Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-01-13
Whole No. 45S.
The New Railroad.


The enterprise recently inaugurated
for the construction OF railway from
Battle Creek to Bay City received an
impulse in our city to-day which gives
the most promising assurance OF the
success of this important project.
About forty of the business men OF the
city, comprising many Of our leading
capitalists, met at the Williams House
this forenoon, to consider whether Bat
tie Creek would properly second the
action taken by the committee at Ian
sing, Thursday, for the completion Of
the organization. under the statute
which requires a preliminary subscrip-
ton Of $500 per mile. That committee
which comprised representa- tives from
Bay City, Midland, Alma, lonia and
this city, resolved that an effort be
made TO raise S650C0, the amount nec-
essary for the purpose, and that the
sum be apportioned to the several
towns on the line Of the proposed road
as follows: Bay City. S23 600; Midland,
5000; Alma, $1,000; Ionia, SO, 900;
Nashville, $4,000; Battle Creek, ST. 900;
and that when the required amount
should be raised, Hon. II. Nichols and
Hon. Il. Kingman, of this city, be ap-
pointed Il committee to draw mp the
articles Of organization and file them
i'm accordance with law.
fIla cftiya,,Cs r,aatinu tbic yDor,ine,
was organized by the election OF Hon.
II. Kingman, chairman, and :. 5. Hull
bert, secretary. EX-mayor Geo. K.
FIowes, who represented our city on
the committee at Lansing, gave an
account of the proceedings Of the COM
mittee and stated the amount which
Battle Creek would be required to
raise. to ensure the organization. He
stated that the other members OF the
committee, Mr.. a. W. Wright. OF Al
ma; Mr.. Toucey, Of Bay City; Mr. Rear
don, of Midland; Mr.. Wager, Of Iona,
talked as if they meant business, and
were thoroughly in earnest in pushing
the road to IA speedy completion. He
urged that immediate and effective
action should be taken by our people
and thought that if Battle Creek man
ifested proper interest in the enter
prise, the road was sure TO be built.
Brief and stirring speeches were
made 10y Hon. +. G. Nichols, |. l..
Stone. ;. O. Bush, NJ. +. Brown, c. f.
Thomas, Hon. Chas. Austin, Hon. V.
p. Collier. George Willard and chair
man Kingman, while several other
gentlemen participated in the general
discussion regarding the feasibility Of
the project and the great value OF the
nection between our city and the Sag
inaw valley, and the important bear
ing it would have in securing other
railway connections Of similar impor-
tance, thus giving to Battle Greek a
supremacy as railway center. shared
by no other city in this portion Of the
State.
1t was proposed that subscription
be started at once Tor the SlI 200 re-
quired to be raised in this city. In
few minutes the amount was pledged
and kilograms were ut once sent declar-
ing the result, to the several cities in
terested in the project. We under
stand that the subscriptson will not be
limited to the sum above named, but
will be generally circulated among our
business men, who undoubtedly will
desire TO contribute to the success Of
the enterprise who were not present.
The proposed road is an enterprise
whose success cannot fail to exert al
important influence upon the future
prosperity and growth of Battle Creek.
1t supplies long felt need in opening
a line of communication required by
our constantly increasing manufacture
ing interests and permanently placing
Battle Creek on the grand highway OF
traffic between the Saginaw valley and
Chicago and eventually opening a di-
rect line to st. Louis.-Battle Creek
Daily Journal.