Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-06-16
Valley Railroad Meeting.

meeting was held in the Court House on
Thursday last.
On motion of Col. NJ. G. Hartman, Maj.
VIM. M. Tate was called to the Chair.
On motion Of Judge H. W. Shelley, the
Editors present were requested to act as
Secretaries.
Judge Shelley explained the object Of the
meeting to be the legal organization OF the
company, which, from some informality,
had not been legally organized, and moved
the appointment Of a committee Of five to as
certain and report to the meeting the amount
Of Stock absolutely and Internationally
subscribed, 50 as to properly and legally or
game the company, which was carried,
and the Chair appointed the following COM
mittee:
Judge H. W. Shelley, Col. M. G. Har-
man and Maj. H. M. Bell, of Augusta G.
A. Davidson and Col. VIM. Allen of Rock
bridge-who retired to perform the duty as
signed them.
During the retirement of the committee,
in response to calls, speeches were made by
W. A. Anderson, State Senator of Rock
bridge. Ex-Governor Leteher, and Hon. A.
H. Fl. Stuart-the speeches Of the two form
er being brief and that Of the latter Of great
er length. These gentlemen set forth in a
forcible manner the Importance Of the Valley
Railroad, and the necessity of raising the
required subscriptions to secure its censtruc-
ton.
The Committee then returned and repor-
ted S100, 900 of stock subscribed uncondi-
tionally, and the per centage on it paid to
the Commissioners, being more than was
required to legally organize the Company
Governor Letcher moved an adjournment
until y P. M, for the purpose of consider
ing the subscription and ascertaining if the
organization Of the Company on this sub
soription would be valid.
Gov. Letcher gave way for Col. Allen,
who moved that Committee be appointed
to prepare business for the meeting to-
night. Carried.
The motion for adjournment was then in
sisted on and carried.
EVENING SESSION.
The meeting met in the evening pursuant
to adjournment. The chairman who presi-
ded in the morning being absent, on motion
of Col. William Allen, Mayor N. K. Trout
was called to the chair.
Col. M. g. Hartman read dispatch re-
ceived from Botetourt assuring the meeting
that that County would subscribe $25, 900.
Col. Allen stated the amounts which each
County was expected to raise to make up
the required subscription of 1920, 900, as.
signing to Botetourt $25, 600, to Augusta
$75, 200, to Rockbridge $1,000 and to
Roanoke $4,000.
On motion Of Judge Shelley it was re-
solved as the sense Of the meeting that the
friends of the Railroad in the Counties in
terested should renew their efforts to secure
the subscriptions required.
Mr.. Chas. A. Davidson of Rockbridge
desired to know how much could certainly
be depended upon from Augusta.
Mr.. VIM. A. Anderson of Rockbridge
stated that Rockbridge county would vote
an additional subscription of 800, 900, if it
could be assured that that would ensure the
construction of the road.
COL Hartman expressed the belief that
$4,000 could be raised in Augusta County
if the proper efforts were made. To effect
that purpose, he moved that the chair ap-
point three men in each Township in the
County and in each ward in Staunton to
canvass for subscriptions.
This motion being adopted, in accordance
Herewith, the chair appointed the following
City Of Staunton,
Ward No. 1.-George E. Price, George
G. jackson, Simon FL. Hilb
Ward No. as. Travers Phillips, Ben
jamin 7. Bagby, James Fl. Waters.
Augusta County,
Beverly Manor.-A. W. Hartman, Jacob
Baylor, William H. Peyton.
North River. NJ. McCue, Chesley
Kinney, Addison Cochran.
Riverheads.-John j. Larew, Jamison
T. McGuAn, Augustus Blauth.
Middle River.-Thornton G.. Stout, John
H. Parkins, John H. Crawford.
Pastures. Samuel H. Bell, David
Butcher, A. B. Lightner.
South River.-George Harnsberger,
Preston 7. Burkholder, Jacob Whistler.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
N. X. TROUT, Chairman.
J. D. MORRISON,
W. Ell. FL. LYNN, eoo.o.
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R. MAUzY,
In connection with the above proceedings
we copy the following telegram, for the
further information of our readers
STAuNToN, June 9th, 1871.
Johns Hopkins, Gay & Lombard Streets,
Baltimore, Nd.
One hundred thousand dollars was this
day subcribed to the Valley Railroad by the
City of Staunton, and one hundred thousand
by me on behalf of the Baltimore & Ohio
R. R. Company as authorized Notice for
permanent organization, according to law
will be published in next paper issued in
Staunton. for the 2Sth of June, 1871. The
original deficiency amounted to two hun
dred and twenty thousand dollars-twenty
thousand dollars of this amount has been
pledged. Rockbridge will vote in about
thirty days, on an additional subscription Of
one hundred thousand.
have the following telegram from Bote-
tourt:
ave arc raising the money. You can
rely upon Botetourt for twenty-five thou
sand-.have raised the greater part Of it al
ready"
This leaves $4,000 yet for the City Of
Staunton, and counties of Augusta and
Roanoke. Their representatives pledge
themselves to spare no effort to make good
this amount.
Please show this to my father and Mr..
Grow.
RlRT GARRETT praa,t