New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-28

L. ~ lie stock aud bonds Of this Company ranged values
a. about BE- god had Increased IN 51e Here fearful depreciation
es5isTs months and S SsS S TR he ee
the Ere R1Sa1 Compauy ns as G and Gorgeous
ONES hat rnS,ee shall not .e to his qs the
5ty Of such trustee words be shall not sci his own prop
s 70 @, aeaf d as S aesd to m Us how Jay Jim
f;5 TSad p SE EIebpre refused to call stock by
reason Of these fearful aud irregular issues and The present nv
Of the COMPANY ree the severe os 's s,.Te Seo
20 Its empot. deori Higher wages are P1 n 81 ,I prom ns
by failure pay common laborers WIN tn ot
in material Improvements made Us @ o1S,
pad with egaa[ly MHes , % ba tbeu and for what purose
bat has been gone WI in elections and even threaten the
Secretary Treasury with the adverse vote o. ,as[ l g
These are facts your Ioior about which there dispute They
on hot saws counsel il on information and bel e. Ah!-but the part
not upon aud belief enough this case to suspend every
and In the Empire above detailed should be per
%d; TSsq e shs and %B Se influence oSrs nom the mil
lions money! Just think Of IT. Look at the issue Of seoa.
authority Of the but without their knowege
written br Mr. Baton asking information regard 10 certain matters
Mr. Dven was Director Of tue Ee ~ 1Rs TsSy and bis
statement though under oath hold to be IN TINS p@eee
n OF e dsdnts Which We eau take advantage this time
answered b DiSen Tou viii fnd that Diysn SAYS has been
ready to DO all the business that came to bn ready 70 90 Sat
RoIus n9 business % he saws he knew nothing Of
bonds until he leaned Of IN the papers others learned oft
aud be dector Are not EMIT ed then TO come and ASK o m
nggoui Are We to be booted out OF court y these men, nGg
You state these things upon information and oens' only HON.
fn S, Fik Ssgd thew give as nformstoni If We
get information have stated here in the compliant getting II
with information thus obtained and com
bned this Court bring these men TO an u
any under any ercnsians to Su
from the coaro they have acquired Of the aATs the Ere
Railroad Company tIy suppress OF e and tbep
on Information the path left to aud we ask the
Courts successfully and obtain the re-
lief s demands aud granted here aud adj
init that Jay Gould Lane Pk aud their coneraies are beyond the
Courts and beyond all investigation.
We further saw that they lave the bonds Of the Boston Hart
Railroad Company. charged the complaint that
mode nv the authority Of the fun Directors alone
justify the Court calling every man OF them 70 an account
kslte and Great western Railroad Company Company
are incorrect None hey admitted and treated genuine all
By that Lease this UoTS M 3 s9S i 10 Do m
pay than the expenses OF running sud me interest
600 aud OOO Tie Company has passed into the
hands Of Receiver and this lAsamed sum Wholly lost 10 the hfs
Gould, Fisk. Lane and their co ieieraies ,o, o,,
ooOo6 And in regard Cleveland aud Pittsburgh Road
WsGaR and Western Railroad Company the al Of about
ami loss being it,, these sD T S az s 4 gTaa9
the property Of The bre hallway Compaas Ana t0tH
chage tie complaint that II that purchase ha turned out well
ESqI nave t ~ e otter ~av there anothe place to pui
IT, goes Of the Erie Road which made to father
We say that these fact. are upon information and belief
merely 6us most Of Kind Of statement which shows that
od Was elected President and the Of
stock January 1893 and November es ana 70 t case asat
e and that no meeting Of the directors has been held and that
than any one outside statement that SiOooO have been
pouring into the laps Of these gentlemen ana no gwen ' "a u,s
these statements certainly are OF suon ohl'et anu are ma, "a
render proper that we should come here au request
these circumstances Wh tbs enormous issue OF stock and
going into the hands Of these We hnd tbs ter
r.ble exposition Of affairs
Fourteen dollars have disappeared since Jauuarr 1909
be any dispute These are facts which We
meetings Of managing power the road have been We
show that three members Ci nG h.e h NJ is
meetings hsye not been mnuie down IN the ook or
they he has not statement Of the proceedings to those
having tight to them.
Won will many other facts Of similar nature Beside the
lease executed between the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad Com
HE steamers running Island sound and that there have been
sged by James FISK IT, You the regard
Toledo and Wabash Railroad COMPANY anu le Ns Jey Railroad
will ind stated that the dseredt Of The Le Railroad
The fact that i S due are not P,l ana because aG
All these circumstances with these changes against these oE
charges which and which appear IN @ comp @ 20 g rue elel
question aside from those stated upon Information and behewIt
s.s Of sSs S5S asa and he'd y
The saswer to the objection Of these charges
upon information belief made upon Information and
Ss cqs 1G al & bad o. ere Bssd Of Dor a5d hence
unable the facts except gn those here and there Who
cumstApes Look for moment the fact Of the issuing OF these
uoaaced Illegal thiy million issued without say
gtc
Issuing millions and which has been pronounced Illegal By the
HE coTST-TO What decision DO you refer
G I t s bonds S., be- issued 10 good ih 6y IT, parte, Who
actually running the road and for such ereuse They
be issued IL good faith, as hss been held
Mr. PTckn4xD1sa It sp1sr hSi these nsa have hsu reelected
and is 50 slated our o ay ay been NEGLECTED BY s
BY The ssue OODor oOOOo Of additional sioc
now elected aud hare succeeded this aud
thus m say because have thus saeeeedecae We lsve
into reelection gained b such any Justification should
il prove SHIELD to defend them m Su o. yG's or De 'o"eo
baking corporation having 10000 capital and suppose that $4,000
ma Bpapy prope7 bat profitable TO their o~n Ioe
suppose they used their private pIopl7ty,
and a, 50 nng H. oI p5s s1s az. SS ,n Sg'19e
possible that because they succeed n rejecting themselves 10
power to appeal to Court Of Equity bnng them ceoin for the
acts Which mex COMMIT 10 elg 15 suPsl r Aal y f9 near
fraud dishonesty and froge are BY that act exempted
judgment not be pronounced against men for sections such
which hates fraud and PuHhes deee with 'runou' sor and d
With all these charges against men, uDdeBed and undnas
they make what might be termed plea cBdon
Yes By the fraud the most uubnng raA. the
most 9ralsn ouen an nI s s 10 SGI
list this series Of frauds this combination Of the ases Of
and standing and shameful upon tie
use bis best endeayo climate rulers buug
them justice and to punishment For two these bAye
For years these meHGoud k aud Laneened them.
the company VAmpfeHe
out its fe.bloOd there relief from tlist
of the bondbollers and Of the stockholders be fed
within the Ere pslacei American
railway (wbeh suffers throughout
attention. aud AnaJ, the Of
industry and fair dealing to be brought into contempt by the
and pundere sitting their
sy deiiBg public opinion justice aud
punishment above all your Honor Judiciary great
itself helpless such this where power
wealth influence fraud and dishonesty 10 successfully accomplish
and the Judiciary Of NewYofk III idly by
and these men-GOud
great peculiar unlimited they WELD influence yeu them
tie hundred millions Of
these questions depend largely Honor If
denies opportunity these orders bring
their Office abrupt but
termination these will rejoice that their day Of judgment has
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