The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-04-05
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CINCINNATI SOUTHERN RAM
WAY.
Discussion of the Road by thR
Board of Transportation.


A meeting was held yesterday after
noon to consider the condition of the
Southern Railway Bill, now before the
Legislature.
The President read a dispatch stating
that Kesslers amendment had been
stricken out of the Southern Il Iilr0ad
Bill, and that if the Senate passed tbs
bill without 1t the road would have to be
leased OF let lay inactive.
Mr.. Mack said it woulI cost 50, 225, 600
more to finish the road to Chattanooga,
and the improvements in the city about
81 250, ,000mor
The following was adopted:
"Whereas, The Cincinnati Southern
Railroad Bill, as it has passed the House,
gives the Trustees power to lease tho
road 10 any party who will complete IL,
without granting any power to operate
| the road temporarily If fair and equit-
| able lease can not be effected, and tnere-
by gives the proposed lessees (by con-
cert of action the ability to enforce un-
just terms OF lease, and deprives the
Trustees OF the power to enforce equit-
able terms by the alternative OF operat-
| ing the road; it is therefore probable
that the road will be left imperative,
unproductiVe, and subject to.deteriOra-
4
else lease injurious to the interests OF
our city will be entered into, and the
SIG, ,000, ,0aO on hand already eXpendel
| wIll be made the m cans Of enrIching
company of spectators, or promoting
the prosperity Of some com peCltige city
or line of railroad, and the diversion of
trade from ourown. - =;
-"Whereas, On .ue 9th day Of March
last our DJard transmitted a cOpy OF
the annexed resolutions to the Trustees.
who have so far failed to communicate
the information requested, and which lis
necessary TO Obtain he ore our cilixsRs
can oeelue "':4sther the proposed ac!en
,-s --e A.~e.~-- om7v.Iug aieasa u
correct, or whether it would not be
more advisable TO operate the road ten-
! porarily.
"Wnereas, Certain previous actions
of the Trust tees, especially with respect
to the expensive style OF building the
road, the failure to render available ;he
road already built to Lexington, aud
the railroad bridge already constructed
across the Ohio River, gives evidences
that the affairs OF the road might oe bel
ter conducted by concert of action be-
tween the Trustees and taxpayers. in a
matter OF sucn magnitude as the haai
disposition OF the road.
Whereas, We are informed that a
majority Of the Trustees are in favor of
sucn legislation as will give them thu.
power to operate the road il an eQuita-
BILE lease can not be effected, and az rOal-
ing-stock can be leased without the luz
ther enactment OF capital; therefore,
"ResOlyed, That this Board urgently
requests our State Legislature to amend
the law as 1t now stands 80 that the
Trustees shall either have power 70
lease the road to parties who will coan-.
plete the same, or to operate the finished
portion until an equitable lease can be
effected, anu thus give our citizens the,
oenetit of The large investment they
have made, as far as practicable.
| ''ResolVed, Tnat u copy OF these res0-
lutions be transmitted w the Hamilton
| County delegation with the request thaS
they be carefully considered and ae.ea
upon"