The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-12-17

many persons deeply interested in the con-
struction of the road, living between Bel
Air and its terminus, have not yet been
called upon for subscription, and who
will subscribe say 2ot less t!.ac S $25 o01
your committee believe that the construc-
ton of the road can be accomplished within
O reasonable time, and would recommend
that efforts to that end be continued with
increased energy and zeal. Your commit
tee have learned that the Phil, Viii. &
BALTIC. Railroad Company have consented
to furnish corps of Engineers for the sur
vey and location of our road, and would
urge upon the Committee on Survey the
necessity of pressing the surveys to compile
ton at the earliest possible moment.
Your committee beg leave to offer the
following resolutions:
1St. ResOlced, That a committee of six be
appointed by the chair, to procure from the
Legislature, at the earliest day practicable,
an act of incorporation for the Hartford
County Railroad; one terminus of which
road shall be at Bel Air, and the other
at some point on the Phil, Will. & BALTIC.
r. r., lying in Hartford County, with the
right to extend from the Bel Air terminus
in any direction within said county.
Cd. Rts0lced, That the Committee on Sur
vey be requested to proceed without delay
to make surveys of the various routes that
have been OF may be suggested for said
road, and to prepare careful estimates of
the cost Of construction upon each route
surveyed; and upon the completion thereof
said committee shall Immediately report
to the chairman of this meeting, who shall
call q public meeting of the subscribers to
assemble within two weeks of that date, to
determine the location of said road
3D.. Res0lced, That the present Executive
Committee be continued, for the purpose
of procuring additional subscriptions, and
that they be requested to appoint sub
committee, residents of Hartford, whose
especial duty it shall be to solicit subscrip-
tions from the merchants and business men
of Baltimore
The resolutions were taken up separately,
when, on motion of Col. McHenry, the
words "between the Bush and Gunpowder
rivers" were inserted after the words "lying
in Hartford County," in the first resolution.
The resolutions, as amended, were then
adopted.
VIM Young, Esq, then offered the fol-
lowing resolution, which was adopted:
Resoloed, That the present Committee of
Conference be continued, and that they be
and are hereby instructed to keep up their
communication with the officers of the
Phil, Will. & Baltic Railroad Company in
regard to the procurement of such terms
from said road as will enure to the benefit
of ours and that they confer with the
Maryland directors in said road to the same
end
On motion of Col. L. II. Webster, the
name j. Crawford Nelson, Esq, was added
to the Committee on Survey. The chair
appointed the following named gentlemen
as the Committee on Incorporation, as pro-
vided by the list resolution in the report OF
the Executive Committee, viz: II. ID. Far
hands, II. w. Archer, S. Archer, Jas. d.
Waters, Col. RMcIIenry and William H.
| Waters.
On motion of Col McTIenry, the follow
ing resolutions were adopted:
1St. ReSOlUed, That this meeting tenders
its thanks to the active and efficient agent
Of the Executive Committee, and acknowl-
edges the obligation of the friends of the
road to the provisional Secretary and Treas
urer, whose laborious and useful services
were generously rendered without compcn-
sation,
Cd. ReS0lre2, That we are much indebted
to the Bel Air press for kind countenance
and spontaneous encouragement. We in
woke continuance of its tavors, confident
ly trusting that "its bread cast upon the wa
ters" will be manifoldly returned through
the accessions to its patronage which the
increased trade, wealth and activity, arising
from the construction of our road, will
draw to its support.
On suggestion of many gentlemen pres
ent, Mr.. Young made statement Of the re-
ception he had met with as canvassing
agent for the road, and the prospects Of
raising sufficient means to inaugurate the
work. Mr.. Y. stated that he regarded the
prospects as encouraging in the extreme;
that all seemed to be interested in the road,
and many were willing to increase the sub
scriptions already made by thcnl-some to
| the amount of double the sum subscribed.
One gentleman to the amount of $4,000
above his first subscription, and another to
the amount of $1,000, and Others in pro-
portion; that his reception everywhere had
been kind and encouraging, and with ex
pressions of good will for the enterprise he
was engaged in.
On motion, the meeting then adjourned,
subject to the call of the Chairman, as pro-
vided in the resolutions offered by the Ex-
ecutive Committee.
JAS. KEAN, Chairman.
GEO. Y. MAYNADIER, Sec'y.