Southern Investment Company records, 1891-1909.

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Southern Investment Company records, 1891-1909.

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Records consist of business correspondence, financial statements, contracts and other legal documents, receipts, stockholders' proxies, minutes, notes, invoices, lists of stockholders and company holdings, and other items. Correspondence includes a letter (1901) to the stockholders from company president F.W. Wagener. Other correspondents include the law firm of Simons, Siegling & Cappelmann (Charleston, S.C.), George A. Wagener (nephew of F.W. Wagener), and R.Q. Pinckney. Included are lists of real estate holdings of the Southern Investment Co. in Siegling (S.C.) and elsewhere, statements of assets and liabilities, statements of receipts and disbursements, and monthly statements for cash accounts. Much material pertains to the company's dealings with the Carolina Midland Railway. Other items include a corporate income tax return (1894); the company charter (1891); a blueprint (n.d.) of a proposed connection between the Carolina Midland Railway and the Port Royal & Western Carolina Railroad at Allendale (S.C.); and a report (1899) by F.W. Wagener regarding real estate owned by the company.

ca. 175 items.

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Southern Investment Company.

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Company chartered in 1891 by Frederick W. Wagener and Rudolph Siegling of Charleston, S.C. Its principal place of business was originally in Seivern (Aiken County, S.C.). The company was established to "build and construct railroads ... canals, bridges, and buildings for corporations or individuals and to buy and sell all kinds of materials necessary for such purposes." The company also purchased and sold land, buildings, dwellings, and other structures. From the description of South...

Carolina Midland Railway Company

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Organized in 1891 from a consolidation of Blackville, Alston, and Newberry Railroad Company with Barnwell Railway Company; ran from Cayce to Hardeeville, S.C. (129 miles). From the description of Records, 1891-1902. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28409715 South Carolina railroad company formed in 1891 by the consolidation of the Blackville, Alston and Newberry Railroad Company and the Barnwell Railway Company. From the description of Carolina Midland Railwa...

Wagener, George Andreas, b. 1846.

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Pinckney, Robert Quash, 1828-1902

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Wagener, Frederick William.

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Simons, Siegling & Cappelmann (Charleston, S.C.)

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