, 1877-01-25
RAILROADS..
Meeting Of Officers Of Land De.
partrnei1ts Of landaGsant
Roads.
Filling fn tho Missing Link in
the Chicago & Lnke
Huron 1sOnt1.


Mnl1drm F1ouG 0i ffans1t&tnE the GQstsltas 0l
tllc vurlo,is dcpartmcnts thun has Vro7ailcd
heretofore.
The following Commissioners In charge OF
Land Departments were present at tho meet
lug; w. II. Abrams, texas Il Pacific Railroads;
Johu u. Calhoun, 1uwa RAILROAD Land Company
and Iowa Falls & Sioux City Railroad; retcr
na.gy, ltlinnts Central Natlroa.l: ., F. Davis,
uninn Pacific lta!lroad; T. Z. Davidson. Iowa
Lands ot Sioux City Il 1t. Pail Railrtr!d; Il. l..
nean, y, I.oui: II sln Fsa'!cisvo l:ai!roaa;
". +. Downs, Central Branch LMion p..eih,:
liatlrcatl: l.. +. brake, st. Paul Is Sloux CITY
tta,iroad: j. Thomas Esscy, st. Louis, Iron
Aionnta!n & Southern Railroad: 8. J. Gilmore,
sup.rior " mississippi 4. $. johnson,
AtrIlison, Topeka d Santa r. R,i'rs,a,.; Arthur
uur.aot, ~ tlle same ROAD: ,'fanncs. u. Power.
Nvrtl'crn lavi1's Railroad, Henry Pratt, Wts:
tary l.aud Department Graai l,aplts y ins[lana;
4. y. susll,ncrs, Missouri, kaI.sns u TEXTS; ".
y. Slack. Little lsock l. Fort Smith: Herman
Trott. f,rtt Division st. p,nl u l'acifc; II. II.
y rhe toii"w,,is 'ffckc. aud Passenger Agent.
of tanigf!nt railroads wcFe also present 1T the
m.cet!sg; Jan'e: u, Brown, Missouri, Kansas y
'rcxas; y; y. Cornell. Ksn:as Pacific; ". +.
-'aht'son, Illinois CcntraI;. ": 4: ThrAll, CHI
caEu te Sorthwrstcrn: u. Wssharl, st. i.otlts 1:
san Fraurlseo; ". I. White, Atcntsou, Topeka
Il santa f.; Sam Powell, Chca.u, Durllngton
IL Quincy. ....
TIC meeting was called to order a. 1s o'elocl,
BY Mr.. a. l.. Dean, OF tho st. Louis q: San Fra,-
cisco i,al1roatl, and on motion a1r. j. d. chi
|lo,,u, OF the In,s;l Railroad Land Company, was
elected Chairman, and Sfr. Arthur Gorhn1,t, 1T
tho AtyIllson, Topeka l. Santa Fc. Secretary,
antl j. u. pu,scr. Ut the Northern rapHc, A.
slstant Secretary. The following coiNu,ittcc
was apnUittctl to select and report subig1ts Of
business to be discussed anu transacted bs tho
tncctIns: Col. 4. 8. Johustu, o. +. Davis,
'rhu1nas Essex. Peter Uagey, Il. II. Wcahiey,
James D. Brown, ami ". +. White. The Cont
Iufttee, utter consultation, reported tho lu1!oN-
ins as proper subjects ior 'dls!,'ssiun:
E1rst-Thc sty3.ab;,!ty Ut 4 ,csmaucnt o,sanlzn-
Hainc.
o IA ~ ~ n"fmnsI1 =, 10 Inc
YAird-Wnat ara tic most effective and cconon,-
lea, motl'od: oF Inducing sesslcmrnt upon our
nnnt t1en.,,ia,ion and sncy,I ~ ~
colon!stt. '''
rn"rtaCTe.ms "f sale and treatment OF deltn-
'"FM E'n%ETrcasn,:nt Of trc,oa,.e,,. ana thu uo.,
efficient means Of protecaln; tLnoer .iands.
2SsIN,1.laration.: S.r.,. n.c ...,.,t,a
t,on ,tand,nr rnmiuttcrs hn ntu ,,,eh n era.idrr
anl report on tic subject. ,nrntioued.
The subject vi the u.lrtsntittty of forming
per,,,ancnt organization WAS discussed a. suue
length, anil finally resolution WAS adopted
that yrh organization be effected. The follow
tNE Uehtls'1eI WIZ hlpo!hlCA II e1!tiIllttCC ~
report u plan Of organization atitl to nominate
permanent Hll.cTs: Hermann .rrott, stinnc-
st,ta; ThunNs Essex, Arkansas; W. l.. Webtcr,
Michigan; A. ". 1ummcrs, ka1sas;. j. .. Cal
llonn, 1owa; md ilIc t'l.arinat!.
The second stlbtpct-ill rr,,ard To tho advantage
Of IutI,l.grtltts to tho tcopte a!nl 1Ac (icIcral
tioycr,,nlcI,t-wa tc1iaclisss,l At great length,
aud several claburatc speeches ratEr. Ti,u rub
lvct was rcfcrrcu to culnnittsc OF three, which
Viii report at 4 future ntetu. and ttlr Com
ntsslot,crs were Instructed to refer to It MI facts
und figures connected with this matter. The
chnirnau will appoint the committee III tLc
mnrutnE.
Tr meeting then adjourned until hait.past
. o'ulutk this morning.
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ROCK ISLAM, r,rnEc.ro1,s, CAN.
ia ,;n,r ,.t ,to ,,htc,,,o ,,,i. tsI,,1 :. H..
H 1.'s. s"e oN'.'s'"' 4,oeA t''u''. " :"
| SiAe ha!l"ay COMPANY were ai'uut completing
new Directors car. TRIBUNE scportcr hcd to
the tayrc and cotr,,,lalious sops in wl,tch tho
,.,r. arr bnt.. 1nuuIruT tnr n, II If r.r,
.'.,',. 49, ." ,','n,a's ' -. 49, ~
ptteh' t''c l"e''e' e"f o"'!"ci. a' was aouta III
tic car III question, showing It's beauties to some
lady visitors. On making known hts crrnn tho