East Saginaw courier., 1866-05-16

on that COmnlittoe,l had lfaRsho1n fighf
that ii ,crs a dsad duck! The great
trouble is that the company have not
money enough to secure the passage
of their bill 1t is mistaken notion
with some folks that Congressman are
oblivious to money making. tits not
SO. Congressman need money to make
the mare 60, just as much as though
they wero pursuing an honest vocation
or were army contractors or cotton
agents. Money is what is needed to
make the claims of the railroad COM
pany in question reliable, proper, just
and honest Some one once remarked
'money makes men honest" Does
that fact account for the honesty OF
Congressman From present indica-
tions the prospects for the railroad do
not look very promising to the friends
of the enterprise, If Mr.. Longyear
if really opposed to the measure, Mr..
briggs will accomplish its defeat,
either directly or indirectly" "The
people of jackson deserve great credit
for their enterprise and perseverance,
but when they seek to rob the people
along the line of the A. l., & L. b. R.
r., who have paid large sums OF
money In building and grading 1t, by
depriving them Of their rights to the
land ceded to the State by Congress
for the purpose Of building this road,
we think they exhibit selfshness not
very enviable. Elk. Gov. Blair and
Congressman briggs, if the land grant
fails to be extended, will be able to
console themselves with the fact that
they are the leading spirits in accom-
plishing the robbery of the people of
Albion and vicinity of thousands of
dollars. They say the Directors and
Managers Of the A. l.. & L. b. r. r.,
have robbed the people, but where do
they, because the people have been
robbed, find the right for them to now
take such course as will completely
ruin the prospect of the road ever
being completed ?"
In this matter of the extension Of
the land grant for the benefit of the
Amboy, Lansing and Traverse Bay
Railroad, Shiawasse county has deep
interest = especially the townships Of
Woodruff, Sciota, Bennington, Rush,
Owosso and New Haven, and particu-
larly our neighbors of Owosso City,
as well as the southern towns of Sag
inaw county. Mr.. DRIeGs lives at
East Saginaw, and his entire legisla-
tion thus far on local matters, ever
since he has been in Congress, has
seemed to be confined to the interests
of that one city making everything
center in East Saginaw. If the Am
boy, Lansing, and Traverse Bay Rail
road, from Owosso north, (the building
of which depends upon the passage of
this extension act by Congress,) were
to 60 to East Saginaw instead of its
rival town, Saginaw City, we doubt
whether there would be this "open
and shut" business Of which the peo-
pie have so much occasion to complain.
We hope our friends of the several
aforementioned townships in this
county, who are more particularly in
terested, will Immediately get up
petitions to the House of Representa-
tives, (sending them to the Speaker,
or Chairman Of the Committee on
Public Lands, so as to ensure their
presentation, setting forth their claims
and the great utility of the road in
contemplation. They cannot move to
soon in the matter.
People here will be somewhat at
loss to discover in what manner Mr..
briggs has by 'his legislations," or his
influence upon legislation, benefited
this city. He is charged at home with
being altogother in the interests Oh
Lake Superior. The fact is his is a
sort Of nothing to nobody" policy,
that don't develope handsomely in any
quarter. IngersolPs "most unkindcst
cut" however, is in the suggestion
that petitions be sent to the Speaker
/" or the Chairman of the Committee
"on Public Lands, so as to ensure their
presentation" There is much mean
ing in this apparently triaing insinua-
ton. j..