White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1869-07-29
The st. JOSEPH, and Denver Rail
road Located Again!

The St. Joseph and Denver Rail.
road Located Again!
Within few days past. it has been
4 discovered that the difference between the
Highland and the Wolf River routes is
nearly three miles and half Crater than
had been certified by the Engineer, upon
whose representation the location was
made. A meeting Of the Directors OF
the Road was called at St. Joseph, on
Monday afternoon. and by unanimous
vote the route was again changed to
Wolf River. The Engineer sent in a
lame explanation. with his resignation.
claiming that he bad been misled BY 8
mark on some old stake that he had
found sticking in the ground But the
general opinion is that he was bribed to
make false estimates. We have not the
least doubt that the Directors who made
the location well knew the facts at the
time. but that there was some foundation
for the whisper of valuable considera-
tions offered and accepted; and that they
make the change now. either to get ont
of 40 unpleasant Gx. or because some
body has failed to fulfill promises. One
startling fact has been Inadvertently re-
vesled BY a sub-contrsctor. The chief
contractors knew of the deception from
the start. Where did they get their in
formati When work first comnen-
ced on the Highland route. the contract
ors told the sub contractor referred TO-,
that the route would probably be abaa-
doned before long. for it was three or
four miles farther than had been repre-
sented but that when the change was
made, be should have the same chance
on the other route Now. after squan-
dsring money on one route for. more than
two months. with knowledge of the
facts, the Directors pretend suddenly to
have made the discovery. and change the
location !
What is it coming to, when the En-
gineer, by whose figureR and statements
the Company is governed. deliberately
let's himself ont to deceive bis employ
ers? And what confidence can be placed
in Company, majority Of whose Di-
reetors connive ct such swindls ? The
amount squsndered on the abandoned
route. is about $4,000. This. money
was all furnished by the city of St. Jo-
seph and the Comfy of Doniphan. and
the people are taxed to raise it. Mr..
Dryden. County Commissioner. as the
representative Of Doniphan County in
terests. and several members of the ST.
Joseph City Council. as the representa-
tivss of that city's interests. were the
men who, for reasons not yet satisfacto-
rily explained. decided the former loca-
tion. and stubbornly adhered to it, in
spite of ell arguments and ignres; and
they are the men who have saddled this
loss upon the people.
They have also deceived and greatly
damaged the people Of Highland and vi
cinity. Some few individuals of that
place may have had hand in the decep-
tiou, but the mass of the citizens were 10
earnest. They subscribed of their means
more than they could afford they pro-
jscted aud incurred expenses in improve
meuts upon the strength Of the road /;
men invested in property at high figures;
farmers donated the right of way, and
many of their farms have already been
cut up and almost ruined. Now the
road is snatched from them. and they are
left worse off than if they had never had
the promve of it. TIE means of the
Company that were with difficulty OBJ
tained, bsve been wasted still we hear
the same old story of the iron being pur-
chased to lay the track to Hiawatha. and
the money secured to push ahead the
work. With the recent change and
hsck-set, if Hiswstha hears the locomo-
tive whistle within the next year, she
may consider herself fortunate.
We have been called a constitutional
grumbler, and . sore-bead. for persisting
in telling the truth about this Company.
and denouncing its shystering. We are
able to stand a good deal more Of the
same sort. We believe We are right !;
and it is "better to be right than Presi
dent" Of such Railroad Company.
TRADES UNION MoNoPoLlEs We have