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STANDARD AM) EXPRESS.
CARTERSVII.LE, o*., APRIL 18, 1878^
J. W. HARRIS, r..lHic»l EittUr.
8. 11. SMITH. ??■>•*-» and Loral Editor.
3». H. BREWSTXi a. AijrK-ulturnl * Loral.
VT. S. ». VTIKI.K. Fnblluher Si Com. Kd.
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editor, who says, in his salutory :
“We wish it understood that ours
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party and support its nominees.
We start out with the determina
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That’s the right schedule, Bridges;
stick to it. w.
Apparent errors having occurred in
“Educational Papers” as published
by us last week, we republish it in
this issue corrected, also another ar
ticle, or a continuation of the series.
HYMENEAL.
Shropshire—Shepherd-Married
at the residence of the bride’s father,
near Cartersville, on the 11th instant
by Rev. Dr. Felton, A. J. Shropshire,
of Atlanta, and Miss Alice Shepherd,
of Bartow county.
The happy couple passed through
this city on Friday evening en routo
to Judge J. P. Shropshire’s in Fay
ette county. The male attendants
from Atlanta were Colonel James H.
Franklin, W. A. Johnson and W. R.
Shropshire. Atlanta Constitution.
REPORT OF THE COMMITEE ON THE
STATUS OF THE CHEROKEE K. R.
The convention of Stockholders of
tho Cartersville & Van Wert, now
Cherokee, Railroad, at their annual
meeting in this place, on the lltli and
12th instants, submitted and adopted
the following report of their commit
tee :
The Committee appointed to inves
tigate and report on all matters con
nected with the organization of the
Company, and the contracts made in
relation to building said road, and the
issues and disposition of bonds, re
spoctfully submit the following re
port ;
In the summer of 1868, the corpora
tors of the Cartersville A Van Wert
Railroad determined to open books of
subscription—having been previously
promised by Governor-General Hu
ger the chain gang of the State—un
der a provision of their charter au
thorizing it. Accordingly the days
wore appointed, and meetings held
at Stilesnoro’, Van Wert and Carters
ville ; at each of which meetings stock
was subscribed. The President of
the Board of Corporators then (with
the consent of the subscribers) pro
ceeded to have made a location of the
line from Cartersville to Van Wert
—(the original survey having been
made the year before, and the expen
ses met by the Board of Corporators)
they agreeing to meet an assessment
of their stock to cover the expenses
incurred in the purchase of Instru
ments, camp equipage and Engineers’
services. The location was made—
the assessment made and paid up—
then it was that the Corporators and
their associate subscribers, finding
that an arrangement had been made
by Gov. Bullock with Grant, Alex
ander A Cos., by which Grant, Alex
uniiir A !V>- were to Hovo + l '"
of the chain gang for a term of years,
despaired of assistance in that quar
ter, and determined to await the next
meeting of the General Assembly,
ami ask aid of that body by State in
dorsements of their bonds. The Gen
eral Assembly at the next session,
upon the application of the Board of
Corporators, passed an Act, granting
the aid asked. That Act was approv
ed March 12th, 1869. In the follow
ing month of April a meeting of the
Corporators was called at Cartersville
by the President of the Board, for the
purpose of consolidating the stock
subscribed for at the different points,
and inviting all persons interested in
the building of the road to attend, in
the hope of increasing the stock. The
meeting was well attended, and upon
the consolidation of the stock, it was
found that with a few small subscrip
tions there made, the number of
shares reached the sum of 1470.
Mark A. Cooper thereupon subscrib
ed for 10530 shares, in the name of
Mark A. Cooper & Cos. These two
amounts being found to make the
sum of 12,000 shares—and at $25 per
share —to make $300,000 —the amount
proposed by the Corporators to make
or constitutute the capital stock—the
books were then declared full. A re
cess was then taken until two o’clock
in the afternoon, to allow the Com
mitte, which had been appointed at
the opening of the meeting to inves
tigate and report upon the responsi
bility of persons subscribing for stock,
to retire and make the investigation
and report. Upon the re-assembling,
the Committee through their Chair
man reported that, upon investiga
tion, all the stock subscribed was
found to be responsible and bona fide ,
except that taken by Mark A. Coop
er & Cos., and added, whether as a
part of the report or verbally: “ Your
Committee are unable to state that
their reasons for reporting against the
acceptance of the stock taken by
Mark A. Cooper A Cos., was that
Mark A. Cooper had freely acknowl
edged to the Committee that he could
make no assessment upon his stock,
and had absolutely refused to give
them the names of his associates, and
recommended that the stock taken by
Mark A. Cooper & Cos. be rejected.
