The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-28
Rail Road Meeting.

New YORK, Dec. 24-The members of the
committee on the organization of a railroad
system in Mexico, who were appointed at a
meeting held at Delmenico's on November
18th last, met yesterday pursuant to order of
chairman Grant, at which the following gen.
tlemen were present: Gen. Grant, chairman;
SeRor Matias Romero, Thomas Nickerson,
representing the Mexican Central railroad
company Edward D.. Adams of the Mexican
Central & Lenora railroad company; Hun
tington of the Southern Pacific railroad com
pany; Jay Gould of the Missouri Pacific rail-
road company; Henry G. Marquard of the
Iron Mountain railroad company; Kennedy
of the international Canal railroad company;
Henry Woods and Frank S. Bond of the
Texas Pacific; J. B. Harrison of the M. K. d
l.; Gen. Palmer and Mr. Woerlsh officers, rep
r~esenting the Mexican Construction company
and Thos. jefferson Coolidge of Boston, presi-
dent of the A. T. & S. f. railroad company,
whs were also invited were unable to attend.
Adams read the report Of the majority of sub
committee appointed at the previous meeting
in this city on the Goth of November last, to
the effect that the sub committee found it i'm
ed. Adams added by way of explanation,
that the Mexican Central railroad COMPANY
and the Sonora railroad company were in
favor Of q substantial union among all the
interests likely to be affected by the organi-
cation of a general railway system in Mexico,
but the parties interested in the Mexican
Construction company were not disposed to
agree to any plan looking to that end. Gould
handed III d paper which he desired to be
taken as the minority report and which pre-
sents she following basis fer an agreement
and plan Of joint action: First, that all the
parties who already hold charters from Mex
leo, together with the signers of the report
shall agree, jointly, to construct any road or
roads required by the necessities of Mexico
and by their W interests, each party having
agreement, work to be continued of those
lines of railroads new building under exist
ing Mexican charters in accordance with the
terms Of those charters until the proper mod
ification of those charters shall have been
asked and obtained from the Mexican gov
eminent with a view to make them all con-
form to such other grants the new combina-
ton may ask and obtain from Mexico. All
vested interests and expenditures already
made to be eauitably provided for. Second
that the present chartered interests shall con.
tinue to construct their several representative
roads and that each of the sisners of the re.
port may obtain the right to build and may
build such line or lines of roads as, in theil
judgment, may be required for their respec.
tive interests, binding themselves not to built
lines from the same points as those also con
structing on the frontier of Mexico and alss
diverge as far from those lines through the
several routes as the Typographical feature o
the country, situation of the centre of popu
lation and the course Of and eli
matte considerations will admit. Third
failing both of the above provisions the sign
ers are disposed to entertain and will enter
tain a proposition submitting their re spectiv'
claims and differences into regard these Aexi
can railroads TO their chairman, Gen. U. S
Grant, his decision thereon to be rendered il
writing, before the first day of Februar,
next and not later, which decision shall b
accepted by both parties and obligations there
on executed to carry it ont. Other PROPOSE
tions were submitted with a view to som,
general agreement and after a protracted dis
custom of these, in the course of which