Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-07-28
LOCAL N EW IS.


The National Junction Railway Company:
he CGyttGl NtO-t Subscribed AMI Pdif-EIse,i,7
II Directors.
Al ten O'Clock this morning meeting of the
co-poratoTs OF the National Junction Ra,Ivav
COmpany-Messrs. James A Magrudsr. Iobn
l. kIdwsll, T.. II. Cragin, John W. Thompson,
HaIiet hHtourn, Alexander X. Shepherd ana
VIM IL. Tenney-was held II the ONCE of
MessTs. kilbOurn i La;Is. tn aud r streets
lot the purpose OF opening the books OF SUBJ
scr p.On 20 the stock OF the company
The set inCOrpoIa ing this company was an.
proved On the 2"th of March last, and author
Les ths company % build a rail way commrnc.
ne AT the northern terninus of the Aqueduct
Brlcge, GeorgstoVn. OF al some eligible pom.
On the southern shore of he Potomac, ABOVE or
bsar said bridge; % proceed Themes in q NORTH
'a~tsrIy direction by che most feisib!e route,
c-ossIng Rock Cre-k, aud entering The CITY OF
Washington ana passing through either - T.
ar U streets and around he cIty of Washington
e ossInC he branches OF the Baltimore and
OHIO railroad upon he legally established
CTscss Of the city IN such a m4nnsr a. not 10 be
dangerous 10 passengers and trains on either
IOa1 th-Ec- ~ Il point The most feasible on tn.
Potomac river or Eastern Branch OF the same.
~ sr near The Navy Yard said y lInr 70 De m
ilchfed nv the Secretary OF the Navy with the
rights, powers and privileges 10 construct sail
road, The grades 20 b. approved by the cities
II Was hInE;oB dndCieoreeiOwn; also the priv
l. Ces Of locating AMI constructing a Grand
tnICn lisrO, upon the line of SAID road. d.
'w."n 81 street west srd 'ith street west, 81,
Among those present this morning, besides
he COTpOra'OT> 8amsd above, were Nassrs
Phihp eulgisy. W. w DUNCAN, w y Hunt
InEcor and other promInen, business men
Ny ! l. kidweIl presided. and MIR HaIle,t
k1tOuTn acted u secretary
The hour Of J." a N having arrived, the
pI-slc-nt OF the corporator~, DR. j. l. Kid
Well. announced thar the BOOK Of subscriptions
~ the capital stock OF the company was now
OPEN when Nh A X. shepherd. for himself
md Trends. immediately subscribed the whole
amount OF the capital >toch t>JG0,UO0). and paid
III Tie twenty pr cent. rsquireG-SI0l,,NGCas cash
ard ne subscriptions Were closed a prescribed
nv tie charter.
"lecf directors. with rhr following result
L. kiGwell. J. W. Thompson. II ID Coke,
lanes a. MqCrudsr, HalleiJ kIbJuTn, Alex
shepherd. W. :. Huntingdon, Moses Kelly
W D. Todd
The directors Will organize lhi, evening, and
Fey propose 20 Commence The Work al one
THE CANAL pUgSTION.-A meeting of tha
Common Council Committee on Canals was
brid last night IN the Council Cham ber CITY
HaH-pT-sent: lr. William Boyd. OF the sew
nth Ward. ana Mr. Holmes, OF the Fourth
WARD. mem hers If The committee and Alsssr,
GIceon J.. Walker, Ben IamIn S-y-rson A
watson, and Col J. Scott Bingham Mr.. A.
watson n ged the Importance of doing soms
ming 10 improve the condition of he canal
aId expressed surprise tnat so few persons
Were present He was followed by Mr.
'''e'N'-f VIZ iCau IOuk paper TSiating 10 tn
history 81 ne canal. and gave ~ a MS own
option mat n would ne best 20 give the canal
% ne Chesapeake ard OHIO Canal CJm-
PaiS. which - a responsible body, and
IT, that Company clean II out aud
S-t hutECriiy 10 condemn hat part OF TOE Ch-s.
aI""ke snd OHIO Canal living between I7tb
s'rt|t and tie third lock above Rock Greek So
'bat iHr wafer cia n brought over Rock Greek
IN au aqpeduc'. The C!;IZ Us. h n ought were
Interested 20 have sUm- Congress IouaI action
Whlcb VIII enable them % n h. blars ~
T-oi gttcvn- and hey bad the Baltimore and
Llo Railroad a. q thr Gsorgsiown aud AIax.
HLdIia lanai Company % fiSh' them The
tiE dHtLOTItI'> an only 80 10 Eth street and
~ mont SCme correction SI;h-r east or w-St or
Dom. tEr canal u yaiU-i-s<. H. INSISTED that
sLC'Id ! ." 'hIoWn upon Congress the c0rpo-
iatIcL &GtE"Titiss have no power 10 levy a "A,
% clean al or or cover itUP, wItnOu, first get
u x az a passed -hat effect by t,ODprass. ,
ana lie therefore the .sbt hes. 10 glyar 9Usy |
% sc me com pany who VIII take tn- risk of rer
ing charter thr ugh with powers of combi-
nation. Dir. Walker argued IN favor of his I
IIoIect- cOntendIn= tha, this plan was The ouIy I
{ L. which would efSc-ualIy abolish th, p-es
.Lt "pesiIlence breeder" He was followed nv
hr SeveT>On- who read pamphlets con
'alnlEg his plan fJr Improving "a -tnai Tba /
vcnm!:iee hen 2dlOuTund % Friday afternoon 7
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