Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-04-29

when directed, and shall report their
action to the Executive Committee
whenever directed 50 to DO, and ask
further Instructions.
The Executive Committee shall
also nominate to the Directors the
names OF three persons to be the
Trustees of the Construction Fund OF
the road or the proceeds OF the stock
subscriptions, and to these Trustees,
all such proceeds shall be paid and
the money shall only be disbursed on
vouchers, approved BY the President
or Treasurer of the company and
countersigned by at least two OF the
Trustees"
Mr.. Dwight spoke at considerable
length, explaining his plan, which
was generally approved. At this
time the President of the Chamber
of Commerce invited the committee
to visit their body which was in ses-
sion. which invitation was accepted
On arriving there. Mess. Nichols
Of Clermont County, Board of Rip
lev, ami Parsons Of Huntington, each
spoke briefly in response to calls by
The President.
At two o'clock the committee re
assembled, when after some consider
alton a sub committee was appointed
of gentlemen living in Cincinnati oil
in the neighborhood who were charg
ed with the duty Of taking the plan
of Mr, Dwight, and such other in
formation as they could gather, and
perfeeting it, to report to a future
meeting OF the general committee
After which the committee adjourn
ed.
To show the feeling of the Board
of Trade of Cincinnati in relation &c
this road, we make the following eX'
tract from their report.
Your committee respectfully re
commends this Bo&rl in conjunction
with the Chamber of Commerce,
which took an interest SO lively and
effective in the Southern Railroad as
to insure its success. to bestir itself
in deyising ways and means for the
construction of the proposed road be-
tween Cincinnati and Huntington,
and to stand not So much upon the
order of the necessary work as upon
doing it. 1t is 3 necessity to our
trade, may be readily built. and now
is the accepted time to secure it BY
enterprise and proper labor.
Unless We take hold Of this mat
ter with vigor and drive it to the de-
sired conclusion the connection We
seek threatens to be diverted to some
other Western terminus, which every
intelligent citizen would regard as 4
misfortune if lot 4 positive calami
ty."
There is one thing in the plan Of
Mr.. Dwight, to which we seriously
object, and which we believe will
interfere very much with the pros
poets of the road, and that ia, his
opening the question as to whether
the road shall run on the North or
South side of the river above Iron.
ton. The Disadvantages Of the South
side are many and insuperable.
In the 6ls; place, the complication
would be great. On the North side
the road runs entirely in Ohio, if
part IL put on the South side, it will
Be in three States this of itself would
be 4 great objection. Another great
objection is that the expense would
be immensely increased to run on the
South side to Ashland ; there would
be no less than ) or 8 bridges to
bald besides the Big Sandy bridge
between Huntington and Ashland,
and the only way the road could get
through Catlettsburg would be to
run right through the. town, when
the expense of the right Of way would
be very heavy.
We have no idea the committee
will consider the proposition after
thew examine the difficulties in the
way of the South side.