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Meeting of the Stockholders of the
s. ". r. r. Co.

The following article was contributed to Inc
Spirit. and we republish it because it gives
concise aud satisfactory repor, OF the proceed
inss as they have Lesn detailed 70 US by per-
sons who had the hcnor OF participating in
the meeting:
meeting Of the stockholders Of the Shen-
ardoah Valley Railroad Company was held,
pursuant to call Of the proxies OF Jefferson
county. the Central Improvement. Company
and Others, at Winchester Va, on Friday, the
18th inst The object Of this meeting, as II is
generally known, was for the purpose Of adj
ius,ing aud composing, il possible, the din
cuties. in tue organization OF the Company,
which occurred at the late annual meeting OF
the stockholders at Front Royal. Two sets
of officers, it will be remembered, were at that
tine elected, lone by the general stockholders
acd the other by the proxies Of the counties
of Page and Jefferson and few private stock
holders who co-operated with them. The
meeting at Winchester, which was a full one,
assembled at the Taylor Hotel at O'Clock, Z.
A.. and was called to order By President
Mcclellan. y committee on proxies consist
ing of Messrs. Logan 0.bnrn, William Mines,
Jr., aud A. R. Boteler. was appointed, and
after brief retirement reported the repre-
scn,ation BIZ proxies Of Jefferson county, the
Central Improvement Company and large
majority Of the private stockholders.
Tie County OF Jefferson appeared BY hessra.
T. C. Greeu, Robert w Baylor, and Henry B.
Davenport. The meeting was organized By
calling Hon. William II. Travers, Of Jefferson
county, to the chair, aud the appointment oil
Thomas n. Asbhy, Esq, Of Warren as Sec
rotary. Thomas C. Green, Esq, as one Of the
proxies of Jefferson county, presented writ
ten protest against the right Of the Central
improvement Company 10 vote the million oil
dollars worth Of stock which, under the de-
cree in the recent in Junction case, II was de-
termined by Judge Turner that Company was
entitled 70 vote in all meetings O! the stock
holders. Various grounds Of objection were
stated in the protest to the representation Of
this stock. Col. II. w. Baylor and II. B.
/ Davenport, ESQ, the co-proxies of Jefferson
county stated that they disagreed with the
proposed protest, which on motion Of Col. X.
w. Baylor, seconded by Logan Osburn, ESQ.,
was directed to be laid on the table by de-
ciled majority, the Central Improvement
/ Company declining TO vote on the proposition
4 minute of the Offering OF the protest and
the action of the meeting on The subject was
directed to be made On motion Of Col. Bay
lor the directors heretofore elected were dis
placed and the meeting proceeded to elect
eleven directors to serve until the next annual
meeting Of the stockboliers. The following
! gentlemen were therenpnn elected
William Mcclellan, President, Logan Os-
burn, Charles Aglionhy. Vim. Fl. Travers,
VIM. d. Smith, A. r. Boteler, U. L. Doyce,
! NJ. B. Buck, Henry B. Harnsberger. Williim
Mines, Jr., Mann Splitter, John Kelley.
This solution OF The complications OF the
/ Company was the subject of general con 'rat-
ula,ion among the stockholders present, and
it is thought that all distinctions in the way
Of a speedy negotiation Of the first marriage
bonds have by this action been removed
! Soon after the al journment of the Stockhold-
ers a meeting of the Directors was held and a
committee was appointed 10 enter into all the
requisite arrangements 10 secure the neces-
sary funds for the resumption of work along
the line and the prosecution with the utmost
yiror of the construction Of the road.