WESTERN INCIDENTS. 113

THE RESOLUTIONS.

‘¢J. M. Rountree, Esq., then read the following as the resolu-
tions which had been adopted, and were submitted to the meet-
ing for its action. They were unanimously adopted on motion of
the Mayor :

- “Tn view of the appreciation the citizens of Chicago have always
entertained for enterprises which tend to the development of the
resources of the country, and to our power, wealth, and unity as
a people, rendering us consolidated at home and the special objects
of admiration abroad, we recognize in the construction and open-
ing of the Union Pacific Railroad another great achievement, re-
flecting vast credit upon the American people, binding together
by, we trust, indissoluble bonds, the hitherto widely separated
districts and peoples, outlets for central wealth, avenues for new
enterprise, and another great artery through which shall flow
boundless wealth and prosperity to our city. Therefore, be it

“Resolved, That the city of Chicago does hereby tender to the
Managers of the Union Pacific Railroad, and the excursionists
who have celebrated the formal opening of that road, its most
cordial and hearty welcome.

‘“‘Resolved, That we esteem the projection and prospective com-
pletion of the Union Pacific Railroad, a matter of vital interest
to our city, securing to us the most direct, cheapest and conven-
ient mode of transit from one section to another across our vast
continent, rendering Chicago the most prominent point on their
great line of communication from seaboard to seaboard, and the
principal entrépét of ever increasing and multiform products of the
vast region which this national highway traverses.

“Resolved, That, in the name and in behalf of the citizens of
Chicago, we cordially endorse and heartily support the action of
the National Legislature, which has loaned the public credit to
aid private capital and enterprise in building the gigantic work of
national utility and necessity; and we hope and trust the same
public spirit which has actuated Congress in behalf of the Union