The Rugbeian., August 20, 1881, Image 1

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RUGBY, MORGAN CO., TENN., SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1881.
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RUGBY, MORGAN CO., TENN.,
SA TUUDA Y, AUGUST Wth, 1881.
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. EDITOR RUGE3E!AN,..f
CENTRAL AVENUE,
RUGBY, TENN.
1
It is witli deep grief that we record
the death, on Sunday morning last,
of Mr. Osmond Dakeyne, Corres
ponding Secretary to the Board of
Aid, and one of-the original settlers
of llughy : in the 80th year of his
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age. -Horn and educated m j&ngiana,
ho followed the profession of sub
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marine telegraph engineering, and
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iu 1874 proceeded to Portugal on
the staff of the Lisbon ocean cable.
Thence he went to South America,
where at several stations llio de
Janeiro, Bahia, Santos and Para
he had subordinate or sole charge of
arious land and sea lines.
In 1878 he was struck down by
severe and long continued fevers :
and an attack of yellow fever, from
which he just escaped with his life,
obliged him to resign his appoint
ment and return home. The next
two years he spent mainly in England
with a trip to Paris on business con
nected with the . Exhibition : and
early in January of 1880 he sailed,
in company with Messrs John and
Henry Boyle, for the site of Rugby
that was to be, the party reaching
Mr. Riseden's farm towards the end
of the month.
Since then he resided nearly con
tinuously at Rugby, and though not
until recently holding an official
position, exercised throughout a
direct and salutary highly influence
on the course, of affairs: took a
prominent part in the launching of
the Commissary, serving for some
months as a Trustee : and by direct
request of Bishop Quintard, super
intended the organizing of a Vestry
for the Episcopalians of Rugby. He l
the "Rusbeian" in its original--
monthly form, contributing himselfTI
largely to its columns : and became
co-proprietor of the paper when in
the hands of the present Editor it
assumed a weekly form.
The illness which proved fatal to
him was contracted during a hot and
trying ride from Wartburg early in
July. The symptoms at first were
merely those of nervous prostration
caused by exposure to the sun : but
as days passed on, the case became
complicated. Steadily increasing
weakness was followed by typhoid
symptoms, producing insensibility
on August 9th, and death, after one
or two evanescent rallies, early on
the morning of Sunday the 14th.
In him the Board of Aid lose an
able, sagacious and trusted adviser,
and Rugby one of her most promin
ent and active citizens ; while a host
of friends on both sides of the ocean
will mourn the premature loss of one
whose sterling qualities of heart and
mind commanded a respect and ad
miration ever deepening as intimacy
iw ripened.
:-
Ox Wednesday evening a Public Meeting
was held in the Schoolroom, to consider
he answer made by, the Board of Aid to
he memorial that had been sent them
ast May.
Mr. Blacklock was requested to take
the Chair, and after reading over the
Memorial and the answer, clause by clause,
invited tlve .meeting to ..decide ..whether
the matter should be thoroughly discussed
at once, or Avhether it. would be advis
able to adjourn the meeting to a future
date.
Mr. Taylor in a sensible, straightfor
ward speech called the attention of the
meeting to the fact that the majority of
the settlers had not seen the answer before
and suggested that both the Memorial and
Answer should be published in the
Rugbeian. This suggestion was supported
by Mr. Milmow, who put it in the form of
a resolution which was unanimously
carried ; and the Editor of the Rugbeian
requested to insert the correspondence in
this weeks issue. The meeting was then
adjourned until Monday Aug 29th.
(copy) .
TO THE -
CHAIRMAN and DIRECTORS
OF THE
BOARD of AID to LAND OWNERSHIP
( LIMITED ).
Geutlemen,
We, the undersigned Settlers
in this colony, very respectfully beg to
bring under your notice the following sug
gestions, which were passed at a Public
Meeting held in the schoolroom on the 1
26th inst.