This Major Cooper proposed to resist,
by seizing the books, threatened to
hold them. He was given to under
stand he could not be allowed to do
thus, unless it was lawful for him to'
do so. He then proposed that if his
subscription should be allowed to
stand upon the books, that he would
in a short time give to the Corpora
tors the names of his associates, and
would guarantee that they, the Cor
porators, would be satisfied of their
responsibility and their good faith, in
authorizing him to subscribe for the
stock. This proposition was then
made to Major Cooper by one of the
Corporators, that if he would agree
upon his failure in a short time to
produce the names of such parties to
the Corporators, and who would go
forward and build the road without
delay, to place every thing in the
hands of the Con>orators as he found
it, that, he, the Corporator,;would in
troduce* a resolution allowing the
stock of Mark A. Cooper* Cos to stand
upon the books, and to turn over the
books and franchises to the stockhold
ers—which proposition was instantly
accepted by Major Cooper, positively;
whereupon the resolution was intro
duced by the Corporator as agreed up
on. and the books, charter and fran
chises were turned over to the sub
scribers for stock, and the organiza
tion entered upon.” Within the
knowledge of this Committee, Major
Cooper has never furnished the names
of such parties as his associates.
Within the knowledge of this Com
mittee, after three years, the road is
unfinished and embarrassed even by
Justice Court fi fas, in favor of the
Engineers of the road, for services
rendered —who have long since left
the employment of the Company.
Upon the subject of contracts made
in relation to building said road, w»
submit the following copies of the
contract, the modification and expia
nation of the contract, and the agree
ments and contracts of Major Cooper
and others in relation to the building
of the road, and the management end
manipu'ation of assessments, stock,
Ac. (together with an affidavit of Col.
Robt. A. Crawford explaining, if any
explanation could be needed, the pur
pose and intention of the parties
then*.) Before submitting these con
tracts, we remark that we have ex
amined the enjoined drafts of the
side contracts, and find the same to
be in thehand-writingof Major Coop
er, who seems to have concieved and
brought them forth.
This agreement, made and entered
into this fourth day of November, A.
I)., 1869, by and between the Carters
ville and Van Weft R. It. company,
a corporation duly incorporated by
the State of Georgia, party of the first
part, and William W. Iranian, and
Lyman 8. Baum, of New York, and
Samuel E. Robbins, of Bartow, par
ties of the second part, Witnesseth,
that for and in consideration of the
covenants and agreements herein con
tained, to tie kept and performed by
and on the part of the party of the
part herein, and for the further con
sideration of one dollar each to the
other in hand paid, the receipt where
of is hereby acknowledged, the said
parties of the second part hereby cov
enant and agree to construct in a good
and workmanlike manner, the Rail
road of the party of the first part, as
now* located from its junction with
the State Road, at Cartersville, to a
; i>ointon or near thebankoftheEuhar
Ice creek opjiosite the village of Van
Wert, the entire length of track, in
cluding side-tracks, to be twenty
three miles. And should the length
'of track so laid be less than twenty*
j three miles, as herein provided, the
j said party of the first part shall beal
j lowed a deduction upon the contract
1 price herein, proportionate to said dis
tance less than 28 miles as aforesaid;
; and should the length of track of said
road exceed 2.3 miles as aforesaid, the
I said parties of the second part shall be
paid for the same in the proportion of
such excess, pursuant to the admeas
urement of the line of said tracks,
when completed. And the said par
ties of the second part further agree
to perform all the grading, masonry
and bridging, furnishing the iron
rails, chairs, spikes, ties, and all other
materials necessary to be done to
complete the construction of a single
track railroad, between the points be
fore met tioned, with such an amount,
of side tracks, as shall make the en
tire length of track laid equal in the
aggregate to 23 miles. But the con
tract is not to include the buildings or
equipments of said road; And it is
further agreed that the weight of rails
used shall not be less than 50 pounds
per lineal yard. All.of said work to
be done and performed under the di
rection and supervision of the Engin
eer of the party of the first part.
The said parties of the second part
further agree so far to complete the
said road as aforesaid, so that trains
may be run over the same with safety
by the 15th day of November, 1870,
and to fully complete the said road,
pursuant to this contract, by the first
day of January, 1871. In considera
tion of the foregoing covenants and
agreements to be kept and performed
by the said parlies of the second part,
the said party of the first part, agree:
To furnish oil the right of way, and
borrowing pits os the same may be
required ; to pay to the said partiesof
the second part, their associates or as
signs, for ihe construction and com
pletion of said work herein-before
specified; in proportionate payments
as hereinafter specified ; to-wit. Four
thousand dollars per mile in cash.
$12,500 00 per mile, in the capital
stock of the company at par; and
$12,500 00 per mile, in first mortgage
bonds of the Road, bearing interest at
the rate of seven per centum, endors
ed by the State of Georgia ; said pay
ments, aggregating as follows, to-wit:
$92,000 in cash; $287,000 in capital
stock of the company at par; and
$287,000 in first mortgage bonds of the
Road, bearing interest at the rate of
seven percent., endorsed by the State
of Georgia as aforesaid.
