From the Syracuse Journal of Syracuse, NY
Thursday, August 25, 1870

   A meeting of the Board of Directors of the Midland Railroad Co. was held at Oneida on the 20th inst.( OF THIS MONTH ), when the following resolutions were adopted :

Resolved, That the construction of this road is so far advanced as to justify the immediate extension of the line from Truxton to Auburn; and to this end be it further

Resolved, That the President and Engineer be directed to examine the intermediate country and make further surveys of the same, and that the Executive Committee, after examining the same, be and are hereby authorized to locate the road upon the best line taking into consideration grade, business and means furnised for construction.