| From the Wilmington Journal |
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| November 24, 1863 |
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| Wilmington & Manchester Railroad
Company |
| The annual meeting of
stockholders in the above company will convene tomorrow forenoon, the
25th inst., in the Court House, in this town, at the usual time. |
| Neither of the proprietors of
this paper have much voice in that meeting in the way of stock, but we
still take the liberty of referring, in this connection, to the action
of the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad Company in the matter of
salaries, and of alluding especially to the compensation of
conductors, who, probably, in proportion to labor, exposure and
responsibility, are among the least adequately compensated servants of
either company. We know what their labors and difficulties are, for we
have seen them, while we have not had the same opportunity to see what
others have to do. |
| This, we presume, pertains
rather to the province of the directors than the stockholders, but we
have thought that this might be as appropriate a time as any other for
making a reference to these matters. We do it with all due respect to
the railroad authorities, who, we cannot doubt, will do all that
justice may seem to demand. |
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