The said party of the first part
further agrees to pay to the said par
ties of the second part, on or before
the fifth day of each month, monthly
estimates of the amount ofw r orkdone
and materials furnished, or supplied
HlUlltll } US tO
the grading, masonry, bridging and
ties—in relative properties of cash and
stock as above settled ; and the said
party of the first part further agrees
to pay to the said parties of the sec
ond part, upon the completion of each
consecutive section of five miles of
track from Cartersville westwardly,
at the rate of $12,500 per mile in the
first and only mortgage seven per
cent, bonds of the company, guaran
teed by the State of Georgia, as the
bond payment hereinafter stipulated
for, in the amount of $29,000 per
mile.
It is further mutually covenanted
and agreed, that the following sched
ule of quantities, with the prices
thereto affixed, shall be the basis upon
which monthly estimates of the work
done and materials purchased and
supplied are to be allowed by the said
party of the first part iu monthly es
timates.
Schedule for Grading, Masonry,
Bridging and Ties:
476,000 cubic, yards Earth Excava
tion, sl7sc 407.000 00
5,000 cubic yards masonry S2O 00 100,000 00
600 lineal l'cct truss bridging $65 00 89,000 00
C)0 “ trestle work $45 00 12,500 00
60,000 ties 75 45,000 00
Total $403,50000
FROI’ORTION OF PAYMENTS :
In cash $92,00000
In stoca and bonds $311,500 00
Total $403,500 00
TRACK:
2.024 tons iron rails slOl 00 $202,490 00
2i6,000 lbs Fish bars and spikes 07 19.320 00
Switches and fixtures 5.000 CO
Crossings 4 480 00
S3 miles track aud ballast at $llOO 00 25,300 00
Total $256,600 00
And it is further covenanted and
agreed that in case of any difference
of opinion as to the proper interpola
tion of this agreement or of any part
thereof, such difference or any or all
of them shall be submitted to the ar
bitrators chosen as follows: Each par
ty shall choose one, and the two thus
chosen shall select a third ; and to the
arbitrators thus chosen the matter of
differences shall be submitted ; aud
their decision or award, or that of a
majority of them shall be final and
conclusive upon the parties to this
agreement or their assigns.
In witness whereof the said party
of the first part hath caused these
presents to be signed by its President
and secretary and its corporate seal to
be hereto affixed: and the said par
ties of the second part have hereunto
set their hands and seals, the day and
year first above written.
MARK A. COOPER,
President C. * V. W. R. R. Cos.
D. W. K. Peacock,
Sectv. and Treasurer.
W. W. Laman. [l. s.]
L. S. Baum. [l. s.]
S. E. Robbins, [l. s.]
The within contract having been
assigned by the party of the second
part to W. W. Laman, J. Edwin Co
nant, H. I. Kimball, L. S. Baum, and
W. L. Avery, under the firm name of
Laman, Conant & Cos., with the con
sent and full concurrence of the party
of the first part. The said Laman,
Conant * Cos., hereby assume and un
dertake the fulfillment of the contract
on the part of the party of the second
part in accordance with its terms and
conditions.
Laman, Conant A Cos.
Atlanta, June 25, 1870.
The full consent of the Cartersville
A Van Wert R. R. Cos., is hereby giv
en to the assignment of the within
contract to Laman, Conant A Cos.
Mark A. Cooper,
President C. A V. W. R. R. Cos.
Georgia, Bartow county.—This
agreement made this 4th day of No
vember, A. D. 1860, between Wm.W.
Iranian, Lyman S. Baum, and Samu
el E. Robbins of the first part, and
Mark A. Cooper and Robt. A. Craw
ford of the second part, Witnesseth,
that the parties of the second part
hold and own in the name of Mark
A. Cooper A Cos., 10,530 shares of stock
in the Cartersville A Van W ert R. R.
Cos., on which an assessment of 5 per
cent, has been made amounting to
#13,494 62; also that the parties of the
first part have contracted to build ;
mid road, and receive in part pay
ment a certain amount of stock and
have agreed to advance the sum of
$13,494 62 on account of the assess
ment on said stock. Now in consid
eration thereof, said Cooper and Craw
ford of the second part do hereby in
terest said parties of the first part
jointly with themselves, as one is to
three ; that is the parties of the first
part are to have J interest, and said
Cooper and Crawford each J interest.
To be at all times and in all respects
beneficiaries in said stock in that pro
portion. Secondly, it is agreed and
covenanted by the parties of the first
part that in the settlement from tirre
to time of the estimates for construc
tion account, so far as the paymeuts j
are to be made in stock, the sum due !
them to that extent shall be paid to
the entire amount of stock jointly j
held by the parties of the first and j
second parts, prorata, according to the j
number of shares. Third, it is agreed
that the organization of said company
for the present shall remain as it is so
far as the parties thus jointly interest
ed are concerned! That Lyman 8.
