Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-05-06
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THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 6, 1886.
THE RAILROAD SUBSCRIPTIONS.

On Wednesday,, the 18th ultlno, COl. II. "A.
Johnson, General Manager of the Massachusetts,
and Southern Construction Company, and Agent
for the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Rail-
road Company, met the County Commissioners
of York, together with the representatives of
York, Ebenezer and Catawba townships, for the
purpose of selecting a depository for the bonds
ofthe above mentioned townships, and Bullock's
Creek and Broad River, in aid of the proposed
railroad through this county. The subscriptions
for each township were formally made by the
County Commissioners, as agents of the town.
ships, in the following sums: York, $4,000; Eb-
enezer, $4,000 !; Catawba, $4,000; Bullock's
Creek, $32, 600; Broad River, $4,000. The Bos-
ton Safe Deposit and Trust Company was then
agreed upon as the agent in whose hands to de-
post the bonds, which are to be delivered to the
Construction Company on compliance with the
conditions upon which the several subscriptions
were voted. Bullock's Creek and Broad River
were not represented by citizens of those town.
ships, as were York, Ebenezer and Catawba.
Col. Johnson, as agent of the Construction
Company, accepted the subscriptions OF York,
Ebenezer and Cstawba townships, submitting a
written acceptance Of each subscription, the fol-
lowing being a copy of the acceptance of York,
which in it's terms is precisely the same as the
memoranda accepting the subscriptions Of Eb-
enezer and Catawba:
YORKvILLE, S. c., April %, 1886.
To the Board of County Commissioner of York
County PLEASE take notice that the Charleston,
Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Company mere
by accepts the proposed subscription OF YORK
township of the sum of seventy-five thousand
dollars in bonds voted by said township on the
18th day of March, 1886, agreeably to the terms
upon which said subscription was made as stated
in the notice published in that behalf. with the
further condition now fixed by the Board that
the interest upon said bonds shall be payable an
nually upon the 1st of January of each year.
r. A. JOHNSON,
General Manager of the Massachusetts and
Southern Construction Company, and Agent
for the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago
Railroad Company.
Colonel Johnson, however, left Yorkville on
Thursday without formally accepting the sub
scriptions of Bullock's Greek and Broad River
townships, giving the County Commissioners
no satisfactory reason for so doing.
At a meeting of the Board of County Commits
sioners on Monday last, the local attorney of the
Southern Construction Company was served
with q notice that if the subscriptions of Bull
locks Creek and Broad River townships were
not accepted by the Company on or before the
next meeting Of the County Commissioners, on
the 18th instant, that the subscriptions of these
two townships would be revoked.
On last Tuesday Col. johnson met a commit
tee of the citizens of Bullock's Creek and made
certain propositions to them in reference to &C
cepting the subscription of that township, but
the terms or conditions offered were not accept
ed by the delegates from Bullock's Creek, and
no further action has yet been taken.