The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-19

niue from Dece mber to March.
All OF your passenger cars are
equipped with air brakes and automat-
ic couplers. and practically all OF your
freight cars are equipped with u
matte cou piers and 62 per e with
air BRAKES. This was rendered neces-
sary by an act of congress. which re-
quires that all cars shall be s. equip
ped ly January 1. 1898, leaving 1t. how
ever. with the Inter State Commerce
CcEamission to extend this time il nee
essary."
The report Of the general manager
shows that during the year there were
built in the Wilmington shops 4 pas
senger cars, 1876 freight cars and IS
Logging cars.
The reading Of the reports of the
treasurer and the general auditor was
dispensed with, as they were submit
ted to the meeting in printed form.
President Elliott offered a. resolution
authorizing the consolidation of the
Wilmington and New Bern Railroad
Company with the Wilmington and
Weldon Railroad Company. The reso-
III was duOptSu diO lie PISSldcAI
OF the Wilmington and Weldon Rail-
ROAD Company was authorized to carry
out the terms as set forth in the reso-
luton. The consolidation will be at
fected about December 1st.
1t was then announced hat the cleo
ton of a president and a board OF ten
directors was in order. In this con-
nection President Elliott stated that
the venerable Dr.. A. J.. DeRosset had
served f1fty-five years continuously IS
a director Of the Wilmington and We'll
don Railroad Company and that it was
probable hat he was the Oldest living
director OF any railroad corporation in
this country.
The meeting then proceeded to the
election Of a president and ten direc-
tors. On motion, the secretary was in
structed to cast the unanimous vote of
the meeting for Warren G. Elliott as
president. and the following as direc-
tors: DR.. A. J. DeRosset and J.. W.
Norwood, of Wilmington; E.. B. Bor-
den, of Goldsboro; w. H. Willard, of
Raleigh; Hon George Howard, of Tar
boro; H.. B. Plant, Of New York: B. F.
Newcomer, H. Walters. Michael Jen-
kins and J. P. Mckay, OF Baltimore.
A resolution was adopted setting the
first Wednesday after the third Monday
Of November. 1898. as the time for the
sixty-third annual meeting Of the
stockholders.
The stockholders chen adjourned, and
subsequently the board Of directors met
and elected the following officers:
Vice Presidential. Walters.
Secretary and Treasurer-James F.
Post. Jr.
General Manager-John r. Kenly.
Traffic Manager-T. M. Emerson.
General experimentation F. d.
vine.
General Auditor-W. A. Riach.
After ~transacting routine business,
the directors adjourned.
THE w. c. & A. RAILROAD.
At / p. m. the stockholders Of the
Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad Company met.
On motion, J.. T. Barron, Esq, Of
Columbia, 8. c., was made chairman,
and Mr.. James F. Post. Jr., was re-
Quested to act as secretary.
Mr.. B. F. Newcomer, of Baltimore,
was appointed to verify proxies and
reported that 5.144 shares Of stock out
~ q k00 rh a uyoro povrNooor}0 IN
person and by proxy.
After routine business, the following
board of ten directors was elected: B..
F. Newcomer, H. Walters, Michael
Jenkins and Waldo Newcomer, of Bal
timore; w. G. Elliott, Of Wilmington;
H. B.. Short, Of Lake Waccamaw; H..
B. Plant, Of New York; J. T. Barron,
of Columbia, S. c.; Thomas Wilson, OF
Wilson's Mills, s. c.; and c.. s. Gads-
den, Of Charleston.
President Elliott M Vice president
Walters submitted their annual re-
ports and the same were received and
adopted as the report Of the president
and directors.
. The following were the receipts from
operating the road for the fiscal year
ending June 30th:
Freight ........ .$511, 394.3
Passengers 5000. .............. 1876, 016.SO
Express .............. ......... S,762.62
Mail 80, 206. 88
Excess baggage .............. 2,624.31
Telegraph 2.003.66
Miscellaneous ....... ........ 6,249.35
$6s7. 257.9 81
After the stockholders adjourned the
board of directors met and elected the
following officers:
ProSidonf-VVa rron q Elliott