Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1870 — Ft. Wayne & Pacific Railway. [ARTICLE]

Ft. Wayne & Pacific Railway.

[From lb* Fort Vy»jrn« Democrat, .lelj 14.]

A very important meeting of the prominent raifroad men of the country was held in flic parlor of the Avelinc House, yesterday afternoon, the object of which was mainly directed toward the construction of the Fort Wayne «fc Pacific Railway. The construction of this line is daily becoming of such moment that it is attracting the attention of tho leading railroad men of the country and is now deemed an actual necessity. This line comprises a distance of about eight hundred miles, commencing at New London, Ohio, and running thence through our city to Omaha. A great interest is manifested by tho citizens of the various States through which it passes, and, at the meeting yesterday, each of those States was represented by men whose experience in projects ol this nature is only equaled by their zeal in enterprises. We have obtained the names of the following gentlemen Avho were in attendance, viz:

Hon. George Greene, Cedar Rapids, lowa, President Noav York & Western Railway; Henry Weston, New York, Secretary; James E. Abbott, Rock Islaud, President of the Central R R. Construction Co.; Hon. E. V. Bronson, Kewanee, 111., President of the Muscatine, Kewanee & Eastern Railroad; Hon. W. P. Noble, President of the North American Railway; Gen. Gibson, R. G. Pennington, Directors; R. S. Dwiggins, President Fort Wayne & Pacific Railroad; Win. Ashton, YTco President; I. M. Stackhouse, Secretary, and Win. Sturgeon, Hon. John Cornstock, Dr. Edwards, S. W. Lawrence, Directors; Col. Merritt, Judge Hammer, John G. Stein, lowa, Messrs. Dent, Harding and Potter, of Illinois; C. Aultman, President of the Pittsburgh, Canton and Chicago Railway. In Indiana $300,000 have already been subscribed as local aid west of Fort Wayne, while in Ohio nearly all the grade has been completed and the necessary local aid in a shape to be procured within the next thirty days. Within ten days an engineer corps will be placed on the line in Ohio to run w'est, arriving here perhaps the middle of next month. A programme was laid out and arrangements made to have the canvass for local aid go forward immediately, and if'.possible, so assured as to commence operations. So soon as the local aid is secured in Ohio and Indiana the Construction Company will commence work, with a view of being able to complete fifty miles of the road this year. — Judge Green left for New York last evening to make arrangements to negotiate the bonds and procure iron for the road. [

During the session, yesterday, John Hough, Esq , was elected a Director of the New York & Western Railway, and he, in connection with Wm. Fleming, Esq., appointed a committee to attend to the interests of the road at this city. It is confidently affirmed that if Allen county guarantees the local aid asked for this project, the w hole of the required amount for its construction through the State would be subscribed, the work commenced in due season, and a hundred miles of the road completed this fall. Aid to the amount of $200,000 is asked from this county, either through a vote of the county or by individual subscription. This will put tho construction of the road beyond doubt, and the only question is, how shall it be obtained? We think there should be no hesitancy in giving assistance to an enterprise that will prove of such vast importance to the county and city. In a tonrier article we spoke of the great advantages of this road to Fort Wayne and Allen count}'.’ Viewing it in the light ot one of the greatest promoters of Avealth and importance to our locality, we hope it will receive the enthusiastic support of all our people. It will make Fort Wayne the great center betAveen New York and Omaha, on an Air Line Road, which, when finished, will be the greatest in the world. It will also make tributary to us, a scope of country west, the wealth of whose productions has been compelled to seek other markets. We hope every one of our citizens Atrili have a lull appreciation of the advantages to be derived by this great central thoroughfare, and leaA'e no stone unturned to hasten on the AA'ork.

Recruiting for the regular army is brisk in this city. —Lafayette Courier. The population of Plymouth is 2,550, as just ascertained by tho census. —Laporte Herald. The Indianapolis Journal thinks the population of Indiana will approximate two millions. It is thought that tho city of Richmond will reach about 17,000, so say the census takers.—lndianapolis Journal.