The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-05-11
The Detroit. Owosso and Saginaw
Line.

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Line.
The third of the preliminary meetings
looking toward the organization of
company to construct a line of railway
from Pennington, Oakland county,
through Walled Lake, Highland, Hart
land, Parshallville, Byron, Bancroft,
Corunna, Owosso, New Lothrop and
thence to Saginaw via the Prairie Farm,
with a branch line running to st.
Charles Ithaca Alma, st. Louis, Maple
Rapids, Edgewood and st. Johns, was
held in this city Monday. The several
towns were represented by the follow
ing persons: Maple Rapids, Isaac
Hewitt, Otto Bulls; Ithaca, w. T.
Naldrett, A. Mccall, G. G. Graham, G..
P. Stone; Alma, j. Allen; st. Louis, G.
H. LaFlamboy, Col. l.. SAVERS; Edge
wood, J. Gibbs; st. Charles, E. A. Slim
son, Oscar DieN; Saginaw, R. G.
Morley. S. E. Symons, E. P. Waldron,
j. s. Smart New Lothrop, j. HI. Clark,
w Snyder; Coruana, w. Fl. Gallagher,
T. NJ Euler; Owosso, S. E. Parkill, B.
E. Smith, E. O. Dewey; Bancroft, E. p.
Sherman; Byron, DR.. F. S. Ruggles;
Hartland, X. M. Townley, G. P. Adams.
The meeting was presided over by
Mayor Parkill and was business like
session from start to finish. Several of
the gentlemen present explained what
had been done at the other meetings,
one held in Detroit and the other in
Saginaw, gave some data touching the
territory which would be tributary to
the proposed road and then the articles
of incorporation were read. To COM
ply with the state law it was necessary
to have q certain shares of stock sub
scribed for for each ten miles of road
and percentage actually paid in-the
latter sum being $500 for each ten miles
section, the section to be represented on
the board by one director, making the
board number fifteen persons. After
all present had thorough understand
ing of the situation signers to the arti-
cles of incorporation were called for and
the following gentlemen were named as
directors: Isaac Hewitt, w. T. Naldrett,
J. Allen, G. HI LaFlamboy, J. Z. Gibbs,
X. M. Townley, Otto Bulls, w. Sny-
der, E. P. Sherman, J. s. Smart. The
other places represented at the meeting
were not prepared to make the neces-
sary subscription and hence no director
for the section was named.
At the close of the preliminary meet
ing the directors organized by electing
E. P. Pherman, of Bancroft, president;
J. S. Smart, Saginaw, first vice presi-
dent; Isaac Hewitt, Maple Rapids,
second vice president; J. p. Gibbs,
Ithaca, secretary: w. T. Naldrett,
Ithaca, treasurer. Adjournment follow
ed, the next meeting to be called as soon
as the other places, Owosso, st. Charles,
st. Johns and Milford are prepared to
make the necessary subscription.
In brief the story of what may prove
to be an important meeting is thus told.
The gentlemen who were present at the
meeting from outside Owosso and
Corunna came with a definite under
standing of what would be expected of
them and with spirit of determination
which would ensure the success of any
enterprise. The line of road if built
will go through some of the best farm
ing territory in Michigan and would
for most of the way be several miles
from any paralleling lines Of steam
railways, with population enough along
the line to ensure good passenger
business. The scheme is to equip the
line with gasoline motors which are be-
ing very successfully used in various
parts of the country and Which attain q
high speed. The road would pay con
siderable attention to the freight bust
ness and should have large income
from this source.
Whether the line will be built or moi
largely depends upon the action of the
people along the line in furnishing the
money to pay for the preliminary work
such as making the survey, collecting
necessary data, etc. 1t is understood
capitalists are prepared to furnish the
monav IN huiId the line If the prope]