| From the Richmond Examiner |
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| January 7, 1862 |
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| Supplies and Material of Railroad |
| Meeting of Railroad Officers |
| A meeting of the officers of
the several railroads in North Carolina and Virginia was held at the
Exchange Hotel, Richmond, December 19, 1861. |
| Dr. Hawkins, of North
Carolina, was appointed chairman, and Messrs. Talcott and Vandergrift
secretaries. |
| On motion of General Ashe, the
meeting adjourned to meet at 8 o'clock, P. M., at his office. |
| According to adjournment, the
meeting was called to order at 8 P. M., by the chairman; Messrs. Ruth
and Whitcomb were appointed temporary secretaries. |
| The object of the meeting was
briefly explained by Colonel Fontaine, of the Virginia Central Railroad
Company. |
| The meeting was addressed by
Messrs. Joynes, of the Petersburg Railroad Company; Daniel, of the
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad Company; Fontaine, of the
Virginia Central Railroad Company; Harvie, of the Richmond & Danville
Railroad Company; Johnston, of the Charlotte & South Carolina Railroad
Company; General Ashe, of the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad Company. |
| On motion, a committee,
consisting of the presidents of the several railroads terminating in
Richmond and Petersburg, General Ashe, of the Wilmington & Weldon road,
and Dr. Hawkins, of the Raleigh & Gaston road, was appointed to take
measures to ascertain the wants of the railroad companies of the
Confederacy in supplies of various kinds and the most feasible plan for
supplying those wants, and to report to an adjourned meeting to be
called by the chairman. |
| Colonel Fontaine was appointed
chairman of the committee to which the various suggestions offered were
referred, and who were empowered and directed to confer with the State
and Confederate authorities. |
| On motion of Mr. Harvie, the
following resolution was adopted: |
| Resolved, That it be
recommended to the Confederate authorities to use the iron and material
taken from the Baltimore & Ohio railroad so as to conduce most
efficiently to the prosecution of the existing war, and not for the use
of local roads. |
| On motion of Mr. Barbour, a
committee of three was appointed to lay the subject embraced in the
foregoing resolution before the proper authority. |
| The Chairman appointed Messrs.
Barbour, Daniel and Harvie as the committee. |
| Railroads represented
-- Raleigh & Gaston, Dr. Hawkins; Charlotte & South Carolina, William
Johnston; Wilmington & Weldon, General Ashe; Petersburg & Weldon
{Petersburg}, Mr Joynes; Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac, Mr.
Daniel; Richmond & Danville, Mr. Harvie; Seaboard & Roanoke, Mr. Wilson;
Orange & Alexandria, Mr. Barbour; North Carolina and Western, Mr.
Malette {Mallett}; Virginia Central, Mr.
Fontaine. |
| W. J. Hawkins, Chairman |
| C. G. Talcott
Secretary |
| H. W. Vandegrift
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