Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-09-11
N9isSS AND@IAs
- MORNING, SEPTEMBER II. 1898
: z,,rcl Meeting efthe Stockholders 81 the
General Ob;o Hon1l CODlDQuU.

ras n,,e,ing Of the Stockholders o. the "a
Int w." took place in Washington yester-
aa' ' The meeting was organized BY calling
gay. C,,rs ESQ. Mayor Of Washington TO
'''L rh,;r, and appointing JOHN p iSeIE' Sec
gelary. ,,s,o;,;rs ,be
which has already been made IN the
itch was read and laid on the table.
w. Mrpcsn then addressed the meeting In
- of some length, in which ne defended
=. ,oOrse he had pursued, and expressed MS
,h., al, interests might, at length, DC
,,oupb, to harmonic. lie concluded oy onsr'
~: On behalf Of the Board Of Directors the
ALLOWING Resolutions:
B,,olrsd BY the Stockholders OF the Chesa,
,s,Le and Ohio Canal Company, 1" general
meeting: That, in the event that the a''0rn.s
r....,I If The United States shall be oil opini-
on ,ba, ,ae charter of the Company eonlers au-
- therefor, and the Corporations OF wash
;",,o, Georgetown aud Alexandria shall re-
.,;,s,, Assem-, thereto, the Canal shall De eA>
.s,d,d 10 The mouth OF Rock creek, OIL tue
,I,n submitted TO the President and Directors
or,be Company, by the Engineers, benjami"
VII. and ] Mas,neau; and that so soon as
,bs CORPORATION Of Washington shall have pro-
.;a.d a, the mouth Of Fiber Greek, Lasln OF
..G,;sr, elevation above the tide, to receive
4 Canal leading thereto from the mouth oil Hock
Creek, at the heigh, thee feet above The ordi-
mar, high tide Of Potomac river, the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal shall terminate herein, IN the
mod, proyided by the plan submitted TO the Pre-
alden, & Directors of the Company by the said
engineers; provided, however, that it the Corpo-
r,,iou Of Washington viii prefer the consiruc-
non Of the Canal f-om the mouth OF Rock
Greek to the Tiber, il shall have liberty to Go
% at ,,y time before the said Canal shall have
been begun by the Chesapeake AMI Ohio Canai
Company
8ndbe II further ResOlrsd, That the Presi>
den. and Directors be, and they are hereby, en-
powered and requested, in the name and behalf
Of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company,
to present to he Congress of the U. States
memorial, requesting Congress will grant sue b
aid as may seem to their wisdom expedient, to-
wards the extension Of Canal ION some suits
able point on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
10 Alexandria, within the District Of Column
hia; ard also TO construct another Canal 10
&he NAVY Yard Of the United States, wilh-
d. the City Of Washington, at the level Of
bhe section Of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Z anal at the Little Falls; and, that the Pre-
Sident and Directors Of this Company be
keques,ed to instruct the engineers of the Conn
pany TO cause suitable plan 10 be devised for
connection by means Of an aqueduct across
Ahe Potomac, of he Canal Of this Company,
NNi,h the proposed Canal to Alexandria; and
that the President s. Directors pursuant there.
a., construct the NorIhern Abutmenr the re of,
Pn such part of the line Of the Chrsapt axe and
Ohio Canal, as in the opinion Of those Engi-
peers may be best calculated for such connex
Don
That the President and Directors, if any
Oab shall exist thai the provisions of certain
r's Of The Legislatures Of Virginia and Mary.
nd, passed for the benefit of the Potomac
'mpany, extend TO the Chesapt axe and Ohio
anal to cause the same to be removed, by .
Memorial 10 the Legislatures OF these States: and
pat they be also requested 10 invite subscrip.
'n to The Stock Of the Company by the Gene.
Assembly o! Virginia.
ou motion Of MIR. Key, the resolutions snd
her documents connected with the subiecr
re ordered TO be priated and referred to 3
@'"Eise oil nine, for The purpose Of consider
'hem, aud reporting thereon.
lie chair appointed The following commit.
-
Tgag Mason, j Pearson,
"aIer Jones, Hugh Smith,
=, n. smith, E. j. Lee,
rs. Hey,
% motion, the meeting then adjourned UNA
stnssday next.
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