"S. W. Durham, Esq.,
"Marion,
"Linn Co.,
"Iowa."
The following is a report of the railroad meeting held at Marion in 1850 in which nearly all the public-spirited men of the city took part:
RAILROAD MEETING, MARION, NOVEMBER 30, 1850
Meeting called to order by appointing P. W. Earle chairman and J. Green, secretary.
On motion of W. Smythe, Esq., Resolved that a committee be appointed to report names of delegates to attend the State Rail Road Convention to be held at Iowa City on the .......... day of December next.
Committee appointed by chair, H. W. Gray, Sausman, Dr. Ely, Hill of Putnam, Ashlock, Griffin, Mills of Marion.
Maj. McKean was called for to address the meeting. He proceeded to do so in an appropriate address.
On motion of Hon. G. Greene, Resolved that the delegates appointed to attend the State Rail Road Convention form themselves into a Rail Road Association and draft articles of said association for the advancement of the Dubuque & Keokuk Rail Road.
The committee appointed to report names of delegates to attend State Convention through H. W. Gray report the names of the following persons as delegates:
T. J. McKean, Hon. G. Greene, Dr. Jacob Williams, W. P. Harman, Esq., Ed. Railsback, Mr. Steadman, E. D. Waln, Freeman Smythe, J. J. Nugent, E. Jordan, Dr. Brice, Col. I. Butler, Robert Robinson, Jas. M. Berry, Isaac Cook, Esq., John C. Berry, A. R. Sausman, N. W. Isbel, Esq., P. W. Earle, Esq., William Smythe, Esq., Dr. J. F. Ely, Dr. Carpenter, Hon. S. W. Durham.