Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-17
ROUsNo RAILROAD MEETING At
BOILING FORK.
The RIeh, spsaky COuHtY Of shaTksy
Determined 70 Have ; RaIlPsad.
The Solid Hsa Satisfied With q PrspOSltIsE
Presented By The Memphis and VlekS.
burg RaIIrsaa Company.
The EIsctIss Ordered By the Beard Of
Supervisor fer the 18th Of Iuss.

On mOnuay TUG 40lnI ACCOruipB u
notice previously given, the citizens o
sharkey county turned ont ct Rolling
Fork en- mdsSe 10 discuss . proposition
that day presented by the President o.
the Memphis and V~iCksburg Railroad
Company. By eleven O'Clock the town
was full Of people who were scattered
around in groupes, earnestly canvass
ing the railroad question. As the
Church is the most suitable place Ia
the town for holding public meetings
the crowd assembled there to take &C.
ton in 3 public and authoritative
manner, as the Board Of Supervi'
sors and the President of the
road were anxious to secure
the hearty cooperation Of the citiz,ns,
After the peOp' had assembled in the
Church, Captain John Ivor called the
meeting TO order aud moved that Col.
W. 7. Barnard be called 10 preside,
and that Mi. WIN Henry DO requested
to act % Secretary. The motion was
unanimously adopted. On Col. Bar
naTd taking the cbair, be explained
that the object Of the meeting was to
consider q proposition tha' would that
day DO submitted BY Cap Jno. Willis,
Col. L. A. Campbell ana Othera, look
ing 10 the construction Of q railroad
from Vlcksburg through The county to
tie northern boundary. Col. Campbell
sent forward and had read and explain.
ed to the meeting the proposition,
which is as follows:
To the Honorable the Board Of Supervisors
Of sharkey county, State OF Mississippi;
The undersigned, John Willis, as the
President Of the Memphis and Nicksburg
Railroad Company, for and on behalf OF
said Company, proposes that the said
county Of shRrkey, In the State Of Missis.
sippi, shall subscribe to the capital stock
OF said Company in the sum OF seventy.hye
thousand dollars, upon the following terms
and conditions:
lst. That the subscription shall be made
In pursuance Of the authority conferred BY
the Act entitled tan Act TO authorize
counties, cities and towns to subscribe to
the capital stock Of railroads" approved
A pril 10, 1872.
I'd. The bonds provided for In said Act
be executed IN due form, bear elk per
interest per annum, and the coupons
OF said 00nde shall be receivable for any
tax levied in payment Of interest or prin-
cipal OF said bonds; and the amount sub.
scrlbed shall be issued in the name of go.
.."......., and the bonds and certificates
shall be delivered 10 ............... as
Trustees and special Repositories, who
hold the same until said railroad
shall have been completed from the city Of
Vtcksburg, crossing the YsZoo river by
draw-bridge or transfer boat, through the
said county Of sharkey, on q line near
Deer Greek to the boundary line between
Sharkey aud Washington counties, to a
point within one.halt mile Of Deer Greek,
In the State Of Mississippi; and when the
said railroad shall have been completed
and trains shall be running on said rail-
road, the bonds shall be delivered to said
railroad, or Its assigns, and said certif.
Gates Of st. OK delivered TO the ............;
said railroad shall be deemed as being
completed within the meaning OF this
proposition as sOOn as the rOad.bed shall
have been graded, the ties and iron rails
shall have been laid and spiked, so the
same is well and substantially built and
ready for use, and capable OF being oper.
for freight and passenger business in
a safe and speedy manner, along the en-
tire length through said Sharkey county TO
the point above described, and is q first
rate narrOw.gauge railroad, with all the
appointments requisite. And the said
Memphis and Vicksburg Railroad Com.
pany agree TO complete the said railroad
through Sharkey county by or before the
first day OF January, 1881.
JNo. WILLIS,
Pres. Memphis and Vicksburg X. X. Co.
That everything might be carefully
considered, the Hon. j. e. Hall moved
that The Chairman appoint a Commit.
Tee of Ave, one from each Supervisors
District in the county, aud that said
Committee carefully consider the prop.
%osition, and report thereon to the meet
ing. The motion was carried, and
the Chair appointed Messrs. Moore,
Ferguson, Casey, Mckinney and
Phelps on the Committee. After con-
sultatlon the Committee unanimously
adopted, and submitted the following
report:
ROLLING FORK, May 10, ISIS.
Mr.. Chairman: Your Committee, after
thoroughly considering, on the part OF the
county, the proposition submitted 10 the
county by the Company proposing 10 build
a railroad from Vicksburg through Shar.
key county, beg leave to make the follow.
ing report:
We are satisfied that the building of said
railroad will be Of vast benefit TO Sharkey
county and In the way Ofpassage, f~reights,
insurance and 80 fOrth,w we believe that the
railroad will lessen, instead Of add, to the
burthens OF the taxpayers Of the county.
We, therefore, beg 10 recommend TO the
citizens OF the county that the proposition
submitted by the Memphis and Vicksburg
Railroad Company be accepted.
we beg to inform the citizens of the
county that 1t is probable that the stock
subscribed will be worth some cOnsideTa.
Ole portion OF the amount that will be re,
CURED 70 be paid for 1t on completion Of
oae hallroad, and we urge this as a further
INCARCERATION why the proposition should
sSsepted IN the good faith In which We
" oes 70 suggest that no aid IL asked
unsil t1e . 10 In successful operation
anu lhls mas much Influenced US In III,
IsoSO'y sugEestlons, inasmuch as we believe