Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-11-28

common place and meaningless, but
we feel that we but echo The senti-
ment Of all who knew him when we
say that his death was public
| calamity.
In social life the deceased was dis.
| tinguisbed for his strict, uniform aud
supreme regard for what he conceived
To be lust and honorable. His genial
nature rendered him uniformly polite
! TO every class, and attentive 10 the
| story of sorrow, suffering or want;
whilst his hands were ever ready and
| willing in the fninistTations of kind
ness and love He was sincere in his
| friendships, faithful in his attach
| mente, AMI c0n-cien 'iously alive to
! every call If duty to God and TO his
| fellow maG.
A, Director Of your Company he
| contributed much by reason OF his
practical busine,s capacity, lis sound
judgment; his sage c0un-fl and his
energy tn its sucrcNs
But he - gobt We shall greet lis
cheerful face n mole III the alks of
life. Peace he to his ashes And may
the uualioyed aud perpetual rest AID
reward Of the just be his.
To his hereaveI family We beg 70
express "nr heartfelt sympathy, a. q
10 mingIe our gTiefs with heir over
The fresh-turned earth whjC1 marks
the resting place OF all thRt ls moral
of our beloved friend.
NcsO!Ucd. That a copy of these Iro-
ceedings be furnished the family OF
the deceased, and that the same he
spread on the minu.es Of the B ,erd.
". r SILVER,
JOSEPH JAQUES,
jos S ANDERSON,
Com mittee.
The convention then took recess un-
till o'clock, in order to give the stock
holders time to cast their bal OTIS in
the election for Directors.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The convention was called to order
again at O'clock by the chairman.
The following p.eambie aud resolu-
ton was off6red and on motion of
Thos. G. Barrett, vas adopted as The
sense of the stock holders in c0nyen-
ton assembled
WHEREAS. In order To provide
means with which to take up The
bonded inde bteduess OF this Company
of the divisional bonded in
iebtedness of the E t, and Va r. r..
Co, and the E. r., and Ga. r. r. Co,
which indebtednt IS was assumed in
,he consolidation OF these Com panies
Oy the +. IT,, Va. aud Ga. r r. Co.,
and also to provide means to take up
)n or before the maturity the direct
bonded indtb ednes5 t this Company
Of an issue Of So 500 600,
per ce. /. bonds, it VIII IN all prob
'bilify bscome necessary to
If bonds. Now, therefore.
RESOLVED, That the Pre- sident and
Directors be, and they are hereby
Iuth0rjz ed and empowered to issue and
lse the bonds of this company in such
mounts and at such times and rates
# interest as in their judgment may
)e essential and necessary for the
.bOve purpose, and to secure the same
y such mortgage or mortgages upon
he property aud franchises of The
company as they shall deem essen tial
o the interests of the Company, and /
IS vii! promote the most ecnnr IN cal
legotDatIon IF the bondz
At this jdc;ure the Committee If
: ecli0ns arrived and auuouto2d the
unanimous election Of the follow il Z
Board Of Directors, consisting Of fif-
cen IN n bers, for the ensuing year:
Jos. r Anderson, Bristol; Th0s
!. Barrett. Augusta, Ga; Adrian Ise I
m. New York r. {. Jackson, Knox 5
'llle; NJ X. JesuP, --; Joseph
aques, Knoxville; VIM. G. Kyle,
" hiIesburg; &. NJ. McGhee, Knox {
lille; ). d. eynOlds, Loudon r. H. /.
ioh 2 |
OnesbOro'; John Talbot, TalbOtt's
station; w. L. Walters, Baltimore,
Id r T. Wilson, New York; B. f.
newcomer, Baltimore, Md.
All were reflections with the ex-
option of B. F. Newcomer, who is
lected in the stead Of JOS. II. Earnest,
ceased.
A vote Of thanks, proposed by Col.
AndersOn, was rendered to the off GERS
( the convention, aud The conyen-
on adjourned to meet again on the
ecOud Wednesday in October, 1879
MEETING OF DIRE TORS.
Soon after the adjournment of the
-ockholders meeting, the Directors
let in the office of the Company and
rganized for business.
The officers of the Company were
e-elected as follows: President, Col. r. :
J. Wilson, n. Y f; Vice President, Col.
{. NJ. McGhee, Knoxville; Secretary
nd Treasurer, Mr.. Jas. G. Mitchell,
knoxville. The rest of the manage
tent of the road is continued without
Dy change, viz: Auditor, Mr.. o. Fl. P.
ogan; Superintendent and Chief
ngineer, Maj J. F. O'Brien, Knox.
lie; Master Of Transportation, Mr..
B. Hoxsie; General Freight and
icket Agent, Mr.. Jas. r. Ogden.
No other business, the Board ad- l
urned.