Baum shall be appointed a Director,
and that at the next annual election of
Directors, the parties herein named as
jointly interested shall be chosen as
Directors with such others as may be
agreed on. It is mutually agreed and
understood that Mark A. Cooper and
Robt. A. Crawford are not in any way
interested or shares in the profits of
the contract this day made between
the C. A V. W. R. It. Cos., of the first
part, and W. W. Lanmn, Lyman S.
Baum, and Samuel E. Robbins, par
ties of the second part to build said
Railroad.
In witness whereof the parties of
the first and second pans have here
unto affixed their names and seals the
day and year first above written.
D. W. K. Peacock,
Mark E. Cooper.
Mark A Cooper, [l. s.]
R. A. Crawford, |l. 8.1
W. W. Laman, ;L. s.j
S. E. Robbins, 11. 8.1
L. S. Baum, [l. s.j
By consent of parties to the w r ithin
contract, W. W. Laman, L. S. Baum,
J. Edwin Conant, Wm. L. Avery,
Haijnibal I. Kimbal, under the name
and title of Laman, Conant A Cos.,
have assumed and hereby assume the
obligations and execution of this con
tract, and shall receive and take the
uses and benefits of it instead of W W
Laman, S E Robbins and L S Baum.
Mark A Cooper, Il si
R A Crawford, ilsi
Laman Conant A Cos. [L sj
Atlanta, Jan. 25, 1870.
Cartersville, April 4,1872.
I hereby certify that the foregoing
is a correct copy of the contract made
between the parties thereto.
Robt. A Crawford.
Georgia, Bartow county.—This
agreement made and entered into,
this the 15th day of June, 1870, be
tween Mark A Cooper and Robt A
Crawford, associates in the name of
Mark A Cooper A Cos., of the first part,
and Laman, Conant A Cos., contractors
for the building of the C&VWRK
of the second part, Witnesseth, that
in as much as there are differences of
opinion between said parties as to the
construction and effect of a certain
contract originally made between the
parties of the first part, and Wm. W
Laman, L S Baum and S E Robbins,
dated the 4th day of November, 1869,
and afterwards assumed by Laman,
Conant A Cos., bearing date Jan. 25,
1870. Now, it is hereby agreed by
the parties hereto, that the operation
and effect of said contract shall be
this, to-wit: First to apply the pay
ments for the construction account
which may be made from time to
time by the CAV W R It Cos., in
stock pro rata to the stock so issued
in payment to them, and to the entire
amount of the stock held by Mark A
Cooper A Cos., according to the per
centage which payment when made
may authorize. Secondly, that after
all the payments required by said
contract between said company and
said Laman, Conant & Cos. so far as
stock is called for, it is further agreed
after the completion of said road, and
after the payments shall have been
made on the stock issued from time to
time and distributed by the per cent
age authorized as before stated, there
shall remain in the hands of said
wuxk .v. ovn'iici ami itobert A. Craw
ford, jointly, $90,000 of stock fully
paid up. Thirdly, that the residue
of stock held by said Mark A. Cooper
& Cos., shall he transferred to the said
Laman, Conant A Cos., over and above
the said $90,000. Fourthly, this
agreement shall operate as a full ad
justment of the matters arising under
the contract as aforesaid, and as au
thorized for the President and Treas
urer of said company to settle there
by.
It is further agreed between the
parties that the stock transferred to
the said Laman, Conant A Cos. by the
said Mark A Cooper A Cos., may be
consolidated and full paid up stock
issued therefor to the amount that the
said stock would represent as full paid.
In witness whereof the said parties
have hereunto set their hands and
seals, the day and year above written.
Signed, sealed and delivered in pres
ence of
D W Iv Peacock,
O A Lochrane.
Mark A Cooper, [l s]
Robt. A Crawford, Lsj
Laman, Conant & Cos. lsj
Georgia, Fulton county.—For a
valuable consideration, I hereby
transfer and assign all my right, title
and interest in and to the franchises,
privileges, benefits and advantages,
of every kind and character of the
within contract to 11. I. Kimbal and
his heirs and assigns. Witness my
hand and seal this Oct. 18, 1870.
Robt. A. Crawford, [l s]
Witnesses,
A Johnson,
O. A. Lochrane, Judge SCAC.
Bartow, county, Ga. —This agree
ment made this 4th day of November
1869, by and between the C A V W
It R Cos. of the first part, and W W
Laman, S E Robbins and L S Baum
of the second part, Witnesseth, that
a contract has been made this day by
and between said parties for the buil
ding of the said railroad, in which,
amongst other things it is stipulated
that said company shall pay $4,000
per mile cash, in part for the building
of said RR. Now this agreement is
intended so far to modify said con
tract and control the parties in its ex- j
ecution, as to require the parties of
the second part not to enforce rigid i
compliance with said cash payments, j
but cooperate with said company, and j
to aid them to raise the said cash
sums from time to time for that pur
pose, since that contract is made with
the knowledge of all parties that said
company have not the cash means at
hand, but is dependent on said par ■
ties of the second part to aid in get
ting it, for which they agree to for
bear and afford ample time.
