Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-06-18


could command, and was unable to Dor.
row dollar for the Company,in Charles
town or anywhere else that he knew OF
for, in those darksome days of constant
ly recurring difficulties, doubts and dis
appointments, the financial credit OF the
Company, like The cash in its exchequer'
was at a very low cub and consequently,
it had but few friends and host OF en-
cmies; some of whom, hound like, were
continually swapping and snarling at its
heels, eager for its fall that they might
rend it to pieces and have the profes-
sional pleasure of picking It's bones.
In this critical dilemma it had occur
red to Col. w. that, possibly, portion
at least of the needed $4,000 might be
borrowed, for the Company, from the
people of Shepherdstown, who had al
WAYS evinced liberal and intelligent
interest in behalf of the road; 50 he had
sent for the above mentioned member OF
the Board to confer with him about
bringing the matter to the attention OF
his fellow citizens here as soon as 1t
could be conveniently done. That gen
,leman promptly undertook the task.
Returning here at once he had the Col
lege bell rung TO summon the citizens
together and when they had assembled
he submitted the subject to their con-
slderatiou, without making any sugges-
tons as to what he thought they ought
TO do in the premises; for he knew it
was only necessary to put them in pos
session ofthe facts OF the case to prompt
such action on their part as the emer-
gency required.
We were present at the meeting and
well remember its proceedings. 1t was
not only one OF the largest impromptu
assemblages we ever saw here but, like
wise, a most enthusiastic and unanimous
gathering of the tax payers of the town.
It's immediate result was an extra ses-
sion, that afternoon, of the Town Coun-
Gil which, in accordance with its munich
pal powers passed an order authorizing
the issue of SIX per cent gold-bearing
corporation bonds TO the amount OF
$4,000, to be presented as free gin
from the people of Shepherdstown TO
S. V. r. r. Company.
With an authenticated copy Of said Or
der, duly signed by the Mayor and Re
corder under the seal of the corporation,
the gentleman who lad the matter in
hani hurried back to Charlestown and
handed it to Col. w. who took it, that
night, to Philadelphia and there had no
difficulty, on the faith of its pledge, in
raising the required amount to relieve
the Company from its temporary en-
barrassment and to allow the contrac-
tors to go on with the work.
At the next meeting of the Board Of
the Railroad Company it not only voted
$4,000 of its stock to the Corporation
OF Shepherdstown but also, as further
token Of it's grateful appreciation of the
prompt assistance rendered its Company
by our people, it resolved to establish
the construction and repair shops at
this place and we, herewith, append a
copy of the order by the Board to the
Chief Engineer OF the Company to Sc
lect suitable site here for the said
shops, the original transcript Of which
is in possession of the Corporation of
Shepherdstown and may be seen by cal
ling on the Recorder. 1t reads as fol-
lows:
RESOLVED, That the Engineer George
Barrett, ESD, be and Inc is hereby dircc.
ted to select a suitable site near the town
of Shepherdstown, in the County of JET
ferson, on which to erect construction
and repair shops for the Shenandoah V.
r. K. Company.
A copy-Teste.
THOS. n. ASHBI,
Sec'y 5. V. r. Il. Co.
March 10Th, 1872.
The above given details refer to only
one of the grounds on which "Shep-
herdstown basis its claims to the shops
of the S. V. r. r." The others may be
inferred from the following brief emu
meration of few Of the physical ad-
tages of our place for the establishment