The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-07

Was III operation. lie amount
asked for in the proposed bond |
issue Ia pay for terminals etc,
was not stated. Judge Cayce
spoke at some length and ex-
hibited The survey complete
which The directors had secured
and had completed.
He waS folio wed by
Messrs. r. E. Franklin, W. VI.
Rhett, Col. Thos J. O'Nenl
John A. Stinson, DR.. J. w. Laps
comb. w. B. PEBBLES, Mayor
Gunter, Simon Loeb, Leopold
Loeb. and others.
Secretary Runnells stated that
he had been requested to present
and read the following resolutions
com hitting the support of the
Columbus people to the enter
prise and after being read the
resolutions we're adopted unani-
mously. They are as follows:
Whereas, The citizens of Col
umbus and Lowndes county, hav
ing listened to the report of these
promoting the building of the
Memphis, Columbus and Pensa-
cola railroad, and the explanation
of intentions on the part of the
directors of said company, and,
| Whereas, We are deeply i'm
pressed with the possibilities for
trade and revenue that will be
Eopened up not only to the people
of this city, but all residents and
property owners along and ad-
jacent to said line of railway; and,
Whereas, We believe, after
years of observation, that the
building of such a road would
open to this territory untold
riches in the way of increased
property values, opportunities
for extension of trade and
commerce, and throwing open
for better settlement thousands
of acres of the richest farm lands
along the banks of the famed
Tom bigbee river, lands that are
not surpassed in fertility by those
anywhere in the United States;
and,
| Whereas, We have unbounded
confidence in the wisdom of this
large undertaking, the inestima-
bic advantages to be reaped by a
consummation of the plans as
outlined by the directors; there
fore, be it
| Resolved, That we heartily en-.
dorse this movement and pledge
our moral and financial assistance
to the early completion of said
railway.
| Resolved, That we have con-
fdence in the business integrity
and judgment of the directors of
the company. and, therefore,
recommend to local capital and
foreign corporations the stock to
be issued by said company.
Resolved, That we recommend
to the Honorable Mayor and
Council of the City of Colum bus
the calling Of an election, when
requested by the railroad COM
pany, to vote upon bonds in the
name of the municipality suffi-
Gent TO purchase the right of
way and depot facilities in the
City of Columbus for said road.
said bonds to be payable upon the
com pletion of the railway into the
city from point at Amory or
Aberdeen, Mississippi, to such
destination as may be selected
by the railroad company and the
City Council of Columbus. and.
Resolved. further. That we
urge upon every qualified elector
in Columbus, in the event of the
calling of such an election. to vote
for the bonds and thus vote to |
assist the city of Columbus in
the efforts TO increase and extend |
her commercial facilities and de-
velop the resources of adjacent |
territory.
Following the adoption of these
Mr.. Warren M. Cox. secretary
of the road, presented a state
ment showing the result OF the
work OF the committee sent down
the river to ascertain what sup
port could be expected from the
people of that section. Thirty
five thousand dollars worth of
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