Secondly, it is provided and agreed
between the said parties, that the par
ty of the second part will advance for
account of the stock held by Mark A
Cooper A Cos. in said R R Cos., say 10,-
530 shares, the sum due on P C ]
Wright’s drafts given for the first as- j
sessment thereon, say $13,494 02, which
sum w T ill be received and held to pay,
first what is due by the company up
to date for organizing, maintaining
and engineering the said road, say
$7004 87, and the balance will be held
subject to the order of said parties of j
the second part for construction pur-
poses.
In witness whereof the parties here
to have affixed their names and seals
the day and year first above w ritten
D W K Peacock, [l s]
Sec-ty. and Treasurer.
Mark A Cooper, Iu s]
Pres. C A A' W It It Cos.
Wm. W Laman, [l 8
S E Robbins, [l s
L S Baum. [l s'
Signed in duplicate.
The within contract having been
assigned bv the party of the second
part to W W Lunan, J E Conant, H
I Kimball, L S Baum and W L Avery
under the firm name of Laman, Co
nant A Cos., with the consent aud full
concurrence of the party of the first
part, the said Laman, Conant A Cos.,
hereby assume and undertake the ful
fillment of the contract on the part of
the party of the second part, in accor
dance with its terms and conditions.
Laman, Conant A Cos.
Atlanta, Jany. 25,1870.
The fullconsent of the C A V W R
R 00. is hereby given to the assign
ment of the within contract to La
man. Conant A Cos.
Mark A Cooper, Pres.
C A V W It R Cos.
On the 12th March, 1869, the Legis-1
lature passed an “ Act to loan the j
credit of the State to the Cartersville |
A Van Wert Railroad Company,”
and in the act, provided that when- j
ever the Cartersville A Van Wert !
Railroad Company shall have com- j
pleted and put in running order five I
continuous miles of road commencing
at Cartersville, it shall be the duty of j
the Governor of the S ate, and he Is |
hereby required, for a id in behalf of J
the State, to indorse the guarantee of !
the State on the first mortgage bonds j
of said Railroad Company, to the ex
tent of $12,500 per mile for that por
tion thus finished, and when the sec
ond section of five miles is completed,
“the Governor should indorse the like
guarantee, upon the presentation of
| said bonds bv thesaid Company;” and
I this rate and extent of indorsement
! shall be continued upon the same
; conditions of each subsequent section
of five miles until the said road is
j completed, it being the true intent
and meaning of this act that the
State shall indorse the said mortgage
bonds to the extent of $12,500 per
I mile for each mile of said Company’s
lines, whenever said Railroad Com
pany shall prepare and execute said
| first mortgage bonds, and shall make
I request for such indorsement of guar
| antee therefor as aforesaid; that if
| the last section of said Railroad shall
j be (ess than five miles, the indorse
| ment shall be at the rate of $12,500
per mile, The act requires that be-
I fore any such indorsement shall be
' made, the Governor shall be satisfied
that so much of the road as the said
indorsement shall be applied for, is
ready, finished, and in complete run
ning order, and that road is free from
all mortgages and other legal incum
brances which may in any manner
endanger the security of the State,
and that “ the said indorsement shall
be and is hereby understood to oper
ate as a prior lien or mortgage on the
property of the Company.”
Acting under the authority of this
act of the Legislature, Major Cooper,
then President of the Company, about
the 26th January, 1870, applied to
the Board of Directors for permission
to have the bonds of the Company
prepared and ready for delivery to
the Contractors. It was then sug
gested that it was premature to pre
pare the bonds, inasmuch as no part
of the road was completed, and a con
siderable time must elapse before the
first five miles of the road would be
completed, as the law and the con
tract between the Company and the
Contractors required. It was known
that the Etowah River was distant
from Cartersville less than/owr miles,
and considerable time would be re
quired to build a bridge over the riv
er. To this Major Cooper replied
that the Contractors were proceeding
rapidly with the work, and that soon
after crossing the river, they would
complete more than the first section
of five miles; that the Contractors
had or soon would make contract for
the iron and expected to use the
bonds, to which they would be enti
tled under the law in paying for the
iron ; and that the iron-men wanted
to know that as soon as the Contrac
tors would be entitled to them, if the
bonds would be ready for immediate
delivery. The Board of Directors
being desirous of complying with
their contract, which was made in
conformity with the State aid act,
passed the following resolution to
wit : “ That the President be author
ized to have the bonds of the Compa
ny, to be endorsed by the State, un
der the act of the Legislature grant
ing the aid of the State to the Car
tersville & Van Wert Railroad, prop
erly prepared and that the President
issue said bonds in accordance with
the terms of said act.” At the same
meeting, the President was authorized
to appoint a Treasurer, who was to
reside in New York; and within a
few days, Major Cooper appointed
Henry Clews Treasurer. Your Com
mittee do not know precisely when
wo».o prnpQfp,] blit tjICV
all bear date Ist March, 1870. They
were at all events prepared before
the Bth of April.
