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lations we're received, nnd their con.
sidcratioh deferred ah,il tho report Of
Tho Conmtttee, Upon the present con.
diLion OF the ehatten q |
On motion of Dr. j., "" 1resrst,
the meeting then adjourned until ,
o'clock, =. NJ.
On rcassembling Mt 3 p. NJ. Col.
Thomson on behalf of tho Commit.
tee, submitted tho following Report:
Tho Committee TO whom was re-
ferrcd the question whether the. char
ter Of the Savannah River Valley
Railroad, is still Of force, ask leave to
Report,
lst. That the Charter of the Savan-
uah River Valley Railroad has not
been legally forfeited by non user.
"a. That your Committee arc of
opinion that the charter though not
forfeited is subject to forfeiture, upon
the institution Of proceedings for such
purpose.
3d. Your Committee therefore rec
ommend that the corporation and
friends Of the Road proceed TO take
tho proper steps to further extent
and validate the charter with q view
to i speedy construction Of the road.
Col. Thomson stated briefly and
clcarl y the reasons which led the
Committee to the conclusions express
cd i'll the report, after which the rc-
port was unanimously adopted.
}. Z. Reed Esq, then offered the fol-
lowing resolutions, which he sustained
in aSpccch, enforcing as well the spcci-
fic recommendations therein set
forth, as the necessity Of vigorous
prosecution Of The work.
Resolrcd, That the President and
directors be requested to make appli-
cation to the next Session Of the Leg
lsIaturc TO validate and extend The
charter Of the Savannah Valley Rail
road, with its several amendments.
Pesotred, That q Committee of five
citizens be appointed, whose duty it
shall bc TO open n correspondence
with the corporate authorities of the
cities Of Augusta, Charleston and
Savannah: and with the authorities
OF the South Carolina, Port Royal and
Augusta and Savannah Rail Road
Companies, to ascertain what aid and
encouragement may be obtained from
SAID corporations Or any OF them TO-
wards the completion Of the road.
These resolutions were also advo-
Gated by Col. Sloan, who expressed :,
very hopeful view Of tho future OF
the Road, and gave number of rcas,
ons for supposing that no Legislative
obstacles would be intcrposcd.
Gen. McGowan offered the follow
ing supplementary resolution, as IN
amendment to tho foregoing, which
was accepted by Mr.. Reed ~ resolution
intended TO provide for the detcrmin
alton Of tho question Of location
which was presented in the rcsolu.
tions Of the meeting Of the previous
day:
Resolred, That. in az much az thc
location OF the Road from Augusta to
Anderson has been definitely fixed,
the application to The Legislature to
extend tho charter also includes and
asks for authority to open books OF
subscription at all points along or
near tho contemplated ronte, as the
commissioners may deem proper.
The resolutions were then unani-
mo"sly adopted.
The Chairman appointed the fol-
lowing committee under the second
resolutions: Messrs. J. =. Reed, J. II.
Sloan, D. NJ. Rogers, W. B. Dorm and
J! 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 in
tcrcstins report. Tho contract for the
work in South Carolina had been
taken Ivy Col. Steers, and was now be
ing carried out. y change of loca-
ton in tho mountain route had been
decided upon, which mado necessary
tho construction of only one tunnel
some 800 fcct long, but with an in
creased grade Of somo ten feet more to
tho mile, which involved an addi-
tional expense of seven or eight
thousand dollars. Tho Injunction
granted by Judge Melton, to restrain
tho negotiation Of tho bonds of the
rond, ho thought would prove only q
temporary embarrassment, in the
prosecution Of the great work.
On motion Of DR.. J. W. Hearst.
it was
Resolved, That tho proceedings of
this meeting be published in the Alb
bcvillc, Anderson, Edgcficld and Au-
gusta papers.
The meeting then adjourned.
JOHN A. CALHOUN,
President.
WM. A. GILES, Secretary.