Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-12-05
TRIBUTE TO SAMUEL SPENCER
Voting gEaatees and Board Of Direct:
ors in Joint Meeting Adoptal Min.
utes ito Be- Printed in Press Along
Route of Southern Railway,

Route of Southern Railway, s
Washington, D. G., special--At- 4.
joint sfneeting of sthe voting trustees
ofSthe, board Of; drec ctors of the ssehth
ern Railway Co., held. ct its Office.
/ the following minute was adopted.
tosbe entered on the records and pub
sished, at length in the press upon the
lines of the Southern Railway; -. :.
Samuel. Spencer, born in Colunl.s
lins,zG March Nov.
90, 1905, near Lawyers; Station; Viz
ginia-,.peh-the- -failroad-of f-the- South:
erns ail#ays Company Of which. he
Was theS first and onlyspEesident:: The
personal qualities of EMr. Spencer, !:
his integrity sin heartsaad mind, his
Edafectionate and genial disposition;
IBIS loyal and courageous spirit; his
.pntiring. dsx6tions to dutyii hisspress.
sisteIt aehieYe Yemhent of worthy ends;;s
and shiss conrad deships onatfe field *of
battle of affairs and of manly sport
combined TO- establish him in the .-l1v.
ing regard Of hosts Of friends insev..
|eryg section sof lhisseo6ntry; and ssnos.
where more securely than lin the af-
|tfection of His felIo1 TioskefsAR the
service of the Southern Railway Com
|pany. The Importance Of his service.
to- this company is a matter. of COM
Etaoli sknowle dge thronghou theS:ral-
road world ;sbnt the :charaeter,the ex:
tent; and the. sequence off that
service are and can be appreciated At
their full worth only by his associates
now gathered heresfo attest their re-
gard for> him andsssto record their
high estimate Of his life and work.
"Upon June 18th, 1894, on the
completion to the Richmond terminal,
p re-organizati ion oncei9edsbysJ. Pi-
|erpont Morgan eand conducted BY his
partner, Charles: II. !sgosteE the first
meeting Of thes Southern. Railway
company was called dstoprder atsRich.
'mondaby Samuel Spencer as presi-
dent. In that calendar year, the
Southern. Railway. Company embrac-
ID 4;39T miles OF foad; with; 623. To-
romotiSe iSesSand l9;694 Ecars; swhichs ear
[ried 42AS5S passengers and $685.
$50 tons Of Of: freight and earned $l6,-
643;29S. In: 1.-THE last fiscal year, the
Southern Railway system embraced
s5l5 miles of: road with 1929 loco
motives and AZ, ,nG 4cars. which car
|ried II ,663,55oS spassehhgers ssand 27z,-
3S9,337 tons Of freight, and earned
s$53, ,64l,43Sg, The san1mberS. of en-
pleyes had increased from 1918,
june ;sQhs 1s95,Eto 3Do08 June 3oth,
1906, and theswages paid from $6,-
l12T9e sto So, 10000. The full de-
tails and impressive character Of this
remarkable advent, too extended for
present recital, are exhibited lin the
mastesly communcia which upon
February 4 1906, Mr. Spencer ad-
dressed to Mes srs. J. P::eMorgan &
Co..,as sthe basis Of the; development
Pansls ssneralgn; gage . 81
~ i eTny .hisSprogress every step had
beer initial init and conducted by Mr..
Spencer ,Nitflstlie. cordial Concurrence
Of the voti:,g trustees and the board
OF directors; and; istiis: significant of
tue conservative and cautioned. no.
sitionS 6f NIr. spet s 3 Il Ger ie and his sup
portsfs, and this rlsnominal enlarge
melSt Of the sysie n.safid ifssbusiness
Wass NOT madeI fSas hasis of sanv IN
ere crease i In dividends bevond the
anso1fft: conifr,nia,e,j and stated IN
the nl.ns sof 500, ,.:,L S.essasa a ~ ~
:, a.,s saso,t;,s - losD y, ieleience 70
II s1saa siy..Issorgan,z
;Sa ~ S. ~ ,a Isl sga Sseslss De oo,- :.