The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-03-06
The Railroad from Eeysviiie 10
lIarksytiie.

| GAINESVILLE, VA, March 3, 1880.
Editors Dispatch Knowing The Interest
You, in common with all the good people oil
Richmond, take in our section OF country
think 10 proper to recte that meeting OF
the subscribers to the capital stock OF tho
Richmond ard Mecklenburg Railroad Com
pany iron Keysyille to Clark-vilie) was
| held, pursuant to notice, In CiarksviIIe on
Saturday, the 2lst Of February. George b.
Finch, OF Bo7dton, Va, presided at TIE
meeting, and Thomas Easley, OF Clafks'
vile, Va. was secretary.
A committee TO ascertain the number OF
shares present IN the meeting reported that
seventy -four shares, or S7.400. were present
either in person or by proxy. The mini
mum prescribed for organization by the
charter Of the company being fifty shares,
or $4,000. the Chair decided that the meet.
ing was legally organized, and announced
that the election OF officers for the first year
was in order.
Major j. b. McPhail, Jr., was unani
mously elected president. and w. Il. Car
rineton Of Richmond, Philo Alcott, and
A. w. Mcgee OF GAINESVILLE. George A.
Endly OF Chase City. and George b. Finch
| of BoyGton, were unanimously elected
directors for the ensuing year.
A committee 10 frame bylaws for the
company reported, and its report was
unanimously adopted.
| The meeting was enthusiastic and earnest,
and on all sides hearty railroad spirit was
manifested.
| After the stockholders meeting had ad-
iourned an informal meeting OF the Board
was beId. at which it was determined TO
| hold a business meeting in GAINESVILLE on
| the 1st of March. Accordingly the Board
| met In Clarksvlle on Monday the lst OF
March, the president and all the directors
being present, except w. L. Darlington,
ESQ, of Richmond.
| The Board devised and adopted forms for
| land, labor, and materials subscriptions,
and unanimously elected Major John b.
| McPhpil, Jr., subscription agent, with di-
| Iections 10 obtain the requisite 700 TO be
subscribed by this people within the next
ninety DAYS.
AS some evidence Of the zeal OF our PEG
| ple and their determination to do all in their
power to build the road from Keysyllle TO
Clarksyile, state that already more than
%, 1000 in money has been subscribed by per-
sons, with one exception, living in the town
Of Clarksville. No subscription Ia land has
vet been taken, the forms having not yet
been printed. but il is believed that the land
subscriptions viii far exceed in value those
made in money.
No part OF the prop lsed line OF road Ia,
vet been canyassed for subscriptions except
! GAINESVILLE and its immediate vicinity. As
soon as Major McPhaiI aud his assistant.
get into the saddle and fairly at work there
| can he little doubt that the S75, 900 will be
raised.
Major McPhail will spend the remainder
Of this week at Cisrksville, and will then
actively canvass all along the line, visiting
Chase City and its vicinity next. 1t is be
| lieyed that the northern settlers in opI
midst-and may say they are worthy eiti
zens-will subscribe very literally. There
Is a widespread conviction that this Is the
last chance for our oppressed, though rich
section of country to get a railroad, anf
every effort will be made TO do so. Nothing
but railroad Is lacking to make OF Clarks
vile one OF the most .iourishing and thirty
ing inland towns in The State.
Yours truly, w.