Letter from W. G. Elliott to Henry Clark Bridgers
May 24th.,1899.
Henry Clark Bridgers, Esq.,
President of the East Carolina Railway,
Tarboro, N.C.,
Dear Sir:-
The Wilmington and Weldon Rail Road Company having become the owner, by purchase, of the Capital Stock of the
formance by that Company of the contract made with you for the
operation and maintenance of the road, bearing date the 23rd.
day of May, 1899, and doth further agree that it will make
rates with the East Carolina Railway as with other connections,
and that it will accept all forect products from said road for
transportation over its line and connections at one cent less
than the present rate from Tarboro, as its proportion of the
rate, and that upon merchandise and other products it will
give the East Carolina Railway a constructive mileage of fifty
miles and will prorate with it.
Yours truly,
President.
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- Letter from W. G. Elliott to Henry Clark Bridgers
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- A letter from Wilmington and Weldon Rail Road Company President W. G. Elliott at Wilmington, N.C., to East Carolina Railway President Henry Clark Bridgers at Tarboro, N.C., stating what guarantees the company will provide as the new owner of the East Carolina Railway by the purchase of its capital stock. This is one of three letters Elliott wrote that day spelling out the agreement between the two companies.
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- May 24, 1899
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- letters
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- 19cm x 26cm
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- 0558-b1-fa
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- Wilmington and Weldon Rail Road
- East Carolina Railway
- Railroads--North Carolina--History--19th century
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- East Carolina Manuscript Collection
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