The Board will see from the appended
Signatures, that all have a property inter
est in the Colony, and therefore a vital
interest in whatever affects the present
and the future success of Rugby, that, in
mankig these suggestions, the Settlers are
animated by the most profound admira
tion and respect for the Founder of the
enterprise, and are actuated by an earn
est desire to place frankly before the
Board the steps which are . considered
necessary to insure the future prosperity
of the Colony.
(1) Certain of the Settlers being under
the impression that one of the in
ducements which has operated most
powerfully to draw people to the
Colony has been the prospect held
out in various ways by the Board of
Aid that Water . Works would be
erected whenever the necessity should
arise, for the use of the inhabitants
and visitors of Rijgby, it is deemed
of the very greatest importance to
urge upon the Board the immediate
necessity of recognizing the condition
of the Water Supply, and of reliev
ing the natural anxiety under which
all are now labouring, by informing
the. Settlers of their intention with
reference to this very necessary
work. ) '
(2) As most of the Settlers have invested
a considerable amount of money in
Land, Farm Buildings, Houses &c,
in this Colony, and as others who
possess capital decline to employ it,
on account of the wide-spread uncer
tainty, as to the Future of the Colony,
which is very freely expressed, and
which consequently paralyzes individ
ual effort and is destroying confidence
in the Futere oL the Enterprise ; it
" is under these Circumstances deemed
desirable to approach the Board with
referance to their intention to employ
additional capital for the Future
Development of the. Colony, and for
establishing the Good Work already
done. . .
(3) As the want of suitable Accomodation
. f orVisitors, andLsfS' iz -painfully
apparent, and as a large number of
Visitors have gone away from this
cause, the existing, Hotel being con
sidered totally inadequate to meet
the demands, which may be reason
ably expected during the coming
Summer, it is respectfully suggested
that all legitimate inducements in the
way of House Accomodation should
be offered to intending Settlers and
to Visitors who may come to spend
the Summer months here. It is
therefore suggested, that - the Board
should immediately erect, and let
Houses on such of the Town Sites as
may be deemed suitable.
(4) As the Religious Educational Wants
of the Town are daily becoming more
urgent, and as the Board of Aid
promises one-tenth part of their land
for Educational and other " Public
Purposes," it would give great satis
faction to the Settlers if the Board
would specify the situation of such
lands, and state its intention with
reference to them.
(5) Whether having regard to the Price
. of Farming Lands in other parts of
the State, the Board would be pre
pared to re-consider their present
scale of charges,- as the Colonists
fear that-the present high price of
these lands may permanently injure
the future of the Settlement.
(G) It is observed with regret that many
intending Settlers : have left Rugby
for its immediate neighbourhood,
where cleared land can be obtained
at more reasonable prices than those
offered by the Board, and it is sug
gested as a remedy for this that the
Board should consider the desirability
of clearing ten oi (fifteen acres on some
' of their outlying Farms., It is very
confidently believed that this would
prove a powerful inducement to take
up such Farms, and would lead to the
speedy, occupation of the lands be
longing to the Board.
(8) Having regard to the amount of traffic
which passes over the road to Sedge
moor and the lamentable condition
to which it is reduced in wet weather
it is suggested that the Board should
place thisRoad in a proper state of
repair, and so render the Town more
easily accessible to the Railroad.
The Settlers wish to assure the Board
that these suggestions ' are not made in
any spirit of hostility or cavilling, but of
earnest sympathy and friendship for the
mutual interests of the Board and Colon
ists, and because the future of Rugby is
of the greatest importance to all, the
Settlers simply desire to see the Colony,
issue in decided success, and feel satisfied
that the adoption of these suggestions will
very materially assist in contributing to
the ultimate success of both Board and
Colonists.
In this spirit solely, we are, Gentlemen,
Very respectfully yours,
(copy)
BOARD of AID to LAND OWNERSHIP
(Limited).
57 Moorgate Street,
London, 22nd June, 1881.
