Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-08-10
Railroad Meeting.

On Monday two important railroad
meetings were held in this city, meet
ing oi the directors of the Battle Creek
Il Bay City Railroad Company and "a
meeting of the stockholders of the same
company.
The directors authorized the excel
tion OF a mortgage ON all the property
of the company To secure an issue OF
first mortgage bonds i'm order To carry
ont tnc terms of its contract for the con-
struction of the road and made some
modification I'm the contract heretofore
entered INTO with J. J. Buns 10y con-
sutiug 10 the assignment of the CON
tract by Mr.. Burns To the J. J. Burns
Co., limited. a construction company
organized under the laws of Michigan,
and accepting it rs the contractor.
One of the important changes made
i'm the contract, and of peculiar interest
to our people. was change releasing
the contractor from building twenty
live miles north from Battle Creek and
authorizing the construction of the
same on any part of the line. This. in
view of the propositions made to Bay
City and Midland, makes it possible
for Alma to secure the road this year
if our citizens Will take hold of the
matter and work With Il will to Sc
cure it.
Henry L. Asp, Esq, general attorney
for the construction company repre-
scented tina, company at the meeting.
The directors also appointed the fol-
lowing officers for the company: j. }
Burns. General Manager; j. :. McNair'
chief Engineer and Henry l.. Asp.
General Counsel
Mr.. Asp and Mr.. steven :. Hubert,
of Battle Creek. went from here the
same evening to get matters in shape
looking to the early beginning OF work
on thc north end.
The stockholders at their meeting
ratified the action Oh the Board Of Iii
rccJus i'm authorizing tie mortgage.
j. j. Burns. manager of j. j. Burns
Construction Co.. limited. who have the
contract to construct the roadmd Nh
John Fitzgerald. OF Lincoln, Nebraska.
accompuWcdh y a. j. McNair chief
engineer of the railroad company and
j. ~ Biordon, private secretary to
Mr.. Fitzgerald. They came over the
line from Bay City. driving from Mid
land i'm the morning. They express
themselves as well pleased with the
line and were pleased to hear that they
would be allowed to begin work on the
north end if they desired instead OF at
Battle Creek.
If the aid promised mt Bay City and
Midland is secured they assure MS the
work viii be under way between these
parts within ten days. An engineering
corps viii be put on at once to locate
the line from Bay City southwest and
there is "a possibility that with proper
effort the line could be built to Alma
this Year
They spent some time i'm looking over
the city and Wc very fayorably i'm
pressed with it as "a business, point. Nj.
AlcNair VIII return in "a short time 10
examine the country carefully and de-
eide en- It's entrance iutothe city. They
left the same evening for louia and
thence to Battle Creek.
We understand that work on the eX-
tension Southwest of Battle Greek is
already under way These same par
Ties have the contract from Bay City to
Danyile. Ills.
Nh Fitzgerald has the contract for
grading. bridging and track LAYING ON
tine entire line. and as he is very veal
.hy and the largest individual railroad
contractor in the United States We have
NO doubt of the success of this enter
prise.
Tie line. when built, will be over 800
miles long
The following gentlemen. comprising .
the directors. stockholders and others
Interested in it's completion were pres
emit and participated in the business
which called them together A. ".
Wright, }. j. Burns. John Fitzgerald.
J. =. McNar. r. a. Riordou Henry T..
Asp. j.. &. Nichols. Geo. y. lioWeS. IL f
hnsman =. =. Hubert, ;. .. Fisher.
a. Mcdonald. J. j.. Moves. VIM. .
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