The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-12-16
rHErExNEssEE CENTRAL.
Meeting OF Stockholders nj Ripaey-
Much Talk and Lfftle work.

push forward the work on the Ten
nessee Central Railroad, attended a
general meeting Of the stockholders,
held at Ripley, Lauderdale county, on
the 9TH inst. Said meeting was called
by DIR w. w. Lea, President, to elect
Board Of Directors for the ensuing
year.
After reaching Trenton, Capt. W.
A. Cooper kindly furnished us a seat
in his buggy, and together We start>
ed, going through the country in
which is located the line of the rail-
road. The first town we struck ON
the line was Brazil, village of 200
inhabitants, located in a section of
rich and fertile lands, nine miles from
Trenton. The second town On the
line is Chestnut Bluff, containing pro-
badly 300 inhabitants, and located on
the right bank of the middle fork of
Forked Deer river. The country be-
tween Brazil and Chestnut Bluff along
the line is somewhat undulating, but
rich and fertile, and most of it forest.
Chestnut Bluff is in Crockett county,
and % miles from Trenton. After
crossing the middle fork of Forked
Deer in ferry boat, we entered Lau-
derdale county. Taking the road to
Ripley, over broken and sparsely
settled country, we reached this town
Tuesday noon. Ripley is the county
seat of Lauderdale county, contains
1900 inhabitants, and is located, as
your correspondent was informed, in
rich and fertile section, but very
broken. This town is forty miles
southwest of Trenton. Considerable
taste is displayed in the construction
of dwellings. The court house is
large two story brick building, sit
uated in the center of the public
square. 1t also has Jail house,
which has not had an occupant for
two months. This speaks well for
this law loving and law-abiding peo-
pie. Your correspondent was favor
ably impressed by Ripey and its peo-
pie, and if it had the Tennessee Cen
trail Railroad completed, would be a
desirable place to live.
The stockholders, to the number of
fifteen or twenty, met in the circuit
court clerks room in the court house,
and the meeting was called to order
by electing General Conner Chair
man, and Mr.. Herod, the polite and
affable county court clerk, Secretary.
DIR. Lea, President of the road,
then read report, in which he said
that nothing had been done since the
general stockholders meeting, held in
Trenton last December, of which we
all were well aware. On motion the |
report was received and adopted. as
nothing else could have been done
with it. ..
Mr.. Albert Lea then arose and pro-
ceeded to address the meeting in a
speech of some length, in which he
took occasion to criticize something
done at the last meeting af the stock
holders at Trenton, which something
done was the scaling of the stock of
his father, w. w. Lea, and himself,
thereby electing majority of Direc-
tors opposed to DIR. w. W. Lea as
President. This he claimed was UNI
just, because the largest amount of
stock subscribed was held by parties
living between Trenton and Fulton,
and in favor of Or. w. w. Lea for
President.
These structures on the action of the
last meeting was replied to by Capt.
Cooper in clear and forcible speech,
indicating the stockholders from all
blame in the matter, if blame there
was.
Your correspondent not being pres
ent at the last meeting, is unable to
decide whether any wrong was done.
Mr.. Lea said if this end of the
line-that is between Trenton and
Huntingdon-had a majority of the
stock he would gracefully allow us to
control the road. When a call was
made for the proxies to vote the stock,
it was found that a majority of $50
votes was east of Trenton. So soon
as this was developed, and seeing his
defeat near at hand, he moved an ad-
journment sine die. The friends of
the road on this end of the line being
anxious to elect a board of directors,
and they then President, strongly
opposed the motion and insisted on
the great Importance Gas the compa-
ny had been in a disorganized condi-
for year, because of DIR. LEAFS re-
fusal to call a meeting of the board Of
directors, for the reason some one else
would have been elected President) |
to the road of an immediate election
of directors, so that they might
push forward the work
to an early completion. After consid-
cradle discussion (although motion
to adjourn is not debatable) of the
question of adjournment, pro and con,