Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-09-02
A GLORIOUS MEETING!
AN OLD.FASIIIONED LOVE.
FEAST!
ANEW ERA DAWNS UPON Us /!
WE FIND WHAT WE CAN DO
WHEN WE TRY!
ENTERPRISES AND VIM /!
Hurrah for Old Lexington and Her New
Southern Railroad!!

LEXINGTON, Mo-, Aug. 20. 1882.
Pursuant 10 the r, quest of the two
committees appointed Ut the meeting,
last week. to secure aid to the Fort
Scott. ST. Louis " Chicago railroad,
Hon. Henry q. Wallace, the chair.
man. called second meeting, last
evening. ut 4 O'Clock. at the court.
house for the purpose of putting the
work thoroughly under way.
The two committees are composed
of the following named gentlemen
Committee on securing right.of.
way-R,hert Taylor. chairman; T.
c. Wood. secretary; Stephen &. Went.
worth. John Il. LongIon, Henry &.
Chiles, Upton Wilson aud Joseph A.
Wilson.
Committee on Subscription--Robert
Taubinsn. chair man; Joseph o. Lea.
ueur, Secretary Henry Wiukler. Ern.
est Hoffman. Edward Winsor, Charlie,
l.. Ewing aud Z. E. Ballard. b,
On calling the meeting to order the
chairman made an earnest and iorcible
speech. He spoke of the fact that Lex.
ington had Teen more or less injured by
railroads running around her and there.
by cutting off her trade. lie said that
this was an age of progress, and that in
that progress one OF the greatest factors
was the railroad. cit is too late. !"
he continued, "to think OF getting along
without this great engine OF civiliza-
ton. Because other counties. inferior
to ours. have secured better railroad
facilities they have outs,ripped Us in
the race for wealth, Commerce and
position. The road now prom
ised US is one which Will be of
incalculabie benefit 10 us. Its imme.
diatc southern connection letting out our
coal TO Kansas City. and east and
west on the Chicago y Alton railroad,
will in itself give our city double the
coal mining population that il now
has; but the eventual great benefi,
will be the building of II bridge here,
and q direct trunk road from the lake,
to the gulf. AS soon as we are con-
nected with the Chicago & Alton
railroad We will have direct connec.
ton with Chicago, without breaking
bulk as we now have to do, and this
will give great impetus to our lum-
ber trade, and be all inducement TO
our citizens to build houses. Corpor.
a,ions will not build roads without
the aid Of the citizens tho are to be
They do not do it any,
where; and the aid asked from US is
not exorbitant or extravagant. tits
within our means, and we will be
blind indeed to our own interests if
we do not do what il required Of us.
we need this road; We must have
1t; we must work. and display energy.
No project ever presented to US was
ever more worthy of our support, or
Was ever more fairly placed before Us.
Now, gentlemen, the lime has come for |
us To act. Let Us do it with vim. so |
as to show TO our reighbors that we
are worthy Of consideration; let US CO.
operate with them" The speaker then |
went on to explain that Col. Waters
ask d OF the people. the right.of. way
over the old Lexington, Lake & Cult
railroad. and thiriy five thousand dol
ars subscription to the capital stock
'f tho company. lie then read the
notes. aud the contract TOR de.
Ivery Of the capital htock to the
AMOUNT subscribed by each person:
THE NOTE.
MO. - " loil..A.,