Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-01-05

The Montpelier & Wells River Railroad.


AS rvENrrcL WErK Us ir4 uisronY-sALr oF
rin ENrn,E sroCE oN As rNHcrrioN-AN IN
JUNCTION srnvEpoN rnrrrRcHAsERs-sroR
ANNUAL MEETING
The past week nas been au c,cnifnl one in the
history Of the Wells River railroad On Friday
last the secctmon OF Montpelier, in accordance
with Che vote Of the town few weeks since, sold
one thousand siXhundrcd shares of livestock to Mr.
James W. Brock, Of this village. Tor - 90 share
Upon going To the Office of Me- joel Foster, IT,,
the trausfor Of the stock was refused them, and
they asecruincd that ON saturday noon the entire
stock 81 the road had been sold at auction 10 sat
isiy an cxecution against the company in favor Of
Liberty I. Kinney, of Barre, for some six thou
sand dollars, and that nearly three thousand
shares Of the stock, including all owned by Mont
pclior had already been transferred in accordance
with tho result OF The auction
This was startling news to the people Of this
town and naturally crcaleda good deal Of OK
element aud indignation investigation showed
that the debt on which Kinney secured Judgment
and upon which the execution issued, WAS a part
Of Tie jebt Of tic company on the iiih OF Octo-
her iS,l 90 the time the road passed into
the hands OF Mc.-,. DAVID Il sortwcll and James
c. French, aud il is claimed on the part Of Mont
which these gentlemen agreed to pay in full We
don know chat This is denied by the Sortwell
panty THE notice of the sale was posted In the
Wells Riser depol-ina conspicuous place, It is
claimed hy tlc sortHei party, bat nobody in
Montpelier was sharp-sisiied enough to zee it,
of ai least nobody That Was willing 90 spread the
newsa and when the sale tool, place, Sheriff d
W Ay,ul OF la,nc. acting a. auctiunecr no one
was present except a few interested parties. Mr.
r. y snitwcll. Mr. j. T. Kinney aud Mr. {. J.
Gleason Kinney lawyer. being the most note
worthy it b. said that The stocl, WIS bid oil as
follows at pdcc- ranging from seventy 10 seventy
five cents o share. % 4 -uftWcn four hundred
Skates. e. H. Chanoe four hundred a. bartlett
fnuf hundred aud Che rest % various parties, to
ticumouut OF twot Thousand six hundred and fifty
four >hate, aud comprising the stock held by
Montpelier rhuGdd Groton Marshfeld and
McHrs james 2 longdou. James G. French, y
g. Muu.on and Goorge G. shepard The stock
vile daily transferred To these parties the same
day Dos the clafs upon The transfer books Of the
corporation.
AS iNitNrrioS PROCURED
II Wos evident shat &c the railroad was +, be run
a-au DIS the original stockholders, something
must Doe dome without delay, since the annual
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