The weekly Columbian., 1857-03-07
WEEKLY COLU MBIAN

Report of the Secretary of the NJ. {. r. Co
OFFICE M. |. FLuMING Co.
February 2Sth, 1857.
To the Stockholders Of the MIXERS hde
pendent Filming Co..
GENTLRM You have been called
together at this time for the purpose O
choosing and electing officers Of your
company, who will serve you in the ca.
pacity as such for the ensuing year, and
also, to be presented with brief sum
mary of what has been so far accomplish
ed upon our works.
Prospects and condition of your com
pany, &c: On the 9Th of November last,
the first steps were taken to consider the
necessity and practicability of putting in
flume from point below Springfield,
and so up Main Gulch through the town
of Columbia to near the head of said
.Gulch. The size of the fume to be of
sufficient capacity to meet the entire
wants of every claimant, both on, and In
the vicinity of the line, and to be on an
average of ten feet lower than the present
hume Upon the propriety Of this there
seemed to be but one expression. With
this encouragement, it was but short
time before your company was fully or
ganized and the necessary steps taken to
perfect the same.
However, before this was accomplish
ed, and Immediately on opening the books
for subscribers, in less than ten days,
your committee had obtained names suf-
Accent to comprise near two-thirds Of the
number of shares in your capital stock !
This was encouraging, indeed, and it
seemed that there was but one alternative
left for your managers, to commence I'M
mediate operations upon the line, and to
prosecute the same as steadily and as fast
as the means in their possession would
allow. In accordance with this, the Su-
perintendent received his instructions and
at the same time large number of stock
holders came on and the work commenc-
ed On the part of the Trustees, great
care was observed, in selecting the most
feasible route.
1t was necessary to commence on the
d
we encountered heavy ledge of rocks,
and of necessity had to do considerable
blasting. From the nature of the rock,
the state of the season and many other
causes combined, have rendered our pro-
gress necessarily slow, and we may rea-
sonably expect that one of the hardest and
most difficult sections upon the whole line
has been met and already subdued
From this point to near the upper
spring, we have but little to contend with,
only the rotten or decayed ledge. Great
difficulty was apprehended at this point
in passing the springs, not only in secur-
ing the water, but in removing the great
mass of dirt and the accumulated heap of
headings thrown together by those carriers
or pricacge holders-much of it being at
the depth of fifteen to twenty feet. This
in great measure Is now removed, by
the miners in and along the line, down to
the slate or bed rock so called, so that
much of the expense and difficulties in
passing this point is removed and is be-
coming less troublesome every day
On the Sth of December last. operations
commenced, and from that time to the
present there has been FIVE hundred and
twenty-four days work expended upon
the line which amount is eighteen hun
dred and thirty-four dollars, and other
incidental expenses, for portable delricks.
blacksmithing. powder, &c, is eight hun
dred and twenty-six dollars making a
total of twenty-six hundred and sixty
dollars. which has been already expended
upon this work.
Under all circumstances, this NAV be
considered small sum in connection
with what we have had to contend, and
the amount of work thus accomplished
we have something near fifty rods now
prepared, ready for the laying down of
the hume, and had it not been for circum-
stances beyond the control of the Trus-
tees, this would have been already COM
pleted.
Your Trustees, under the necessity and
urgent demand for lumber for the hume
and that they might act understandingly,
as well for the interest of those who may
be directly or indirectly interested with
them, have thought proper to secure one
of the best and most available opportuni-
ties of providing the materials necessarily
at their command, and also in addition to
this, of securing revenue which will
flow from the same source, that may be
applied in part to defray the expenses in
manufacturing and delivering the same.
g COncluded merit aoeek.