The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1855-06-09
Cir Railrouo Question.
For The Cecil Wing.
THE CENTRAL RAILROAD.

"Cecd' is informed -
lst That he is "a day behind the fair in
giving information concerning the expenses
of the Frnk Ash Report, that subject hay
| Ing long since been. disposed Of and laid on
the shelf, and the doginatical assertions of
| 'Ce7l' do not prove anything, any more
| than the mere say-so of any other anonymous
writer Inc said expenses may or may not,
have been betrayed in the way he states, and
don't imagine any one cares fig at this
| date OF the subject what means were resort
ted to, to accomplish the dirty job.
1t is evident to all, from the circumstances
Of the case, that the getting up of that Re-
port was not inspired by any praiseworthy
motives, but from spirit of faction, and as
it fell still-born upon the public, why cen
let 1T rest in the grave where that public
has laid 1T. That it never was intended rs
benefit is evident from its tenor; and that its
day OF evil doing is past, all are pretty well
satisfied
End "Cecil' is informed that no econ
tnuaton Of shouting false, scurrilous, or
slandcrous" abuse of 'Octoraro." will serve
to bolster up that Report. 1t came into the
world with fehle written upon it. "Octoraro"
not only pronounced it false. but took up
that Report and prorcd il 10 be a lie, which is
the best way to do business, friend Cecil"
and the mode pursued by you and your
friends OF applying blackguard cpithets to
Oc'ororo, is not the way to redeem your pet
Report from merted contempt, so think The
readers of The Vhig.
ord. "CecTS engineering criticisms dis
play little acutencss; it is q fact not to be
gainsayed" that the route recently and care
fully located by Taylor into the valley of
Basin Run, thence to the Octoraro creek, has
as gentle and light grade as that located
by Frnk d Ash, and also the route from
Iufcanum located by Sicklcs, being shorter
by halfa mile to the river, fairly proves the
Oft repeated statements Of your "barn-yald"
correspondents to be false Tor perhaps
mistake made in their eager haste to hunt
"Ocfortro down, thing they are not likely
to accomplish, unless they succeed in bring
ing more facts and ingenuity into the field
than they have yet displayed)
Messrs. Frnk d Ash report their survey
to be almost direct line, with curves so
gentle as to have more than half mile radi-
u.s.. Your correspondents assert that the
sickles' survey is made up of sharp curves in
order to reach every mans "barn- yard" and
yet, the Sickles' survey is the shortest, from
Iutcanum to the Susquehanna, by actual
measurement. How can such an anomaly in
shorter than nearly direct line between two
given points Perhaps your "barn-yard"
correspondents, Mr.. Editor, have made a
slight mistake in their calculations of the
curves on the Sickles' route, the smARpEsr
curve on that route having not less than half
a mile radius, hence it is evident this much
abused route doesn't cut up more barn Yards
than is necessary, but the country through
which it passes, being in the highest state of
CULTIVATION there are, in consequence, great
many barn-yards along the route, and the
products of the country being immense, and
OF various kinds, road cannot be more pro-
'tably employed than in taking them to
market
The frink & Ash route has no impede
meht IN the way of banl-yards, but passing
Through region of country where chinuuc-
pins, hucklebcrriess, and cranbc,ries, grow
spontaneously, capitalists have much strong
or inducements to take stock in road built
on this route. The light grades on III.
chlnqucpn route only costing about 50 900
per mile, las per guessing estimate Of the i0,tae
gentlemen who surveyed it, audcd the public
spirit of their employers, pocketed their fees.
shouldcred their instruments, and with a
secret chuckle walked off, while the grading
and bridging of the Sicklcs route is under
actual contract, and will be done for 81 500
per mile.
'CecH" asserts that subscriptions were
authorized with the understanding that what
the subscriber did not want, the company
would take off his hands, and in this way
procured an unfair control of the road, &C.
"Ccc'P bei'crcs this, he tells us. No doubt
he is in frame of mind to bcHrre almost any
assertion to the dctrment of that route. ]
know it is not true as far as this county is
concerned, and believe it is false in fo,o
''CccH' will find it necessary to establish his
statements by better evidence than his bel,cf
before any candid person will believe with
him.
Cecil" winds up his dogmatical pron,.,,-
cid'ncnto respecting "Octoraro' and the Cen
trail Railroad, with flourish of trumpes
| assuring the capitalists Of cities that his
statements can be completely verified. lie,
however takes precious good care not to
| give US any thing but assertions, leaving the
| proof to follow some time in the future. His
article, 10 use the satirist's language. rings
because it is empty" and in fine, friend
Sect" when you have occasion to write
again on any subject, try and use less dog
matism and more intelligence, and you will
be the more instructive, and interesting to
your readers.
| have thus far condescendcd to notice
"CecHs" categorical display: not, however.
that 1T is any more noteworthy than others
that have remained unnoticed of the like kind
but where there is a continued repetition of
assaults on an opponent, altho' foreign and
irrelevant to the subject, the public natural
ly expect reply, and if none is given, the
superficial portion Of that public are too apt
to consider such attacks unanswcrablc. The
subject is not exhausted, but is one full of in
terest, and prolific for reflections and should
have pursued it further, but l always have
missivnss in respect to taxing an Editors
patience, and the public, long with one SUBJ
ject, however interesting it may be to por-
ton of that public. If induced, from any
cause whatever, to write future articles on
this subject, Shall not reply to irrelevant
scrlbblers, it requiring but little skill in sar-
casm or argument to beat such as hail from
the "barnyards.'' OcToRARo.
Basin Run, June 4th. '55.