The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-08-20

seek % replace them By those, Who may b
better fitted for the daties they are required !,
} discharge, and the ssasions. they mas III Y
5 Its proper, however, to ~. that u desu
y duty we owe 70 men whom vs place !,
rssponsible stations, 70 give them fair Trial,
prove their fitness add capacity, Or 70 mai.
evident their unhsnsas and incapaeity, bsbor,
We can be 90 unjust ~ 70 displacs and dis
! credit them.
u We are fully AtsFe Of the private intsressl
. which may fee lsved BY the action Of sh,
Company. We fully aware Of the hossili
ties and psimosisies alnich may grow up sgsins,
} . superintendent of 1 new -@ss. and Of n,as,
ssasons which ma. ihe minds of IL.
i uels = induce a1desir,. s,e eya. change
made. N . new enterprise, q hefors the
Company and the community have bscome ac-
customed to the new relations which have been
created, and before these conflicting interests
have become adjusted TO each ether, thess
things are inevitable, and until time shall have
passed there will exist irritating causes Of this
nature. But We should deem il unjust to the
property We represent and manage, % the men
VIC have employed and sent to your State, and
to the community doing business with us, if for
causes Of this nature growing out of these new
relations, and before time has had an oppor-
tunity to harmonic them, II for causes irrita-
ting for the present, We admit, but only tempo
rary in their nature, We should change the
management Of the road and discharge the men
we have placed at its head. 1t would be un-
wise and inexpedient in the highest degree Il
would be practically to abandon the manage
ment Of our own property and give it up to
the control of those who may for the moment
have, or shink they have, some cause to COM
plain. 1t would render it impossible for us ever
to secure q stable management hereafter, be-
cause every man We placed over its affairs would
feel that temporary irritasions might displace
him, that he could not be safe in h,s position
unless he should sacrifice perhaps the interests
Of the property he has in charge TO conciiate
the various interests in Iowa which for one
cause or another might feel aggrieved with his
course though having in view the best interests
of the property under his care.
In this case the road 10 yet unfinished, even
to Ottumwa. There has been no permanent
tariff yet determined upon. The officers of the
road have not yet had time to digest policy, |
to study and ascertain its interests. Il cannot
be known to them, or to the community, what
tariff will hereafter be best for the interests of
the road or the public. There has been al. |
most no business. Two harvests have been |
cut Off The enterprise has been q most heavy |
and discouraging one. Time, and time only, |
can adjust the relations Of the community with |
the road. Time only can enable its officers to |
do justice to themselves, to digest policy |
best for the road and for the community. And
for this the community and the Company must |
both be content to wait, assured that the in. |
terests Of the company will induce it to arrive |
early at that method Of doing business which |
shall at once be the best and most profitable to |
the one and the other party. That this will soon |
be the case will be the desire of the Compa-
ny most certainly. That it will be the fact |
they have no question, and that the commu.
nifty will make the proper allowance for the |
difficulties. and the jarring and conflicting inter.
SSsH ~A"~yo SssS"Nsn6 sU0 Sobiy ySAGU Vi ~ 0us /
terprise like this, We have no doubt. At all |
events they are unavoidable and that they shall |
continue tor as short time as possible you may |
be assured shall bs our earnest care.
There is also consideration of great weight |
connected with the position of the Vice Presi- !
dens Of the Company, against whom this effort |
seems to be directed. He 10 the man to whom, |
perhaps, more than to any other, the commu-
nifty owes the construction Of the road to OF |
tumwa. II was his act which committed us to |
the enterprise, which enlisted the means, and |
without which, in all probability, the road At
this day would still have terminated at Rome. |
To him therefore upon whom much of the |
responsibility of the investment, rests the stock
holdsrS have . right to look for its manage.
ment. Its failure win involve him, his judg- |
meet and his reputation. It is due to him, that |
until it is fully tested by success, or failure, |
where the responsibility rests, there to great
extent should be the management. Until now
the whole has proved disastrous to the stock.
holders. All the benefit has resulted to the |
community, and the losses to US; the benefit
must be very great to the community as several
hundred thousand dollars has been carried into
its midst at time when il WAS most valuable
and much needed, ct loss to our resident
stockholders, because to raise the money they
have in many cases submitted to large sacri-
fees: and in such circumstances it cannot, We
think, be . matter Of complaint, if the stock
holders shall continue the management with |
those whom they intend to hold responsible for
the results Of the enterprise.
cannot close this letter without alluding to
the spirit and temper Of some Of the communi.
cations on this subject;-the feelings in some
quarters which evidently have little TO do with |
the merits Of the case; and especially to the
threats made by some parties Of combinations
to be made and influences to be used to direct /
travel aud traffic from the Burlington and Mis-.
souri River, the c. B. l. O., and other connecting
roads, unless the request made to change the
local management Of the B. l. u. r. Road is
compiled with.
1t is matter Of regret that any such feelings |
should display themselves, or any threats Of this
nature be made. Aside from the reasons a.
signed for not complying with the request Of /
yourself and others. these dispositions and
threats would Of themselves constitute reason,
Why the Board would decline to comply with
the request The Road 10 Iowa il mot part of
the road in Illinois, nor has the road in Illinois
any control over the road in Iowa, and no
threat to injure the one, unless the manage.
ment Of the other 10 changed, can for moment |
have any edeot. Each road must be managed
by ito proper officers and for its own Interests.
The Iowa Road must be IN Iowa Road, and Il
there are people At Burlington, or elsewhere 10
the State, in positions ofresponsibility, and with
re putations and character, who can form som-
bin.tions Or use influences to injure any OF these
roads, because for the time being they may
not agree with the Board 10 the management Of
either Of them, or because there may exist some
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