Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1901-01-10
ENTHUSIASTIC
Was the Railroad Meeting.
Big Crowd Present and
All Interested.

enthusiastic meeting was held In ArmoFj
hall last Saturday afternoon for thi
purpose Of discussing the feasibility o
constructing railroad between Condor
and the Columbia river. More than l0t
representative citizens of the count,
were present, almost every locality IL
the county being represented, and the
unanimous sense Of the meeting wal
that railroad can and should be BULL
by the people Of this county.
The subject was pretty thoroughly
discussed BY number Of speakers, the
keynote Of each address being In effect
I'VE need q railroad. We must have a
railroad, and we can and will build a
railroad"
Mayor Dunn called the meeting to
order, and on motion w. 4. Myers was
elected chairman Of the meeting, and
8. A. Pattison secretary. The chairman
made few remarks stating the object
OF the meeting and called on d. T. Smell
OF Olex for speech. Mr.. Smell has
taken much interest In the local trans.
portation problem for several years and
has taken some trouble 20 secure inior-
nation In relation TO the subject. His
remarks were listened 10 with much
interest. He believes that with proper
organization the people OF this county
can readily build, own and operate a
railroad, and favors narrow gauge road.
Tor the reason that the cost Of construc-
tion and equipment will be very mate.
rally less than would be a standard
gauge line. Mr. Smell was followed by
s. B. Barker, Ed Dunn, K. B. Lucas.
l.. j. johnson, w. j. Edwards, B. K.
searcy and other speakers, all OF whom
were In accord on the main proposition,
viz. for a railrord, 10 be buiIt, owned and
operated by the peopleof Gillian county.
Some OF the speakers advocsteda a narrow
gauge line, others a standard gauge, and
one speaker was Of the opinion that an
electric motor line would prove 10 be the
best aud the cheapest. Mr.. Searcy aud
other speakers who advocated standard
gauge road based their objections to the
narrow gauge on the cost of transferring
freight at the junction OF the o. r. & N.
During the course OF the discussion of
the whole matter the interesting fact
was brought out that the crop OF 1900
In the territory contiguous to the pro-
posed road, and which will be handled
by 10 In the event Of it's construction,
aggregates In round numbers 1000 900
bushels, and the cost OF transporting the
same TO Arlington by wagon amounts to
the somewhat startling sum of $50, 900.
The figures on the amount of wheat
grown were secured from the different
threshermen Of the county, and the cost
OF hauling lie based on IL cts. per bushel
for all wheat grown south OF the HAY
creek butte. and 5 cents per bushel for
oil grown north OF that point.
After considerable discussion OF the
question at issue o committee of five
was appointed to report an order of
business for the meeting, the committee
consisting Of b. 7. Smell, Ed Dunn, w.
J. Edwards. r. b. Lucas and L. ]. John
son. The report submitted follows:
Your committee begs leave to report
the following order Of business for this
meeting:
Resolved, That this meeting form
joint stock company, to be called the
- - Railroad Company, with
capital stock Of 100000. We further
recommend that this meeting elect
committee OF seven or more representa-
tive men on permanent organization and
Incorporation"
The report being adopted, the follow
idg gentlemen were elected as members
of the committee: s. B. Barker, Ed
Dunn, Condor; B. 7. Smell, H. D. Ran
dali, 0lex; Fred Tobey, w. I. Barker,
Arlington; John Shorb, Ralph Froman,
Ferry Canyon; A, Greiner, w. j. Ed
wards, Mayville; G. Schilling, H. L.
Propst, Matney; A. B. Lamb, Will Hoo
YER, Fossil; G. A. Danneman, w. r.
Boyer, Glen; R, NJ. johnson, Lone Rock.
This committee is called TO meet at Con-
don on tomorrow tFridsy) at 2 O'Clock
P. NJ. to irmulate report, which will
be submitted to mass meeting to be
held at 10 o'clock A. M. on the following
day. After some further discussion an
adjournment was taken until Saturday,
January IL, at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
The meeting was q notable one on ac-
count of the lively interest manifested
by every one present. The people are
in earnest In this matter and the con-
census of opinion among ell present
seemed to be that the outlook is more
than favorable for carrying the project
to successful termination.
Il is believed that the next meeting
will be more largely attended than the
last one, and it is hoped by all who have
the interests of grand old Gillian al
heart that those who doubted that q
successful meeting could be held, and
who still doubt that railroad can be
built, will be as wide of the mark in one
instance as in the other.
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