The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-17
Public Meeting.

Friday afternoon, TO consider the
proper means to proceed in the'in-
terest Of procuring the lucltian Of
the proposed United States Marine
Hospital at this place; and also TO
consider the base article published
in the Gallipolis Journal of Fvbru.
ary1lth, assailiag our people, our
town and our location: DR.. W. S.
Hoy, was elected Chairman, and J.
]. Bright, Secretary.
On motion, DR.. A. r Barbee, Gus
Jordan, John G. Thomas, were ap.
pointed a committee to draft reao.
lulions in answer to an article pub
lished in the Gallipolis Journal Of
February 18th, 1885, 10 which I'm.
fair discrimination was made
against Point Pleasant
The committee reported as fol
lows, which on motion wasadopted:
Your committee appointed for
the purpose ofrepotting resolutions
in answer 10 unfair discrimination
recently made in the Gallipolis
Journal, against Point Pleasant, as
a suitable place for the establish
mentofa o. S. Marine Hospital,
beg leave 10 make the following re.
port
FIRST, The said article, which is
in the words following;
"Take the town to start with
1t is one Of the low lying places
along the river, which il subject to
overflow even in an ordinary fresh.
ct. The town was entirely sub
merged BY the freshet Of 1884,
y 4 = + To talk Of building
a Marine Hospital in u town thus
subject to overflow is a piece Of
foolishness that the Government
should not engage in. A private
individual doing such a thing
would be a fit subject for an insane
asylum. Gallipolis, with its high
and dry location, is the place for
the hospital. Itwould take a much
larger flood than that Of 1884 to
drive out the inmates, If built here.
No fear Of drowning here,
ayes, the Government has spent
large sums recently for an ice har
Dor, but it has been money thrown
away. At the recent break up we
heard u river man say that it was
with extreme difficulty that he
saved his boats. A breakup in
both rivers ut the same time, not.
outstanding the Government i'm.
provemenIs, is fatal to safety for
boats in either river. Where days
intervene between the break.ups
boats Gun be removed from one
stream to the other, aud thus saved
from being crushed by the ice.-
And this could llave beendone, and
was dOne, before the Government
spent large sums for an ice har.
bur.
This leads us to say what has
long been in our mind, that the
best place for an ice harbor between
Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, is at
Gallipolis Island, just above this
city. An ice breaker OF the head
Of the island would make a harbor
for boats against ice that could not
be surpassed on the river. A hun.
dred boats or more could be made
safe against the touch Of the de
stroying ice.
"These, Mr.. Journal, are onr "nat.
ural advantages" and we are not
ashamed to have them considered
even alongside of PatkOrsburg.-I
We are above the highest water
known to the oldest inhabitant,
and we have the position for an ice
harbOr that could DO made to &C
commodate the 0hio feet Of steam.
ers, For Marine Hospital, for ice
harbor, for manufacturing, for resi-.
dence, etc., Galllpolis can out-shine
any town on the river, Your views,
Mr.. Journal, regarding our natural
aud artificial advantages, would
seem to be the of spring Of eth.
er ignorance or prejudice. 1t is
hard to remove errors thus estat.
lished.
1.-THE people Of Point Pleasant
must not be blamed for these dis
advantages which the town pos.
sesses, They simply located in the
wrong place. They are a good PEG.
pie, and entitled to the sympathy
Of their more fortunate neighbors.
When another flood comes Gallipo.
lis will be on hand with its relief
boats"
Resolrcd, Thatin tho judgment Of
your Committee said article was
neither authorized or sanctioned By
the citizens Of Gallipolis, certainly
not in meeting assembled,
ResOlral, That inasmuch as the
article aforesaid is but the ipsi diSit
ofan editor whose declarations were
more in the interest OF GalIipolis
than the truth. Therefore, your
Committee in consideration Of all
the circumstances, recommend that
no action be taken by this meeting
in reference to said article other
than general denial and disa.
vowal of its truth aud fairness.
ResOIuel, That our county pa.
pers be requested to publish the
proceedings Of this meeting togeth.
er with this extract from the CALI.
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