Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-12-26
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Mayor Hartwig said that the propo-
sition was the most tangible one ever
offered, and upon a motion appointed
the following committee OH resolu-
A. N. Schuster. D. NJ. Steele,
James McCord, f. NJ Posegate, John
NJ. Frazer, Samuel L. Smith and John
l.. Motter.
The committee withdrew and pre-
pared the following:
Whereas, A delegation OF gentlemen
from the city of Lexington, No, have
presented to the Board OF Trade and
citizens generally of St. Joseph, Mo-,
the feasibility Of the construction of a
railroad bridge owe the Missouri river
at Lexington, thereby connecting our
st. Joseph & st Louis railway with
the coal fields of Lexington, and estab-
fishing a shorter and more direct line
of railway communication with Jeffer-
son City and st. Louis by means OF
q connection with the Missouri Pacific
at Lexington, and giving the city OF
St. Joseph a valuable outlet to the
southwest, and also the reasonable
probability that in such event the said
St.. Joseph s. st. Louis road would
build from Lexington to a connection
with the G & A. railroad, thus giving
that important road ingress to st.
Joseph. Now, therefore, be it
Resolved. By the assembled board OF
trade and general business men of st.
Joseph, that we are impressed with the
Importance and deslrability of this pro-
ject, to the end that we will exert our
business influence to the encouragement
of the owners of the St. Joseph y st.
| Louis in investing their capital therein,
and will pledge our united Efforts in
supporting and patrOnizing the bust
ness of the road.
Resolved, That we are fully co%nvinc-
| ed that the business of the road and
the business of st. Joseph would be i'm
mensely enhanced by these connections
aud extensions proposed to be estab.
| lished, and that the investors would
speedily be remunel ated by the success
of the enterprise; and we therefore re-
spectfully unite with the citizens OF
Lexington, Mo-, in bringing the OficiaI
attention OF the St. Joseph & st. Louis
railroad to the serious consideration o.
the subject, and further promise that
we will send a delegation of our board
of trade to Lexington in the coming
month of January to meet with a like
committee of Lexington gentlemen il
advocating the merits of this project, a.
a combined meeting of Representatives
of the st j. s. st. L. and other road'
to assemble there at that time.
. Resolved, further, that our thanks are
due the gentlemeno of Lexingtonfo theil
active interest in this matter, and tina
our hearty reciprocation will always b.
extended to the city Of Lexington.
The resolutions were adopted unan
imously.
MIR. E. L. Marney desired to see tn
committee thoroughly post themselve
with facts and figures as to the bushes
of the road, and be so armed witt
points as to be able to predicate o.
} future business.
/ Mr.. McCord thought that the fact
could be obtained from the r~ailroa'
officials.
Col Schuster SAID that the bushes
/ of the road would be increased if th
line is put in better shape. st. Josepl
is not to be judged by the past, how
, ever, for we are growing and the futur
is our guide. Seventy-six per cenl
increase in the clearings last week is
good guide, and shows the onwar'
7 movement of the city.
Others spoke on the subject, and
was decided that it was the of tn
meeting that the committee go prepar
: ed to furnish an idea of the business o
: the road and what the outlook for tn
. future might be expected to be on tn
best attainable facts.
Capt. Lesueur in conclusion said tina
this is a St. Joseph road and could b
nothing else. 1t is to the future NOR
t than to the past that we are to look. ]
the road Is to be a success 1t must be b
= working for the interest of st. JOSEPH
The road is virtually out of debt and
3 bound to be operated. They have tn
road but not the books; 1t is said tn
I road is losing money, but this is sill
! gular. in the face of good business
r both in the passenger and freight d.
partments. He desired before closin
: to tender the thanks of the committe
to the citizens of st. Joseph and to tn
F., board of trade for their hospital
treatment and for the encouragement
q given.
The meeting then adjourned.