The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-04-06
SECOND DAYS PROCEEDINGS.

SECOND DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
The Convention met at II a. m. pursu-
ant to the adjournment of the previous
evening, and the minutes of both meet
ings of the previous day were read and
adopted. The President then called for
the reports of committees, whereupon
Judge Reed submitted the following re-
port, which was adopted:
The committee appointed at Conven-
ton held in the interest of the Blue
Ridge Railroad at Knoxville, Tennessee,
in January last, under the following reso-
ton, to wit:
"Resolued, That J. P. Reed and R. A.
Thompson, of South Carolina; G. D.
Smith and James L. Robinson, of North
Carolina; R. I. Wilson and B. B. Lenoir,
of Tennessee, be, and they are hereby,
constituted a committee, whose duty it
shall be to confer with the companies or
individuals owning the sections of the
Blue Ridge Road, within their respective
States, on the subject OF consolidating
their several interests and organizing a
new company for the ownership and
management of the entire line from
Knoxville, Tennessee, to Anderson,
South Carolina, and to ascertain upon
what basis and terms said new company
may be organized. Said committee shall
report the result of their conferences to
an adjourned meeting of this Conven-
ton to be held at Anderson, on the 3Oth
day of March next"
Have discharged the duty assigned them,
as far as practicable under the existing
state of things, and beg leave respectfully
to report:
That link in the chain of the contem-
plated road, extending from the city OF
Knoxville, in the State of Tennessee, to
the town of Maryville, in the same State
"a distance of sixteen miles-is COM
pleted and in successful operation. This
link, your committee have satisfactory
assurances, can be consolidated on most
favorable terms, with the entire line,
upon the organization of a new company
looking to completion within any reason
able period.
The original charter, for the extension
of the road through the State of North
Carolina, was repealed by the Legisla-
ture few years ago, but q new one,
covering the same ground, has been
granted to a company under the name
of "The Rabun Gap Short Line Railway
Company" which has been regularly
organized; and, at meeting of the Pres
ident and Directors held at Franklin,
| North Carolina, on the 9th instant, the
following resolution was unanimously
adopted:
"Rsso9red, By the Board of Directors
of the Rabun Gap Short Line Railray
Company, that, if a consolidation of the
different companies, constituting the line
from Knoxville, Tennessee, to Anderson,
South Carolina, shall be essential to sue
cessful arrangements for the early COM
pletion of said line, that this company
will, when desired, authorize the proper
officer or officers to sign q contract for
consolidation, upon such terms as will
be reasonable, just and equitable to said
company, and the other companies in
terested."
The charter originally granted by the
State of Georgia remains intact, as con-
solidated with the Blue Ridge Railroad
in South Carolina, and will pass under
any transfer or assignment of the latter.
The only hindrance, therefore, to an
immediate consolidation of the several
links from Anderson to Knoxville exists
in the State of South Carolina. Here,
as is we'll known, the company is involved
in litigation that has already been pre-
tracted beyond all reasonable expecta-
ton, and it is impossible to say certainly
when it will be ended. This portion of
the line, together with its existing fran
chises in the other States, was sold under
an adjudication in bankruptcy, in the
fall of 1874; and was purchased for the
bondholders of the mortgage bonds; and
it was hoped that by this proceeding the
contest would be ended, and an opportu-
nifty offered for new company to get
possession and proceed to its construction.
But your committee are advised that,
under an allegation of irregularity in the
sale made, a new proceeding has been
instituted in the United States Circuit
Court, seeking to set aside the entire
proceedings in bankruptcy, under which
the sale was made, and to remand the
property to the trustees, acting under the
original mortgage deed, for an early sale.
However this may be, it is confidently
believed that the litigation will be in
some way terminated at the approaching
April term of the United States Court
and that during the ensuing summer or
fall an opportunity will be offered to
ACQUIRE perfect title to this property,
when the entire line to Knoxville can be
readily consolidated. Your committee
therefore recommend the adoption of the
following resolutions:
Resolred, That it is of the highest i'm
portance that the effort which was initia-
ted at Walhalla in November last, and
followed up by the Convention at Knox
Vile, and the present Convention at this
place, should be kept prominently before
the people; and that persistent effort
be made during the ensuing summer and
fall to enlighten the understanding, and
enlist the sympathy and cooperation of
the people from Charleston to Knoxville,
Cincinnati and Chicago, in favor of this
grand national enterprise in which we
are earnestly engaged.
Resolved, That a Convention of the
friends of this great enterprise be held in
the city of Charleston on Thursday, the
25th day of May next, and that the sew
eral cities, towns, villages and counties
interested therein be requested to send
delegates to the said Convention.
Resolued, That the delegates in this
1 Convention from the city of Charleston
be requested to bring the proposed Con-
yention in that city to the attention of
the authorities and people represented by
them; and make the requisite arrange
ments for its assembling and accommo-
dation.
Resolved, That, in the meantime and
until otherwise ordered, the committee
appointed at Knoxville, to inquire and
report as to the practicability Of consoli-