The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-08-27

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y grant the petition Of The pasrons - ssock.
holders Of the road, asking for ehasgs In The
/" Official" 1t Burlington.
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species Of special pleading, intended 70 justify
themselves In their monopolidng and despotic
management; and, that the people may have
something definite 70 assist them in their re6ec-
lions, vim repeat from my former commune
cation the posision Of the stock q the Road
The Iowa stockholders have paid about e600,-
600, so0. loco sores Of land granted By the State,
and other valuable donations and privileges
granted BY the Cities. The Eastern stockhold-
ere have paid about $500, ooo-thus making
the Iowa interest considerably the largest
! have been unable to find, and would AK
any candid reader, Il they can discover, in that
communication. any right Or interest Of Iowa
recognized, either % . private stockholder,
County or City stock, or State and City grants
and privilegesi Great regard ID expressed for
the interests Of the Company-its rights must
Be protected-the community must wait before
any ehaDges can be made, till the Company
think best, and yet, when the proprietorship
Of the Company is referred to, then the
Eastern stockholders only are recognized. With
this complete silence, in recognising the rights
Of the greater (Iowa) interests, and the contin-
ued appeal for the rights Of the minor Eastern)
Interests, there ID shown very great moDopo-
lining desire and tendency.
The Board, in declaring the policy by which
they shall be governed in regard to persons in
their employ, represent, that. they will change
any Of their agents, if it is made evident to
them, after fair trial, that they are not6tted
for the station. The present official has
been in Office as Superintendent some two years
the petitioners, asking for change, repre-
sent, that be 10 not properly fitted for the place;
the Board admit it, and yet they refuse to make
the change. The reasons given for this refusal
are, that if they should yield and grant the re-
quest Of these petitioners Of the greater Qowa)
interest, and procure Superintendent, who
would labor for the interests Of the whole Com
pany, then they, the minor (Eastern) interest,
might lose the power to control the superin-
sendent and the Road for their own interests.
What more 10 required, to show the purposes
aud objects Of our nom resident management
Ia not this official evidence sufficient to show the
necessity Of Legislative action to protect our
rights and interests as State, City and as citi-
Gems in the Burlington and Missouri River Rail-
road Company l will briefly refer to some Of
the points, whereby they undertake to justify
their course:
They represent that they have furnished con :
siderable money in the building of the Road
which is true, and thank them, as would any
one else, that pays an obligation. When they
became stockholders in our Road they probably
subscribed an amount in accordance with their
ability TO pay. Is there then any more virtue
in them, for paying, than in any Iowa stock
holders or do they thereby derive any exclu-
sive or absorbing rights?
They represent they have suffered all the loss,
and our community has derived all the benefits.
II they have paid for, and received the stock Of
our Road in consideration, as agreed upon, how
do they suffer loss any more than an Iowa
stakeholder? There has been . great loss to
Burlington, to the business men generally along
the line, and the road itself, on account Of
the discrimipnti0ns in the rates Of freight, and
the yans o. proper and judicious manage
ment The benefits arising to the community,
along the line, in the outlay of SO much money,
allow, have been great. Are there no benefits
to accrue. to the Eastern stockholderss Are
they not all or nearly all Of them, either by
Bond account, stock account, or private inter-
ests connected with the Great Central Railway
route, extending from the Mississippi River at
Burlington via Chicago, Detroit, Buffalo, sus-
pension Bridge, Albany to New York and Bos-
tons If they ase SO, then our Road is great
benefit to them, and might be made more SO.
The consideration of such great weighsh
in the retention Of the Vice President of our
Road, was certainly new to the Iowa stockhold-
ers. That he may have been the agent, in
accordance with the propositions made by
Messrs. Nv. Brooks and J. F. Joy to the Board,
that connected the Eastern stockholders with US
in our .road-that he may have been good
soliciting agent for procuring subscriptions to
stock-that he may have been anxious and
earnest in his efforts for the Road-that he has
been superintendent for the past TIVE years.
yet, it MI, has mot made him good and accepta.
BILE manager of our Railroad. ,.......
Exceptions are made In regard TO the spirit
and temper Of some Of the communications. A.
spirit Of retaliation, 1 admit, is not always the
best, for it more often works for injury than
for good, but when q people feel themselves
thwarted or sighted in every way, in an honest
endesyor, to have their rights and interest pro-
tected, Is it any wsndeS they would show
spirit Of retaliation If the Board had shown
proper spirit of courtesy, or attention to the
wants of the Iowa interests, and which were not
inconsistent with the interests of the Company,
that spirit and temper would not have been
seen. At the last annual meeting, the grievances
Of the Iowa interest was brought to the notice
Of the Board, and from the assurances given,
1t was expected that they would ha7e fayora-
BILE consideration. But no, rumor ere long,
brought the information, that the "offcial" was
not changed, and with it, also, this declaration
:" that be was too firmly seated to be moved by
any efforts that might be made in Iowa" And
does not this Communication Of the President
Of the Company rsiserats the came thing ip