The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-12-12
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD
COMPANY TAXATION.
Editors ImteNIaemecr.


AS the taxation of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, is aeitating the pub
lie mind at this time, L beg leave to
correct false statements and impress
sions made by certain rebels ofthe
State Eud even believed by some union
men, as to my affinity with the Balti.
more and Ohio railroad company and
and taxation question. II has been
charged that / accepted "A free tickeC to
travel over the Railroad, with the I'M
derstandlng, that l would act in the
interest OF the road on the tax question.
This accusation is unfOunded. untrue,
and alike slRnderouS to the company
and myself. No proposition has ever
! been made to me, on the part of the
company, or their agents. as to the
taxation question, or any other inter
ests OF the road. In 1859 and 1860,
advertised for the Railroad company
in a weekly journal 1 published at
Fairmont, for which they gave me n
free ticket over the read, which Is
nothing unusual for all railroad COM
panies to do for editors who advertise
for them. In 1860 the Master of trans
pOrtatiOn Mr.. w. Z. Smith Is. d o. K. II.
entered into n written contract with me
to ship Glass Sand from Fairmont to
Wheeling ut SIC per car load of
ten tons, and in the event l
shipped over three hundred tons in
any one month, the company was
to refund ten per cent of the money
paid OIL freight; the company falling 10
refund according to contract, Difficult.
~ arose between us which threatened
TO end in II lawsuit; but was finally nd-
jnsted by the company paying me part
of my claim and giving me free ticket.
So this accounts for the free ticket
with which have been charged. Still
1 have by no means Travelled Tree at any
considerable number Of times. but on
the contrary have generally paid fare,
to say nothing of what hive paid the
company for shipping sand and coal.
AS to my half-fare ticket, II is well
known to the public, that 1t is the Gus
tom of the company 10 present all Min
listers of the Gospel with half-f4re tick
els, 10 be used only when on paruchial
dutiea. 1t Is n grave Islander upon The
Legislature and the railroad company
for to be charged with combining to
swindle the State out OF Just dues aud
uem2nd| OF the people. While the forty
thonsahd people oil my district, tOgeIh
S er win large majority of the people
1VinS south of the Baltimore and Ohio
hailroau' believe that this "tax uuarreI'
VIII prove Enlnous to any further rail.
roa l enter Flsss yet In order to settle this
dihcnlty in 1867, l introduced and So
cured The passage of Bill Ihronph the
Senate, tuXiDg the road S45 600 for Thai
year, and $4,000 annually, for four
subsequent years. It was defeated II,
the House for the want of two votes IN
mako constitutional majority. Toe
bill provided that after five years, II il
were found that 600 annually were
not enough, that the amount should be
increased, and that it should in no way
Interfere with any suit pending be-
Tween the Company, Suite and counties,
clio OO0 of this money was to go to tho
counties Soo through which the road is
ot1te ana Free School purposes. 1. lis
10 ne hopen this elimination and re-
Gslmlnatlon of the Legislature and the
itailroad Company will cease; and that
an ani!cable nd adjustment OF the tax
tnn,s snaiI lake place soon, salts
interested, so that we may have sons
nope mat other railroad enterprises
projected in the State may be consum.
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