The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-05-10
nature and seal the day and year first men
toned.
A. D. KEYES. Prest.
DUFF GREEN, Seal.
Attest,
WILLIAM F. KEITH,
5. a. SMITH"

WILLIAM F. KEITH,
S. A. SMITH"
The foregoing article Of surrender an
settlement, entered into and executed vol
unfairly and deliberately b. the parties, tn
Company on their part, intend in good faith
to carry out. II any suppose th're arc DIT
| iirullies in the way Of its execution, or Il
grow out of this arrangement, detrimental
10 the interests Of the Company. or Of TIT
community at large, or of the contractor
we think they have not duly examined nnt
Informed themselves on the subject. And
# hereafter. any obstacles nre thrown IL
! the way, calculated TO relard the work an'
niure the company. or TO annoy, or in any
wise njnrc the late contractor, those obsta
c!cs shaIl not be indebted for their orr gin Il
onr agency or that Of the Directors we re-
present.
For al the work Gen. Green had caused
to be done and the materials furnished, NJ
to the lst of February, $50, he has long
since been fully paid according to contract
The estimates from the lst Of February ~
to the 9Th of April, the dntc Of the surrrn.
der, amount to the sum of S1S9O4 81
cents, and are to be paid according to the
terms of the contract but out of which is
to bc deducted the amount Gen. Green was
indebted TO the engineers and to his sub'con.
tractors for work done and materials fur>
nished for said road at the date of the sur
render. II is now ascertnined that til rs;
debts will cover the amount Of the estimate
aud i, is, perhaps, well to state here, (ns the
facts have been mlsrrprescntcd) that it ,cas
not stated. or represented to the Board that
the estimates would amount 10 more thnn
twice the AMOUNT of the debts to the cons
tractors.
At the time of the surrender neither the
amount of the estimates, or of the debts to
The SUB contractors, was certainly krOwn'
but it was believed that the estimates would
amount TO nbou, the debts and that belief
was so stated to the Board, by the Engineer
in Gen. Gr' ems presence.
At the time of the surrender of the con.
tract, the Directory did not Judge it proper
or prudent 10 make any publication; and in
this they were the more confirmed as Cen
Green addressed communication to the
President Of the Company, dated the 9Th
of April, in which he says,-"As it is the
mutual interests of the Company and my
self to avoid unkind controversies, | hope
that you will see that no publication n fec.
ting me injuriously is made in the Post,
and that if 1t is made elsewhere YOU will
cause the proper correction to be made.
ask this because, as the Pos; has always
been friendly to the road. md the editor has
no nnkind feelings towards me, am sure
that he will at all times do me justice il
the facts are known to him and | have there
fore referred him TO you as The official or.
gan Of the Company"
The Company have hitherto complied
with tho request, and implied ngree ment,
contained in the foregoing extract, and we
leave it to others to decide whether the ad.
dresses over Gen. Green's signature, one
published IN the Athens Post Of 18th April,
md another. since published and circulated
on a slip. addressed 500 the people of East
Tennessee" are violations Of that implied
agreement. The first publication contained
garbled extracts from the report Of the Di-
rcctory's committee, taken from their pro-
per connection with Other sentences. and, as
published with Gen. Green's remarks, well
"A lcul,cd to mislcad and make false inns
nreNsions upon the public mind. In Gen.
Green's last publication, atov, alluded to,
10 says "ihe DIRECTORS at their late meet,
ng offered me ono hundred and twenty
thousand dollars more than my contract
,rice for making the road to the Tennessee
only eighty mi'es) If would rrlinqush
ny con,rac, for Iron. mention this fact
. show that they recognized my claim for
Profits"
That the public has. in certain quarters,
'cen mislead by these publications of Gen.
ireen, (whelhcr it was SO intended or not
md by other means less reputable, there
an be no doubt,
The disengeniousness Of Gen. Green's
'x,ruc,s, from the report of the Dircctory's
will at once be perceived. by
eading that report here given in full; and
zen. Green's statement that the Directors
It their late meeting offered him one hun.
lred and twenty thousand dollars more than
lis contract price for making the road to the
Tennessee, if he would relinquish his con-
ract for iron. and that they recognised his
lain for proits,we pronounce sheer, ma
led fabrication on the part of Gen. Green.
rot authorised by any act or declaration of
he Board of Directors. The Board of Di.
'ec,ors made but one proposition to General
J reen. He had contracted to build and e.
1uip the road from It's intersection with the
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