The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-01-14

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company oat from this time forward, shall
deciihe 20 receive any compensation for such
services as may be able tU render.
In tnls connection, in view of the suspension
OF the work. deem it my duty to Recommend
4 prompt reduction of the expenses OF the com
pthy TO tlie lowest possible point. In conciu-
SION, venture to express tie hop, also that
the people of this entire r.yion, whose inter
ests VIII De SO greatly advanced by the building
OF tls road, may hereafter prove literally
ca q TOWARDS Tue company. and anxious to AID IN
tae economical construction of this great work;
ana Ciiat those Subscribers whose Interests will
Dc SO greatly benefited by its building, will CO.
operate III every form. by meeting their over
uue SUBSCRIPTION, and aiding in every other way
TO promote the Interests of the company 50
tna9 the money may be raised and the work
pushed forward so soon as the condition Of
the finances OF the country will permit. which
is hoped will be at no distant day, when trust
ana believe the expectations OF the most san
guinc OF the founders OF this enterprise will be
more than realized. =
Col. Harmail dlsclain1ed any SPECIAL refer
encc to the salary of the President, bu: desired
a general decrease OF expenses, in view Of the
condition of the road. Mr.. Gibbs also disclailn-
ed such References but should like to know how
long it would take to wipe out road that had
an income of $1,000 and the salaries $4,000?
| On motion the meeting adjourisd till Feb
ruary 22tl. when the whole business affairs and
policy OF tho company, past, present and fu-
ture, will come up for consideration and dIspo-
sal.
! It is proper for LIS to state here that while
acquitting the speakers on the occasion, and the
audience Of any intended disrespect to the gen
slemen representing tue interests Of the Balti-
more and Ohio.road and the city of Baltimore,
the language and.manierisln of some who adj
dressed the meeting. and the applause that en-
| sued, was entirely Inappropriate to the occas-
ion. There are interests OF two much magni-
tude to the Valley of Virginia, and particularly
to some few of our citizens. involved in this
matter to be sporteu with, as we would the
harlequinisms of the stage and the jests OF the
circus ring. Itlwas.a business meeting, assem-
bled reconsider grave questions affecting very
important iilterestsyef a private and public ma
ture, and which should have been approached
and discussed with the gravity attaching tothem.
The calm, dignified and self-poised manner
with which they were treatedby the gen.
tlemen from Baltimore, was in favorable CON
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trast to that manifested by our own people,
/ The department OF Messys. Garrett, Kayser
and Miller, under sever: provocation, could
rot but command our admiration, and we could
not do less than testify our qualification that
such was the case 1t seems to us as a mere
spectator in the matter, that with Treasury
depleted, but 50 in it, and debt due to the
contractors of some 100000, milder policy
might accomplish better results. Following
upon the feeling exhibited in the meeting, an
injunction to be served upon these gentlemen
before they left the city, to prevent them
from using county bonds now in their possession.
WAS not the course that courtesy and prudent
b lsiness Judgment would have suggested.-
It would be far better for all the parties tc
keep within the bounds of wise discretion,
and adjust the matters of the company in a
spirit of mutual friendship andreciprocal kind
ness, which could be done without jeopardizine
the interests of any of the parties. The city
of Baltimore and B. & o. r. r. have already
paid in their 81 ,000,0 900 each, which has been
expended in the construction of the road, and
this fact alone should be argument to convince
the public that they have an interest in the
final success OF tire enterprise.