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7oar children the is Of
The Blue Ridge Raj. Road.

II !" PiASe Uelorc our readers the able re
port Of the President of the Blue Ridge RAJ
'Rond Company, read ut the meeting OF stock
holders held at Clayton, Georgia, on the 21tl
| ult. The business Of the meeting wns confined
to the election of Directors, and the locatio,
Of the road at Clayton; and we learn that tn,
Board OF Directors passed resolution leayiiit
to the citizens of Clayton the selection of on,
c. oi three lines st thntghave been run adjacent t.
that place The nearest line to Clay ton, whicl
is the longest by four thousand six hundred feet
passes through lands adjacent to the corporal,
| limits, and being, We understand, entirely sat
isfactory to the citizens'of the town, will prob
ably be the one adopted
The President moved on to Franklin immcdi.
atcly after the adjournment of the Board q
Directors.-Kco,cce Courier
The following is Mr. GoURDIN's Report:
10 the stockholders Of khe Blue Ridge Raj
Road Company
The Directors of the Blue Ridge Rail Road
Company have respectfully to report, that
since the meeting held in this place, their Ia.
6ors have chiefly been devoted to the organiza-
tion of the several Companies that were essen
tial, in conjunction with this, to complete the
great chain of Rail Roads to connect, through
this portion Of the country, the waters of the
great West with those of the Atlantic. At the
session OF. the Legislature of South Carolina
lmne Y nun ediately following the organization of this
company, m memorial was presented, asking q
from Anderson C. II. to connect with the Blue
Kidge Rail Road at itsssouthern terminus, and
the Directors are grafified in stating that the
charter was promptly granted and aid furnished
by an agreement on the part of the State to
endorse the bonds of the Company to the ex
tent of Sl,250,000 on certain conditions. ~
The City Corporation of the City of Charles
ton was also menorialized, and On reference of
the subject to the people, subscription on the
part OF the corporation was made Cf $500, 900
to the Blue Ridge Rail Road Company in South
Carolina, and $4,000 to the Blue Ridge Rail
Road Company, or in other words it was agreed
on the part of the Corporation to assume the
stock which had been subscribed by afeWs of
its citizens to secure the charter-Soon after
this period, say in the month of July last, con
tract was made with Messrs. Bangs & Co., of
the State eof New York, for the conctruction
md equipment of the entire .line of Rail Road
from Anderson c. II. to tho State line Of Ten
nessec; the Hon. w. II. Thomas (under author.
ity to him rs President) acting for the Tenncs-
unite his Company with the Company in South
Carolina and to place the construction of the
road under the contract made with Mcssrs.
Bangs & Co. "a:
The contractors have agreed to receive in
payment for the, construction and equipment
OF the several roads, one half in cash and the
other in the bonds and stock of the several
fourth each 1t was further agreed tha. the
work should be commented. on the first day of
November last, but this time was bv apree
ment, extended toSthe firsf9ef January 1884.
The Legislature of South Carolina was again
memorIalized for farther aid at its last session
IN November, with . view of obtaining sub.
seription on the part of the State in addition to
ITS endorsement of the Compnny's bonds as be-
fore granted. The bill introduced for this pur-
pose passed the Senate, but failed inithe Honse
The hopes and expectations of the Board of
Directors however, were and are by no means
dampened by. this disappointment as there
were causes which contributed to this result
which they are assured will not exist again;
and it must not be inferred that The vote in tie
popular branch of the Legislature is conclusive
that the people Of South Carolina are opposed
to legislative aidsto this great enterprise in SONIC
more substantial form than the endorsement Of
tho Company's bonds. There were several
projects opposed TO uslast session; which it is
believed will not oppose US again Many
on our work, and make ,moresprogress before
asking for further legislatiysMia, and others
that our surveys and estimate were too gener-
al, and not sufficiently hiinnteS6nd, detail I'd
judge satisfactorily Of the costpf the road -
AS the entire line in South Carolina. .issMow
under contract except the Tunief at the Stump
House Mountain, and as this as well as tie en-
der contract ina few days, tbs objection will
soon be removed; and, in relation to- the LAST
the entire Zine being finally located between
Anderson and Franklin except. ID srinlt pogtion
adjacent to Clayton kept I'm abeyan6eS with a
view to consult the interest and tie wishes OF
it's inhebitants, and 4ass the remainder Of the
ropte thISugh North sCar9Ina and tennessee ID q
Road having ais6 been brought into nni6H
the other. companies, and under the edntracs
with Messrs, Bangs 4 60, sfyills be aBsli lp
Gated also IN the next fewweeks; aud p5feoyzS,
as the surveys aud Estimates through South
Carolina and Georgia, (wh9t the most dimculg
eEtioas Ga t,s s soff 9ls ths
Isaished Engineer 8. the BsieissoF and Ohio
Rail Road, this:o will also sbsssp eedily
3, ssrIsfSi Tbs Directors therefore fssis tie
,Spifion that the leading. objecE Stoa Estate
'snbscEp pion being removed the 1geeislatpre Of
South Carol viii no longer ithhold Sttghb
.eraland decided aid 70 an snt texpfsss sso npor-
tsssss ts.s,s y,i,ss. ssfs lsssT sss gs.it e.
In ths. .fi1si location. ss q 5s sshs Road
through South CaFolips i sdnssd TO
;tg1 miles, .thfongh Gsorgis fo z t}6fo1Gh
North CnrbIina to M nil es. and:
,ess brought within those found on earlier
fSfto INST "a n1ftfS7 NOM mn Deen
{aSd on astNaE surveys 10 be much 1yor
Sa tbai aSsxpsatsSssj; ssj;bpk tha na6fs f8A1is
e e thissesd asEs e y kssaseseh ehsa.
EExif II fAtfrnads thde ~ destine ed 8ts
sysnfA ASf tie O6io and Aiississippt with thAAt;
lsIt1a Ahoard twill mot be out sf here
10 stAts. That chGrters hAyS been obtained 81
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.ntction bstWAsn sEnoxstiIls And EsoH es
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