At the April meeting, 1870, of the
Board of Directors, Major Cooper re
ported that he had deposited one
hundred of tho bonds with the Secre
tary of State to be turned over to the
Governor, who was to hold them sub
ject to the order of the Board of Di
rectors, and that they should not
pass out of their control till they
could be legally indorsed, and should
then be be applied under the direc
tion of the Board of Directors. The
other two hundred bonds had been
deposited with the Agency of the
Georgia Railroad A Banking Com
pany) at Atlanta, subject to the order
of the Board of Directors.
It will be observed that Major
Cooper made the foregoing disposi
tion of the bonds without the knowl
edge, much less the authority, of the
Board of Directors.
To approximate the time of the
execution of the bonds and as evi
dence that Major Cooper must have
acted deliberately and with consid
eration, we submit the following let
ter, which was addressed to, and re
ceived and read by Major Cooper,
and which remained for several
months in the custody of Col. Craw
ford, Superintendent of the Itoad:
Cakeksville, Geo., April 8,1570.
Tlon. M. A. Cooper , I J res't C. & V.
IP. It. It. — Dear Sir: In accor
dance with your instructions, I, as
Secretary of the C. A V. W. R. R.,
have signed and attested the seal of
the Company to one hundred bonds
of the Road, commencing at one and
running to one hundred, inclusive, to
be endorsed by the Governor. My
duty as Sect’y perhaps ends when I
have signed the bonds as you direct;
but my duly as a director, as a stock
holder, and as a citizen, authorizes,
if it does not require me to call your
attention to the fact that in my judg
ment the bonds are not so prepared,
as in their present shape and under
the present condition of the Road, to
be issued in accordance with the act
of the Legislature. For the same
reason, to issue them in their present
shape and as they are prepared, will
do injustice to the Road by placing
on it a burden of interest which it
ought not to bear. If my under
standing of the act of the Legislature
is correct, no bonds can be issued un
til five miles of the road has been
completed. Nor can any interest be
| properly charged either against the
; State or the Company until that
much of the road has been completed,
and then, only to the amount authoriz
jed upon the completion of the five
| miles. But if the bonds shall be is
sued in their present shape, you will
at once perceive the difference it will
j make and the injustice to the com
pany. My information is that the
first five miles of the road cannot be
completed for several weeks: yet the
bonds bear interest from the Ist
i March last. I call your attention to
these facts in full confidence that you
will take such measures as will protect
the interest of the Company and the
State.
While I had the bonds before me
for signature , one of the directors was
in my office and examined the bonds
and called my attention to these facts,
and I at once saw their force, and de
termined that it was my duty to lay
them before you. If I seem to be
officious, you will please excuse it
and place it to the credit of my in
terest in and zeal for the road.
I am, very respectfully,
D. W. K. Peacock.
We may be permitted to say that
the foregoing letter was sufficient to
have warned Major Cooper of the
impropriety of following any other
course than the one plainly marked
out by the law of the land, the con
tract, (we mean the public contract,)
under which the road was to be built
and the resolution of the board of the
Board of Directors.
But, notwithstanding the receipt
of this letter, we find that Major
Cooper received the following letter.
and in accordance with its request, ]
wrote the following letter, to-wit: I
LETTER OF LAMAN, CONANT A CO.:
Atlanta, lii-. April 11,1870.
Hon. Mark A. Cboper, Prmt C. A
V. W.R.R. Co. Dear Sir: We
have to request that you an or
| der addressed to His Excellency,
| Governor Bullock, requesting him to
| turn over to Henry Clews A- Cos.,
! Bankers, No. 32 Wall St., New York,
j the bonds of the Cartersville A Van
i Wert Railroad Cos. for the purpose of
securing the payment to tiie liethie
| hem Iron Works Cos. for one thousand
j tons of railroad iron, furnished for
j said road, and for any advances said
j Heurv Clews A Cos. may have made
| to us as contractors, whenever the same
shall have been indorsed in accordance
j with law. Respectfully,
Your ob’t serv’ts,
Laman, Conant A Cos ,
Contractors.
; major cooper to gov. bullock. :
“ To His Excellency, Gor. R. B.
Buttock: In compliance with the
: written request, I hereby request you
; to deliver the said bonds referred to,
to Henry Clews A Cos., for the pur
poses therein specified, when the
same shall have been indorsed by you
according to law. Ido this in part
performance of my contract with
Messrs. Laman, Conant A Cos. You
will please advise me your action in
this matter, and oblige, I am, Gov.,
respectfully, your ob’t serv’t,
Mark A. Cooper.
