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At a spirited Railroad meeting held in Emmctsburg, March 5th,the following resolutions were♦unanimously adopted:. Resolved, That, as the whole Upper Dee Moines. Yalley is-nowlab o ring u naer m an y disadvantages owing to its iBolatecbposition, and enterprise is discouraged, capital deterred, am! settlement retarded, from the cause oi haying1no Railroad facilities. We earn-U' c.Rtly ask our Gen era 1 Assembly/, to enact no law calculated to cm1tbarrass. .any Kaii-rond Company so as to prevent the completion of their lioad at an early- day. IIResolved, That wo. earnestly Is ami emphatic ally protest and re-il raonstr.atc against the passage ofh Mr. Parsons’bill or any bill or f amendment proposing in effect the). _ resumption of the 100.000 acrca of 0 land now con dit ion ally held by fi the Dos Moines Valley Railroad! f, Company. !cResolved, That wo fully endorse and approve the bill proposed by Hon. H. G, Bay which provides that the State shall certify to the' D« Moines YaUev Railroad Company’ 75,000 of the 100,000 acres.oi reserved land conditioned that the Des Moines Viilloy Railroad Company place the balance of the road under contract and complete it through the lauds in place to the /State line.Resolved, That our Senator and Representative in the 13tb General Assembly be, and they are hereby requested to use their influence and vote in defeating the resumption hill proposed by Mr, Parsons and to exercise their in-. Jiucnce and votes in securing the passage of Mr. Bay’s bill proposal to certify 75,000 acres ot the rest»rred land to the Dcs Moines Valley Railroad Company.Ict.t.rV
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Northern Vindicator
Estherville, Iowa, US
Sat, Mar 26, 1870
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