Ellsworth American., 1877-06-14
THURSDAY. JUNE Il, 1877.
Railroad Meeting.

dun affair. There was ON the contrary
more excitement than ever, and for the
frs time sometbln. Of controversy.
Hon. John c. Talbot presiIea. The d.
recar> maae a report, stating the efforts
they had made 70 locate the road. and the
wata dome generally. 1t seems that about
sl>> 900. had been subscribed 10 the stock,
almost entirely by The towns. The work
was put Id the hands ct the Executive
committee. who directed Col. Egchlaud tie
Engineer to survey the line for the rur-
pose oi location. Before this WORK had
b-ca completed. it was found that the
towns were declining 10 Pay the live per
cent assessment and accordingly the " orh
was stopped until tie annual meeting. In
order to obtain The Instructions OF the
towns. Col. Buchlaud had got a far a,
NAjucyyi,le from Buoksport when called
or. octhc field. Col Buchland also made
report giving the details Of his wcrA.
Iae expenses incurred iH AL The work
from the orgauiza.lon Of the company was
a l..t,e oyer 5000. not Including any cX-
pcaseS Of directors. of which 10 bill had
h.en ,,eis l.v any Of them All tie -e-
ports were accepted, ana were very salts
f4e,ory.
The President read communication
from Col. Greene, the contractor and build
sr..f the Grand Southern Z r. of New
E-..so.5rk pronosf,,- 10 buli a railroad
ofs II f...t gauge rom B1~..nort 10 Cal
s.. all camnle;e and stocked. for SO 61p
ner milo Th. included everything exccrt
.,...t.. o., vsv and rgofuee,,. sureryt.ion.
~. r.,.-a., 'star., wa. tobas locomotives.
t....r..-.suaer a,s l,,-s.te cars. DO box
csr-, @i platform e-r-. ETC.. ttc.
Iuete was t1cu >ou4- discussion - TO
the mode ot choosing dGeCtoT-, pending
which there was an adjournment unit. an.
oranou. III the afternoon. Co. Greene ap-
reared in person aud explained the terms
Of his olIer, aul gave much interesting in
formation a ID the working Of the narrow
aaagc. which he pronounced an entire sue
ces,. Col Grceue-s talk was the most
practical and business like We have heard
about tile matter Il wa. apparent tha,
the road could be built, II The sl0O per
nile could be raised Til. va, the only
problem
Considerable discussion ea.ued as to
whether the necessary amount could be
raised. Il was fouad thar about S20o. GEO
more must be subscribed to make up even
5000 per mile. the whole distance being
I5j miles. aud to raise enough 20 that the
mortgage Of the road would pay the bal
auce. would require $1,000. per mile, or
s336 .00l in addition to the sls0.0o0 already
subscribed
Tho Fifswor,, oe,.rrao,au aimed that i
was jn9o.sfble to oct the additional 1886. =
nl4 and unraa.oo.bI. n exparf They
t8r-her sail i- heinz, ,,,ro..fs,e 10 build the
roa3 Al ar once mar II must be bulit in
sections or not al all. Ellsworth with the
towns v.e., a. i,ar copId aa.tly raise sl-5.
ol3. or more than 5 600 per mile. for a
road from Bgchsport TO Ellsworth. and
this amount would be ample. and more
than sufficient 10 s,art The road. As the
ROAD NNA.I De <AIE4k Ti4lLu ON 10 IAl-N
81 600 per mile TO make no sl2 600. In
his way % miles Of The road could be built
now. and so much gained. Ellsworth ac-
c1rdlngIy asked tia, the direction Of the
matter be given to her a. her money
was to mainly support tue enterprise. and
il was 10 more than fair she should con
troll the disbursement Of her own money.
especially as no one east Of her was to lie
called on Tor penny
This proposition oi Els"oTth pToFoked
heated discussion several OF me last
en- towns objected, uF@ins that Tor Els
worth 10 spend al. her subscription west el
h-r would uestroF al nope IoF 'He Eastern
towns, As they couid never push ioau 10
Eiis"orih' Wlthoul Inc Ae'p oI Eiis"oI'A
To TINS II was relied th4t 'he EHs"orln
vote sspniAted he' money was ~ 0e "a
pended west ana her Peop'e "oulu he'el
ehsnee h'-that Il was io' eApeHueO
west II eouid bot De hau io- any p"iPose'
The meeting apparently IooA uulo'Ase a.
TINS anu ch ecu ''i"' i1''s' VI III .
hsh. Inc i-,i' ,.- -, i,i -,
lhAt 'ne seiiis''iie'1 NJ, --s ~, .',,a a.
hnrt o'her 'o"ns. lucy 0ou'u Nos ou'iu d
ra'iroau even VIM - "a i'"' - . nO ~,
Renee u H'e e",s ,s,., I.' -, -,
,1 ~, snvn 1n ,San, - % m;les If the very road
a'ded - ~ .ns'n, 80 - shnr,og - tba .ririt of the
they "an.e', -D vs. s"D" Wv
u0s !" 'u'
The upshot was tne meeting reiu'eu 'n' ,'
request ol EEs"ol'H' a. n1 0.i.ot aSt hoi,o+ hO
reetors then began oa the h[s' @ pallo'
John = laloo'' @ 1osspn 80, :, -, y ramn