The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-06-16
tend and validate the charter, with view to
snnndv construction of the road

tend and validate the charter, with a view to a
speedy construction of the road.
COL Thomson stated briefly and clearly the
reasons which led the Committee to the conclu-
sions expressed in the report, after which the
report was unanimously adopted.
J.P. Reed, Esq, then offered the following
resolutions, which he sustained in speech en-
forcing as well the specific recommendations
therein set forth, as the necessity of vigorous
prosecution of the work:
ResolyeH, That the President and Directors
be requested to make application to the next
Session of the Legislature to validate and ex-
tend the charter of the Savannah Valley Rail
road, with its several amendments.
Resolced, That Committee OF five citizens
be appointed, whose duty it shall be to open
correspondence with the corporate authorities
of the cities of Augusta, Charleston and Savan-
nah, and with the authorities of the South
Carolina, Port Royal and Augusta and Savan,
nah Railroad Companies, to ascertain what aid
and encouragement may be obtained from said
corporations or any of them towards the COM
pletion of the road.
These resolutions were also advocated by
Col. Sloan, who expressed very hopeful view
Of the future of tic Road, and gave number
of reasons for supposing that no Legislative OBJ
staclcs would be interposed.
Gen. MCGOWAN offered the following supple
mcntary resolution, as an amendment to the
foregoing, which was accepted by Mr.. Reed
resolution intended to provide for the determi-
nation of the question of location, which was
presented in the resolutions of the meeting of
the previous day:
Rcsolced, That, inasmuch as the location of
the Road from Augusta to Anderson has been
definitely fixed the application to the Leglsla-
ture to extend the charter also includes and
asks for authority to open books of subscription
at all points along or near the contemplated
route, as the commissioner may deem proper
The resolutions were then unanimously adop-
ted.
The Chairman appointed the following COM
mittee under the second resolutions: Messrs-
J. P. Reed, j. T. Sloan, D. NJ. Rogers, w. B.
Dorm and ]. w. Hearst.
Judge Orr was then requested to favor the
meeting with statement of the condition and
prospects of the Blue Ridge Railroad, and
made an interesting report. The contract for
the work in South Carolina had been taken by
Col Steers, and was now being carried out. A
change of location in the mountain route had
been decided upon, which made necessary the
construction of only one tunnel, some 300 feet
long, but with an increased grade of some ten
feet more to the mile, which involved an addi-
tional expense of seven or eight thousand dol
lars. The injunction granted by Judge Melton,
to restrain the negotiation of the bonds of the
road, he thought would prove only temporary
embarrassment, in the prosecution of the great
work.
On motion of DIR. ]. W. Hearst, it was
Resolued, That the proceedings of this meet
ing be published in the Abbeville, Anderson,
Edgefeld and Augusta papers.
The meeting then adjourned.
JOHN A. CALHOUN, President.
VIM. A. GILES, Secretary.
The two negroes appointed to West Point
one of them by Representative Hoge-have
been rejected for physical and intellectual inef-
iciency