The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-05-11

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Ey Oapsa o. CFArs Ce1nnTEl
nss Mones, Jan. 20th. lsee.
-, sne n all Road have the AccR
tSonu and the stock
:, your paper OF the 7th Of Nay, you state,
oeeaIi.r, self-satis6ed manner. that you ha
=, heard single good reason why We sho,
donate accretions, city credit, and ma
..,..lres generally useful for the purpose Oft
!, the pockets Of . few individuals who ma
=. practice, (wArrior.!ike,) Of demanding Il
tenancy every time they visit Us, and tire,
m. II we do no. comply with their reque,
IN total humiliation. II is amusing to Sc
~ readily some obey the call. The arrival
i. srsat rsilroad.man is heralded by the new
...s,.. the gew gong is sounded; the secou
sa,s i played by some Of our most worthy ci
~. they frighten the city authorities; th
.aa,.siou spreads, and the cry is, "What sha
~ "a be sAycdY' A meeting 10 called
49,, excitement prevails through the the cit
4. .ocoud-6ddle men draw up reeruits-sym
i, on one side-the Grand Sachem pitch
et.t tells a very plausible story, in othe
"A. ..uulls the wool over their eyes, says thu
Nm Rad cannot be built unless the citizens viii
hem so much; il they will comply, that il
s;u =. hult immediately (the same old story
..d teens to 90 down as vel! as II did when
: .,snew and that was when Old Hundred was
s.,nr, The second fiddle men, finding tia
LA onno,,unity 10 let of some bomeast, with
mi. capital, eorrobora,e the story OF the
c,.., NOrul the meeting adjoutns. and some
N.n..na,once are so excited that they would
Amo., vote for giving the Rail Road the city,
re,er,ins, only, what little 'he!' themselves
own. :.
This ,;,v owes enough, and do not think it
,,l... II in a worse condition; and am
-. this Road has received its share OF funds
,,om this city and county. Some two years
AGO. he city gave the Rail Road a lease OF these
,,,re;ions for loo years, and the Rail Road
,sted TO build their machine shops. ETC., on
ne same. Now, they ask for deed in Tee sim
NJ granting them the accretions without any
conditions, alleging as reason that they want
70 negotiate large loan in Europe for the pur-
rose of building the Road to Ottumwa, and
tbsy cannot borrow money on leased property.
they say that they do not want the deed until
,hey finish the Road to Ottumwa. II SO, what
benefit will deed be TO thcms l understand
,he Company is interested in land lying adjacent
10 al the depots between here and the Missouri |
River and there being as much OF chance Tor
SPECULATION here as at any other point ON the
line Of the Road, they do not want to make this
an exception. lie, them pay up the stock as we
have doue,-take what has already been given
10 them,-and it will build the Road to Ottum.
wa.
You say there is no chance for the conceal
ment Of an Ethiopian. Neither was there any
chance OF coucealmeul of that character when
y. made our investment in the p. d q. K. R.;
but VIC lave since found that that there was
riqqer ia, although zee hare been nnaJle to .yjnd
him. The conditions upon which the X. Il. boi.
u
were TO give the city, LIST: Mortgage bonds on
The division OF the Road beyond Skunk River.
As that vas de agreement, it ought 20 be lived
up 10 in good faith. 1t would be just as reason
ALE 10 ASK the city for the Market Square,-in-
dlyidA4s for their private property, without re-
as TO ask for the aecretions. Let
them be valued a, reasonable price, and il the
Rail Road wons them they pay for them.
There is no justice in robbing our city Of any
more to build Rail Road, or giving money for /.
lromises; We have done enough OF that kind OF !
business, my motto now is-"Retrenchmcnt and
Reform JUSTICE.
We insert the above communication from one
our citizens opposed to granting the re-
ue,'' Of the r. r., not because there is any
.-uueo, n 1t, but because it is probably the
st tia, can b. said on that side of the ques- a
en- There is no a, 'oument in saying that Mr.. a
j, and the Comoany are ,.mposing upon US and I
ling the wool over our eye Du' II INC .
asr could only show us how and w..'ere'n 'ney
'e doing it, SO that we could see 1t a. ne
lks be does, then he would be likely to eiftGt
'sthing.
We understand the insinuations of "Jus- II
; ms whole argument is that with the III
grant and the stock that has been voted by G.
.ols counties and cities, the B. & NJ. II. Rail- VI
Ms rieh and can easily build the Road with. m
J luther aid ard comfort from us. We think
Ah unjust to the Company. There are Two Ju
isas which lead Us to believe that this Com Al
y Is not so rich as to make such result in- ss
'aole The first reason is that the contrac- j.
! having all the resources in their hands,
ePi the subscriptions OF the Eastern parties i,
lpaained Of, at q time Of unprecedented (
'periy, we're unable to prosecute the work !,
her than Skunk River and only got over =
nTer by $4,000 voted by this city. Ii s.
Company was SO very rich, why did not
own citizens keep possession of ii and push "
ard the work themselves! They were all =,
eyed men, keen on a scent, and prompt to
race any thing to their own pecuniary adj
age. With considerable means of their
) city and county bonds and Eastern cred 4
wy did they not retain this in their own
d' and realize for themselves the large
as Justice" evidently supposes are to be T.
wed IRON the construction of this Road !,
simple reason was as stated and - every le
knew, they we're At the end of their rope q
could 90 nothing more. Another reason !.
we THINK It not SO absolutely certain that
Aoad VIII be built without our CO operation
with proiis to the Company, is that the N. q :
load built to Iowa City, having land
Ike our own, having numerous county
city subscriptions, is now At dead lock. :.
hc& has been struck West of Iowa City.
are utterly unable to prosecute the work.
I'D our Eastern friends, spoken of so cav o o
ay by Justice" abandon US and let our Ii
road fall back into our own hands, would a,
not be in the same condition Of the NJ. 4 NJ. q
unable to put down Q mile OF track be- :,
The means already on hand? in
aess are matters for Justice to consider and Il
everybody to think or
: EDlroR -
's'ins bat one object in view,-,hc future
" I1c prosperity OF this city, take the q
Sns. s.isy Of differing with some distinguish