Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-01-31
THE MARTINSBURG

At meeting of the Stockholders OF
the M. & P. r. r.. Co., at the Court.
house in Martinsburg, Jan. q, 1886
Col. J. b. A. Nadenbousch was called
to the chair, and M. T. Ingles made
Secretary. President Kennedy made
q report of the condition of the road,
de-. and when the regular annual re,
port is made, a summary will nc
doubt be published for the informa-
ton of the citizens of the county,
President Kennedy was unanimously
reelected President, and the follow.
ing board of directors chosen for the
ensuing year: Hon. Thos. b. Kenne.
dy, Gen'l E. M. Biddle, Judge
Frederick Watts, Major Ives, Hon.
JOHN Stewart of Pa. and Messrs. e.
Boyd Faulkner, A. j. Thomas, w. T.
Stewart and j. @. A. Nadenbousch
for West Virginia. After the adjourn
ment of the Stockholders meeting,
there was a meeting Of the Board of
Directors at which Mr., M. T. Ingles
was elected Secretary. The following
resolutions were adopted on the death
of Hon. G. j. Faulkner, formerly
President of the NJ. &. p. r. r.
Mr.. Kennedy announced to the
Board the death of Hon. Charles James
Faulkner, which occurred on the 1st
day of November, A. D., 1884. Where
upon on motion it was resolved as
follows:
In the death of Hon. G.. j. Faulk-
ner, the Martinsburg & Potomac Rail
road Company has lost the services of
one whose active and earnest interest
in its success and welfare began with
the inception of the enterprise and
ended only with his life.
With Mr.. Faulkner originated the
design and purpose of our road. 1t
owes its existence to his intelligent
and liberal public spirit, which correct
ly estimated its Importance to the
general public, and to his deep attach
ment to the county of his birth and
home, for whose advancement or prog
ress he was always enlisted.
He was identified with the manag-
ment of the company from the period
of its organization until his death !;
first as President of the Board, which
Office he held until the active con-
troll of the road was assumed by the
Cumberland Valley Company under
its lease, and continuously thereafter
as Director.
During all this period he gave to
the company the benefit of his enlarg-
ed and varied experience in many de
partments of activity, and manifested
in later years the same interest and
zeal in its behalf that he displayed
when he aided its struggles into exis-
tence.
In the direction of the company his
intelligent judgment, his wise counsel
and his strict faithfulness to his trust
made him most valuable and eff
cient officer. These same high quail
fications, possessed by him in a large
degree, commanded the respect and
confidence of his fellow citizens, and
by their favor he has filled many ex-
allied stations in public life, with hon
or to himself and credit to his coun-
try.
This Board sharing the general SEN
timent of griefat the loss of one who
has been so conspicuous in his services
to the public through a long life of
honorable distinction, and feeling a
special loss in the vacancy created
by his death in our membership, di-
reefs that this memorial be entered
upon the minutes as a tribute to the
memory of the late Hon. Charles
James Faulkner, and that copy of
the same be sent to his family.