Gallia County Railroads minutes book
Scope and Content
The Gallia County Railroads minutes book includes the board of directors meeting minutes for two railroads: the Gallipolis, Jackson, and Chillicothe Railroad (GJ&C RR), and the Gallipolis, McArthur, and Columbus Railroad (GM&C RR). The GJ&C RR minutes span from 1850-1854, and the GM&C RR minutes span from 1870 to 1875. The minutes note progress in stock subscriptions, financial statements, and, in the case of the GM&C RR, construction progress.
The minutes of the GJ&C RR include the act of incorporation, the proposed route of the line, the survey of the route, the bylaws, and the last recorded annual stockholders meeting of July 20, 1853. The entries relevant to this railroad end after 25 pages. There is no indication that the GJ&C RR ever drove a spike.
The minutes of the GM&C RR include the act of incorporation, the proposed route of the line, various reports to the directors from the president and chief engineer, surveys of the route, the bylaws, reports of a power struggle within the board, annual elections, construction progress, difficulties of collecting installments for stock subscriptions, and the purchase of loans to keep the company afloat. The entries for this company continue for 177 pages.
Unrelated to the railroads, there is on page 206 an 1899 account sheet of Albert and Edward Copeland (?) with Doctor H. (?). Following this page, seven pages have been removed. The remaining pages of the volume are blank.
Dates
- Creation: 1850-1875
Creator
- the Gallipolis, McArthur, and Columbus Railroad (Organization)
Language of Materials
The records are in English.
History of the Gallipolis, Jackson, and Chillicothe Railroad and the Gallipolis, McArthur, and Columbus Railroad.
The Gallipolis, Jackson, and Chillicothe Railroad was incorporated in 1850. The Gallipolis, McArthur, and Columbus Railroad (GM&C RR) was incorporated February 25, 1870 in order to construct a railroad from Gallipolis to Logan through McArthur. Construction was begun on this road about 1872 with work progressing through August 1874. The line was completed by 1895, and it was part of the Columbus, Hocking Valley, and Toledo Railroad according to the Railroad Map of Ohio, 1895 . Also, see The Railroad Reflector, Gallipolis, Ohio: Sights and Scenes along the Buckeye Route (1985), which is particularly helpful with portraits and biographies of several of the Gallipolis personalities involved with the GM&C RR. In 1881, GM&C RR merged with two other railroads to form the Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo Railway.
Extent
0.1 cubic feet (1 volume)
Abstract
The Gallia County railroads minutes book includes the board of directors meeting minutes for two railroads: the Gallipolis, Jackson, and Chillicothe Railroad and the Gallipolis, McArthur, and Columbus Railroad.
Statement of Arrangement
This collection is a single item.
Description Note
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Subject
- Gallipolis, McArthur, and Columbus Railroad (Organization)
- Gallipolis, Jackson, and Chillicothe Railroad (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Finding aid for the Gallia County Railroads minutes book
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Douglas E. McCabe in Spring 1990
- Date
- 2020
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
- Sponsor
- The finding aid was converted into EAD with funding support from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission
Revision Statements
- 5 January 2024: Subjects and other notes added from ALICE MARC records and Mahn Center Microsoft Office finding aids by Ohio University Libraries Metadata Services Department Python scripts.
Repository Details
Part of the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections Repository
