| From the Charleston Mercury |
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| June 6, 1861 |
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| At a meeting of the
Stockholders of the King's Mountain Railroad Company, held at Yorkville
on the 25th day of March, 1861, in reference to the extension of the
King's Mountain Railroad from its present terminus to Dallas, in Gaston
County, N. C., or some point thereabouts, the following resolution was
unanimously adopted: |
| "Resolved, That a
Committee of three be appointed, to meet at Yorkville on the first
Monday in May, to confer with the Commissioners from North Carolina, and
devise the ways and means to continue the King's Mountain Railroad to
the State line of North Carolina." |
| The Chairman appointed John S.
Ryan, Wm. A. Latta, and B. T. Wheeler. |
| James H. White, J. G. Lewis
and Lawson Wilson were the Commissioners on the part of North Carolina. |
| Agreeable to this resolution,
the committee met in May, and through their Chairman, J. S. Ryan,
reported progress -- asking further time for deliberation, naming the 3d
day of June as the time required to finish their report. |
| In accordance with this
resolution, the above named Commissioners, viz: J. S. Ryan, W. A. Latta,
B. T. Wheeler, of South Carolina; James H. White, J. G. Lewis and Lawson
Wilson, of North Carolina, convened at Yorkville, on the 3d day of June,
1861, by virtue of power vested in them by the Stockholders as
aforesaid; and, after due consideration and mature reflection on the
subject in question, having in view the best interest of the road, and
the great good, in a civil as well as military point of view, to be
attained by opening the road into the State of North Carolina, now of
the Confederate States of America, do direct that a survey of one or
more routes shall be made, a profile and approximate estimate for
construction, trestle, also bridge work on said route be executed; and
that a committee be appointed, consisting of J. S. Ryan, L. Wilson and
W. E. Rose, whose duty it shall be to employ an engineer and such
assistants as may be necessary, and have the route surveyed at as little
expense as possible, and make a full and explicit report to the
stockholders of the Dallas & King's Mountain Company, as hereinafter
provided, the expense of said survey shall be equally divided between
the two companies, and paid on the requisition of the committee. |
| That the Commissioners request
the President of the King's Mountain Railroad Company, to call a meeting
of the Stockholders of his Company, at Yorkville, on the first Monday in
November next, at 12 o'clock, meridian, to receive the report of the
Commissioners on the survey, and select such route as they shall then
determine upon. |
| Given under our hands this
third day of June, 1861. |
| John S. Ryan |
Chairman |
| W. A. Latta |
Commissioners for South Carolina |
| B. T. Wheeler |
| Hon. J. H. White |
Commissioners for North Carolina |
| J. G. Lewis |
| Lawson Wilson |
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