The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-16
5. A. |. Stockholders
CONFIRM MERGER
Ratify Agreement OF Consolidation
With Carolina, Atlantic and West
ern Railway at Petersburg.
$500, 600, 600
MORTGAGE ON c., A. w. II. r.
Meeting Of Board OF Directors VIII
Be Held On November % For Pur-
pose OF Electing Officers ana At
tending to Necessary Business.

Petersburg, Va, Nov. 15.-The
stockholders OF the Seaboard Air Line
Railway, at a special meeting held in
the company's principal Office here az
noon today, ratified an agreement o.
merger and consolidation. dated
October II, 1915, between the Sea-
board Air Line Railway and Carolina
Atlantic and Western Railway Four
hundred and eighty-three thousand
FIVE hundred and nineteen (4s3,5l9)
shares OF stock were voted in favor OF
the consolidation, this being nearly
so per cent OF all Of the stock of the
company. common and preferred. The
stockholders also approved a mort
gage and deed of trust. executed. or to
be executed, by the Carolina. Atlantic
and Western Railway, to secure an
authorized issue of 100000, 900 of
bonds. issuable In series which may
vary as to date OF maturity and inter-
est and redemption rates and in
other respects. which bonds and
mortgage are to be assumed by the
consolidated company as part of the
consolidation and upon the approval
OF the issue OF $25,644.000 OF said
bonds, OF which s2.7s0. 900 are to be
held for the benefit of the treasury Of
the consolidated company. approx
mately $5.725.6o0 are to be issued in
connection with the retirement OF an
equal face amount OF various issues
OF underlying first mortgage per
cent bonds Of CAROLINA. Atlantic ard
Western Railway. and sl7,16s.5oo
have been sold to syndicate headed
by the Guaranty Trust Company of
New York and the National City Bank
of New York
A meeting OF the board OF directors
~ g.
in the company's principal office here
on November %, for the purpose of
electing officers and transacting other
business. Those present at teday.s
meeting were: Judge Leigh r. Watts.
general counsel, Of Portsmouth. d. G..
Porteous. secretary. of New York
r. N. Mutt. treasurer. of Portsmouth;
Messrs Innes Brown. OF New York
Robert Leroy, OF New York. Good
rich Hatton. OF Portsmouth; W. r.
Mckinney and Alexander D. Hamil-
ton, OF Petersburg.
Stabbed In Abdomen.
Shirley Brockwell, a resident OF
Grove Avenue. is In the Petersburg
Hospital. suffering from a severe cut
in the abdomen. inflicted by D. r.
Sadler. resident OF Boilingbrook
Street, who Is being held in the city
jail to await the result OF Brock
wells injuries. The cutting occurred
about 8 o'clock la~t evening in or near
the home of Sadler, in BolIingbroo1
Street. and is said to have been the
result of strong drink. Brockwell
who is about twenty-five years old
and married. was first taken to his
home, where he was found to be ais
emboweled and was later moved to
the hospital and operated uron by
Or. III. Aulick Burke.
Record Police Court Docket.
The Police Court docket today was
one OF the longest in the history OF
the court. requiring a session OF near :
ly four hours. About 125 cases. com
posed principally Of drunks and other
violations of city ordinances, wera
disposed Of. and among others tried
were the following:
James johnson. colored, charged
with the unauthorized use Of an auto
mobile, the property OF Mr.. Jessie