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

boslinsten. le~A Aug. 10Th 1859.
Q. DuSHAM, ESQ.
Dsar Sir The subjs1 = .eoifrespondeu,
has been transmistsds \ sAS tie Presidsi
Of the B. : n. r. ehh reques, IL,
u should be made publI6 through The pre-,
Of this city. Some desire having been expires,
% on the part Of . portion 81 the western stool
holders. and soms Of the patrons Of the road q,
there should b change Of officers made, 20 I.
- respects its management here, It seems du
alike to the Board Of Directors, and 70 ii
parties who deaire the change, that the reason
given BY the Board for declining TO sompi
With the request made, should b given 70 th
public. .Fssss
have neither 40 An indiyidtA1s nora dire.
tor attempted or desired a. !ersise a. con
troll over the employees Of the road, nor do
propose now to do %, but As represeutatiy
in part Of the immediate interests Of this com
munisy in the road, have urged such mod
hcation Of the tariff and charges on il, q
would be more acceptable to the public, an
this ! am happy to say has in my judgment bee,
made. Yours truly,
W. F. COOLBAUGH.
[Copy.]
:. Burlington, Iowa, July 2lst, 1859.
Ma. E. L. BAKER
Dear Sir :-Enclosed We send YOU \ pane,
signed at New London in regard to the manage
ment Of the West Road. 1t is rumored herr
that M. Read has been reelected Vice Presi-
dent and Superintendent Of the Road.
This is hardly believed, for the parties who
consider themselves aggrieved by his course fol
the past year cannot think your board would
have doue SO, had they been fully aware ol
the feeling here. Mr.. Read and his friends
here make the charge that all this trouble is
the result Of personal feeling. This is q simple
untruth. Il is an impossibiity that the party
or parties hinted at could have influence
enough to cause the signing Of such papers as
you have received by nearly all the business
men and drovers along the road
II was told US that the tariff should be put to
such rate as should compete to some extent
with other roads extending into the Interior
We have heard of no such changes yet. One
thing il certain, the parties complaining are de-
termined to leave no stone unturned to accom-
plisb redress Of the grievances. Some Of the
parties will not ship pound of freight over the
N. Y. Central and NC. R. R., and will not
even ship on tie c., B. l. @, except when com.
PEELED to by low water in the river, or by ice
in the winter aand will even 60 so far IS to
petition the next Legislature to pass an act
regarding the rates OF freight to be charged
by Railroads. If your board or your officials
by their action cause us 20 loose trade, you
cannot expect us to do otherwise than to re-
tallate on you by all proper means within our
power. Yours truly,
(SignedD JNO. Fl. GEAR l. Co.
The petition sent from New London was
merely copy OF this s,gned by parties at
Burlington.
To the Stockholders and Directors of the B.
l. M. r. Railroad:
We the subscribers address you; some as
stockholders and other as patrons Of your road.
We wish to state distinctly, that there now
does. and has for sometime past existed a very
general dissatisfaction as regards the local man
agement OF the road, which faoss is notoriously
public, The circumstances and transactions
which have brought about this state of affairs,
are many, and entitled to some consideration
at your hands. Should you desire any in
formation, we hold ourselves at your service to
furnish the proper evidence. We respectfully
solicit.a change of officials here, and as we wish
to be short in our communication, we ask you,
gentlemen, if it 10 good policy to any parties in
to keep here man that cannot in
some degree secure the united efforts of our
citizens in the welfare of the road.
Very Respectfully Yours,
(Signed) JOHN II. GEAR l. Co.
PUTNAM, OLMSED McEWEN,
FOOTE 4 EWING.
II. E. HUNT, and others.
Burlington, June 18th, 1859.
OFFICE OF the B. 4 NJ. r. R. COMPANY,
No. 4S CRY EXCHANGE,
BosroN, Aug. stb, 1859.
To Messrs. John Il. Gear l. Co. !, Putnam, Olm-
steds l. McEwen, Foote t. Ewing, H. E. Hunt
and Others.
GENTLEMEN The several representations
md petitions OF parties at Burlington and else
where, relative TO the management of the B. l.
Y. r. r. ROAD, and for change of officials in
owe, have been before our Board Of Direc-
ors, aud have been discussed; and am in
tructed to communicate, through you, to the
,ublic, the views Of the Board relative thereto.
While the Board regrets that there should have
'een anything, in the personal demeanor of any
'erson in their employ ment, which could by any
means give offence to any parties, and that
ariff could not have been formed, which should
ave been unobjectionsble still they feel that
he community will appreciate the difficulties
'hch almost invariably attend the opening of
lew railroad, and the management Of it in such
manner IS to give satisfaction ct once to all
'arties who may be under the necessity Of
Ioing business with it. There is almost an i'm
in At once opening new avenue for
usiuess, effecting SO large an extent Of country,
o many localities, apd 90 many interests, and
ringing men, unacQusinted with them al, and
rith the communities with whom they must
ningle, into immediate and close business re-
atoms with them all without jar, and without
more or less we'll founded, from many
rho may in one form or another feel aggrieved
hat their interests have not been sufficiently
considered in the business arrangements made.
Zach man in the community understands his
wn interests, but none Of them fully under.
tand the difficulty which We feel in the manage
vith SO large portion of the community, and
nth the interests and business to some extent
4 all in its vicinity.
We appreciate and know how impossible it is
o satisfy q. once all of them; how difiicult it
D to find men without faults to manage our af-
airs and how often We shall fail before We win
he confidence Of aIl, and before al shall come
o realize that our interests and those of the
ommun ity among whom our property is, are
he same-thst our alma must be to develope
md bring out the resources OF the country, that
ve may swell the business Of our road and the
evenues Of our investment.
That we may err, Al oil do, and commit mis-.
axes, all this We know and feel. But We feel
Ilso that you and others, the community in gen.
raj, must believe that With such large pecuniary
neerests At stake, with our fortunes to some
xtent at least involved, We shall at least try to
lave it managed with prudence, wisdom and
economy; that we shall watch its progress with
,are-scek to multiply it, business-call out the
ull resources Of the country, and build up the
ovns and villaren and Citiea along its line and