The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-14

rison, and other gentlemen similarly situated,
will remain in a position where they share
the responsibility and have 10 share OF pow
er, they alone can decide. If Mr.. Harrison
has not changed his mind since hc was last
III Charleston, he may be eXpectc;. TO sever
his connection with the company in very
short time.
Wetarn now to the par: played by Governor
Scott i'll the matter OF the contract. The
!n!cniycnccr says that "if Governor Scott
made arrangements TO OUtuin nice little
'loD with these contractors, it is somewhat
singular that he should be aino,lgs the .irst
ito rclinquisll and advise Giscont:nuancc
"of the contract" This is very poor preach
ins. Governor Scott bccamc Apar;ner in
the Eiae Ridge Railroad CompAy in order
TO make money. Tin News su9cceded in
Keeping down the price of State bonds, and
in making it doubtful whether the Legsia-
trrc would cancel the 1000, 900 guarantee
and give guarantee for $4,000, 900 i'm il,
stead. This and the tardncss Of the con
tractors made Scott believe tina: more money
coul1 he made by ballooning State sncuri-
ties than by fighting the battles of Cris.veli
| & Go. Out oil TIE Senate resolutions not to
grant State aid to railroads, The gol, inter
est bill, the bill TO fund the new bills OF the
t'an's OF The State, nni the bill requiring Ger
tain companies TO deposit State bonds viii,
the ComptrollEr-Gcnerai, Governor Scott
| hopes to make moro than nc expected to
realize out of the Blue Ridge Ring. Ans:
this brings us to the assertion made by the
int"NiJcncsr that Z" it may he true that the
State officials trerc Interested with the con
"troctors, but we respectfully submit tha,
! "Nc sequence 10 IRIS contract cipcs not G;---
"niSt evidence to G,ot c9tct' We say that
it does furnish ample evidence, and that il
the beginning Of the contract was only as
bail rs lis end is, THE News was fully iusti-
fled in treating the whole transaction Us i
swind!e and cheat.
The last meeting Of the E.uc Ridge Rail
road Company, held in Charleston, was not
open To the public-Scott and Pilsburv ~
proxy, represented the people and the So,
ooO,OO8 spent upon the road. The first
news of the result Of , meeting canc from
| Columbia. Two Of the Charleston directors
had resigned, and one had been dropped,
and the Cr;ssvcll S5 Co. contract had been
carefully discussed. Subsequently, meet
ing Of the directors WAS held i'm Columbia.
They sal with closed doors, AMI every mem
Der WIS pledged to secrecy. The E,icviyea-
Ger, however, admits that they agreed "a
''pay seventy-!lvc thousand dollars" 10 Criss-
''vcl! ,S Co., who had done "ahout fifteen OF
twenty thousand dollars worth of work c;,
'''hc road" This is part oi The truth, lat no.
the whole truth. is the ii'taYiceHcg, aware
that The value OF Ill The work done lIv Cris.;-
veil u Go. OH the Blue Ridge Railroad is set
down in the public prints at iJleea hun,!,rg
03'2orS ? Has tie Mtei!!ycncer heard tia:
the Attorney General, consulted by the
Board, gave his opinion that Crssvall Sc Co.
legally forfeited their contract and could
claim no damages? Does the MtcliJcitcai.
know that besides paying S75 600 for work
/ which cost only $500, the Board agreed 20
settle with the sub-contractors The truth
OF this statement is not denied, and we say
that this last JOB, this settlement with the
contractors, is TO tnc full rs had as the first.
This paying $4,000, where not a ceai ,rus
tsJ":f3 dHe, is the natural sequence" Of the
CrisSvcll Co. contract, AMI does, if there
is anything in the reasoning OF our contem-
porary, furnish evidence" that the original
contract was corrupty and Improperly
made
And we desire the H9tcNi3enccr 10 under
stand that there are other "nics Little iol;s'
connected with the Blue Railroad hasidcs
those Which this paper has already publish
cd. Does oar contemporary know how many
OF the 5000. 030 bonds authorized To he
guaranteed have been delivered to tie blue
Ridge Railroad Company, ana how much il,
cost 10 set them Ugly rumoys upon This
subject are lyins thick an! fast; And, per
haps, the Ln.etliyencer can inform us au-
thori:atively whether one OF the signatures
neccssar! to make the bonds negotinb!r was
Very hard 10 obtain, and wha. was ihc
amount (taoa5ands or tens OF thousands ~
OF the official fen? We know enough al.
ready OF these schemes Of plun.ler, hui tho
lnts1t3eacer is not easily convinced. IL
says that il will heartily join THE News in
'exposing rascality OF every sort" and that it
can ''nc"er aliowit p:ciudccs to outweigh
'judsmen: for the purpose oicrcaL;ag :, sen
satlon." We now ask the I,,lrlligcmccr TO
join TiIR News in unaarihlng the johDcrics
OF the Iiaa Ridge Ring, and beg that it will
not allow its prejudices in favor of great
public work to outweigh what is Guc TO it,
self and To the State
Hubbard.