Pres’t of C. A V. W. R. R.
Cartersville, Ga., April 12th, 1870.”
It will be observed that Major
Cooper’s letter bmrs date Cartersville,
12th April, 1870. The same day,
Major Cooper delivered to David
G. Cotting, Secr’y of State, in Atlan
ta—Gov. Bullock being absent—
bonds of the Cartersville and Van
Wert Railroad, No’s 1 to 100, both
numbers included, and took Clotting’s
receipt for them, and Cot ting’s re
ceipt to be returned, on the substitu
tion of the Governor’s receipt. The
same day Major Cooper deposited the
remainder of the bonds—there being
in all 300 bonds, for one thousand
dollars each—with Perino Brown,
Ag’t Ga. R. R. & Banking Cos., sub
ject to the order of the President of
the Company himself.
On 22d J une, 1870, Brown delivered
to H. I. Kimball, on Cooper’s order,
bonds No’s 101 to 200, iuclusive.
On the 9th August, 1870, Brown
delivered to H. I. Kimball, on Coop
er’s order, 75 bonds No’s 201 to 275,
inclusive. At the time of the delivery
of these last bonds to H. 1. Kimball,
by order of Cooper, the first section of
five miles of said road had not been
completed in accordance with the law,
and Cooper and Kimball must have
known this to be true; and so must
Henry Clews, because they were all
officers of the Company—Cooper be
ing President, Clews Treasurer, and
Kimball a Director of the Company,
and one of the Contractors. The
Company had no authority whatever
to issue any bonds, except bonds to
be indorsed under the law; nor could
these bonds be indorsed until the
completion of five miles of the road,
and then only to the amount of
$12,500 per mile, and these facts must
have been known to Cooper, Kim
ball & Cos.
The facts in relation to the dealings
of these parties with the bonds of the
Company were not known to any of
the Directors till they were found
out almost accidentally by Col. Craw
ford, who reported the same to the
Board of Directors at their first
meeting thereafter, on 21st Septem
ber, 1870. At that meeting, Col.
Crawford offered resolutions con
demning the conduct of Major Coop
er, and requiring him to resign. But
after a good deal of consultation, Ma
jor Cooper having agreed to resign,
the Directors contented themselves
with adopting a resolution condemn
ing his action, but expressing confi
dence in his official and personal in
tegrity—most of the Directors be
lieving this resolution to be sufficient
to vindicate truth, and having no
disposition to press the Major unnec
essarily.
Upon investigation it was found
that these bonds had passed out of
the control of said Kimball, and were
understood to be in the hands of Hen
ry Clews & Cos., who were out of the
ULatp nf Geortria.
Subsequently the Legislature
amended the charter of the Compa
ny, and among other things, changed
the name to the Cherokee Railroad
Company.
In April, 1871, the stoehholders met
and adopted the charter as amended.
Before that meeting said Kimball
pledged himself that, if allowed to
hold a meeting of the stockholders,
he would have all of the bonds is
sued, returned to the Company and
cancelled, and that he would proceed
at once to complete the Road to
Pryor’s Station, and would not re
ceive or accept “ State aid ;” and it
was only in consequence of these
pledges that he was allowed to have
a meeting of the stockholders, or to
have anything to do with the man
agement of the Company’s affairs.
At the April meeting, Kimball was
elected the President of the Company,
Major Cooper being present and east
ing a majority of all the votes repre
sented and all in favor of Kimball.
From the best information your
Committee is able to obtain, said
Kimball, without the authority of
the Board of Directors, and without
their knowledge, issued the bonds of
the Company to the amount of $325,-
000; procured them to be endorsed
by Gov. Bullock, and they are now
in the hands of several parties in New
York city. These bonds are said to
be dated about 1 June, 1871, but when
issued or used, your Committe do not
have the means of ascertaining. In
addition to these bonds, said Kimball
has issued what he calls second mort
gage bonds to the amount of $300,000,
and these are also in the hands of
parties in New York.
In addition these bonds, we are in
formed that Mr. A. S. Whitten, of
New York city, the Treasuer, and
successor of said Clews, has in his
hands two hundred and sixty-seven
bonds of the Company, of one thou
sand dollars each. These bonds have
also been indorsed by the Governor
of Georgia.
SUMMARY OF BONDS ISSUED.
275 bonds of SIOOO 00 each, C. A V. W.
R. R. Cos.,
325 “ “ “ Cherokee “ “
2gy u <t u u u n <( n
(These last being in hands of Whit
ten, Treas.
300 2d mortgage bonds, SIOOO 00 each, i
Cherokee It. R. Cos.,
1167 bonds of SIOOO each ... $1,167,000.
To what amount the Company may
be liable in these bonds, we cannot
undertake to say with entire confi
dence, but we are pursuaded that ev
ery one is illegal and invalid.
