New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-05-01

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which is that more track can be laid IN day thao il
BALLAsTING.I
AS TO this have only time to say that there Is little
"'De :" W WA EXT AND USELESS WIND MILLS.
In regard these subjects can now only very briefly
nSP and nd are ire ali GgdaSd w nS
had any way OF regulating the wind, these
things would be pT1S economical av and useful
favor Of their economy, they certainly do not
and when there any wind in that country there too
much for these mills their machinery is thrown ont OF
es aaS have BEEN sTbsed for the wpd@s
and at Bryan there are &c men employed at % per daS
being erected circumstance accounted for BY bad
people who assert that the Maynard Windmill Company
is composed Of the managers OF the road. 49,. E.
FROM wAHsATcH To ECHo-"FIRsT CLASS" 800,
The distance between these points % miles ana tns
is portion Of the line accepted, and upon which bonds
issued, as l am informed, during my absence
advised the President by telegraph, from Rawlngss
on Of 1s o i gay 81 that the work not
completed this portion OF the road Inc Iacts ar
these Within short distance t p Woad require some
time the company as temRorarr fs With the pro.
posed permanent road ten miles from It's point OF de-
parture although the temporary Track Is m1 ,S S
ton OF the road When examined and accepted by the
Government s, snd ana EtSont rail on
IT, and tunnel not yet completed have been aeGepsS9
as "frstclass railroad, ana the GOVerhnent euosuy
has been paid upon this acceptance In justice to the
VII say t thai II S rho SoaS BOTH
Wevs 81 he fi0ht on the temporary track This is
PROBABILITY not the best way TO examine a raroa9 IA
road but that this was the which II done
NAV not have been matter OF choice with the Commis
pgy sign the report accepting this report but was even.
tuay persuaded to do So But no part OF inc road rom
stated the location radically wrong and must sooner
or later be abandoned On the ten miles above alluded
fore ii would have cost to build this portion Of
the road good and permanent location by keeping
This location must eventually be adopted.
MIsMANAGEMENT-A VALUABLE sUPERISTENDEET.
approach the subject OF management OF tins ROAD WITH
great reuctance-party because OF its delcacy, and
partly because Of It's magnitude But as the subject can
with truth eschew the former for the sake Of the
latter. The fact is tho road Is not managed at al
managers Of this Company, in selecting person 10 s
perntend such roadt1e longest me aUae m nc
man who had not only been o railroad man, put q
successful superintendent OF railroads. Inc posom -
ing, and should be fed and can DO nied We'll OF even
toeraby WELL only by the most enc ana capable
intendent a railroad man. before entering upon the
duties Of General o. th tno proa IN
the interior Of Iowa Is any further explanation neces
this that he openly procaims and acts upon the theoy
that there shall be man employed upon the ROAD VINO
knows about railroadlng than he does Commene-
ing with superlave inefciency, and adopting descend
ing SCALE surely not the best way TO successfully man
bring the Of road 10 that point
which this road has reached The road divided into
four divisions each OF which Is under the charge OF
Division observation-disclosures OF whom Will state. at the
risk Of causing his dismissal knows more about railroad
ing than the General superintendent These DIVISION
operate their respective divisions
though each was sepeTate ros9' anu eaSn
their operation there is jealousy instead OF co6pera
ton there Is antagOnsm. They are not unwilling To as
assistance Of Smother lest the General Superintendent
should las he would that he would have no DIVISION
Superintendent who could not take care OF his own
division under any and all circumstances. Better they
reason that everything should go wrong or stand sti
than that the General superintendent SHOULD cone 10
regard them far lacking in ability and energy as 20
require assistance; and from their Standpoint they
reason well. The same feeling perVades all the en-
plOyes Of the road Each Is anxious 10 stand well with
the General Superintendent and each IS afraid that the
Others will Guido him ia gaining the favor or this great
man. Jealousy among equals and tyranny on the part
Of superiors. are universal one incident, Nnleh DC
ccurred at Rawlings Springs on the 18Th OF February u
illustrates the chanees OF an employe who mas nln OF
take out an engine which he declined 10 do stating that
t would burst. lie was dismissed. Another engineer
answer and shared the fate. A third engineer re-
ceved the order, and obeyed IT. Within half an
aud conductor. The effects Of the mismanagement OF
the road seen and felt eyerywhere-ln the rusty
locomotives IN the enginehouses In the dead locomo
tves including about one-haf Of those owned by the
company in the trains abandoned and forgotten ana IN
There are instances where freight has delayed
tine road for months or more, and IN some cases u
Sbo furnish the means to build the road certainly
entitled TO better management Of 1t than they now
H"''' coSrRAcrs-TnE CREDIT MoDmIER
It's fact which no one doubts and believe no one
denies that the persons who have mao the 81 PER %
Pacific Railroad are the persona who nave Deen ana ure
the contractors for ITS rG the money AND
what is the Credit MobierP To use Inc forclDlo
language Of Charles Francis ADAMS G IA i an arcs 10
but another name for the Pache Railroad rlng; Inc
members OF it are in Congress they are
they are contractors IN Washington they vote tue
plains they expend Them andin the Credit Mobicr they
divide them. Ever shifting charactefa hey are ever
porStiop and nay IL into the other contractor. HUI
manly speaking, the whole thng seems 10 Oe species OF
rangement that whereas commonly the little Joker"
is never found under the thmble which may be turned
Witch tbimble you may. Under name or another
ring OF few persons IS struck AT Whatever point he
the road as mortgages they have hen upon y. as
directors they contract for it's ana as mem
he seen that these parties not only deeply Interested
in getting all the money they can but also IN spending
Immense cost constructing the road asrepoted by the
COMPANY Now, how does this operate on the interests
The Government delivers to these persons 80 much
money or bonds (which are equivalent TO money! per
snopsibe for The repayment OF this money corporation
OF which they are members to-day put may not
assets after these gentlemen get through with
IT, agree 10 nav the bonds What means the cor
poraion will have with which TO do this after paying of
prior liens will be considered hereafter And besides,
when tho company and contractors are both interested IN
having Iona road while the Government and the people
are interested IN having short one IT Is easy 70 Imagine
whether the road win be long or short II the whole mat
fer 10 he determined by the company and contractors
The Interest of the stockholders has SO far vanished al
ready that it is scarcely worth considering WIN tne
rst mortgage bonds tho Government second mortgage
bonds the land grant bonds, and the nOaunS deDt
which these managers will leave behind them, the
chances of the stockholders 10 realize anything IRON
s,,a,,nants are 40 remote that the science Of