Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-08-26
: INTELLIGENCER. SATURDAY, AUGUST 90, 1852
THE NEW ROAD SOUTH.

THE NEW ROAD SOUTH.
Col. Waters Lays his Plans Before
our People.
Practical Steps Taken to Meet Them. A
Determined Feeling That Success
Must Crown Lexington's
Efforts.
In compliance with the Invitation OF The
committee appointed some months ago In
this city, Col. 3. j.. Waters arrived here
Friday OF last week 10 offer to the people 10
build the Fort Scott, ST. Louis & Chicago
railroad from Odessa to this place, on GER
tain conditions. On Monday, as per an
nouncement 10 the l%ntellisencer, a meeting
was held ut the courthouse to take the mat
ter Into consideration. 1t was largely at
tended by our substantial business men. and
by many of the prominent farmers Of the
vicinity, ell of whom seemed to be inspired
with the inn ortsnce OF the business In hand
lion. Henry c. W allAce was called to pre-
side and IN taking tho chair made 4 stirring
speech. He said, among other things, that
for q long time our community had bsen
borne down by an Incubus OF unjust debts
which had parsiyZad our industries, kept up
turmoil and discussion 10 our midst, and
kept capital and immigra alton from our
doors that the evil, Of that era had passed
away, been settled and compromised that
now y new era had dswned, prosperity
SIN les upon US. the benign hand OF provi-
<1arno t.a t.aan laviSh In liz nf,fs NJ roOh
things all that Is needed Is 8 little enter
prise to put new life, new energy into our
business life. We were here 10 hear Col.
Waters plans. aud If feasible to grant him
whatever sid he might require. A.. A
Lesusur was elected secrs,syy.
Col. Waters was then invited to address,
the meeting. He said that he had the honor
to represent, rs Its president, the Fort Scott.
st. Louis & Chicago railroad company, u
corporation formed to build y railroad from
some point on the Missouri river to q cor.
nectlon at Dsnnison with the Tsxa system
OF railroads IL. That when their plans were
hrst made they had thought 1t useless 10 ask
aid from Lexington, hut that they had been,
not only Invited but urged by our committee
and by other citizens to do SO. and that in
response to the representations made IN the
numerous letters which he had received The
gentlemen whose money was to build tue
ton which he thought our people were able
to aud should meet, which WAS, that II The
people Of Lexington aud living on the line
Oi the road between Lexington and Odesss
would give his company the rtsht.of-way
over the old L., L. Il CIR r., and subscribe
S35 .O0G9 to tbs capital stock Of his road, he
would agree to build The road from Odessa
to Lexington, and bind himself In the nOt.s
TO do 80 withtn W years. He would also
contain . provision that IL Ut the emil OF two
years the road was not completed the con-
vsysnce should be null and void. He then
proceeded to explain the necessity for the
projected road that II was built In the ILL.,
terest OF the Chicago u Alton railroad, to
answer the same purpose which the Pleasant
Hill aud Rich HUI road served TO the Ais
souri, Pacific Railway, openin. TO II the coal
fields Of Bales county aud communication
with Texas. that wonderful land Of many
%resourc6s, beside giving this section of cOun.
try q. direct road TO tho nearest ocean port,
Galveston, where already Missouri products
were to be seen lying upon the wharves
awaiting shipment to foreign ports. Col.
Waters proceeded TO sb.w that all new raii-
roads asked such aid AZ his company r, quir-
Cd from Lexington. He said that II
Holden, u much smaller place, With less
wealth, could give $50. 900, certainly Lsxing-
ton should be sbls and willing to give $751;
600. As to the old rOsd-bsd he had been ss-
sured 1t could be procured he knew moth.
Ing as to Its status, nor did he desire to en-
ter into any controversy to procure it. lie
knew that Lafayette county had suffered
from railroad schemes In various ways tut in
extending aid to his road The people could
lose nothing. He did not ask Tor y dollar un-
til the cars should he running over the COM
pleted road from Odessa to Lexington. They
could not, therefore, be wronged out OF u
cant. He did not come here begging. he cam
by invitation, and for every dollar ask ed
there would be issued shares of the common
stock Of the company, just as was don In
building the X. c.. 81. L.. u L. road by Capt.
Mitchell. As to whether or not the stock
would be worth more than par, rs was now
the case with that road he could not say, but
AZ his road would be = leased line Of the T..
Il A. just as the other was, and Is its pros.
k3ects for business could not be gainsaid the
people subscribing were fully Is good judge.
- he could be. at any rate he woui make
them no promises but let them make their
W calculations he would promise one
thing, though, II they would do what be
asked they shouid have the rpsd. In answer
to inquiries. Col. Waters explained the In,
corporation Of his company and other mat
tsrs.
The following was then unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That It is the sense Of this meet
Ing that the proposition rs made by Colone
Waters should be accepted. H.
The following committees were then ap
pointed
On obtaining Neutrality-suspicious. Tay,
lor. Stephen U. Wentworth, Jonn g.. Long
don, Henry e.. Chiles. 4. C. Wood, Upton
Wilson, Joseph A. Wilson.
On subscription-Hsnry Winkier. Ernes,
Hoffman, Edward Winsor, Robert raubman
Charles L. Ewing, Z. E.. Ballard and J0sep!
U. Lesusur.
Speeches were made by General GrShan
aud others. and, on motion, the meeting ad
journed subJsct to the call OF the chalrma an