The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1854-04-28
81. tLAIRSVILLE, OHIO, FRIDAY, APRIL, % 1854.

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men often employed, Il was unreasonable 4
expect the same effects. Breskages woul
occur, and repairs must be done, they wer
unavoidsble Under the circumstances, in tn
best work,
| When John Sullivan went east to csntrac
for locomotives, he did not give his firm an,
opportunity to bid, he had endeavored to hay
an Interview with him, but failed. Sewers
quibbling pretexts have been made to ayoi,
the odium Of the fact that the President ha
not given an opportunity to bid for the "a 10.
comotives; one Of which was, that the New
castle style Of engines were not now appro
wed Of; but, the fact is, and was known I,
John Sullivan, that ours were not Of .ha
kind, but are Of the latest and most approve,
patterns. Another pretext was that the,
would not agree to build them upon the sams
terms ofpsymsns a. fSf ed n esssb ishmensu
this was also false, and mere quibbIing, q
his firm were prepared to do the work upon
as favorable terms as any other. If they had
given an opportunity, the engines would have
been constructed here, upon equally favora-
Bile terms, and quality. One-hslf of the con.
tract had been given to the builders of the
"Black Hand" an engine that had been ruled
Of the road as nuisance, its repairs for Q
limited period only, exceeding the cost oi
purchase. But the causes that operated tc
prevent the building Of these "a locomotives
at GAINESVILLE. were personal with President
Sullivan, growing out Of the non erection o.
a Rail- Mill in this vicinity, contemplated per.
haps on President Sulivan's farm, and which
was not erected, because he would net agree
to perform the promises tn at induced the pro.
jectofs to get up the project. Mr.. 8. had
agreed to give the builders Of the mill the ma
King Of $4,000 tons of rails, but afterwards
refused to contract for more than 5000 tons,
which killed the enterprise in this city. Mr..
Biandy continued at some length, and expo.
sed the conductor of President Sullivan and
the executive committee of the road in forci-
bic terms, and which, if the evidence were
not SO complete and overwhelming, could
scarcely be believed. .t..
Mr.. Thomas Douglas, Of the firm of Doug.
las, Smith g. Co., car builders, was next call
ed out, and his remarks were only additional
testiriohy Of the genius of John Sullivan g.
Co., In the quibblihg line, Of the violation of
positive contracts, Of the non-perfcrtiahce of
promises, Of shutting ard equvocation, such
as has never been equalled in this or any
other place. The Central Ohio Railroad, by
its President, John Sullivan, entered into
contract with his firm in 1853 ID build all the
cars required for the use of that road for a
period of four years, upon terms, such as
would compare favorably with other known
establishments, and upon which
terms they had executed all the work offered,
Notwithstanding it had been recently reported
that they had refused an. order; this report
was false, and had originated from those in.
terested, to give some kind of excuse for the
of fair contract. There was an
in embryo at the Eastern ter
minus Of the Central Road, which his firm
were required to bid against. ..,--....-....
The contr act for the building of 400 cars
had been given, in appearance, to a firm To-
;ated in York, Pa, but the greater portion of
the mechanical work was to be done at Bel
lair, the speculative town of John Sulli van g.
Co.. on the Ohio river. His firm could not
contend in prices against an establishment
which really had had no existence at this
lime, and which is intended to be warmed
into life by the President and some o. the Di.
-ectors ofthe companyi for objects that were
Too transparent to deceive any one. Mr.. d.
then related the history of the establishment
,f the car nianufactory: in this city, the in
iucements, promises and prospects, and how
hey were affected by the recent action ofl
he officers of the road. It 10 now believed
hat Bellair 10 to be the favored Point, and
III at the capital, influence, and patronage of|
.he road, are to be concentrated on this point,
and make it the place where the cars and ma
,hinery FOR the road are to be Constructed.
Mr.. d. having concluded, DR.. McElroy,
rom the Committee on Resolutions, reported
IS follows: ...t...',s.f,s.l
Mn. President AND GEsrLEMEs:-The
committee appointed by you to prepare reso.
utions to be submitted for adoption by this
meeting, expressive Of their sense of the sub
sct under consideration, beg leave to submit
The following report: ,.ls.r .7r
WHEREAS, we, the, citizens of GAINESVILLE
md Muskingum county, being directly and
indirectly interested as stockholders in the
Central Ohio Railroad Company, some of us
and all of US in the public sub
scriptions by the city and country to the capi-
lal stock Of the company, are assembled this
evening 70 discuss the management of, the
road by the present President and Directors:
and srl
+, WHERrAs, the Central Ohio Railroad had
It's infancy in the city of Zanesville, and was
called into existence to develop and promote
The industrial advantages Of the cities and
country along the line; and lli7eqs7 sr<u 1
WHEREAS, such was the representation and
promises of the President and Directors when
hey called for indiyiduals, as well as public
to the capital stock, in the city
md country; ro. seassn9 . 90, sAiyll. Gi
AND, WHEREAS, current reports in ,authen-
.ic, but not official shape, have developed to
,ur astonished city and citizens, the facts
hat the present Directory hays called into
icing an executive committee, who, with the
President, have been directly, or by official
neglect, instrumental in enabling the Prssi-
lent, or In league withs him, in making a