The Express.
London, England, 1855-12-07 00:00:00

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.

TO TIT lIDITOI.
Stx,—ln the Report of the Committee of Invaatiga-
tion allusion, in Rejastifiable tams. is made to myself
sad my arm of Pato, Brasov", sail Bette, in cease:ion
with certain business matters we have had with the
Rasters Counties Railway Company. It is awsyy she
to ()teem, from a permal of the minutes of
that a desire throughout existed to implicate arras
to give geode to the committee for Sabi
fault if practicable. No explanations, evideoes, or
documents were ever sought from any of us, and the
extensive publication of the ;romance s Report is the
first that we hear of oar being mailed. Our conduct
of business in the largest transactions for many yews
is so well known, and we trust honourably appre-
ciated by all who have had dealings with as, that we
could afford to permit to peso unanswered the attacks
of the committee; bat, to provost inismastraction on
the part of the public sad of the shwebolders of the
Rasters Canada Company, I trust - will give the
- few ob-

quality . .
being bought in January, 1864. at 74d. per pawed.
was @barged in the following
.month 111 d., at which publicity et year riga to the wing
prime "very large quantities " were perchased, elevations.
altbsigh Mr. Bruce was informed the market had not 1. It is insinuated by the evidence that I exercised
airmsed in the interim. Russian tallow was my inflames with the Eastern Counties board to
sinned 74a. to 755., the market price being 037 e. to occupy improperly and inconveniently their locomo-
Ms. Sheeting for making tarpaulins and sacking tits establishment with coostruetiag ream and
was purchased in large quantities at hem 20 to 30 carriages for the Danish railways, in mid* we are
per cent. above the market price. All these par- interested. This is simply not true. No anginesner
shames were made by the storekeeper, Alfred C. Wil- carriages were ever constructed by the Easter Ones•
Haw, who, prior to his holding this calm had been ties Company for myself or my Arm, or for the Dad&
private secretary to Mr. Waddington. The appoint- Railway Company.
meat of Williams was recommended by Mr. Wad- 2. The assertion that 20,00 W., the agreed maim
diogton, under whose auspices his salary was raised money. for the Southend Pier, Maile unpaid by my
from 1001. to 4001. per annum. "The effect of that firm, is coned ; but hp the terms of oar pusher
appointment," says Mr. Bruce, " was, that the mem- agreement it is not payble until twelve months after
hereof the board considered the purchase of stores as the railway to Southend shall have been disband. a
'slimly under the control of Mr. Waddington and period not yet arrived. The amount carries interest,
his secretary (Mr. Williams), and Mr. Davis (the which has been regularly paid.
whengyp) ted all amounts for stores, 3. lam blamed for promotin in 1855 the forma
) by Mr. Williams, to the doe of the lime of the Best Suffolk Railway Company
Manse sesanaittee for payment, without further from Halesworth to Woodbridge, which is alleged
bridged" when they were inserted in the war. to be utagonistic to the interests of the amalgamated
rot took sod paid." Upon the discovery of these lines of **Eastern Counties, Norfolk, and Eastern
duds Mr. Williams sent in hie resignation, which Union Comprise, whom union togethee I actively
Mr. Waddington repeatedly and strongly urged the promoted; bet the frt is suppressed that I sin only
board to accept. After much opposition on the part fulfilling a pledge given by ma for the Norfolk Com-
of
Mr. Waddington, Mr. Braes succeeded in getting patsy to Lord Stradoke and others before the East
as isveotigation into the whole conduct of the stores Suffolk Company west to Parliament for incomes-
department. Mr. Bruce mentions that the amount tioo, sad before the union of
this the
line should
above three
of stores purchased in one single half-year by Mr. companies took place,
that
Williams was no less than one hundred end thirty- be made. That pledge! which is recorded on the
mix thousand pound'. Mr. Williams. it appears, Minutes of the Norfolk Company of the Bth of
received cheque& "on his own °utiliser' from the Angst, 1853, I feel myself honourably bound to
instead treasurer, sued, of paying the individuals perform to the utmost army poorer, and it has bees
had made
(sellers of provender for home) of whom he made openly avowed by me that I it and should
the purchases, he paid thesheques which he received keep st.
into his own pewee assorat with the hoses of 4. In regard to all somplaints of the sommittes son-
Mills, Bemuse, sad Co., hankers, of Colehmter, nested with the Norfolk and Eastern Counties Coal
and when he settled with those pas,
he gave kis Osmium, and Marrs. Z. and A. Prior, I have only to
own cheques. lb. Reuse also beam that Os sof as lbsi so sew moms with that seamy