Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-04-06
WEST END MARX IT.
another Meeting of the Subscribers.

another Meeting OF the Subscribers.
An adjourned meeting of the subscribers
to the stock of tic Western market CON-
pany was held last evening i'll the orphans
court room, quite large Eumbrr being
present.
Mr.. j. G. Hager, temporary president,
called the meeting to order. aud the min
utes OF previous meeting were read and
approved. Reports "f committees being
in order, Mr.. G. H. Zshm. of the property
committee, reported that they had
secured agreements of ssLo from all
owners of property Oh the proposed site of
location with ore exception. This one
(tbe ShOber property had been hargaiEed
tor at $3.50, but it had transpirrd that
Mrs and not Mr.. Shober was the owner
thereof, aud she bad positively refused tho
sum previously agreed to by her husband.
She had evidently been "po>ted' bv some
one, and it was only after good deal OF
bicker that she had been persuaded to
grant refusal ut s! 400. On motion the
| committee were au:h,.rzcd to secure tho
property at that ii lure. This Makes
entire the site decided on, located ON tho
southeast corner oi Orange aud Pine
streets, fronting on Orange 100 feet and
extending in depth 245 feet to Grant
street.
B. G.. Kready. of the committee on
| charter, stated that public notice of the
application for charter had beeu made
under the name vi the " Farmers West
| ern Market Company OF Lancaster City,
| and moved that that narle he adopted.
The motion was agreed to.
The secretary pro tenn, MIR II. Z. Har
ner, from the committee on subscriptions.
reported all the capital stock Of S35, 600
taken with the exception Of CD shares OF
the $1O,0 allotted to farmers. This also
has already been asked for and will DO
taken in a few days.
| On motion of MIR. Kready, MIR. Harner,
of the First National bank, was made
temporary treasurer, aud empowered to
receive the first stock instalment of $40
per share, to be paid on oi before April
Goth.
A. ]. Ebcrly, esq, of the committee On
tho grading and guttering of Pine street,
reported that nothing had as yet been done
in tho matter, inasmuch AZ the rev city
councils had only organized last Monday,
and that, although Pine street has been
opened, the damages awarded to property
holders thereon had not yet boon paid.
| MIR. J. FIu,i Sener offered Il resolution
asking for : ,.,lr;uittee Oi fifteen stock
| holders, to ho selected at the present
meeting, to whom all business now in hand
be turned 1T ones over, with power to act,
and who shall constitute the board OF di-
rectOrs of the company.
This resolution elected considerable de-
sultOry discussion, the result OF which was
the withdrawal of Mr.. Seuer's resolution
and tho adoption of tho following sub
stitute, offered by Marriott BrOsius, esq.
Res0lred. That the directors of tho
Farmers Western market company, of
Lancaster city, shall number 13, five Ot
whom shall be from tho country and eight
from the city who shall be elected at
meeting held for that purpose on April
10th, at y O'Clock, p. III.
This date covers the time SGT for the
closing of subscription books, and also
comes within a few days of the expiration
Of the time necessary to the securing of
the charter, so that when these directors
are elected all preliminary matters will
have been accomplished and the corporate
body will be ready to commence at once
the erection of their building.
The meeting adjourned to meet again in
same place on tho date fixed by above res
olution, April 1G.