in all future enterprises
which have for their objects the welfare ol
our county, we will be ever ready to give
our prompt aid, with our time and money.
RESOLVED, That the Board Of Directors
be requested to employ a competent engi-
. | neer to proceed at once and locate the
Road, and at as early day as they may
deem practicable, to advertise and put thr
same under contract
The successful termination of the S. J
& P. campaign in this county. is due in
: large measure to the unceasing efforts o.
3 Hon. j. F. Ely, Vice President Of the road
: who has given al! his time and energy tc
k the raising Of subscription and pushing the
interest of the road, and he mas reason to
Q feel great satisfaction with the results.
n Fayettc county has now her entir
g amount of stock for both the D. & S. E
, and the S. P. & J. roads subscribed-$2O5,
900 in all. She has done nobly, and ha
shown herself full Of the kind of energ,
and enterprise that will yet make Wash
ington thriving city. and the county on
OF the foremost in the State.
r There is no doubt left now as to IL
early completion of the S. j. & P. r: Z
and also of the D. & s. +. SO fs
: as Fayette county is concerned. she la
% done her whole duty and more towar
= both roads, aud if either fails, it will no
Is be from lack Of substantial encouragement
from her citizens. In fact if either roa
be built, the credit will be mainly to til
st earnest untiring and long continued ctfor
as "a great part Of the time under most di;
a couraging circumstances one Of h
ch citizens: Col. Ycoman for it was throug
us his persistent labor in favor Of narro
gauge to the coal fields, that bo
re projects, was brought into life MAJ
he o others Of our citizens have worked ma
s and successfully, and are deserving Of /;
a praise and honor for their efforts, and o
ng community will not fail TO place the cred
,th where it belongs.