The Keim and allied families in America and Europe . a,appended his approval to the act April4, 1833. Preceding this parliamentary enact-ment the Little Schuylkill NavigationRailroad and Coal Company was char-tered in 1826 to build a canal or rail-road from Tamaqua to the SchuylkillCanal at Port Clinton, twenty miles,and by a -supplement to its charter,passed 1829, it was authorized to ex-tend its railroad to Reading, twentymiles further. This privilege it re-linquished to the Reading Company,which was approved by the Legislaturein 1837. In March, 1838, the company wasauthorized to extend to M
The Keim and allied families in America and Europe . a,appended his approval to the act April4, 1833. Preceding this parliamentary enact-ment the Little Schuylkill NavigationRailroad and Coal Company was char-tered in 1826 to build a canal or rail-road from Tamaqua to the SchuylkillCanal at Port Clinton, twenty miles,and by a -supplement to its charter,passed 1829, it was authorized to ex-tend its railroad to Reading, twentymiles further. This privilege it re-linquished to the Reading Company,which was approved by the Legislaturein 1837. In March, 1838, the company wasauthorized to extend to Mount Carbon,fourteen miles, making ninety-twomiles from Philadelphia. The remain-ing mile to reach Pottsville was obtain-ed by consolidation of the Mount Car-bon Railroad Company as recently asApril 10, 1892. The incorporation of the Philadel-phia and Reading Railroad, 1833,George deBenneville Keim, first incor-porator, representing the county ofBerks, the construction of that rail-road, 1834-9, by Moncure Robinson THE KEIM AND ALLIED FAMILIES. 531. Rebecca Price (Keim) —Reading, Pa., Germantown, Pa.—188-. and his first cousin and chief assistant,William Wirt Robinson, of Virginia,civil engineers (see p. 452, K. and ) and the marriage of the said Wil-liam Wirt Robinson to Rebecca Keim,daughter of George deB. Keim (origi-nal incorporator), 1839, were coinci-dent events. The first directors and officers of thePhiladelphia and Reading RailroadCompany: President, Elihu Chaun-cey; six managers and secretary andtreasurer were elected by the stock-holders at their first meeting, held onNovember 22, 1834. On September 19, 1838, Chief En-
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