Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-03-07
Railroad Meeting.

Pursuant to call by the Com.
mon Council of the city of Alpenc
a meeting of the taxpayers of the
city and county of Alpena was
convened in the county court room
on Saturday evening, March 3
1877, for the purpose of discussing
the question of a railroad from
Alpena to the jackson, Lansing &
Saginaw railroad.
The room was crowded to its
utmost capacity. On motion Mr.
David Plough was called to the
chair and A. r. Mcdonald appoint
ed secretary.
The meeting was addressed by
Mayor Maltz, Ex-Mayor Comstock,
Andrew Harshaw, John G.. CHS
holm, E. O. Avery, John ID. Sheahy,
V. C. Burnham and several others.
A committee consisting of V. c.
Burnham, A. w. Comstock, and
Geo. L. Maltz submitted the fol-
lowing:
WHEREAS, The county and city OF
Alpena have assumed position OF i'm
portancc amongst the counties and cities
of this State us business locality, and
WHEREAS, The citizens of said county
and city are deprived during six months
of the year of social and commercial
communication with the outside world,
by reason Of their having no suitable
facilities for transportation, and
WHEREAS, An organization known
rs the Alpena and Southwestern Rail
Road Company has been completed for
the purpose of constructing a railroad
from the city of Alpcna to the Jackson,
Lansing & Saginaw Rail Road, and n
firm now stands ready to
take the contract for the building and
of said road, and the citizens
of Alpcna having already subscribed the
sum OF fifty thousand dollars to aid In
the construction, and
WHEREAS, A bill has been introduced
i'm the State Legislature asking rcusOn-
able appropriation of State swamp land
in aid of said road, and
WHEREAS, The passage Of said bill
has been and Is violently opposed by cit
liens of small towns lying South of the
city of Alpena, and not upon the line of
said route, and whose rights or property
are not sought TO be affected by the said
bill, be IL therefore
Resoleed, That we, the citizens of the
city and county of Alpena, do believe it
necessary that the proposed railroad
should be constructed as soon as posi-
BILE, in order TO give ample means for
developing the products Of this and adj
Joining counties, and aflording suitable
and sufficient market for the same.
Resolred, That we deem the asked for
grant a just and essential appropriation
for the purpose of opening up and i'm
proving the large territory embraced in
the counties OF Roscommon, Oscoda,
Montmorency, Alpena and Presque Isle,
Ill of which are Astounding In undevel-
Dped but good farming and tlmbered
lands.
Resoired, That Il is the sense of this
meeting that all efforts made and TO be
made by the residents of the shore towns
n opposition TO the proposed grant,
'hall be strenously opposed by the peo-
pie of this county.
Resoiged, Further, That committee of
citizens be appointed to go to Lansing
md represent the matter to our Senators
md Representatives in its proper light.
The foregoing resolutions were
carried unanimously, and a COM
nittee consisting of Geo. l.. Maltz,
\. w. Comstock, w. III. Potter and
Albert Pack appointed to attend
he Legislature at Lansing, and
epresent the interests of the citi-
ems of the county in endeavoring
o secure the passage of the said !
ct.
On motion of Mr.. Avery, the
ction of the Common Council of
he city In appropriating three hun
red dollars, to defray the expenses
I the committee to Lansing, was
oncurred in.
There is not the slightest doubt
rat the grant for road TO the in
srior of the State is the one de-
red by the people of Alpena, and
lat is the one that appears 10 be