Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-12-01
w. g.. v. NJ. & G. y. II. II.
MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS

Col. w. 4. Shepherd, chairman Vi the Tax
aiming Committee, submitted the following
report which he read
REPORT or THE EXAMINING COMMITTEE.
r, the Stockholders 0j the Washington city,
Tt,gi,,i0 Aidinnd and Great Southern IT, H.:
the committee appointed at your last annual
meeting ITO ascertain the condition o. the sever
ii improvements OF the company, ana the man
oer il, which its books and financial affairs are
kept" have, to the best Of their ability. dis
charged that important trust, and respectfully
submit the following report:
Commencing at Lynchburg on Wednesday
morning, the 18th instant, your committee, alter
OK mining the depott.ud the books and accounts
of the officers vt that place. proceeded to exam
inc the extension To Danvlle--a new road sixty
six miles in length, which has been completed
since vuur last annual meetI g. and IS now IN
successful operation. Your committee found
this road, through its entire length, much
smoother than they couli reasonably OK
p.ct In ind new road bed, settling As they
gci.e:uily do rregulsrly and uneyenly for some
limo after their construction They were also
nIes,ed To ind the entire TRACK laid with u new
and improved pattern Of rail. Some of the de.
pots Oh thi, eyL-is on bear marks OF nasty ara
rmporary construction, and vii soon nave 10
H.. rep:accd. esprciaiy the one st Chatham, the
county seat OF Pil,sylvanis, By larger and more
ccmulodious buildings ~ accommodate the IN
ere sing business Of the road
At DYuyille. however, your committee we're
pleased TO lind beautiful BRICK depot two stories
in height, 40 BIZ ~ feet long, now nearly COM
pletei snt. so arranged that wagons can receive
nad deliver freight from the lower fl or, W nile
cars ure loading Or unloading from the moor
aboye-the freight being passed from one floor
to the other by convenient machinery.
Your committee found the track on the entire
length OF your road between DaEville and Al
exsndr!s to be in fire order, although some OF
- hot, Dph hiI rp
Alexandria ms been long time IN USE and
shows the effects of long and hard service:
Your committ.e regret that they could not
make As thorough examination OF all the depots
and branches OF the road as they wished, Out
they found that such was the demand for trans
portu,iou that they could not discharge his du-
tv fully with Ut seriously lnconvenienclng the
contrary They feel assured tina: the cause OF
their omission, in this respect, will be sratltylng
TO the company, a It results from It's increased
prosperity. Your committee were grstlhed to
find improvements, ether completed or IN pro-
yrrss, ii various points along the line o your
road, nulwnh> tsnding The pressure in financial
affairs now affecting every Industry OF our COM
mon country. At Danville q large exchange
platform and turn table have been built, in ad-
dition TO the depot heretofore alluded to. AL
LyncLburg platform scale for weighing cars
is now completed, AID comnludlous reception
room and ticket office, long needed there, are
now rapidly approaching completion at the
Joint cost of The two roads. Timbers are now
in place Cor new bridge over Cove Creek and
Broad Run. a large and convenient reception
room for passengers is now being erected at
Cu!pcper. At MANASSAS better ACCOMMODATIONS
are afforded by the building of new hotel,
which BY agreement with the owner, furnishes
n reception 70 IN, office, &c, for the business of
your road
Upon their arrival in Alexandria your COM
nittcc madc OK animation Of all the shops, and
found everything, As far MS they could Judge, In
excellent order aid condili 1.-THE rolling stock
in better condition than last year. One coach
is now being built, and an engine we'll advanced
to compcton The company mas added to Its
machinery 81 steam hammer OF great power aid
Invaluable to the company. great saving
through It's agency mas already been maze, ana
we were informed By the intelligent chief that it
had already paid Tor itself Your committee
then made the same scrutinizing investigation of
the books and accounts Of the various offices OF
the company in Alexandria, which has been
pursued for years, by comparison OF their
entries with extracts copied from the BOOKS vi
depot agents aiong tho line, embracing returns
both for freight and passengers, and running
through several months OF the fiscal year, and
report with pleasure great neatness and accurs-
Cy IN thel? record.
Your committee are glad to report that the
recent comp aiIts arising from orders to the
conductors not TO allow any one TO ride on the
remrdled, as the general ticket agent has pre-
pared and will soon send oIt tickets for all the
stations from w .ch these complaints nave been
made They also most respectfully suggest that
at GcrdonSville they were struck with the mad
equate accommodations afforded the agent al
that point for .torage and office room, where he
is entirely under the control and at the mercy
OF the agent and employees of the Chesapeake
and Ohio K. r Co. They would respectfully
recommend ar addition Of some kind to the de
pot, whereby the treghts and offices could be
entirely under the agents control.
At Warrenton Jun elton the same recommend
ations are again made in reference t. the build
ings there, rs in former report They also
recommend the establishment of n telegraph Of
flee al Amhelt c. H., as there is at present none
between CovesyiIle and Lynchburg. They are
aware, too that section masters sometimes
compelled to employ interior hands whore such
hands haEpen TO have homes OF their own near
the raiiroa1 bee ause they have no tenements on
the companys lands to offer to better labJre
\ our cumlnlttee would, therefore, suggest that
the interests OF the company might be promoted
by erecting comfortable cottages on each Sec
ton to b. Tented out to hands with families to
be used as boar riding houses for track repsrers,
and that much of this work could be done by
the hands in dry seasons when the road bed
needs bu. little repair
The rep rts and accompanying papers we're
then referred to Committee consisting OF the
following gentlemen: D. w. Burke, Of Alex
andia; Jesse +. Adams, of Amherst, D. H.
Miller. of Baltimore; Abuer Early, OF Camp
tell; John A Lee, Of LyDchburg; &. 6. Hol.
laud, of DanvIe and John Willis, Of Orange.
After consultation, Mr.. Miller, tor Mr..
Butks, chairman, submitted the following re.
port
Your committee to whom is referred the re-
port Of the President, and also the report of the
Examining Commit and accompanying pa.
pers, having duly considered The same beg re-
Specttully to report
That the report of the President be accepted.
That the report of The Examining Com nlttee
and the accompanying papers be referred to the
incoming Board or Direction, with the sugges-
tion that the measures therein named be fully
consIdered, and 10 The extent that the service Of
the Company Can De promoted, fsvorably acted
upon.
ga motion the report was accepted.
Judge Chapman then uorloated JOHN ).
BARBOUR for President, which motion being
secoulrd by Mr. Miller Mr.. Barbour was unani-
IL ou,Iy reelected by reclamation.
GA motion Of Mr. Booker the old Board Of
d .rcctors were then unanimously reelected as