The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1854-01-12
THE PEOPLES RAILRoAD.

ne CONFESSION OF ELWo0D MORRIS,
late, Chief Engineer of the Hillsboro' &
Cincinnati Railroad, will be found in an.
mother column of our paper, and will, we
have no doubt, be read with strange feel.
ings of interest by many of the Colonel's
students along The line Of this road, whom
he has thoroughly taught, in the course
of three or four years, by his private con.
verSalons, his public speeches, his off,
cial reports, his SwOrn affidavits in courts
of record, his strong attachment for this
great through line and his unlimited de.
nuncialion Of its rival, that it was truly
pn important Railroad enterprise. Gen.
tle reader you will discover; from a
careful perusal of the Coonel's last eps-
ile,--indicted by him, just as he was
"about TO leave the State," after he had
dissolved his connection with our road as
its chief engineer, after he had entirely
freed himself from the official obligations
under which he has heretofore acted, and
the obligations of the oaths under the so.
lemnites of which he has heretofore les.
tilted in regard 10 these things, which Ger.
tainly leaves him "in an impartial po.
sition" and at liberty to speak freely his
true sentiments upon this subject-that
our favorIe enterprise is failure, and
that this important link, in the great thro'
Railway from Baltimore TO Cincinnati, for
which you have labored so long and in
which you have felt so much interest, is
a great mistake. Like "the sagacious
men who lead the railroad enterprises of
Baltimore" you "may think it advisable
to coquet with this question al the present
time" but it is all a mistake and is conce.
ded so to be on all hands except by "a
single family, Of great energy and respc.
liability, who have allowed their feelings
to become TOO much enlisted, and some
of whose members may cherish too strong
a craving for the honors and emoumenls
which follow the control of railroads."
If the Colone's letter is true in all of It's
parts. II is greatly to be regretted that
this mistake was not sooner discovered Il
that il was not made known to you before
you made your subscriptions ,-beIore
you expended so much of your time and
money in aid of this oad.-before YOU
opened your fences and permitted your
farms and door yards 10 be upturned by
workmen, before you built your Foun.
drys, Furnaces, Mills, &c. and purchased
mineral and other lands and accommo
dated Your every business to this new
road, in full anticipation of its completion.
But the truth is, this discovery was moi
made until quite recently (if sooner made
by The Col, he was not in an "impariial
position" to disclose it) and even now we
do not fully realize it.
TIE truth is, we were not prepared for
such disclosure, nor do we believe il 10
be true. This Railroad line has been
rapidly and steadily increasing in impor.
Portance, in our estimation and in the
opinion oi all (except some perhaps who
"are about to leave the State") who are
familiar with II and the country through ,
which il passes, whose vast mineral re.
sources, large capacities for business and
pressing railroad wants are being develop.
ID and brought to light, more and more,
every day, by the operation of the S. g.
II, v K, r. during the last few months, =,
md IN anticipation Of the speedy con. :,
'tfucton of this. Col. MoRRIs in his last y
.HelGI report as Chief Engineer on this =
'oad says: "The object of The II. & CIR.
K. Co.. In undertaking the extension of = =
heir lire aast Of Hillsborough (to which \
point It has been more than year in ope. =
'alion from Cincinnati) was to form q Z Z
urec' continuation Of The Baltimore Rail. -
ways to the city Of Cincinnati by the D
most southern route practicable across 4
ohio' Without loss Of distance, as part Of " "
he through line and by Railway SO =;
planned as to facilitate at the same time
ne movement OF the local iratlic--and :
specially of the coal trade towards that
NY, upon the cheapest possible terms; 10 :
'lan, 10 iaol, railroad upon the shortes,
inc and most favorable profile, to accom-. y
nodate the through business oil Baltimore. !"
md also 10 bring the superior coal of the " y,
Jackson mines TO the city Of Cincinnati
Il lower rates than any other railway
low projected" >
Win ,he Col, or any person else. pre-. !,
end 10 say that any new thing has been ;,
discovered that induces the belief +
hat the construction of this Road will fall
hort Of accomplishing any Of the objecb J
i its prgeeiiop-or have these objects !,
ecome less important We lhiuk not
The Cel. in bis Report, 10 which we have