St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-03-24

vcntion adjourned and Mr.. Crocker
returned South informing his friends
that he succeeded better than he cx.
pectcd, and now intended to have a
breathing spell of two or three years
In September, 1858, the directors OF
this new company held a meeting a,
Cedar Rapids and resolved to bnild tn,
rood, If the people along The line ariI 4,
ninety days raise meamsenough 10 pay for ii
This is the last of the Cedar Valley
Company {; for in November, 1858
Mr. Crocker addressed his manifesto
to the misunderstanding the Com
pany and putting the old Chicago
Iowa q Nebraska Company in its
place. Since that time, in January
1859, the new Company let the con
tract, and work was to be begun i'm
mcdiatcIy, but nothing has been seen
of the Company or contractors, save
one who came to this place few
weeks since, engaged tcamstcr tC
60 down the river with him for load
of provisions, and when at Cedar City
ran away from the tcamstcr without
paying him.
Meantime the Cedar Falls Company
have stcadiIyprogressed i'll their work
They have almost the entire right o
way, and n good basis in subscriptions
payable in grading, ties, stone, lum
her, produce, &c. and. more thar
that the prestige Of having fulfilled
SO far, every promise they have made
to the people along the line.
The Wavcrly Editor further init
mates that the bonds of this Count,
inherit legal STAIN" (pray, Mr.
Smccd, what is it = while in the sam,
paper he calls on his County to issu,
their bonds to the other company
-NO", SiI, w hct Ioitl MI. 'IhCt'
responsible for that article. He i.
but a puppct in the hands of his mas
ter, and, for his reward for doing hi:
masters bidding, is to go to the mex
legislature, prorided he can get cote
cpo"gh.
Finally, are say that the Chicago
Iowa Il Nebraska Railroad Compan,
have no capital, no stock subscriptions
no profile or plats, no grade stakes
no survey, no right of way, and n'
object, save to kill off the Cedar Fall
Company. Now | ask Mr.. Since,
why he came to st. Charles, informin!
the people that he was going to Floyd
| and then went from here to Judg,
Ripley's house, and finding he hac
gone to the river, proceeded to Nashua
waited there until he came, and thcI
attempted to dissuadc the Judge from
going to Cedar Falls to examine tn,
Cedar Falls & Minnesota Railroad
Company's books ! Mr.. Smeed has
taken occasion twice lately to sur tho
character of Col. Mason, and for his
benefit we insert the following extract
Col. r. b. Mason, formerly Chic
Engineer of the Illinois Central Rail
road, in company with Col. Lane, pale
our town short visit at the begin
ming of the present week. Col Ma
son is looking remarkably well, anc
was warmIy received 10y his L Egyptian
friends. No man is dcarcr to the pco
pie Of Southern Illinois than Col. II
b. Mason. We are greatly in hopes
he may become again connected witt
the road, 50 that we may occasionally
feel the pressure Of his warm hcartcC
grasp, and behold his pleasant countc
nance. No road ever prospercd more
than the Illinois Central, while under
the management Of this skillful and
energetic gentleman. May prosperity
ever attend him. -Janesboro Gazette.
Every word true, and every word a
compliment. This is not often tho
case, but in this instance the editor OF
the Gazette, who is gentleman him
self, has said no more than we believe
our fellow townsman deserves.
The fate of our own Dubuque and
Pacific Railroad would have been very
L ~
dent u the Company.-DuJnque Et
press j. Uerald.
1t will require more than one such
pop-gun as Smeed's to detract much
from the high and well earned reputa,
ton Of Col. Mason. As an experienced,
reliable and thorough-going railroad
man, he is known throughout the Union,
and his character is above rcproach.
GAMMA.