NP, CC 4/1/1861

From the Charleston Courier
 
April 1, 1861
 
King's Mountain Rail Road
   The annual meeting of this company was held in Yorkville.
   The gross income of the road for the past twelve months was $18,403.02; expenses, $5,526.39. The net income is nearly six per cent. on the Capital.
   W. E. Rose, Esq., was re-elected President.
   The Hon. J. H. White, one of the delegates of the "Dallas & King's Mountain Rail Road Company," was introduced, who proposed to the King's Mountain Rail Road, to join them in building the road from Yorkville to Dallas, pledging Dallas to build it as far as the line. It was
   Resolved, "That a Committee of three be appointed by the Chair, to meet at Yorkville, on the first Monday in May, to confer with the Commissioners from North Carolina, and devise the ways and means (if advisable) to continue the King's Mountain Rail Road to the State line of North Carolina."
   The Chairman appointed John S. Ryan, Wm. A. Letta and B. ?. Wheeler as Committee.

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