Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-05-24

Inc danger d.. gnt-us---- unlimited I-1--
10 single band. l- rrrtal.r illustrated IS
the las, req .-s .. me Directors o.. D.. Con.
cord. n. u E.l51al Corporation IaT
state ,H.s since t.a death o. a-lat. super
lutsud,ut OF ,ac road. Gov GHm.-.. racy
have been investigate ls accounts witt
the road. Anu now taev found thing. may
he inferred from the following extract t-.u
their report
q. No selilameu, mas yes 1eel mais vltl o..
late Superintendent. Alr. GLU.... Attic con-
mencsmeut Of the year. there Ess very c-l-
siderable balance due from h.lI a- Suuerlutai-
dll-, o. the JOINT ros4s. a-1.-E o. t-
counts Do hls own C-l-. porto. .- i
n4lAnce Eas soon aflerWarI adjusted rE l.I.
leaving ihe sun 1f $500 st l-- Ila.
amount rs reuressutel tT bis -ru uctl ana sa..
memorAaBum Tor $1,000. AMI cnecs of tle
MEnehestcr Goa Company i-r $500, wal--
were placed by niE. lzst ye-r- ~ tLl Cashier B.
draVer A. cash IN place cf money taken tv him
for hls private use There also appears On the
books al oysr-drafI az $500 ry Air. Gilmore
IN 1865. o. account % 1is sl.arr SIS >Iperinfel-
dent. winch remains 90 be- accounted III
On Iayes-iE4l-l IL ls found ta4t there Gft
other Euus which do not appear 1u t-e books
kept II Air. Gilmore cfhce. hut --- whi-h be-
IL justly cnargea1ie. iiu-.u- several years
past. sales nave from t.ua q. -lle t.lu ulla ..
old iron snd materials .r.u ire reads j. tte
absence Of proper adl. -lr- IS those sl-es. % Is
impossible r1W o. ascertain tLe whole lul-li.
on - $50 %. within -- years posi-. seem
clearly shown lie has also collected S5ll So
transportau-n. DO has claimed. as pa under
stand. hat the sun last meuuo1l- does 30.
properly belong 10 the Eoli. but 10 was receive
o. IT. accounts. ana We believe to ae justly -s
due There Is furtncr sum 90 u least $1,000
for tckeis. 10y winch be should be- hl.l account
able. he mas also mad materials from tle sl.cs.
and the U.rk Of the EMPLOYEES d. The Road -.r
hiE private benefit, 10 the amount of S2.66a 81.
tie should be charEel WIKI --- - ilr r,-
psi-t made II the shop Cl property sold tE
nm 10 the road az full Price. si,er tcr reuairs
were male. without any allowance Tor me re
pairs thus maze by the r14l. There are alzo
claims Tor interest OF the moneys Cd the Road
improperly used by hin Tor be own uuruosss
ana FOR over $3.50 @. Chains Cf he Rad
sgzinst other pa ties. which J1ar claim nave
been adjusted N whole or par.
AS tefore stated. none OF rhese Gums aruc-r
II any way on the books kept rs 1lr 6i.uc-s
II his ofIce, nor mas any accounting been made
oy hin 70 the roads Therefore
For the balance due OF hir oE4 accounts
and ;or the other SUNS above, the road hal l-a
security
Further On, speaking Of the Manchos---
and care road. IN the purchase Of which
Mr.. Gilmore Was interested. ami winch WIS
Iun by the Conclrd road. me directors say.
The expenses OF operating thai ros5. As
charged bv Mr.. Gilmore as srueriut,r, .sr--
were much less than the actual ernsnses All
the Concord and Msnchestcr AMI L,v-s-.-
roads were thus made to suffer Tor the bepes- ~
Aessrs Corning and Gilmore. joint owners n
the Weare road.
Large amounts Of iron we've also taken iro.r
the road a. different times and sold by Mr.. Gil
more, but ne made no account Of the iron dis
posed 4, nor Of that taken from the Concord
Company 10 supply It's place Ii IL believed
that the iron thus taken and disposed Of amount
cd to about Sl4, O11.
Other similar entertainments are meu-
toned. by which the Concord road has
argsiy suffered.