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{From the minutes of the
Directors' Meeting of the Alabama & Mississippi Rivers RR, April 21, 1863} |
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| Office of Ala & Miss Rivers R Rd Co |
| Demopolis April 21st 1863 |
| The board of Directors of this Company met
at their office in Demopolis this day at 3 o'clk P M |
| Present G. G. Griffin President and
Directors J. L. Price J. W. Lapsley and R. D. Shackelford |
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| A communication from A. B. Whitfield Jr.
was presented by R. D. Shackelford asking that his accounting to
Fifty-one Dollars to Services as Civil Engineer from 1st to 17th March
be allowed, and on Motion the Board voted that the amount should be paid
to ??? A. B. Whitfield Jr. |
| The President reported to the Board that
he had paid Quarter Master J. D. Calhoun, of Montgomery, by authority of
the Quarter Master General of the Confederate States, the sum of One
Hundred and Six Thousand Two Hundred & Eight 75/100 Dollars the Amt due
the Confederate States for Iron Rails &c seized by Sam. Tate Mily Supt
of the Meridian & Selma R. R. from the Alabama & Florida Rail Road Co of
Florida, and had received his receipt for the amount. |
| Col Jas L. Price offered the following
Resolutions, which were adopted |
| 1st That the President be instructed to
prepare or cause to be prepared a list of such rolling stock and other
materials &c which this Company now needs or may need during the net two
years and to order the same from Europe or England to be forwarded so
soon as the Blockade of the Confederate ports shall be raised or so soon
as it may be deemed safe to ship the same. |
| 2nd That the President be authorised and
instructed to purchase such amount of Cotton as he may deem necessary in
order, by the shipment and sale abroad to pay the cost of the articles
authorised to be ordered by the preceding resolution. |
| The following Resolutions offered by Col
J. W. Lapsley were adopted |
| 1st Resolved, that the resolution
heretofore adopted by this Board in regard to the location of the Bridge
over the Tombigbee River be and the same is hereby rescinded, and that
the Chief Engineer make arrangements with Dr. E. T. Ligin to suspend
work on the line as heretofore adopted, and employ his hands on such
other portion of the road as may be done to best advantage. |
| 2nd Resolved, that the Chief Engineer be
instructed to cause a careful reconnaissance and survey as soon as
practicable in order to ascertain the best and most favorable route for
the crossing of the Tombigbee River and its probable cost and report to
this Board at a subsequent meeting. |