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Plank Bond meeting nt Applet**.Tho citizens o' Appleton and vicinity mat pursuant to a ca I, Id said village, at the Public School House on the evening of the 17th of Decembe-, for the laudable purpose of taking into consideration the construction of a Plank Road from Appleton to Plover Portage and Steven’s Point, on the Wisconsin River. \mos Story, Esq., was called tothp chi and G. W. Woodward, Esq., was appointed Secretary.The Chair then called upon Mr. Reader Smith to state the object of tho meeting, who responded to the call by giving a description of the co intry through which it was contemplated to ;ase, andctosed by showing the importance oi Plank Ilocls to a community composed of an agricultural, mercantile, and meehaoi lal population.On motion, the Chair appointed Messrs. G. W. Wood war 3, Robert Morrow, and W. B. Evarta a comnlttee to draft resolutions expressive of the sense of the meeting, who reported the following preamble and resolutions.Whereas, We, tho inhabitants of Appleton, believing the great mean* of developing the resources of a iv country consists in the, facilities of general communication; that I upon such communication, to a groat degree, depends tho prosperity of the eurrounding country; that tv thout those all countries must, for years, si niggle on in comparative agricultural negiei t,or remain in their primitive stale; and vv lereas Plank Roods tire superior in all oth ?rs ter such general corn-niunioatioo, and ad Appleton is tha county seat of Outagamie County, and the country lying in and about Appleton being of the first quality for ag’rictil ural purposes, and having a water-power on i e Fox II Ivor nt this place, surpassed bv noiic iri the world: nnd heavy timbered land?, ol valuable timber on all sides, a Literary 1 istifution, (the Lnwreticv institute) on do wet with r. fund of 24,000 dollars, the Primary Department of wh.oh is completed and ill led with studs at e, and the Collegia!o ii course* of erection; and whereas the Bin to Improvements, now in course of completion at this place will render the water-pow %r of tin- Fox River cheap and easy of nppsopn alien to mechanical uses, nod, having i mv saw mills, grist, mil If, | and edge tool manfactories in operation:; end whereas the mid improvements, will,! when completed, e.iahie us to receive aid | export from our docke by steamboats. uiik-i out unloading, to end from Bntltilo and tiio ; Eastern in a rice ts: a 111 tv li t tea ■? c P1 a n It K c' id ■ is now being const licit d from r lain I ouiinc, | on Luke Michigan, to u v ith mujnow extending a d stance of five 'rules iroin ( Appleton, in a southerly direction, to ti:u j font of etc air. boat •; mi gat ion on Wumc hagai1 Lake, and i o a nonherly direction tun mi be; to the of steal iboot nai igatnn on the i Fox River; and vhereus Fitly Tiinuannd (• Dr'dars stock has ic-er, anbsrtilled fur the;.1 construction of ii l'.anlt Road from Appleton \ tn Plover portage i nJ Hie van’s Point on tne 'i Vvjscuuism River, u lonu a goncm line olt; ' Euad irotii Maniloi. lvoc lu said nvci; and u hercas the coar.tr ’ lying In i ween Apple- ,■ tor, oo tiie Fox Jin jr. and the fori i»*» n'ooyi mentioned, is s-nrp,^?ed fur agrciikurut and lumbering purposes- by nunc in tin: world; that a I51 a nk Road .n* u means of tuuispcr ! Lation from Lite Portage to App'etou ermnec \\ tion with ftenmboai navig.'.limj on the Frm,Vt olf. end \v iM'oas’ti Rivers. would vciyi! profitably develop t ie ftgricuUuritl and lum-ij beiing wealth lying along aitul road; that!] from the constitucjjoy of the soil, end the;! great and increasing demands cftitc iuhab- !l itanta along said route, and country beyond, i1 now rapidly sett ling, mid in order tn sc com-' tnnddlf? more perfectly the extensive trade jt from the Fox River to the Portage, saving;' from Appleton to tb ; Wolf River alone, over the present water ci rarnu mention nut' bo ml-:' ted miles; therefore,IZesuTval, That it conjunction witb one now co he true ted fjoni Lake Winnebago to Knnknunn, nowhere in Wisconsin is there a Flank Road of u ore importance to vhc agricultural, com n ere in I, and travel ling community, than fr m Appleton to- Plover Portage and Steven's Point on the Wisconsin Rives.Mrsuhed, From the Road already constructed, and from the choiacfer of the country through which it is to pass, we deem the stork of said road a good and safe investment which will yield a profitable dividend.liesohed, Thar, it will give d permanent character to the business t ran snot ions of Appleton, comm ere i lI, agricultural, and mechanical; as well as erili'ance the value nf lands along the route more than any other improvement.Resolved, That wc htill with deep interest the commencement r-f the further construction of a Plank Roar' from Appleton to the Wolf and Wisconsin Rivers, and that we wiil by all possible exertions, co-operato with and sustain the endeavors of tho com-. paDjr to complete the work.Resolved, That we have the almost confi. deaee in tho management of Reeder Smith, President of the Winnebago Lake and Fox: River Road Company, through whose exertions the Stock has 1 een raised and tho Road constructed from I* aukauna to Appleton, including the Bridge across tho Fox River and a portion of t ie Road extending to Menasha, by whicl Winnebago Lake in connected with the navigable waters! of tho Fox River below the Rapids. ':Resolved, That the President and Directors of the Winnebago Lake and Fox River Plank Rond Company are entitled to much commendation, and ‘hat the thanks of the Public be and are hereby tendered to them.After the reading of the Committee’s resolutions was concluded, a gentleman In the audience offered he following, in addition, which was allotted:Resolved, That this community have the fullest confidence in .he ability and untiring energy of Reeder Stt.ith as one in whose bands the completion of the Wisconsin River Branch Road will not fail to be speedily completed.Antes Stort, Chairman.G. W. Wood-war?, Secretary.O’ The Canal to Is, collected on all the
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Oshkosh Democrat
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Dec 24, 1852
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