Show ITHE THE PACIFIC ral RAI RAILROAD C convention 0 N VENT ION lon the board of commissioners named in the act providing for the construction of a railroad I 1 from the missouri river to the pacific met at chicago as per arrangement at noon on the ad irist gen S E R curtis the hero of pea i ridge and aad the author of the original pacific railroad bill was chosen temporary chairman ma kanand nand ahl and J R robertson of cal and B R finney of penn secretaries pro tem gen curti on taking the chair made a speech referring to the magnitude and I 1 im imi M 1 of the enterprise for which the convention had met to take the initiatory steps to carry the law of con Cor congress gress providing for tor the construction of a railroad raili ralli oad across the continent into execution an adjournment was taken till hive five 1 I when hon non IV W B ogden of ill iii was chosen permanent president of the conventions convention 11 II V poo of N Y secretary and J IV alcott of N Y treasurer each by a unanimous rote vote A committee of one from each state represented and one from the commissioners appointed by the secretary of the interior was appointed to prepare and arrange business for or the action of the convention which then adjourned till 10 am next day after th the reading and approval of the minutes on the meeting of the conventi convention ox on the third a jairt resolution of the legislature of colorado co orado in relation to the pacific railroad dp was received and laid on the table the committee to arrange business made a report in part which was waa accepted and leave granted for them to continue their labarr the prea preamble able to the resolutions resolution lution presented by the comm committee itee ltee set forth the vast importance f the road which would more closely and strongly strong ay unite the various portions of the he country tend to the increase of its population and wealth and to the development ot of its ba mineral 1 fineral and agricultural resources which with the resolutions elicited considerable dis cus ion lon but all were subsequently adopted with very few amend mei ti t I 1 speeches were made mide during the sessions on that day by gov evans of colorado who rho ho gave a glowing description of the mines of that Territory and advocated the location of the road through that territory by 1 mr woo lyoo sn craft of california who claimed for his state the toe greatest imaginable resources of wealth and objected to the colorado rout I 1 and by niggles and blood bloodgood good of new york each of whom strongly advocated the construction of the road among the epe akerson thursday the last day of the session was mr Mo mosiell of nebraska who nho advocated the platte valley route A laes raes message sage from ilona hona II 11 C kimball and D II 11 wells IV e 11 s of great salt lake city was read in the hope was expressed that the he road would be located locate on the route that would be 0 of 1 the greatest good to the maio majo majority elty Eity and that the work would be speedily accomplished plia pil hed shed resolution was adopted to petition con agress gress grebs at its next session ses aes bion aion to amend the he pacific railroad act so that it shall read the capital stock of said company shall shail consist of 1 a an millio illion i 0 of shares chares of one hundred dollars each which shall be subscribed for and a 11 d held in not more than two thousand shares by any one person A resolution reso reao lotion was passed providing that books shall be opened for the subscribing of stock on the first of november and continue open two weeks at portland me concord N V if boston mass providence R I 1 L hartford conn corn rutland vt new york albany and buffalo N Y trenton tr e anton N J wilmington Wi del philadelphia and pittsburgh Pitts burrt burgt penn perm baltimore md hid washington Was hing bing D C columbus cincinnati and cleveland 0 wheeling eing el va india indianapolis la ia detroit detruit de t roi rut it mich chicago I 1 ill iii milwaukie milwaukee WIS wib st pa paul ul alln alin dubuque and B ming wing ton owa owa st S t louis mo luo leavenworth ka gwalia N denyer denver C T salt lake U T carson city san francisco cal and ind portland oregon A committee of five wa was appointed appoint ed to collect useful information relative to the contemplated tem plated routes and after ordering the proceedings published in pamphlet form tir fir U r general gener gli distribution the convention adjourn eato cato ea to meet at the callif cal lof the president and a nd secretary S 0 crebar TI act J i j |