New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-03-26

fully examined all other witnesses whom they ?
could Rnd had made complaints, among them the
person whom we had reason to suppose had stated q
to the former committee that he had paid bride Z
to get his cotton 10 New Orleans.
This witness declined answering the question y
whether he knew of any person receiving bonus C
or bribe for bringing cotton on the railroad. But
he stated distinctly that he did not know, and never
heard of any charge of the kind against the presi
dent of the road, the superintendent, or assist
ant superintendent, or any other charge against
the integrity of either Of them. II
The result of our whole investigation, briefly c
stated is, that all serious complaints against the
management of the road have ceased since means
of transportation have been increased to its pres
emit capacity, and that persons Who two or three
months ago, made complaints, now declare them
selves satisfied. From further experience and OBJ
servation Of the transportation department, the
matters of which. they then complained grew ost
| of the actual want of the necessary locomotives
and freight cars on the road.
| Among the complaints made by persons in Louis
lana one was that. after the road had been re- |
paired beyond the State line and trains had begun
to run in the State of Mississippi, preference was
given to that State in bringing cotton to New Or
4 leans Your committee found that this state OF
things as complained Of had existed but the COM
claimants informed the committee that the officers
of the road gave reason therefor the fact that,
for sopae time the terminus of the road had been
below the State line, during which time Louisiana
had the whole advantage of the road. And your
committee learned from officers of the road and
from disinterested parties that another reason Of
the preference given for time to the cotton ron
Mississippi was that this cotton was being diverted
q from the railroad and from New Orleans to Mem
phis and Vicksburg, and that the interest OF TN
road and New Orleans required that it should b
o brought from the points high up the road to pre-
p vent this result.
: One party who had had large quantity of col
u ton at Tangipahoa, and who had greatly CON
planned of the temporary preference to Mississippi
informed your committee that as early as Januar
he was able to get off the last of his cotton by tn
railroad. Most, if not all complaints, seem t
81 have been founded occurrences, or on the COZ
ze dition of things existing in the months OF octobe
'e and November last. on
IN The committee heard not single complaint c
I'D any preference or partially to one individual owe
any other individual at the same depot neigh
We borhood And in this connection it may be r.
al marked that, circulars exhibited by the dept
marked Az show that rigid impartiality was Ell
oh Joined upon them, and they uniformly stated thi
dill all their instructions whether verbal or writte
he were to the same purport, and that If any unJu
all preference to individuals be shown to have BET
given at any depot, the local agent is alone 7
reo sponsible.
Besides the examination of the various witness
for above referred to, the committee obtained frt
ur- the records of the railroad company, through
nroper officers statements of the lumber and tt
lel' Der transported from points within the State
av- Louisiana from June, 1867 to March lst 1866,
lge of the cotton shipped from Tangipahoa, Gan
Gen. nortant pont in shipment of cotton) from Move
lily, her. 1865, to March Sd, 1866. These stateme
18th, will be filed with this report marked and =.
Nc. Your committee found at some of the DEP
hill and along the road at the lower end, consdera
gem quantities of heavy timber from fftyhVe to 81
,ott feet in length said tobe intended for construct
ker, of wharves in New Orleans, and there was con
Nad- cradle complaint from some OF the parties
had contracted to deliver it there, that it had
agot, been carried away as fast as it might; but
onas committee were satisfied by questioning witne
onds that this lumber could not be transported on
ordinary fat cars without great injury to t
% the and that peculiar trucks were necessary IL
transportation, which trucks are being consru
rules and some of them are now in use.
One Of the witnesses stated that he had
mend tract with the former superintendent OF the
ity of which the present officers refused to recog
ent OF but your committee, on further eXamnauo
ion of this witness, learned from him that the con
he claimed was verbal, and that there W;
taken record of it in the possession of the present
GERS, and that when few days since, the TO
g the superintendent had certified to the contract
eu o present officers acknowledged it as binding,
began to carry it into effect at the price az
on, although less than the present tariff rates.
ed 10 The committee also obtained from the M
and t:,,;,.- ,rhol o,,,o beans +be reoster a
seios' CARRYING capacity of the road statement hi
, annexed, marked b. ..
lmuei' Your committee found the impression to
ortef' generally along the road that the report o
1"ihs' former committee charged the assistant SUP
isser' tendent with having given undue preference
Hays, a;.tr;hution If freigbt accommodations im]
= na ing his integrity an officer, and even with
'eol'n' ing been Influenced by more improper and
mond, na1 natives
nbola, =, e ,,:-a:,,;,; VIVIAN WHOM,
hiene lh0 uo'0inVi y. ,.:s. -,;t, at; !,
cation, was under the same impression,
r,o+ from the peculiar phraseology of that report
Pujo, eApress'u mo p;o al,o,,,a tara hoen fon
"'''~ rest upon one so long and favorably
from his former connection with the road, h
- was ing been for several years second construct
being n;noor with Mr. Haz,ebnrst, the chief ems
oei' DIS and having in that capacity, almost the
.. charge of the location and construction of a
"'l'" portion OF it.
shpot' 1t is due to the former committee, as well
lfluse' assistant superintendent and other officers
'asser road to state that that committee take plea
hatch' expressly disavowing any such imputation
me- La discaim having intended to convey an
5ieol.n' charge in their report.
w. ,a,o Your committee being aware that the
~, -. committee did not intend to make any such
- against the assistant superintendent exl
''77" this conviction to Governor Humphre
,,,o,, others. -
~. Your committee beg leave to state as a
-, of Justice to the assistant superintendent Il
~ ,,a1a inquired of the several persons who came
~ sor+ them and especially of those who had pr
made complaints, whether they themss
others knew of, or suspected that any u
auence were brought to bear on that Office
on Con- uniformly and unhestatngly answered in
rider, by alive: indeed all of them expressed the
oo,Glonca in his tpteurity of rhora a