So far as concerns the bonds held
by Henry Clews A Cos., we are satis
fied that Clews being a party to said
bonds, and an officer of the Company,
they being also signed by him as Treas
urer, he was hound to know r whether
or not the bonds were properly issued.
In addition to this, each bond, both
of the C. A V. W. R. R. Cos., and also
the Cherokee, contains this clause:
“This bond shall not become obliga
tory until it shall have been endorsed
by the Governor of the State of Geor
gia.” The Governor of Georgia has
recently held that the Clews bonds
are invalid, so far as the State is con
cerned, because Clews, being an offi
cer of the Company, was chargeable
with notice of their inherent invalid
ity, and because there was not invest
ed in said Company, of private capi
tal, an amount equal to the amount
the State was called on to invest.
This last objection if valid applies to
all of the bonds, except 200 mortgage,
which are invalid for other reasons.
All of which is respectfully submit
ted.
SEABORN JONES,
S. F. STEPHENS,
E. HULBERT,
R. H. CANNON,
W. G. WHIDBY.
Several editorial notices and much
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R. W. SATTERFIELD & BRO.,
DEALERS IX
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HARDWARE, CROCKERY, CUTLERY, SC., SC„ SC.
NEW SPRING AND "SOMMER GOODS FOR 1872.!
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Given under my hand and official signature
this April 17, 1872. J. A. HOWARD.
apllß-30days. Ordinary.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Office over the Bank.
SHOES! SHOES! SHOES!
I HAVE opened a Shoe House in the Brick
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Mr. Walker sends his greeting to his old
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Remember,
“ EUR.EIAAS”
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Certcrsvilla, Ga., April 11, 1872.
NEW S CHEDULE.
CHEROKEE RAILROAD
FROM and after this date the following
Schedule will be run on the Cherokee Rail
road :
Leaveltockmart at 7:00 A. M.
“ Germantown, 7:36 “
“ Taylorsville, 8:15 “
“ Stilesboro, 8:40 *•
Arrive at Carte rsville, 10:20 “
Leave Cartersville 2:00 V. M.
Stilesboro, 2:45 “
“ Taylorsville 3:00 “
“ Germantown, 8:40 “
Arrive at Rockuiart, 4:15 “
D. W. K. PEACOCK.
April 13, 1872.
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MAIN STREET, CARTERBVRLLE, GEORGIA,
JT EE1 1 . const.ntly on hau.l an alinndam .„of
F R ESH MEATS,
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SAUSAGE, PRESS MEAT,TRiPE, CHICKENS, EGGS, BUTTER,
Country Produce bought and sold—^Chickens, Eggs, Butter, Ac.
WANTED.—WiII pay the highest market price for Hides an l Pelts.
A. C. a. VANPIVERE, City Butcher.
H.J. SLIGH,
pj AviXG bought out both Grocery Houses heretofore owned by Geo. J. Briant t one on the
Lu»t and the other on the West side of the Uailroacl. will continue to keep up the two stocks of
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to an ounce of Mace.
COUNTRY PRODUCE BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Invites the old customers of his predecessors in business, together with the public gener
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any other house in like business in Cartersville or elsewhere.
This is all he asks, and certainly all that consumers should expeet, apill-ly.
WM. GOULDSMITH,
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN
u x i r r
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Also keeps op hand WOOD COFFINS of every description. All orders by
Night or Day promptly attended to.
Cartersville, Ga., April 4, 1872.
aOODS! ujetw GOODS!
EiiWIN, STOKLEY & CO.
Are daily receiving new
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They are selling at small profits to Cash buyers,or prompt paying cu.'.omer*.
Liberal discount made on Cash bills.
They solicit from their old friend* and customers, as well a* iho public, a liberal share of
patronage.
ERWIN, STOKELY & CO.
Cartersville, March 18, 1872.
GEORGE W. JACK,
MANUFACTURER OK
Candies and Crackers.
DEALER IN
CONFECTIONERIES, TOYS, AND WILLOW-WARE
WEDDING PARTIES, SUPPERS, &c., GOTTEN UP IN THE BEST
STYLE, AND ON THE SHORTEST NOTICE-
We would respectfully call the atteution of the public to our large and
complete took—selected with great care, and bought at the LOWEST
CASH PRICES.
WHITEHALL STREET 6.1
marchlO-wly.
GOWER, JONES & CO.
CARTERSYILLE. GEORGIA.
MANUFACTURERS OF
C A R IMAGES, BUGGIES,
ONE, TWO and FOUR HORSE WAGONS.
OhanJ IL iV 0 E D AT fn Urn of
Greenvdli'e, of G.U..Asv ill. .. Georgia, gives his personal attention to
the business. Repairing done with neatne.s and dispatch.
all work warranted.
We defy Competition, both jin' Quality and Price.
feb. 1-ly