The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-09-14
Railroad Meeting.

the Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Rail
road, alarge number of the citizens of Hartford
and Baltimore counties assembled at the Court
House, in Bel Air. on Saturday, the 9th of Sep
tember 1866, and organized by calling the Hon.
John Fl. Price to the chair, and appointing DR..
Cuttings and Hugh Simms, of Baltimore county,
Vice Presidents, and Alfred W. Bateman and
Herman Stump Jr., of Hartford counties, Secre-
| tares.
Henry D. Farnandis, by request, stated the
object of the meeting, and as chairman of COM
'mittee appointed by former meeting, stated the
result of a conference with the officers of the
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore road,
in reference to the subject under consideration.
During this conference, he stated that many sug-
gestions were made by both parties, but nothing
definite or satisfactory was arrived at. Mr.. Far
nandis then gave his own views as to the best
course to be pursued by the meeting, and con-
cluded by offering the following resolutions:
Resolved, That the subscriptions to the Phila-
dephia and Baltimore Central Railroad Compa-
ny, by the citizens of Baltimore and Hartford
counties, be subject to the condition that at least
five miles of road between Stemmers Run and
the Susquehanna River shall be completed in
each year, and that the said subscriptions shall
be paid in the following manner: one-seventh
of the amount subscribed shall be paid on the
completion of each five miles of the rond, as afore
said.
RESOLVED, That the road, as surveyed shall be
divided into eight sections, and that three per-
sons for each section shall be appointed, to cam
vass the people resident within its limits to pro-
cure subscriptions, as aforesaid, and releases of
the right of way and that the persons so ap-
pointed shall report the result of their efforts to
a meeting to be held at Bel Air, on the 9th day
of October next.
For these resolutions, DR.. Cuttings offered the
substitute given below, which after some re-
marks by DR.. Cuttings Samuel M. Magraw, H.
D. Farnandis, Herman Stump, Jr., and Archer
II. Jarrett, Esqs., the substitute wss lost and
the original resolution of Mr.. Farnandis adopted
Resol0ed, that committee of three, ono from
Baltimore county, one from Hartford county and
one from the city of Baltimore be appointed by
| the chairman of this meeting, 10 have confer
ence with the officials OF the Philadelphia, Bal
tmore and Wilmington Road, ascertaining from
them, in their official capacity, what inducements
they may be willing to hold out to the citizens
along the contemplated line of the Philadelphia
and Baltimore Central Railroad, TO subscribe to
the stock and give the right of way, and that
said committee make their report at an adjourn
ed meeting of this body, to be held at Bel Air,
on the 18th day of October.
AT this stage of the proceedings, J. NJ. Hood,
Esq, Chief Engineer of the Philadelphia and
Baltimore Central Railroad, was introduced, and
presented to the meeting the following letter,
which was read:
PHILADELPHIA, July 18th, 1866.
John y Day, Esq,
Care Of agent, Magnolia:
DEAR SIR: The papers left by you on the I'd
| inst, during my confinement to bed by Illness
have received my attention, as they did that of
Mr.. FELTON,, before his departure for the north on
the fifth. On placing them in Mr. Trists hands
for my perusal, he remarked, 'They must now
go to work and raise $500, 600, and then we can
help them" Hoping that this will soon be &C.
complished,
Very respectfully, yours,
(Signed) ISAAC HINCKLEY,
| per N. p. 7.
The meeting then proceeded to divide the line
OF the road into sections, and TO the appointment
of a committee Tor each section, as directed by
the resolutions already adopted; and on motion
of Samuel NJ. Magraw, ESQ.,, the Chair was di-
rected to appoint committee, consisting of five
persons, to make said division and to name suit
able persons for said committees. Whereupon,
the Chair appointed Samuel NJ. Magraw, Henry
D. Farnandis, Benjamin Silver, Hugh Simms
and Stevenson Archer, who retired, and after a
short absence returned, and through their chair
man, Samuel NJ. Magraw, made the following
report, which was unanimously adopted:
The Committee have arranged the divisions of
the road, as surveyed, and recommend that the
following persons be appointed committees on
the several divisions, for the purposes named in
the Resolutions-that is to say:
From Baltimore to the White Marsl-Robert
G. Hardesty, Frank 7. King and Alexander Shri-
yer, of Baltimore city.
From the White Marsh to Kingsville-Leonard
Quinlan Ira Freeman and Mr.. Snyder.
From Kingsvlle to Lees Mls-Hugh Simms,
John Carroll Walsh and John Y. Day.
From Lees Mills to Winters Run-Amos
Hollingsworth, CLANCY Hoskins and John Jew
EFT.
From Winters Run to Moores NIil-Franklin
Whitaker, Herman Stump, Jr., and William II.
Dallam.
From Moores' Mill to observation-disclosures Ar
cher, Godfrey Waters and VIM. 4. Munnikhuy-
| sen.
From Priesthood to Deaths Ford-James Sill
yer, George P. Cook and J. G. Nelson.
From Deaths Ford to the Susquehanna River
james F. Reasin, ]. B. Preston and E. NJ.
Allen.
| There being no further business for the meet
ing, it adjourned until Saturday, the 9Th day Of
October, 1866. JOHN H. PRICE,
President.
A. W. BATEMAN, Ss.rs,or;s.
HERMAN STUMP, JR.,
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THE "LoYALIsrs'' CoNvENT1oN.-This body
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