Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-27
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tally Ignorant, OF he WOula uOG nave III
troduced so untimely, not to say inprudeni
a resolution, as is credited to him.
| Sat the annual meeting of Stockholders of the
| Western North Carolina Railroad, held at Sails
| bury on the 29th of August, 1867, the following
resolution, introduced by Gov. Vance, was edop-
| ted:
| &c ResotCed, That the Board OF Directors of the
Western North Carolina Road be instructed to APP
point committee whose business it shall be to
confer with and ascertain from the authorizes OIL
| the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Road
as early as possible, whether they desire to con-
meet with this Road and if so, when, where and
on what terms !; and if that Road should decline
to agree to any terms acceptable to this Com
pany then the Beard is instructed to me1norialize
the next Legislature for such amendment 10
our Charter as will prevent that Company from
reaping the benefits of our labor and means here
after, inasmuch as the object of the Legislature
in permitting tie connection Of the two Roads
originally that the joint of both
might be united in cutting through the noun
| tains."
Now, if our friends Of the Journal had
turned to their files, in which the proceed
ings of the Board of Directors of the W.,
c.. & Ruther ford Road no doubt appeared,
Immediately after the 28th of February,
| 1857, they would have found the following
resolutions
| ReSOlUed, That Committee of three be appoint
ed to confer with like Committee TO be appoint
ed ON the part Of the Western North Carolina
|
uniting together and running single line over
! the Blue Ridge, and that said Comm ttee be au-
thorized to iC in with the Western North Carolina
Railroad Con- pany in any experimental Surveys
that may be deemed necessary to proper settle
ment OF tlC question
Res0fced That this Board will hold meeting
| at IincOlntOn, on the first Wednesday after the
third Monday in July next, and If the said Com
mittees should be ready to report at that time we
| respectfully request the President and Directors
of the Western North Carolina Railroad Company
n q JnPatinp n the
the end that Joint action may be taken thereon,
and definite conclusion be attained, If possible.
The reader, and Gov. Vance, will discov
en- on perusing the above, that ifaEy blame
is to be attached to either party, it must
rest upon the Directors of the Western
North Carolina Road, for they neglected
whether intentional or not we cannot say
to meet the Board in Lincolnton at the
time appointed. Had they discharged their
duty to the stockholders in their Road some
definite understanding would have been
reached, and Gov. Vance would have been
saved the trouble of introducing a resolu
ton so unnecessary, but which may be in
tended to shield the officers of the Western
Extension from censure for having neglec-
ted their duties.
The Directors of the Wilmington, Char
lotte & RutherfordRoad protfered aid to the
Western Extension, but in consequence
of their Indifference or Intentional neglect,
the tender has not been conferred, and we
protest against the effort of the defaulting
party to make capital out of their own in
difference.
While of course we could not have found
the above resolutions of the Directors of
the Wilmington, Charlotte and rutherford
Railroad by reference to our columns at
A. I oAo &Io,.
time, as the proceedings of the Directors
meetings are seldom or never made public
through the press, we were shown copy
of the resolutions upon application to Col
onel CowAN, the President of the Com
pany, but at his request did not publish
them, he regarding the subject of vastly
too much Importance to the interests of
the roads and the welfare of the State to
become the subject of q "squabble," pre-
ferring to refer the whole question, where
it properly belonged, to the Stockholders
of the Companies
In addition to the above resolutions of
the Board of Directors, the following pro-
ceedings were had at the meeting of the
lotte and Rutherford Railroad held in this
city on the 25th Of February, few days
previous to the action Of the Directors, and
indeed is the authority upon which they
acted
con motion, the delegates from the
Western Rail Road were invited to address
the meeting on the subject of the extern
sion of the two roads westward. Messrs.
Woodfin, McCorkle and Ford successfully
responded. After which, the following re-
solution was unanimously adopted
Resolced, That the Stockholders of this Com
pany are gratifed at the suggestions made by the
Representatives of the Western North Carolina
Railroad Company, and hereby express their great
desire to sec Railroad communications extended
across the mountains to the Tennessee line, and
will make all efforts to accomplish this desirable
purpose, upon such terms as will be best for the
interests of the public, so soon as the means al
our command will allow US to do so; and to this
end the Board of Directors are hereby authorized
to make the necessary surveys, and collect the
necessary information to enable this body to act
Understandings, and the Board Of Directors of
the Western North Carolina Railroad are hereby
respectfully requested to join Board in their
efforts to obtain the requisite information"
We learn from that gentleman that the
action, both of the Stockholders and Direc-
tors, were forwarded to Colonel TATE, Pres
ident of the Western North Carolina Rail
road, by Colonel CowAN. Since which
time the President and Directors of the
Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford
Railroad have heard nothing of the matter
until the publication of the resolution
offered by Governor VANCE.
We regret exceedingly that there should
be any misunderstanding on question of
such vital Importance to both these great
works, and trust the matter viii be salts
factorily adjusted at the ensuing meeting
of the Stockholders of the Wilmington,
Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad, to be
held in Lincolnton next month. We fully
concur with the views of President CowAN,
that the subject is of too much Importance
to become the source of "squabble,"
either in the papers or in the meetings of
the Companies. The legislation which
gave the Wilmington, Charlotte and
Rutherford Railroad equal privileges with
H. Uoe4o.n Mouth Eorol;po Ro;1,oo1 FROM,