Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-05-22
RAILROAD MEETING

"AuAWONO Wi = IuWSs
Pursuant to call at tie request of
many citizens, large public meeting
was held in the City Hall of Ottumwa,
by its citizens, at 3 O'Clock P. NJ, on
May Is, 1878, to consider and express
the views Of the people of Ottumwa
with regard to the completion of the
G. r. S. Il o. r. r.
On motion of Gen. j. M. Hedrick
DIR. c. C. Warden was called to the
chair, and on motion OF Major Ma
hon, j. G. Hutchinson was elected Sec
rotary.
Several letters of interest were read
by General Hedrick. The committee
appointed at the meeting of yester-
day to draft resolutions expressing
the sense of the people Of Ottumwa
with regard to the c. r. S. Il o. r.
r., reported as follows, through its
chairman, w. 3; Bonnifleld, to witt.
WHEREAS, A meeting was held OF
the citizens of OttumWa, Sigourney
and Cedar Rapids, at Sigourney
April 22nd, 1878, at which large dele.
cations from those cities were present
and
WHEREAS, That meeting organized
with great unanimity, a railroad
company which was named the &c.
dar Rapids, Sigourney Il Ottumws
Railroad Company, aud which adopt.
ed articles of incorporation and which
have been duly filed and recorded
making Cedar Rapids, Sigourney, and
Ottumwa points on said railroad line
and
WHEREAS, It is reported by the
Cedar Rapids papers and from Other
reliable sources, that s. L. Bows
of Cedar Rapids, one. of the Director.
and the Treasurer Of the said Cedar
Rapids, Sigourney & Ottumwa Rail
road Company, in violation of hi
pledges and good faith. has Informed
the people Of Cedar Rapids that tn,
people of Ottumwa and along tn.
line of said proposed route, have
abandoned their organization and
given in their adhesion to company
which he has organized and which be
callsthe Cedar Rapids and Southwest
ern Railroad Company, and
WHEREAS, Said representations O.
the said s. L. Bows are utterly false
therefore, be it resolved,
l. That the people Of Ottumw,
here assembled, fully endorseI tn,
course Of their delegates to the Sig
Quincy meeting, and the action o
the committee of the directors of sale
company which recently visited Chi
cago and Milwaukee.
2. That the people of this city ant
county are fully in accordance will
the people of Keokuk county in al
efforts to utilize the old grade, lead
ing in the direction Of Cedar Rapids
which has already cost the peopl
along the line about three hundred
thousand dollars.
3. That we are in favor of the i'm
mediate construction of railroad oil
the said old grade as far as it 10 com
pleted from Ottumwa to Cedar Rap
ids, via Sigourney, provided th
people OF Cedar Rapids desire it, ant
comply with the pledges and organi
cation made at Sigourney.
4. That to this end we are in favo
of standing by and giving all moral
legal and financial support to tn
Company organized at Sigourne,
aforesaid.
5. That we pledge our best efior
toward the procuring of material al,
by voting Q tax to aid said Co.
8. That this meeting appoint com
mittee of seven to circulate petition
and present to the Township trustee
requesting them to call an election, 4
vote on . proposition for tax of 29
in aid ofthe Cedar Rapids, Sigourne
and Ottumwa II. II. Co.
Resolved that We regard the organ