The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-04-04 00:00:00

STOURBRIDGE RXILWAY.

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The sixteenth Half-yearly Meeting of the above Rail-
way Company was held at Messed. Harrier& Shepherd.
sad Harwerd'e Ales, on Tuedday luat; W. Akroyd,
I. the chair. There were alai present W. T. Adcock,
Kai., H. K. Ildffidoll,lq.. W. b. Cilia, Eli., W. H.
J. B. Fisher, Esg., Edmonds, INsq., end
J. Conk. hag.
Mr. A‘leosit reed the notice calling the meeting.
The Secretary's report WIIS as follows .
"1 IMO instrnets4 by the Director. to forward you the
amosepenying statement of receipts and expenditure to
Um Mil December hit,.. certified by the auditors. At
the lame time I subjoin a copy of the Engineer's Report
I. to the state of the line dnring the last half year."
The Engineer's Report was as follow. :
I beg to report that the permanent way VA works
have been kept in good order during the past half•yeer,
and are in a subetantial condition. With the exception
of * lie.ited amount of additional siding accomuioda.
Mon, and putting the gas into stone of the stations, no
new works of importance hare been done during the
balf-year."
The Chairman, on tieing, said this was the sixteenth
half-yearly meeting. •nd eight years ought to have
Drought their matter, to a close. lie was glad to elate
that the prospects of completion and finul arrangement
wills the Great Weetern Company were mock hitter then
at any previous time. Owing, he believed, not in the
alighteat degree to any person connected with that com-
pany, the agreement wde still ii, abeyance, arising, no
doubt from the difficulties consequent upon the large ra-
tion the officers of the North Western Company bad to
give to their own Mosinee.. He should not ha much sue-
prieed if in the next hoer they were to get a telegram to
say that the Directors of the Great We‘tern Railway bad
approved that day to the supplementary agreement of
1866. Mr. Harvard wae went for yesterday with the
view of settling the terms of the supplementary agree.
meat. AR they would notice from the reports there hind
been • very triding repent/lion:during the past half-year,
which atuounted to £2.150 of the Stuarbridge Railway,
and of ef the St....bridge Kstensi.m. The
works are now completed and the Engineer has given
notice that the contractor.' year of keeping the exten-
sion in repair haa expired, mid the Great Western Com-
pany would lie hail no doubt, take the works to-morrows.
lie WU very glad tie say thst lie had the opinion of a
gentleman who bad seen the works, and who said that
they were the very hest of timer kind. The Chairman
cowhide& by inuring that the adoption of the report. be
received.

Mr. C. K. Swindell seconded the motion, irLich was
tarried unaniaimuly.
111 answer to a 4lue,.ti4.n from Mr. Woodpile, the Chair-
WWI said he Oa, happy to ..iy that they had not ...lien :-
it I their borrowing powerv. and that they had nufli rent
funds to complete the work'.
The Chairman moved that is dividend of I per cent, be
pail on the Stourbridge Railway elrn,o, and per cent
Oil tho3e of Shiurbri.h.iti Eatotision.
The Rev. Crown Worelocte moved that Mr. W. Akroyd
and Mr. W. Li•WiR, the retiring iliiect na, be reelected.
Which 1.14 secooded and carried unaniniouily.
Mr. Cook moved that Mr. Fisher here-elected as audi-
tor. which was carried unanimously,
Mr Shepherd iaoved a rota of thanks to the Chair-
man, and the proceeding. closed.

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