The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-08-24
Important Railroad Cop,o,,,,,,,

r, ne stockholders of the A,,o,,,,
ami Snrt' nf broad Valley Railroad Con- anu
I Rai, VI me EdGefield, Trenton and pa;nny,
aStarru Soau Company met at Belton On ~, II
The ron,;, NH Oh The 10Th inst, at six ocIork
stoct thI'ing hoiuiang was we'll attended nv thn
great imts. OF both Companies. and
n. inrn,.; interest was manifested in tEo aru az,
,efp,ise, ,p, for the furtherance OF wbinS inS en-
men 'ns = was called. Many prnminent @
,.a ,nn from different parts of tbn E...
Rn,I Pi9sent, among whom were Ssnatos
low. i'ier, udee Cothran, Col ID n RnaJ
Ca,n,Nn;I, oiI :. Z: King, OF Tennessee Coi
Thn nni, oi New York, and others
J Y .aIhtlon was called to order hv
re french Broad Road, upon . whnsa ., Tue
tod nGMis Jones, of Edgcficd. was eIeci
thurman. +. ii. Wardlaw AMI ~
~ were elected secretaries Az.
,;,o "ppoihtnent of the usual comm;,tooa
n'n,o ,I oohNehtlon adjourned TO meet at e,.ht
toen,j' On me morning of tho seven.
.Ssnmi.n " men hour the convention ro.
nr rsv,,'aoiea. Gen. Butler, the chnirna,,
vi me committee on consnIiL,,;n,"' n"'i man man
i;IHu niL,f,. report fixing the terms OF CON.
was all Oh The two companies which
,ra+', asrtcu TO unanimously. Tho rnn.
Hroi By, i"r building the Atlantic and Frnn"b
'Tu snIi.!. , aliGy portion OF the newly con-
NnS'rse" me, which was made with
was rn,,; mmilu and Oliver, last winter.
i mn? continued by the new comnan,
mhicn retains the name of "rhe A. M,
"au french Broad Valley Railroad Con-
rrn,,;;,, an election for twenty directors
"uiteu IN the selection Of the follo,vi,,1
WINS wt.eMls Jones, a. j. Norris. f. IT.
4: Daa,, L. ii. Clark, G.. w. Wise. p
w iiIieh,Meii' - ,' !. Croft, B. II. league.
w. w. ~. Brawley, Governor Johnson fla
go3h, James Calison, A. r. Widoman
JyVuusH w j. ). Colhran, l.. W. White r.
~ iiaddon, w. G. Brown, B. G. MAJ
bradley. ''' no"ch' -. l..
,r ne ne Stockholders authorized the Board
"a ,E;i;vel9is TO investigate the proposed
Iu,'iohal ,'I ra, consolidation with the lines
-; ~ Ioau running from the North Carolina
t,e t.he 10 London kentucky and on Tn
ESin::ihilati, and having Completed tho
naiIdh DuIdicss Tor which the meeting had been
Hnlleu, AFTER most satisfactory and har.
'ii9Iilous on, session adjourned.
he new Board OF Directors then met
;dnnt u t'ecteu G the tollowing officers Pres
Vira pron;, Goi; n. T.. Bowen, of Pickens;
ico resident. Col. Lewis Jones. of
EuSelleld Secretary and Treasurer. col.
~, w Marulaw Perrin, of Abbevillo; uni
Nhiei Engineer COL w. ]. Kirk
ooi Y, Z. King, of Tennessee, and Col.
IA campbell, Of New York, appeared before
~ .ro - iDitectors and urged consolidation
", Hi tue portion OF the proposed through
IN ,illo winch lies in this State with the por-
non winch lies in North Caroline, Ten
lessee lessee and Kentucky. The Board.
nu;mever, nu;a,, alter fully examining the pro-
piiety oi the consolidation declined at
u, Inns timo to recommend such a course
lhey ieel confident of completing their
ROAD To the North Carolina line. and do
hot care now to consolidate with the line
beyond, until they have further evidence
ot the ability Of its friends to complete
'helr portion of tho proposed road.
vadcd this meeting which gives assurance
mat the Atlantic and French Broad
valley Railroad will at no distant period
De one OF the highways for commerce in
South Carolina.