The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-10-22
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~, ,yn .IEx ANpRIA RAILROAD COMPANY.


ORANGE AND ALEXANDRIA RAILROAD COMPANY,
.,ootholders reasseunbed at Lyceum Hail. AlexAn-
al. q eirht O'Clock on Wednesday evening Col shep
II,lsev es1.. chairman Of the committee on the
.,rt Of die president &C.. presented the following
.o,,n,,t,ee 10 whom was referred the reports Of
az nrieut and directors chief engineer genera Supei
-. iant anil treasurer Of the Orange and AleAAdria
~ s,a c,urany beg leave 10 report thai, upon con-
,s,ic, m these documents, they with pleasure note
a. rat;fng fact that, whilst owing 10 adeluate ana
IIexnsiDed causes the gross reass Tor me hscl year
, ,Ie stb tly Of SeItember, 1888, have been some
Alan for Tie preceding year, yet from the rgid
$3.50, ~ eoonolny introduced ia the management oi tue
S a. net earnings Of the road have bces considerably
- Whilst proper care has been taken 70 render
tt,n,ial and permanent many oil the originally tcm-
1917 structures along the line of the road
TN further note with pleasure that the re-
Ia,e mentioned show the available resources to
f,te the extension Of the road 10 LynchDuTs 10 he
a I2O 534 90 being in the present sea'e "
a. yk more than sufficient TO complete and stock the
I;re ~ the road and render il unnecessary 10
a. n the market the entire amount OF the S-per-cent
hooas heretofore authorized to be Issued
The committee therefore commend the aAid reports anu
.o;ns ned by the present officers Of the company to
xg,abl reception and adoption by the stockholders
IN reference 10 the running OF trains ON The ROAD on
,be sabbath the committee deem II inexpedient al ms
,s 10 recommend any action on the part OF Tie s'ock
holders. . - hN'' ''''
The FIRST portion of the above report was unanimously
alouted The part referring TO the resolution on sunday
, gave rise 10 protracted and very animated discus
which resulted in the laying of the whole sub
ject ON the table. -,
Mr. b. IL, Berry, Of Alexandria offered the following
resolution; which adopted
R,.lped That this meeting regard the subject of an
eeirt land connection with Washington city as oneof
much Importance to the interests of this company, and
that committee be appointed to confer with the pesi
sident Of the Washington and Alexandria Railroad Com
many and ascertain ii judcious agreement or arrange
mt can be made with that view between the two
paue and to report to this meeting the result of Their
inquiry for It's further action.
The following persons were appointed on that commit
lee Messrs b. H. Berry, H. c. Ward and John Wood, ir
President Barbour, and Directors H DangcIfeld and
W c. Ryes were reelected unanimously, and the cleo
ton Of an additional director under the 10th Flaw Of
The company, postponed until the next morning.
The meeting then adjourned until Thursday morning al
ten o'clock. On Resembling at that hour, Robert A.
coehill, Of Amherst, was elected director The
committee on land connection with Washington stated
that they were unable to report On motion by w. G
Czenoye the committee discharged and the whole
subject was referred to the directory.
On motion bs Mr.. James Barbour, an examining com
mittee was appointed, as follows "# a.
D. T. Slaughter, of Culpcper T. T. Hill, of Alexan-
dra; DR. z. C. Slaughter, Of Culpeper; G F. Suttle
Alexandria VIM. E, Gaskins, of Fauquer; w. d. Hart
Albenarc.
The usual vote of thanks to the officers of the meeting
was adopted and the meeting adjourned sine die.
MANASSAS GAP RAILROAD COMPANY.
The eighth annual meeting of the stockholders of t.
company was held yesterday at Liberty Hall in Alexan
dra On motion of Mr.. Dawson, Capt Mason Bare, Of
Rockingham, was elected chairman, and Edward Green
clerk of the company, acted as secretary.
committee of three consisting of Messrs. J. S. Davi
son. w G. Stevens, and DR. Amber TO examine proxies
was then appointed, who reported that majority Of the
stock was represented in person or by proxy
The meeting then adjourned until clock last
ming On rcassembling, the reports of the president
chief engineer &c. were submitted and read The fol-
lowing extracts from the report of the president furnish
good idea of the operations of the road for the past
year:
The tonnage and travel the past year, ending the 30
Of September 1885, were diminished 10y bad crops and
scarcity Of money. The amount of tonnage reduced
IL per cent. travel l3a per cent Both eastward and
westward transportation suffered The heavy articles
wheat four and iron bound eastward and plaster &C.
going westward all brought in smaller quantities
The loss Of accruing from this made
up part by higher charges Transportation but main
y by essened expenses which enabled the road to main
tain the average let income. .. ae
Net expenses deduct for the year 1855 Sc S3s 943 II
Do do do do 1861 49, 1877 81
Do do do do lS57-'5S SO, sol "a
The bad crops of wheat have subjected Manassas to
test which the comparison of the years 1853
and 1858 will to illustrate In the year 1858
Markham the terminus of the road. At this point
the daught Of the business OF the road confined to
the Piedmont country, not being in reach of the valley
counties In the year 1853 the terminus Of the road
was Woodstock, when the road drew the trade of the
added counties Of Warren Page Shenandoah with parts
Of Clark and Frederick, all emncntly productive wheat
counties. The calculation fairly made that these
counties would treble the amount of wheat and rour
transported the road at Markham. Whereas the
suit is as follows a... a.oHs.z# .
Flour and wheat converted into -FOUR brought the
road IN 1903, 81, s53 bbls flour.
Over the road ia 1858. -6S, l6l a.."