Dear Sir : The Board have had before
them to-day a printed paper of sugges
tions as to steps which are considered
necessary by the signatories, to ensure
the.. future, prosperity of. the Qlpnyjof
Rugby. These have been carefully con
sidered and I am instructed by the Board
to desire you, as their representative, to
make the following reply to these gentle
men, at the same time thanking them for
the frankness of their communication.
(1) The Board are not aware how the im
pression referred to in the first sug
gestion can have arisen. The sub
ject of waterworks is one which has
received much consideration from
them, and of which they recognize
the great importance. It seems to
them, however, better that such
works should be executed by the
settlers, and they have offered to con
tribute a quarter of the capital re
quired if the settlers would take the
matter in hand. In that case they
will be prepared now to increase the
amount of their contribution. They
have already made or are making
arrangements for the temporary
supply by making cisterns and sink
ing wells. They will be prepared
to provide a pumping apparatus, or
hydraulic ram, for obtaining a supply
of water from the Clear Fork Stream
should it become necessary to do so.
(2) The Board cannot accept any respon
sibility for the state of feeling alluded
to in this paragraph. With respect
to further outlay it will depend very
much on the progress of the settle
ment. The expenditure already
incurred has been large, and the
settlers must understand that outlay
for public purposes should be at any
rate the joint affair of themselves and
the Board. Any well considered
- suggestions from them will be care
fully and cordially considered by the
Board.
(3) Our representative will do all in his
power to increase the house and Hotel
accommodation prudently.
(4) The Board have built the church at
their own cost and are prepared at
once to appropiate one of the adjacent
town lots for a residence for a clergy
man, and a farm in the vicinity of the
town for his maintenance. They
think that the settlers should build
the house for their pastor, and help
him to clear his farm and put it in
... cultivation. . They have also provided
a school, and think that it is the sett
lers business to provide instruction
for the children of the settlement.
They have already set apart Beacon
Hill, the banks of the rivers, the plot
on which the lawn tennis ground has
been made, and, broad margins by
the side of the main roads an I
avenues for public purposes. As the
settlement developes they will be
prepared to consider further appro
priations for public purposes.
(5) The price of the Board's Lands must
of course be ruled in great measure
by the outlay which has been made
on the enterprize. They are not
anxious to force the sale of their lands
as, in their opinion, settlement to be
healthy should not be too rapid.
They are however prepared for the
present to sell alternate sections of
. 50 acres (not on the road between the
town and station, or within a mile of
the town site) at $3 an acre, which
they hope will meet the views of
proposing settlers.
(6) They recognize the value of this sug
gestion and have instructed their
representative to carry it out.
(7) The necessary , repairs to the road
must of course be done. But here
again the Board would remind the
settlers that when works of this kind
have once been completed and dedica
ted to the public it should be the
business of the public to maintain
them. The Board will be glad to
hear from you again on the subject
of. this memorial when you have com
municated this reply to the signatories
of that document.
Yours truly,
Edward Bellamy,
Secratary.
W. Hastings Hughes Esq.
With sincere regret we are called upon
to announce the death of Mr.. Herbert C.
Chater, late of Beckenham England, which
which took place on the morning ot
Sunday Aug 14th.
Mr. Chater had been here but a short
time and had intended to farm but through
ill health was unable to carry out his
original plans. He appreciated his con
dition and was anxious to be sent to the
Hospital at Cincinnati and all arrange
ments had been made to that effect but
upon a later consultation of the physicians
it was decided that his condition was too
critical to bear removal.
He was a young man of good address
full of life and humour and will be much
missed by those who were imtimate with
him. 1
Owing to the sickness of our 6taff, we
are unable to issue the Paper in its usual
form. In the Backwoods it is unfortu-'
nately impossible to obtain Printers, at a
moments notice, but our Editor leaves for
Cincinnati tonight so that we look for
ward to having everything running as
usual next week. -- "