The Portland daily press., 1872-05-09
Important Railroad Meeting at Nashua

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Important hallfoad Meeeung at Nashua.
Tie annual meeting of the Subscribers To tho
stock of the Nashua and Rochester Railroad
was held at Nashua. Tuesday afternonn The
fact that the recent Injunction on HE Old Board
of directors. restraining them from locat;ng
the road, had been removed by Judge Doe.
who recommended that the matter be referred
to stockholders meeting, called together some
three or four hundred persons, representing
nearly million dollars in subscriptions to the
capital stock, and brought out considerable
feeling concerning what is known as the middle
and lower route. Francis HI. Kinnicut, Presi-
dent of the road presided. A committee was
chosen of which Col Charles H. Waters was
Chairma. n to receive and count the votes for
directors The committee attended to the duty
assigned them, and after three hours labor
Col Waters reported that upon calling his
committee to order a vote was passed with
but one negative vote declaring that the
count should be made upon the basis of a res
olution passed at meeting of the directors, in
which the capital stock Of the road was fix ed
hundred thousand dollars in subscriptions that
had been taken since the injunction was dis
solved, without the knowledge or approval of
the Board On this basis the following Drec-
tors were declared elected: rm
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Eastman, ehallps.ea4i fTancis n. nlnlllcutt,
oiGes'er' TTaie9s M, DeMey, Worce St
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taio CIV, Morces'erI Umaries sinful Molces-
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IahS ,s.as pes,,,od. % $50. T.
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Line BOARD is the cnoice OF those VINO favor
the southern route, and there was considerable
confusion following the announcement. Mr.;
Thomas D. MELVIN OF chester hnally OBTAINED
the moor ana IN an exclted manner PROCEEDED 10
make minority report; he declared hfteen
other gentlemen, favorable to the middle route,
elected; quoted law and equity, and called for
meeting of his Board to Immediately follow
the adjournment OF the meeting he stated,
amid the shouts of his supporters, that a par
tial new survey OF the route had been made un,
der the direction OF Gov. weston, an nd tnat tne
old surveys had been amended thuS Iar, SO tnat
the estimated cost of the road would be some
seventy thousand less than the original est,
mate; and moreover, ne was conndent thal
further surveys would reduce the ngures SC
that it could be constructed as low as the south
ern route. - .gWHW MeE. 81 W .GTG ~
the floor and answered every point raised by
MI M. Nn; ne slated .nas inc survey
but by his subordinates: and an impartial sur
veyor had followed these gentlemen, and was
present se anu womb ; tesaiIy, 70 some OF ing
HE to make. He did not accuse ahese pI nar
ties of fraud, but thought it bore strik
lag similarity to it. de then read the con
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leo, says:-Whatever the original force Of
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army is comnletelv demoral;zed and destitute
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mounted, their animals being unable to walk
The men without pay or food, are stealing ant
begging The country is cleared of horses