The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-11-19
The 5zo8:lo and Ohio Railroad

this road, It's bad management, it show
ing !avorilism &c A catalogue of crime
from day 10 day has been poured into
the ears Of the public, from the Memphis
j1ufnals, the Mobile and Cairo papers,
and letters inuumerable have been writ
ten by private parties giving accounts of
the winding of its employees.
There is no doubt but much of the
compLliut against The employees of the
r5ad ara true, but the whole vengence of
the press has generally been directed
against Milton Brown, its President, and
occasionally at Col. l.. J. Fleming, its
Superintendent.
There is Ia connection with this whole
matter q aJamentable want Of knowledge
OF the facts, by those journals who have
vented their indignation against the off
csgs Of this road, and the charges made,
facts which if recorded, would change
10 8 gr at measure the Indignation so
freely poured out.
This road, passing as it does through
four S'utea, one foot in Mobile and the
=,
neatly tx hundred miles, cannot have,
IN ,be nature of things, preference for
any particular point. Its whole interest
bears alike upon all parts of the great
county through which it passes, and
no spo cial point has been benefited at
the expense of the other by any act of
the board OF directors, or to their
kno"l dg1, by its President.
il yOgle claims that Alabama and her.
seh c.nuIbuted Sl0000O00 to build
ta'a road and which she built for her own
advan,acs :, and that her trade is actually
di7,rted rom the Gulf to the Mississippi
for he beneti of a rival (Memphis) that
never contributed cent to the great
work. Memphis and Cairo claim that
dsorimiua,iJn is made in the tariff of
chafg-s in favor of Mobile, while the
latter also helped to build the road
L9tu TOW look a some facts. On the fail>
ure 81 the Comic derate cause, the Mobile
and OHIO railroad, like many others, was
lett biah and dry, with some two mil
lions OF Confederate securities on hand,
wi h broken road, the destruction of
nioe~teuths of their engines and rolling
stock, and with an empty treasury. What
was 10 be lone? The traffic of the first
three months did not begin to pay its
running expenses alone. Add to this
the want of funds to purchase the neces-
sary rolling stock and complete the re-
pains - Columbus, KY, without which
the road could not pay a dividend, and
sti.l further difficulty arising from
pressure Of the bond holders, who. at
one time seemed to be determined to
take posse sion OF the road, all combined
10 make the President, Directors and
uperintendent put forth their fall ener-
g!es. First, to save the road from its
foreign bond holders; second, to raise
the means TO purchase rolling stock
and pun Ii iu order for business. Now
" 'ile these complaints have been brought
IA Ok and fast against the President and
Slpgfiutend- nt of the road for the past
few moDths, those gentlemen have been |
north almost constantly and have only |
returned within the last two or three
we ks. a portion of the Directors have
ol5o been there and have Just returned.
The resalt of this is, that the road will
soon b in complete running order.
The whole affairs of the road have been
satisfactorily arranged, and the following
extra rolling stock has been purchased,
aud IS now on the way to MOBILIZE 20 loco
motives, go freight cars, and IA passen
grr cars.
Thus, without cessation, has weighty
and important matters been upon the
hands f tae President, Superintendent
and Drtc.o.s since the fall Of the Con
frdet"cy. Net Ting, in short, but the very
lie of The road
During all this time this great thorough
fare has been ran as best it could, under
those who We're left behind. The result
l., tha. complaints have been made of
wrong charges, of swindling, and OF
sgeuis beirg bought and sold; manv of
which are true. Indeed it would be
strange If, where there was SO much de.
moIaIza,lon, that it should not be found
upon u great highway Of travel, wAen
tn sc whose business it was to guard and {
llottct il were forced to be absent on '
more, at 1hat time, important business
This Generalization has affected every :
portion OF the read, from the conductor c
TO Statesman, aud to the EMPLOYEES Of i
express compauies. Tne complaints, now
that the more important business has been
will have a thorough hearing t
aud vrnuls,iou; and we venture to pre. I
diet that now its able President has re-
turned, and the management directly !
under the control of Col. Fleming, who "
has no superior as a railroad man in this n
country, this road will meet the wants Of S
the traveliog and business public, and be !
cleared of the sharks that has been drain "
ing it offs life's blood, and brought upon C
it the curses of many of our people.
AN OFFENDED NIGGER-We Yesterday
refused % publish an advertisement of