, 1869-05-06

rea "ulK, intended tunnel and NIL
Inc Board Of Engineers who settled upon
'pe requirements Of the work, were lax
enough TO concede in the outset that stem.
p0fafy trestlcs may be adopted, unon
assurances to the satisfaction of Tho Com.
n1ssioners that stone abutmcnts v;i, J..
substituted Immediately after the line shall
DO opened, 80 that stone can be transported
nefeon. Accordingly, gorge Of sir
hundred feet span aud one hundred md
t"enty feet deep ia bridged with pine plank
supported by pine timber trcstlc 1,r;aoc ;"
And it is alleged that the comp,nr
nave no serious intention of renlacipo thia
decaying and tinsy style of structnre .;,,,
bridges, N '''a
-. As to management, there il none
me General Superintendent is incspable md
ms most ardent desire is to hayo no ona IN
MS employment suspected OF knowing no-c
than himself. Jealousy among eouals
ana tyranny On the part Of sunerioss. mr.,
universal. One incident, which occnrre,7
at Rawlins Springs on the 18th Of Feb
ruafy, illustrates the chances Of an en-
p!oSe, who has mind Of his own, holding
ms place. An engineer YVES directed to
Gse ont an engine, which he declined to do.
stating that il would burst. He vyas dis
missed Another engineer wAs ordered to
take ont the engine, but gave the same
answer, aud shared the s1me fate, A third
engineer received the same order, and
obeyed it, Within half IN hour the engine
exploded, killed the engineer, fireman and
conductor. The effects Of the mismanace-
ment OF the road nre seen and felt every.
wherein the rusty locomotives, in the
enG1nc-houscs; in the dead locomotives,
1ncluu'n3 about one hiatt Of those owned bv
the company; in the trains abandoned aud
forgotten, and IN the vexatious delays Of
freight shipped over the road"
3. "one form Of johbcry is the allowing
certain parsons and firms to carry freight
tree, while others are obstructed Their
wood IS paid for at So OF 90 per cord above
the offered price. and coal is charged fifty
Per cent too high. The people and the
government are interested in having short
hue- The Directors, who nrc contractors.
want a long line, and have purposely |
heightened the line wherever it could be
done IN order to increase their subsidy |
profits"
6. The Credit Mobilier does the work.
and receives the money. And what in the
Cfed1t Mobilier?" To use the forclble
Language Of Charles francis Adams, j.. in
an article in the NorA da,erieun Rtrfe,o
for January, 1863,
HIt Ia bur auotbcr nntna fnr +h D. ,,a. r-,,-. I
rlnR. The members Of II are In Congress: thev
are trustees for the bondholdc7a, they nre tir,c.
Ell se 81 ses a1s
PERI them "a i lie Greai aoeiel Ley eysH aiyfdc
ubiquitous; they receive money into one hand n
corporation, and pay 1t into the other as d con.
saa;ne ssnot; - HumanlJ spcaing, the whole thing
!eseoee ttom The ordinary Arrangement that |
Wnelsas commonly THE lltue Joker ID never
in thi5 Gaze be is aurc to be found turn M Which,;
lh!lnb:e you ma5. Under one name or another a
IT, r,a o3 1Gs Essons s sIuek at whatever po,us
sne3 oHn me road, as mortgages they have a lien
upon II os dteeto1s tley contract for its construc-
thcJ huIld it '''''et
Such is tho substance Of the ALLEGATIONS
OF tlls Government Director. Whether he
attempted to blnck,nal the company or not,
u somsiling wholly foreign to the truth or
falsaty Of his report. On the other hand,
1t must be admitted thst many extenuations
I'm be offered in behalf Of the bad con-
;fructlon ct the road west OF the Laramie |
Ilalns- Most Of this part Of the work was
lone Inst winter, in the face Of serious OBJ
'tacles. The company we're extremely anx-
o0s to complete their line and conuect 1
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