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Show STREET RAIL-WAY RAIL-WAY A GO Judging from present indications $8,000 subscribed in I fifteen minutes. About seventy-live business men I met nt the court house Thuisday afternoon and considered the advisa-H advisa-H bllity of pushing the constiuctlon of a I street railway fioni Hit? O. S. L. sta- tlon to Logan Suk.ii I'actoi) and the Agtleultural College as pioposed by JfeJV Mr. David Kccles. Thcic was consld-WSSfl consld-WSSfl erablc discussion of the niattei and a Mf resolution favoring the project was I adopted. I In order to ascertain the ie.il ft lend- I llncss theie Is foi the l.illwa), the to opportunity to take stock was olleied. W It took just about ten minutes to I raise S.OOO, taken as follows: I .loseph Howell ii 1,000 W.J. Kerr 1,000 Moses Thatehi 500 II. K. Hatch 00 '.cph Thomas "H) I Logan Knitting Kaetoty MM) Dunbar, Hobinson Co .100 Hauls Music Co MX) Win. Edvvaids MX) Andctson & Sons Co M)0 .loseph Mori ell .".00 ,1. A. Ilendilckson MK) I.C.Thoieson MM Ed. Xelson M10 Wesloi Jacques :B0 I The amount of slock neeessat) for I the citizens to lake is W,00O, and from this ready i espouse ltlsfcltth.it there will be no dlWcultv In raising j the i eiiilrcd amount. H tiii: nin-AiLs. H Hon. Joseph Howell acted as chair- I man of the meeting and opened up IB for business by stating the pioposition H of Mi. David Kccles. That gentle- I mat pioposes that if the citlenswlll JBm) subscribe ii'),000, he will take $10,000 j&f vvoith of stock and constiuct a stiret B railwaj fiom the O. S. L. station to B the A. C of I'. and Sugai Factoiy. B He liguics on a two car, half hour B set vice oei well constituted toad, B with electrioit) as a motic powet. B Mr- Eeclcs also pioposes that if cci- B tain aiiaugemcnts can be made he B himself will build a steam load (torn B the sugar factory to Wellsville and B Ilyiuiu and that this sticel lallway B may connect with It Mt. Hatch B questioned Mr Eeclcs as to ceitain fl details which were satisfaetoty, and B then ollered $1,000 In support. B I.C. Thoicsou was In faoi of the B toad but felt that Mlllvilleand Piovid- ence should be glcn service. 51 B W.J. Kctr uiged the adantage to B the city, and the two big schools heie, B theA.C. of l especially. He gac B the result of Investigations made by " fl liitn two veais ago. At that time H such a load as pioposed could be built I for $24,000, cxclushe of the spin to H the sugar facton. HwasMt. Ketr's B Idea thai this sttcet tailwsi) should B serc as a nucleus for a line that, B would completely cncltcle the valley, Hhyy thus btlnglng the city and county in JBp53f close touch IB t,ert w,it-r,,t of Hy'"1"' wa" of the I E opinion that the steam road should IB Uu constiucted all the way aiound the EC south end of the alle) as the O. S. L. ffl would want It then, and of course j would get it. w Theie was a desiilloi) discussion, H and in this It was geneially con- ceded that the slteet railway could not pa) Intetest .on the money Invest-H Invest-H ed, but neveilheless all considered it a H good proposition. H At a convenient time it was sug- H gested that those present be given an fl opportunity to show how much they U vvoio Inteiested and the amount nam- I ed aboc was subscribed. I I On motion of Wesley Jaiues, a com- I 1 mlttce of live was appointed to solicit II the leinalnlng. stock nesessai). II. E. I I Hatch, W J. KenvE. W. Robinson, II Robert Airlerson, J A. Hendtlcksoit I II were named on this committee. IH Mr. Eeclcs explained that he must I B know or the llnal intentions within I two or thtee weeks, and It is expected I Q that the committee will be able to ic- port favorably within a week or ten I H days. Idjv Peter W. Mauglian acted as sec- MM retary. |