The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-04-05
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4 RAI6RoA Ap9S SAf Af fRass Il ,Tbe soommiftoS
appoInted?!t otofst6f et69 DIiaps
lottels Colpmhja kapd Angqsta lRailroad;
at theirlate meeting ,iIi thisIcitys sLb, cons
teEsYithKt the rep tines of .the sDity
Naln iH cpnn nentid dnsMi ith the contract
e..seeesnSS .hesS cen the sxcad and cityt IN
regard 1.-The erection OF shops, location
OF aepptS and maintenance of,streetsand
drains twithins the ioity] byi the railroad
p2MpAnYSihElE a. confereics yesterday
m9rning The tdaf, vas rapresehted by
\ MOgioneL ,W illiarla,iJ D ohihto6s the Presi.
dent; and pirect tofs Z u III ii Cohen and
Josiah 6ibleY, I. itll iE. H, Miller ESD.
y sAtt6TnSy. The City CoHnoiiwas repre-.
ssentadStby his Honor. Mayor Est esGand
the 9Railtoad Committee, Messrs. John
UAMeyer, P.oWalsh, James Gar9an and
~, kBarrettl The conference resulted
in thet agreement of .the Representatives
OF the road to erect suchrshops here as
the necessities OF the line from here to
Columbia might require, the conaolids-
/ ton OF the Charlotte end; Columbia and
;Augunta and ,ColdmbjA Roads having
Deem sconsumn1ated snbse quent to the
oonclnsiont6fA Athe oofitfaUtswith the city.
For fnlhlment of this agreement, the
1oad: .iss to be- placed under bond Of
$5eo.UO0 The yohd also, under, bond Of
S25, ,O0OJ contracts 70 keep 40 and repaip
the streets and idtains' thronfRll 1aIiil over
which it's track pa6ses; from sidewalk to
sidewalk. This contract, we understand.
will doubtless be ratified by the railroad
authorities and the City Council, thus
|, settling all disputed points Az ln'''.''-
;!,.c..ataI Sell, "a ug,tstn Oonstisutionalist
Referring to the Wilmington, Oolum-
bla and Augusta Railroad extension. the
Wilmington. Dispatch, of Saturday, says:
I'VE: learn from q gentleman who has
lately witnessed the Operations on the
extension of the Wilmington, Columbia
and Augusta Railroad, that the work is
/; progressing finely.T The entire route
/ from Wateree River to Columbia has
& been! graded and the work of LAYING the
/: track has .beengoommenced. A tempo.
rary road has been, built from Clarkson's g
!, Turn Out to the main road. tis thought
that the work will be completed from the
Wateree to- Columbia in about two
months. The most difficult undertaking,
however, is the Sbuilding of the trestIe
across the Wsteree, the grounds in the
vicinity iof the river being go low and
swampy Shat the trestle will have to be
between three and four miles in length.
i 10 construct this, of course, will take
ooMo CousldeInDfel tim6.
According to the Augusta Chronicle,
the Port Royal Railroad is about to take
Q new lease, on. life, after all its ups and
downs: Tt seems that n. 81. Boody, of
New. York, OF the firm Of Body & Son.
brokers, Wall stree. has managed to get
hold Of ampst Of the stock, and, of course.
controls AheI machine. 4 Mr.. Boody has.
naturally enough under the, ofrcum-
stances, =. become sick OF the road, and
wishes TO olose out. his interest at q
sacrifice. a company is now being
raised which proposes to buy out Mr..
Boody's stock, take control OF the road
and complete it as rapidly as possible.
At the head Of the gentlemen who pro-
pose to purchase the Boody interest is
Henry T. Peake, Esq. for SO many years
known throughout the South as the
General superintendent of the South
Carolina Railroad. It is said that MIR.
Peake, Mr. Ryan, OF the Charleston and
Savannah Railroad, and their associates,
viii endeaver to get the aid of the Geor-
gia Railroad in making the purchase, aud
will run the road as kind Of extension
OF the Georgia line.