| From the Greensboro (N. C.) Patriot |
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| November 6, 1862 |
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| Wil., Char. & Ruth. Railroad {Wilmington,
Charlotte & Rutherford RR} |
| The annual meeting of the Stockholders of
the W. C. & R. Railroad Company was held in Lincolnton on the 22d
inst. Dr. W. T. J. Miller, of Cleveland, presided, and Jas. I.
McCallum acted as Sec'y. |
| The usual business was transacted --
receiving the Reports of the President and other officers, &c. The
Board of Directors was authorized to subscribe such sum as they may
think proper fro the establishment of works on Deep River (as
recommended by a late Railroad Convention) for the manufacture of
Railroad iron, &c. |
| The following gentlemen were elected
Directors for the ensuing year: H. W. Guion and C. C. Henderson of
Lincoln, A. G. Logan of Rutherford, G. Dickson of Cleveland, S. W.
Davis of Mecklenburg, S. H. Walkup of Union, S. W. Cole of Anson, W.
L. Steele of Richmond, R. Ss. French of Robeson, Jno. A. McDowell of
Bladen, Jos. Green of Brunswick, R. H. Cowan and John Dawson of New
Hanover. Messrs. Green and Dawson are now Directors in place of
Messrs. Meares and van Bokkelin. H. W. Guion was re-elected President. |
| The Road is completed ten miles beyond
Lincolnton, and graded to Shelby; but not enough iron at hand to
finish it to the latter place. On the lower end, it is finished to
within 12 1/2 miles of Rockingham in Richmond county; from that point
to charlotte, part is under contract, and negotiations pending for
letting the balance to contractors. |
| Rockingham, Richmond county, was selected
as the place for holding the next annual meeting. |
| Charlotte Democrat |
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