Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-12-29
Valley Railroad Meeting.

vd1lCy 4so1tlOWA HASSVhAS'
The adjourned meeting of the Valley r.
R. stockholders took place yesterday at
noon, at the Office of the counsel of the
company, MI. Jno. W. Abby, presiding,
and Mr.. A.. Madison, the company's secre-
tary, acting as secretary. Baltimore was
represented by Mr.. Henry Duvall; the r.
& o. r. r. Co., by Mr.. Richard Norris;
Rockbridge and Lexington, by Mr.. W. A.
Anderson; S~taunton, by Messrs. Jno. B.
Evans, Isaac Witt and r. w. Burke, and
President P. P. Pendleton, and Directors
Gen. Jno. Echols and Col. VIM. Allen were
also present, besides a number of private
stockholders. The minutes Of the Direc-
tors meeting, showing the wlthdra wal of
the offer of the National Security, Iron
Coal and Improvement Co., &C., were
read.
A PROPOSITION TO BUILD THE ROAD.
An offer was presented from Mason &
Shanahan, to build the road to Salem, for
all the county bonds and 81, 700, 600 of LIST
mortgage bonds. The committee appoint
ed to consider it, reported that it would
requlre the issue of $4,000, 600 1st mort
gage bonds to pay for the equipment and
building of the road under this offer. and
recommended its rejection, The com nit
tees recommendation was adopted.
ANOTHER PROPOSITION.
President Pendleton then presented a
proposition from President Mines, of the
Shenandoah Valley Railroad Company, to
operate the completed road, as now, at ST.
600 per month, provided the Company
would bind itself to give the S. V. Co., if
they asked it, a fifteen years. lease, at $50,
600. per annnm, the S. V. Co. to lease the
road if built as fast as sections Of ten
miles are completed, in the proportion per
annum of ten to twentysix.
A long discussion ensued between Vice
President yce, Of the s. V. Co., and Mr..
Duvall, Of the city Of Baltimore. in which
MI. Boyce said frankly that they didn't
want the road unless they could have it as
long AS they wanted it, provided they were
willing to pay as high for it as any other
bidders.
MIR. Duvall said he could never agree to
putting the property OF the Valley r. r..
w. 81 1dl OuU VI uhO At1O VI ~ l.
as that.
TIE proposition was rejected unanimous
ly.
A SETTLEMENT OF THE DIFFICULTY.
Mr.. Anderson of Rockbridge offered a
resolution, 1. directing the Board of Di-
rectors to renew the monthly lease Of the
road to the S. V. Co., OF to other parties
who may desire to lease; 2, giving the
party that does make a monthly lease a
preference over any other party who may
propose a longer lease upon their offering as
good terms as the other, n 2. providing
that the Valley R. R. Co.. when it chooses
shall term nate the lease but shall give the
leasing party connecting fac lities equal to
those given any other company.
1.-The resol ton Was u animOusly adop-
ted.
MORE STOCK.
On motion of Mr.. W. A. Burke it was
resolved to open the books for an addition
al subscription of II 500 900 to the stock.
MAKING A TEMPORARY ARRAN CEMENT
AS the S. V. Co. have notified the Val
ley Co. that they will cease operating the
road January 1st, the Valley Directors
were authorized to make some temporary
arrangement for operating it which will
prevent it's stoppage.
Adjourned.
COUNTY CoURT.-This Court met on
Monday, Judge Hendren presiding:
Probate-J. H. Callison, qualified as ad-
ministrator Of D.. Buchanan with j. M.
Hite. Rob't Craig, James McCutchen and
Thos. Sensebaugh, appraisers the will OF
Mary A. Holbrook was admitted to pro
bate, with VIM. B. Crawford, admir-, and
T. G.. Stuart, VIM. Patterson, James NJ.
Stout, L. Fretwell and Isaac S. Myers,
appointed appraisers; G.. G. Hanger
qualified as admir- Of Rev. G.. A. Shuey,
deceased the wills Of Jacob Van Lear
and Mary Ann Brown were admitted to
probate; Jos. O. Hobbs qualified as admir-
of NJ. E. Hobbs, decd.
Assaults, &c.-A fine Of SIS imposed by
Justice Waddell on John Gregory, for as
saulting Geo. Fleetman, was reported !;
cases against Rev. L. Fl. Grabill for dis
turbing a religious assembly, and Jno. Gar
rison for assault, were dismissed.
Roads.-Petition of Rev. G. r. Will
liams and others, for the re-establishment
of a public road in Precinct No. 4, was re-
ferred to J.. FL. Callison, commissioner.
H. L. Swartzel was appointed surveyor OF
the public road from widow Armstrong;
place to Garrison's shop.
NJ (ou., tn Summons IN ha rafT1rnp6
next term, were issued in the cases against
Peter Randolph for larceny, Margaret Fret
well for lewd living, and John Carter for
per jury.
Adjourned.
GONE FOR WooDELL.-On Wednesday
last, Sheriff W. L. Mowry, accompanied by
MI. VIM. A. Burnett, clerk Of the county
court, left for Ohio with a requisition for
VIM. II. Wooddell, the alleged blackmailer
of B. Kiracofe. Wooddell, it is stated,
went from his home, near Mt. Scion, to
Keyaer station, on the B. & 0. r. B., and
thence to Ohio. He was arrested near
Lima, an Allen CO., Ohio, On Saturday, the
10th inst, by the sheriff of that county,
who telegrapiled to Virginia to know if he
was rot a fugitive from justice. For a
shrewd man, as Wooddell is conceded to
be, his going to Allen co., Ohio, is much
akin to the ostrich hiding its head in the
sand. for the reason that daily intercourse
by letter is kept up between the Millers.
Vances, I%rvines, Karicofes, Carsons and
others of the two neighborhoods of Lima
and Mt. Scion.