Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-12-02
Chesapeake & Ohio Es. IL. Go.

The annual meeting OF this company took
place in Richmond on Thursday. The two
sittings Of the morning and the afternoon
were brief and harmonious. There was no
disputation-no wraDgling.
TIE President made the annual report,
which was brief, but gave a satisfactory ac-
count of the progress Of the Road. Itlhows
that the affairs Of the company are in a
Furnishing condition, and gives the total re-
ceipts for the year ending September the
Both, as SOFT 1926 81, and the total expenses
S617 ,439 03, making the net receipts $59.-
$50 a. The Engineer, Maj. Whitcomb
says the whole road will be in operation by
July, 1872. We learn privately that the
road from the Ohio to the Big Bend tunnel,
some thirty miles beyond the White Sui
phur, will be in operation next summer
The moment that is done travel will begin
to take its way through the State. Staging
over the thirty miles will be readily en-
countered to avoid the long journey around
the State.
Mr.. Stuart, from the committee to whom
was referred the report Of the President,
made a report which concludes as follows:
THE committee cordially congratulate
the stockholders en- the fattering prospects
of the road, and recommend the adoption of
the following resolution:
"Resolued, That the stockholders of the
Chesap axe & Ohio R. R., in general meet
ing assembled, do approve and adopt the
report Of the President Of the road and
also the reports OF the subordinate officers
thereto appended"
The resolution was unanimously adopted.
Col John B. Baldwin nominated the fol-
lowing Board Of Directors for the ensuing
year, who were unanimously elected; G. 2.
Huntington, A. 4. Iowe, W. Ell. Aspin-
wall, Richard Irwin, and VIM, 4. Hatch,
of New York H G. Parsons. Of West
Virginia and John Echols, Williams G.
Wiekham, and Joseph R. Anderson, of Vir-
ginia.
Gen. Wickhaaa moved that the 18th ar
ticle Of the by laws be altered so as to Tx
the fr.s Thursday in December for the an
nual meeting, instead of the fourth Thurs
day Of Nov -RicA, Dis.
A THRIVING C1TY.--Since Kansas City
! (Mo. has become so large a city, and SO
important railroad centre, it has been
thought advisable to have grand union de-
pot for all the roads entering the place. 1t
is said that arrangements for such struc,
ture have been made It is to be FIVE hun
bred feet front 10y one thousand deep, to
cost $3.50, 600, and to be built Of stone,
! brick and iron.
Kansas City is the farthcst navigable
point, westward, on the great rivers, and
seems destined before many years to become
che commercial metropolis of the far west.
1t is the city Of greatest Importance west OF
ST. Louis, being about three hundred miles
distant, with the immense districts compris-
ed in the Neosho Valley, Kansas, Nebraska,
Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region
| for back country, and with whose people
it is now doing considerable trade. Its
| rapid growth during the last few years is
rather marvellous, rising from population
in 1865 of about 5 900 to 1886 in 1870,
according to the recent census, and its aug
menting business of every description will
probably ere long place it in the front rank
of our great Western Cities Wing.