The Lincoln County herald., 1869-07-22

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NJ. yeee u s6Bfy ~ slsstios h Bic 10.
tsress Voc sSd myself called on NJ.
Fogg, and % stock holders Of The Com
psny, asked 70 ~ The stock books. He
exhibited oas book In aoswss 70 ~ d..
rect intssrosatory, he stated this con.
taiesd all SAe ssssk subseribsd. We
wsrs efisrwsrd assured BY one who kssv,
thas this statement Was fhlse; ed at lhs
election On The ssxt by, NJ 6thss stock
books wsrs breught f6rWasd % one Of
which indivilual stock ~ Sahsesibed By
irresponsible parties - ~ suouut Of
d, ,68S. 900: Among ~ sulsssibees are,
& 2i!.:.s:. 3; s::';: s:,,., y ,::ss:: III:
On isquiry, .she day prsessdisg tbs
election, 20 loupd that Ne judges Of
election hsd bssa appeisssd at some sort
Of "a irregular nsstiag, u which you aud
four Il 6ve. other directors assure ne you
had not bees invited. 80"
Uoder these circamstancss Il was easy
TO carry The slsetiou. God grant that the
money Of The houest farmers aud mschau.
ics Of Lincoln and Pike counties may bs
saved from such On enterprise.
To cover up these things and multi.
tude Of others equally % bad, I learn that
Fogg and his man Mex Keusie are repre-.
senting to the people Of 81. Louis that
10 who ore the real friends Of the road are
secretly operating In favor n Chicago.
- Az = aiswbsr of ths State legislature
II years ego had this charter passed.
with the hope that st. Louis might soon
see the necessity Of counterscting the
effect Of % many cross roads 10 tho 6tlto.
The consequences Of those roads then
forstold, and am not mistaken In the
good results both to the city and Stata,
to Aow from the construction Of . great
trunk road from Keokuk to 81. Louis,
on the nearest aud most practical route.
II 10 no part Of our intention to stop
the road st Louisiana, bat We would con.
tinue IL on to Hannibal and Keokuk stimuli.
taneous)y with ito construction south Of
"a, not BY running It southwest from hero,
but BY extending Il northwest on the line
indicated.
I have no interest In Chicago. I
know but few Chicsgo people. The peo.
plo Of st. Louis are surely not SO fool.
ish as to be duped by the interested state.
ments Of such men % these will soon
prove themselves to be.
I believe I have touched al the points
referred to in your letter.
J. B. HENDERSON.
Maj. A. H. MARTIN, Troy Mo.
This letter was shown to Hon. Thos.
J. O. Fagg. who VAS member Of the
Board up to the time Of the last annual
election, and he has endorsed II as fol.
lows:
LOUISIANA, Mo-, July z, 1869.
Dear Sir: have examined the letter
addressed BY Hon. j. B. Henderson to
you in reference to the st. Louis 4 Keo.
kuk Railroad Company, having date 7,h
inst. I am cognizant Of most Of the facts
therein stated, and endorse them % cor
rect. There are many other things con.
nccted with the management Of this en-.
terprise that ought to be stated, and es.
pecially what trsnspired at tho annual
election in May last, but have not time
now to attend to il.
Very truly yours, &c.,
THOS. J. G. FAGG.
To A. H. MARTIN, Troy Mo.
Now that the public may understand
fully the motives that have controlled mi
in my opposition to Mr.. Fogg, aud Il
show that Was honestly endsavoriDg Il
guard and protect the interests of The
people Of my county, rather than to &C
oomplish any personal ends, I ask The
publication Of the following extract mads
from private letter 10 my possession,
dated Oct. 22d, 1868. The letter is writ
ten to gentleman equally as respectable
and worthy Of credit ~ Mr.. Fogg.
II will not bs denied that he spjoyet
the fullest confidence Of the parties re-
fsrred to BY bin, and that he had an in
side view Of this matter Gom which III,
larger portion Of the Board Was excluded
Mr.. Fsgg will know about II. am an
thorissd to use tho letter. a
1.-THE present contract u IN the nam,
Of J. @. Prescott / Co, This Compau,
10 composed Of ]. q. Prescott end JsmsI
Mckenzie, who 10 bat > proxy for Mr.
Fogg. ., . ,,oL.& ~ :,
"Yeu will discover BY close sxauins
tiaa Of the contract that there 10 to b.
issusd e20, 900 per mile Of capital stock
Ofthis stock al that Il not tskss By cor
poration and individual subscrip I,
70 bs given full paid to ]. @. Prescott
Co. Il 10 estimated that the subacrip
tiops Of counties &s., will average aboa
; $1,000 or $1,000 psl mile, hence Pres.
colt ! Co., will receive from $1,000 Il
. $4,000 dollars stock per mile, o. . ma
jority Of the stock that will control III
management Of The road. TIA q al
. 6osss, and whore your county pay
{ $500, 900 for their stock IN cash, ]. {
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