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Railroad Meeting,

\ convention Of the Stockholders of tho
Greenwood and Augusta Rail DAD Company
convened to-day in -Aikcn's Hail. j. I.
Parks, Chairman, A.. NJ. Aiken, Secretary. :.
committee having been appointed to receive
the returns of subscriptions from sub-cOm.
mittccS, made II report from which 1t ap-
pcarcd that bona .Hdr subscriptions payable
on call Of the board OF directors, had been
made amply sufficient to employ one hun
drcd hands for eightccn months. The cn,n.
mittee assured the convention that not more
than half the field had been canvaSscd. and
tina: the amount could be- easily doubled,
whrrcupOn 1t WAS determined TO proceed
without delay, to grade tho road.
On motion Of W.k: Blake, Esq. the follow
ing resolution WAS adopted:
LtrsOirrd, That having determined to enter
upon the construction of the Greenwood and
augusta Railroad forthwith. a committee ul
five be appointed To notify the State authOri-
ties that we are prepared to- execute the con-
tract fnr one hundred cunviots, or more, en-.
bracing the terms heretofore agreed on, and tu
request snid authorities to forward tho same
for execution.
cd to serve for thcensuing twelve months viz;
II. III. Middleton, Il. ID. Tillmnn. w. l.. Parks,
j. L. Black we'll, !. u. Neill, W. h. Bradley, J.
II. ChilcS. J. l.. PRESLEY, I. n. pendy, J.. II.
Aiken, Il, +. Riley, y. p. Doozcr, J. IL. Jcn'
ningS.
On motion the following Delegates were mp
pointed to attend the convention to be held
III lL'tuIclS, Soull IlOlsc, Slllcuty III NcItclll-
Der neat viz: W: X. Blake. 7. II. bradley, J,
l.. PRESLEY. $. P. BoOzcr, j. Il. Blake, G, \. G.
Waller, T.. j. Powder, T. +. Riley, Dir. W. T.
Millwcc, Or. J. !; Ligon: $. I. Hodges. e.. G.
Waller, W. II. Bailey, T.. n. Dcndy, J. y
Parks.
On motion OF ". X. Blake, Esq. the follow.
Ing preamble and resolutions were adopted
Whereas. We have learned that II Is pro-
posed to connects lartanburg and Augusta by
Railroad, and II convention is called for thai
purpose 70 convene ut Laurcns. Court House
sitlcday in September next, therefore We, The
Stockholders of the Grccnw0od and AuglSt}
Railroad Company, in convention assembled
at Green wood this 18th, of August lS7, do
EcNotrci, That we receive with much salts
faction, the announcement of Sucl, PROPOSE
nicnt of the same.
R,SOircH, That having completed our ar
engagements 10 commence Immediately Tho
construction of the Greenwood and August:
Railroad to Walt0n'S island IN Savannah
River, 10 which point Augusta Is pledged Il
complete the main line OF the Augusta ant
Knoxville Road, and bridge the River SO Ms Il
connect with us, we do cordially invite thu
citizens of i4alrciiS. Union. and Sr;trtaiDurl
to unite with us for the continuance or oul
line from Greenwood O~SpartanburS.
H,Snlrcd. That our delegates to the convcn.
ton ut lIuurcnS, he Instructed to present these
resolutions to said convention. as II declart
tinn Of our purpose and of our desire To OK
tend our Road.
On motion ordered that the proceedings o
this meeting be published in Iaurrns, Edge
field. Abhcvillc, Union, SpartaIbury and
Augusta papers,.
]. T. PARKS, Chairman.
y. VI. AIKEN, Secretary.