Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-12-01
TIE WESTERN RAILROAD.
OF THE CoMMIss1oNERs-
FURTHER EXTENSION OF TINE
GRANTED.

GRANTED.
CLINTON, N. G.,
Nov. II. 1881, t
The commissioner met at Clin-
ton according to adjournment and
by previous agreement. Commits
sioner Vance offered the following
resolution, viz:
Resolved, That the Governor of
the State be informed that the fail
ure of the aasignees of the Western
North Carolina RailI DAD to COM
plete said road to Paint Rock and
Pigeon River by July 1, 1881, as
heretofore reported, has continued
for ninety days or more, viz: from
said July 1st until this date, Novem
Der L, 1881. and that the United
States Trust Company be also in
formed of said failure on the part
of said assignees to perform their
contract, and that in the opinion
of the commissioners, they have
forfeited the same.
Commissioners Worth and Jar
Wis record their votes in opposition
to the foregoing resolution of Com
missioner Vance, and assign the fol
lowing reasons therefor, to-wit:
1. The comm: -sioners on the 3oth
of April made the following record
to-wit: TIE comm ;ssloaers, Il b.
| Vance, J. NJ Worth and I. J. j ar
Wis, met in the city OF Raleigh on
the 30.h day OF April, 1881. to
consider al application maaa for
an extension OF foul. months time
| in Which 10 com ale:e the Wes-ern
North Ctrolina Railroad to Paint
Rock aad Pigeon RIVER. the ap-
plication was in writing and signed
by 4. B. Andrews, president. At
ter reaiin5 the application and
considering the reasons therein set
forth, the commissioners agreed to
give this eXtention Of the time upon
the paper being presented to them
signed by A. S. Pufosd, " p.
Clyde and I. II. Logan, assisnees,
and npon its containing ;.n addi-
tlonal agreement to put six hun
dred additional hands to the coa-
vict force at work or the road as
soon rs they could sbe employed at
reasonable compensation, or IFS
equivalent in contract work, and
; that at least three hundred of this
force be put at work and kept al
work on the Dncktnwa line, and d
further provision that the extension
should not apply to any other p.o
/ vision Of the contract.
2. Tbs application, refarmee
} strictly rs agreed upon. signed BY
the assignees aud containing al
. the required conditions, was pre-
. sented to Commissioner Jarvis to
signature on the 9th day of May
aud to Commissioner " ortii Oh tbs
10Th Of May When the ap,lica
, ton was presented to Commission:
:, er Jarvis. on the 9th day of May
: the State Board OF Education wa
,, then III session, and without call
ing Commissioner Worth's atten
tlon to II. he directed Col. Andrew
who presented tie application, +
! ho'd it .1ntiI the meeting of TIL
commissioners, which Was then ex
), pected to take place the next week
The assignees, relying upon tl''
: agreement with the commissioners
D were actively engaged in collectin!
t a large force on the work. and i
pcrtecting their arrangements t
l let the most of that pant of til
5 work from Asheville TO Pioeo
d River to contract on the 18th c
: MAY. OF. the 18Th Of May Com
: missioner jaws received 4 lette
tro.n Commissioner Vance, reques
ing that Col. Andrews be at one
notified that he Withdrew his prom
ise to any extention of tune, al
that he did not hotl himself an
l. longer bound to accent his propo
sitiun when made Tho withdraw
al OF Commissioner Vance fro,
! this agreement. was. if the declara
. tions Of the management of the roa
IS were TO be believed, about to sto
t. the work on the road, SO that, i
II The opinion of CommIs5ione.
:, Worth and JARVIS, condition {
!; things hal been preciritated npe
: them by the withdrawal Of Com
IS missioner Vance which made
lie absolutely Eecessary for them
le sign the extension at once. Ih
: WAS dono BY C,mmlssi Wort
: oa the 18th. and by CoInmisslons
- Jarvis briefly on the 18th, but MOI
81 formally on the 10th of May. A
ie the time they signed the extensin
d it was unknown to them that thel
iv was another party willing to unde
:, take the work if abandoned by Il
10 assignees. They had then new
SIS heard OF the Boston syndicate
1e is true that the Hon. r. r. Bridge
< visited the commissioners at the
~ April meeting and offered to tai
:" the contracs and to pay the State
~ bonus, bat he was told by Il