Annual reports, 1873-1879.

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Annual reports, 1873-1879.

Annual reports, 1873-1878, to the stockholders, in which the financial condition of the railroad was discussed by the president, William M. Wadley; superintendent, William L. Clarks; and treasurer, and also including a statement of receipts and disbursements by the treasurer and bookkeeper, J.M. Frazer. The financial relationship with the Central Railroad & Banking Co. of Ga. was also detailed. Directors were not named until 1876, and included R.L. Mott, H.H. Epping, John Peabody, and L.T. Downing, all of Columbus, Ga.; and N.P. Banks and J.D. Murphree of Troy, Ala.

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Wadley, William M., 1813-1882

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William Morrill Wadley (1813-1882), railroad executive and plantation owner, was associated with the Central of Georgia Railway (ca. 1844-ca. 1851, 1853), Western and Atlantic Railroad (1852), New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad (ca. 1858-1859), Southern Railroad (ca. 1859-1860), Vicksburg and Shreveport Railroad (ca. 1860-1865), and Central Railroad (1866-1882). Wadley received an appointment as Colonel in the Adjutant General's department of the Confederate Army, but the senate fa...

Epping, H.H.

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Mobile & Girard Railroad Company.

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The Mobile & Girard railroad dates from a legislative act of 25 Jan. 1845 as the Girard Railroad Company. Numerous mergers and changes in the charter occurred after that point, the most important of which was the 30 Jan. 1854 change to the Mobile & Girard Railroad Company. In 1873 the Central Railroad & Banking Company began its long-term relationship to keep the Mobile & Girard out of bankruptcy. From the description of Annual reports, 1873-1...

Clark, William L.

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Peabody, John W.

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Frazer, J.M.

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Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia.

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Downing, L.T.

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Mott, R.L.

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Banks, N.P.

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Murphree, J.D.

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