Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-04-07
Shin Building COlnpany.

holders of the Alexandria Marine Railway and
Ship Building Company was held at Harmonic
Hall last night. john w. Burke was appoint
ed Chairman, and II. w. Bacon, clerk ct the
Company. Secretary.
P B. Hooe, Lewis Stein and the Secretary
having been appointed committee to examine
and report upon all proxies presented to the
meeting, reported large Dumber as correct
and regular.
| The roll being called there appeared to be
present stockholders who could lawfully cast
a majority Of all the votes which could be given
| by all the stockholders of the company viz
by proxy 254 votes, and by proper persons III
votes.
A quorum being present the President laid
before the meeting the following annual report
Of the Board of Directors for the year ending
April %, 1875, which vas read and adopted:
ALEXANDRIA, VA, April 6, 1875.
| To the stockholders of the Alexandria Marine
Railway and Ship Building Company:
GEN. LgMEN: Bhe Bourd of Directors chosen
by yourselves in a meeting held April I, 1874,
at Sarepta Hall, desire to report the result of
their labors to this date.
At meeting held April 9th, 1874 VIM. a.
Smoot was elected President, and J. Reid
Treasurer 1t WAS resolved that j. 81 Reid be
notified Of his election to the office of Treasurer,
to give bond in the sum of SIS, QUO.
| Also resolved, that the President recommend
a suitable person for Clerk. Resolved, that the
President be directed to pr;cure q charter for
the company.
Also resolved, that committee of two be ap-
pointed to draw up bye-lsws for the guidance of
the company
ALL of these resolutions were carried out, Mr..
w. b. Bacon being appointed Clerk
We subsequently found it necessary to give
| Mr.. j. II. Reid, Treasurer, salary of $50 per
annum in order to make his bond good
We thought it expedient to have some one TO
sct in the place of the President when he should
be unavoidsbly absent, SO Mr.. Broders WAS
elected Vice President
On motion it WAS resolved, that the President
close the purchase of the lots of Mrs. Keith r.
q Smith, @. l.. Powell, JAS. Green. a. jamie
son. ohnston s. Govdhand, 6. l.. and j. Sea-
ton and Mrs. Forrest-al of which was done af-
ter considerable trouble in getting titles. The
deeds will all be perfected as soon rs the defer
red payments ON real estate are paid.
We purchased the lower or Go0dhands ship
yard Of the Messrs. Johnston & Goodhsnd tor
$500, and took possession of it Saturday,
April rs, 1874 The machinery, ways, cradle,
wharf, buildings and yard, werein very dilap-
and the mud off the ways and repairing the
engine, boiler, well, ways, cradle, engine house,
sheds and wharf, and purchasing new fall the
old yard is now in very good working order
After receiving several proposals, the Drec
tors on May Ii, 1874, awarded the contract to
build the new ways to Mr. Isaac Davis. He
then gave US bills of piles timber, lumber &C..
necessary for the construction of the new ways,
for which we advertised and on June II, 1874,
we opened bids for the same We awarded con-
Der to Mes,rs. T. T. Gaskins 4 Go.
On June 18th, Mr.. Isaac Davis arrived and
marked out work for the mud machine. and as
he said the gearing at Havre-de- Grace would
suit US, the Directors ordered its purchase.
July 90-Begsn to built the new ways at this
date, MIR. j. I. Rogers commencing to drive
the piles On September 18th the last of the
water piles were sawed of. As the river bed
there is not very hard, we drove 6o4 piles under
the ground ways and l6 piles alongside to hold
it in place making altogether 700 piles under
the foundation OF the ground ways from the
outer end to low water which piles are from 40
to IS feet long. Between low and high water
there are large pine butts laid across, and the
foundation built up on them, and from high
water to chain head gearing there are two aolid
stone walls, 4 feet thick al the bottom, with a
slight taper TO the top, braced with tim crs, and
the outer end built solid Of large stones for some
distance
On October 23d and 24th the ground ways,
after considerable trouble, were launched and
sunk in place.
On October 18th and 18th, for the bet.or work
| sng of the yard, the Directors thought best to
alter the bye-laws ard divide the duties up
among themselves into three standing COM
mitteess, viz:
Committee on Finance which consists of
Messrs Robert Portner and Col. A. Herbert.
| Committee on purchase OF material contracts.
bids and proposals-M essrs. j. Broders and j.
T. Rogers.
= Comn1itte on yard and workings therein
Messrs Park Agnew and Capt. M. kersey
On November 18th Mr.. +. II. Day, our Su-
perintendent, arrived and assumed the duties OF
his position.
November 18th Mr.. Portner offered the fol-
lowing resolutions for the government of the
Standing committees, which were taken up and
passed separately:
Resolved, That all matters relating to the
finances Of the company shall be referred to the
committee on finance, who shall have power to
negotiate loans to an amount not exceeding
$1,000, and issue stock not exceeding thirty
thousand dollars (S30, 0OO) in all, and the same
committee shall report to the board at the next
regular meeting
Resolved, That all matters referring to mate
rial aud contracts shall be referred to the COM
mite on materials, and on contracts, bids and
proposals, who shall have power to purchase
and make contracts for material to an amount
not exceeding 81 200, and report to the Board ut
each regular meeting.
Resolved, That all matters referring to the
yard and the workings of the same shall be re-
ferred to the committee on yard and construc-
ton, who shall have power to make all nec"ssa-
ry improvements in the yard, to contract tor
the building and repairing of vessels to an
amount not exceeding one thou'and dollars,
and report at each meeting of the board.
! Dec. 9 it was resolved that the President be
chairman of the standing committees.
Dec we got steam up on the engine for the
| first time
After having two chain heads cast here, Moth
or OF which would work, we sent Mr.. Davis to
Baltimore and got one cast there, which worked
after Messrs. Jameson 8 Collins chipped the
corners off some. ALI this took until December
81, 1874, and we hauled up on that date, as soon
as the ways were ready, the tug Gov. Curtin,
she being tie first vessel hauled out on the new
ways
January 4, 1876, the Directors received and
passed the ways from Mr.. Isaac Davis. The
engine and boiler had been passed on and re-
| ceived before