The Lincoln County herald., 1869-07-22
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Havisg recently ssss . paapAlst pss.
porting - b. report Of shs Beard ei
Dirsstors Of the e. Leafs ssd Ksokuk
Railroad CompAsy, 10 which . direct per.
sooai s.tsek Il made upos myself. I On.
slossd copy sfit 70 Hop. John B. Hes.
demos, vhs b familiar With oil shs facts
ssessssry 10 ~ visdieatiou, and re-
|qusstsd hlu 10 fasnisA ~ with . state.
neat, which 10 has dose 10 The following
letter:
LovssiaHA, NO., July 2, lsee.
Dear Sir: q,
Your isver suelosisg what purports 10
b the "Fisst Rspert Of ths Board OF
Dirsstoss Of he Sl Losis and Ksekuk
Railrosd," aud calling ny attention 10
certain statensnts made therein, 10 before
ne. Gf
There ere gentlemen 10 this Board,
who, l hope, never gaze their ssssst to
these statsnsuts. One Of the nisfortunes
Surrounding this enterprise from The be-
g;oniog 10 that scarcely anybody has had
faith 10 Il. Il 10 the most important road
for Sc. Louis interests now projected 10
the State; and yet the business men and
capitalists Of that city seem never TO take
any interest 10 il. This general apathy
and indifference seems to havs adects
the Eoard Of Directors, . majority Of
whom were st. Louis men. Hence, for
come time, almost the entire masassnspt
Of the enterprise has fallen into tho hands
Of Mr.. Fogg, the President, and . man
BY the name Of MoK Kensis, who serves him
with oil the 6delity Of . Sancho Pausa,
but, fear with much less honesty Of
purpose.
Il cannot bs otherwise than that Mr..
Foeg and this man, Mckenzie, prepared
and published this report without author.
ity Of the Board, although ito 6rst para.
graph declares It to be the work Of 1.-THE
Directors" If the Dirsctora fail to 70 .
pudiats aud denoupee this batch Of false.
hoods and personal abuse, miscalled .
railroad report, it must be attributed to
that Indifference Of which have already
spoken, and their consequent ignorance
Of what 10 going on.
For instance, il 10 stated In the report
that tho Pike county 'ageot deferred
making the subscription (of Pike county
stock) on the ground that no contract
had been made for building the road" !"
This is . part Of the truth, but do not
Fogg and Mckenzie know that it 10 not
the whole truth? Why not state it all ?
Don't they know that the Pike county
officials objected on the further ground
that the alleged contract with Prescott
4 Co., was at tho most ruinous rates for
the Company, and that Fogg and Nc.
Kehsie were themselves parties 10 its
beuetts1 Don't they know that they 70.
fused or neglected to furniah . copy Of
the Prescott contract to Judge Hicks,
the Pike county agent, and refused to
state the names Of the persons composing
the firm Of Prescott 4 Co.. Don't
they know that Mckenzie, Fogg's agent,
instead Of furnishing the required infor-
NATION to obtain an honest subscription
from Pike county, attempted to proUurs
Il through . silent fee Of fifteen thousand
dollart. equal to ten per cent. on the
amount to bc subscribed?
In this report the Directors arc made
to say that you favored the Louieiaua
route, the route 6xed BY the charter, and
the only one upon which any Of the sub.
scriptions are valid, for selfish reason,
and thst iu November last you asked q
IRE organisation Of the Board, with your.
self % President"
Were I 10 your place, I would ask the
honorable gentlemen. composing the
Board, If they know these statements to
be true. If thoy assert them to bs true
would demand their authority. II
they didn't authorize them to be pub
lished, then the writer Of this report
stated . willial falsshseA 10 making them
responsible for the ststemsnts.
A part sf these Directors know, % we'll
% Nj. Fogg knows, your true reason,
for asking 70 Organization Of the Board
and after this extraordinary report,
would not hesitate to state them. They
were simply the reasons have s'ready J
given. The people Of Pike aud Lisssll
counties. without whose old the road
could not be built. had no confidence II
the integrity Of Fogg and McKsnsis, th'
chief managers, aud the proposition fol
70. organisation Was made at . meeting o
several Directors In order TO procure has
mony, secure the necessary subscription
and start the road. ,al Z. .
At this meeting Of four or I've Dirss
tors, You we're asksd II you would TAX
the Presidency, iu esss Of rs.organisatiou
when you positively dsoliosd % do %, .
you have at oil tines done, In eoavsrsa
ton with ne. ..a1 wv, ..
Juss before The last slsetios Of Dirse.
tors, II mistake not, . member Of th'
1 Board vss authorised 70 propose and di,
propose 70 Mr., FoQp. that 70 nroduoa har