Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-06-03

Leaving aba!aucs in the treasury
of the company January !, 1872. So 145 "a
They further report that tho whole AMOUNT
expended from November, 1877, to January
| |, 1872 on account OF repairs Of damage &c
canal, wss $l99. 100. &c aud there Jet remaios
dam No. for reconstruction, with ErsonrY,
which work is b@iug pushed forward as rapidly
as possible.
| Their rcpert deals with The matter Of trau:-
| postalon on the c.aaI. making lccomnnuda,
| tons for certain improvements 10 DO made,
with view c! sill further reducing the c,st Of
coal at Underwater. Ihsy stew that in 1872 the
actual cost for tolls Tor transporting ton OF Goa
| from Cumberland on board OF 2eSss5 at George
| town Was 50 "a, and that 10 1878 i: had been
| reduced to 81. 50, aGd they further show hat
| with tho present price ct cJs Ii: wlil b, impo2'
| sibls to increase the charges which ere made,
and hcuco the stoall revenue which the cl1a
company has ,c,cved. They congratulate the
| stockholders, however, thai tho work has been
so economically managed IS to proaGca so fair q
! net revenue even with these log charges
MIR. Compton bowed TO piCcec;! 10 rilct c
| president and six directors.
Mr.. Robinson moved that tho Uailcd States
| be permitted to name four directors, ard sub
stqaently modified i: 50 Us 20 Da;ao two direc
| tori.
Pending that motou, III. Miller lao7td to
| adjourn. The yeas aud bays Geicg taken, APP
pesred ss tolloa!: NayS-Slatc Of Maryland,
10 DOS; James &. Barrit. S; total vote, 10 OILS.
| Yeas United States, zoos; Cooperation OF
| Gcorgetown and Washington, . SIG; private
| slcckholder osaph Bryan, 3; Francis Nil.
Ter, 10; total vote, 4 .5SS7. SO the mo.ioa was
| rejected.
The question ricufiiug upon Tho original
| resolution of Dir. Robinson, il vas rejected by
tho ssmo vcir. The mcctiog proceeded 10
elect directors. Nlr. Compton nomiuateI-For
Bsrret, MIR. B4nnou, Patrick HamiI, II. D.
Farpandis, B. b. Crawford and John Huubrd.
MIR. Miller nclaiaatcd-For President, John
Richie; directors, William j. Boathe, Ffede.
! rick L. Moore Charles G.. Glover. Chas. Albert.
Peter 3. Small, Josiah X. Gordoo. Tho chair
| appointed Messrs. B.rrct, Compton aud Rob
| inSon ttllers, who reported inst tho whole nun
Der CT votes cast was If 552, Of which the
ticket headed by a. 2. uorman had received
| l0,00S votes. and tho ticket headed By John
Richie had 1854. Tho chair declared that
Mcssra. A. =. German and the rtc,ive of that
| ticket had b2cn elected, haYlng received ma
jority OF all the votes cast.
MI Miller entered the following protest: I'm
the name and in behalf Of the District Of Colum-
bis. hereby enter tho protest Of said district
| spainst the counting Of the vote Of tho State of
Maryland. far rs it is based upon The so-called
| preferred stock, under the act OF September q,
| 1886. and the stock under tho act Of May Il.
1899"
The claim OF Mr.. Miller that tho Slate Of
| Maryland has no right to vote certain stock is
bssed on the ground that tho State having taken
mortgage on the canal 10 secure tho money it
maid for the stock, has no right to vote that
stock. This claim has been made twice before
but mover has besn allowed. Immediately after
their election, the now Board Of Directors and
their President were sworn into office. transact
cd some routine business and then ahiourEed
subject TO the call Of The PRECEDENT.