Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-04
NOT TO ELECT TO-DAY
RICHMOND AND OANVlLLE STOCK
HOLDERS TO ADJOURN TO
THE 18TH.
Reports 10 Be Read but Directors Not to
he Chosen Until After tho Ter
mlnal Meeting.

Tho stockholders ~ the M'hmOni ana jan
Vile Railroad Company will meet In annual ses-
sion at noou To-Day in tho ONCE Of Secretary
Brooke, on the ground floor Of the companys
building, corner Tenth aud Bank streets.
Tho meeting viii bo en- rcly Of formal cha
racter and will probably noi consume more than
ten OF ntt0en minutes.
Mono of tho New York people are expected 10
como down. nut there will probably be sufficient
proxies % constitute a quorum. General L. ".
Logan, yice-presidont Of the Terminal. IA in the
ci y, aud will perhaps be present though ho did
not como % Richmond for his purpose.
As soon IA an organization is effected ana y u
ascertained that quorum Is present tho annual
reports o. the onicors n tho company VII us
resd. aad then the meeting viii b. .iiouFnec 10
tho ism instant. This Is g. be done by direction
OF tuO Terminal Company, which owns or con-
trolls tho Richmond and uanvilc- Tho bonrl OF
Directors ~ the Richmond and oanyille VIII be
made up by tbs Terminal directory 10 be- chosen
A. tho annual meeting OK mat company 70 Do
held here On the i0ih.
Will SCOTT BE EE-ELTCTED>
Tho frienJq of tho Richmond nnd Danville
system nre greatly Interested IN the outcome ot
tho election Tor president and Board OF directors
al that company. IL "a believed that President
George X. Scott and the preso 4 directory will 10
reelected without opposition. bat about ms
tiore Is Just enough OF doubt TO create coneiier-
able concern.
the only other person prominently mentioned
Nr Jouu ~. Hall. who is a diro tor In BON COM
panies and q warm personal and business irend
Of prcsdent lnmaD. Of tho Terminal
The report 10 be read io-day viii show, u is
said. that uuner tne able executive aimnisira-
ton of Mr. Sc,tt the ~ tom has greatly prosper
cd and hgs done exceedingly we'll, notwiths,ani-
ING the hoavy losses ~ rain and noOi hr.
scott unllkC most railroad presidents residing
in The great metropolis. has given tno MANAGE
ment OF the great enterprise his pHr,onni Rttcn.
ton an3 time without iimit; and tho grown ot
tho cOmpGnys business ana tho superior nan-
uer in which the flanciering Of me corporation
has been done give hich testimony ot his ability
and fitness for Tho position.
WHY SCOTT j. WANTED.
II not known here whether Mr.. Hall would
accept the presidency u tondcred hm' or
whether ha has ever been consulted on the sub
icrt but De has bcen frequently suggested ~
fhe probah @ successor 20 'r. Scott lnore was
pOmo doubt "a few weeks ago a. 20 whether Nc.
Scott woail consent 90 servo again, bri this h5
has consented 10 DO and itis believed that ho
viii Dc o. iCscn.
ono r,a.ln why tl.e Richmond gentlemen in
tercsted IN thi- enterprise desire the retention
cf Nr. Scott is that On addition o making an etfl-
clcnt Official be has shown himself 70 los truiy 9
Richmond anl Dauvilie man. II b. feared tnht
iu max ing q change s0mo one might DE chosen
VINO Would feel a greater interest IN he ba-t
Tennessee, Georgia PA 'ihr or Georgia teutral
than In the Dangiiie. All of me DanYlle -icis,
with the exception Of shout riX hundred shares,
Is held 10y tho Terminal, and the h1idor' OF the
bonds arc intcfe-te1 in cihcr la'ee solthern in.
dustiie-, the proper development Of which is ot
far greater tmport1nce 10 them tl0n tho man
agement of the railroad by iiaef.
TlIH TWO BOARDS.
AZ stated yesterday 81 IS believed that tho
present officers NJ tuc .Wl companies VIII Joe re-
elected. The personai of the two bonrds is Al
.aosf the came. They are composed as follows:
kia moni Ind Danr hr-j0h1 u. lnman'
Samuel Thomas ca yin 8. B-ice, John 7. Morse.
Henry G.. faLenst0.E, George F. stone. JChn u.
Hall. John A. RUtnriforf. Charles N. NcEcei
John = Barbour, Il G.. Maocn, and samuel y.
nnan.
Icrminal-T. VI. Logan, Jamcs Il. Pace John
A. Rutherford, 8cor-o q. stone, ~imOu Wormser,
John a.. Moore. EDWARD Lautcrbrh. George ;.
scott samuel Thomas. Gavin s. Brire, John y.
nan james swan, Charles ". McGee. James o.
Moss, John G. Calhoun, aud ". -. chisholm.
NrW STEAMSHIP LINE.
The Richmond ard Da1vile people aro c0n-
sidcrinc tho uuie.t %; putting on a dily An" OF
steausr- for passenger and freight accommodate
tions from Ne.t Point 70 New orr, ana ihe iu-
dicg.i,ns now are that the scheme will Boz cer-
riod through. Now nearly All oi he cotton 8nd
other lre sht shipped norih by ms company mas
To be taken 80 Washington fid lie Virginia -hli-
land road, and fhero other transferred 10 tho
PENNSYLVANIA road or be ierred oyerto the Balti-
more anu ohio. Tho latter process is o very slow
one. and the former line has such q rom ndou-
freight business that frequently produce shipped
from south OF Ricnm1ud Is subj trtet 10 c0usii ie-
rable driqy. steamers can make the trip from
West Point 20 New YORK in twcn'y-iour hours,
and goods cannot be gotten fh"re froin mere In
les time by rail The Terminal facilities at
West Point have recently been greatly increased
and tho company is prepared tO handle very
large business al t1at point with great oase and
convenience.
4 NEW SrrA1,rR.
A small party Of gentlemen have been in
vited q. go 10 Nest Point this morning to inspect
Tire Nalimcrc, Chesapeake aud Richmond
Steamboat Comrany's now steamer Charlotte.
A special train vii leave the Richmond nnd
Dsnyile iepo. ass. 4. NJ. and return IA tho a.
torucol.