Excerpt from Proceedings of the National Narrow-Gauge Railway Convention: Held at St. Louis, June 19, 1872 Mr. Wells, referring to the terms of the call, said it was not necessary to enter at present farther into the objects of the meet ing. He had been introduced, the preceding day, to gentlemen from Georgia, Virginia, Delaware, Alabama, Pennsylvania, Colo 'ado, and other portions of the country, showing that this matter is taking hold of the people. And when gentlemen can come so far from home at this season of the year - through the heat and the dust - there must be something in this movement which the people are taking hold of. And he was satisfied, with what little information he had, simply through the newspapers and in conver sation with citizens, that the day is not far distant when narrow gauge roads will be as popular and effective as the present system. On motion of P. B. Borst, of Virginia, the Chairman appointed a committee of three to enroll the names and addresses of those present. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.