White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1870-12-08
Correspondence.
(For the Chief.)
ssThe Raalrood.o

sAS CHl8f:-
Ny Dear Sir: l an jost in receipt o.
your paper Of yesterday. end IN il ] ind
an editorial with the above caption. in
which some reiersnce is made to myself.
and upjasti6ably. % I thiak; aud never.
to my knowledge. having given yoa or
the people of White Cloud any esnse ol
against me. and believing.
from oar previous intercourse. that you
would not wilfully do mo injustice. l de-
viate from my usual course 10 such cases.
and address you this letter.
II difficulties exist between White
Cloud snd the Atehison & Nebrssks Rail.
road Company. l sm very certain thst
had no hand in bringing Them about: and
l an equally certain. that l never made
any promises to the people Of White
Cloud which ! have NOT kept; and If any
thing l have said has been construed into
demsnds. or threats. then al I can say is,
that I have been misunderstood.
At tho Organization of our Railroad
Company. l visited White Cloud. in
company with other gentlemen. to discuss
the County subscription question. and
subsequently. to talk with them about q
City subscription; and while may have
manifested some earnestness, and made
use of arguments which were not consid
sred good by some. yet do not think
made any statement Of facts which was
not correct. unless in rgsrd to time; and
We were all deceived in our calculations
as to the time it would require to get the
road built. Your people voted for the
County subscription. and fifty thousand
dollars City subscription. and right oil
way. ! believe 'tolerably unanimously.
II the Railrosd Company has violated
any contract With the people of White
Cloud. it has not been with my knowl.
edge or consent. And now If such q
thing can be made appear. my influence.
% . Director. will b used. as heretofore.
to carry out. iu good faith. any obligation
Of the Company. 1t is true. % is gsnsr-
ally known. that for more thsa yea.
prior to August last. / had but little to
do with the affairs Of the Company. along
the line Of the road. I wss employed
abroad. 10 efforts to procure means to
complete the road. I hesrd Of troubles,
bat Of ny own kno "lsdge. knew nothing
about them.
Before any contract was concluded
With Mr.. Joy. the Board Of Directors had
good reason for believing thst White
Cloud was wishing to pay Five thousand
dollars cssh. and secure the right Of way
through the city. end cancel their sub
scription for fifty thousand dollars: and
that Doniphan. Troy and Iowa Point,
would also pay certain amounts. and
do certain things 1t is true. the Iowa
Point matter was Of but little moment
and but little attention wss paid to It;
but it has now been arranged. Doni.
phan promptly complied. The Directors
had various evl reports from Troy aud
White Cloud. and efforts were made to
settle the di6culties. bot for some time
they were unavsiling. Finally it was re-
ported that Troy sud White Cloud would
settle. bot could not raise the money.
About this time. Mr.. Joy came to A.ch
ison. and the Railroad Company having
delayed the trask.laying. the matter was
discussed. and the Directors informed
Mr. Joy. that being disappointed in get
ting the funds promised. the Railroad
Company wss unable to comply with the
without making the private
stockholders advance the money. which
they were sawilliDg and unable to do.
In order to enable the Railroad Com pany
to carry on the work. Mr.. Joy authorized
me to advance the money on few Coun-
ty Bonds the CoupaDy had left-six in
also to advance the money
for White Cloud and Troy. as soon as
their securities were satisfactorily arrang-
ed with the Company. At the request Of
Mr. Joy and the Directors. l visited Troy
and White Cloud. in company with the
President Of the Company. for the pur-
pose Of satisfactorily srr.neing oil the
iificultiea. I left both places. fully be-
ieving that all the t,oubles were salts
'sctorily arranged: and very soon. Troy
'otiied me that oil was rssdy. and White
Cloud. that nothing was ready. l sd-
Fsuced the money on the County Bonds,
md the Troy securities: and the 'R.ilrosd
Company. after dslsying Mr.. Joy about
hirty days. turned over the track to Troy.
md the iron 10 down. and very soon reg
'lsr trains will b pat on the road to
Troy.
Mr.. Editor. bsiors Mr.. Joy had any
with The Atcbison and Ne
'rssks Road. I wss in his employ. aud
very Director knew il. when I wss sent
o Detroit to negotiate With him: and Il
either Mr.. Joy nor the Rsilrosd Con-
sny conplsin Of ny doubls position.
srdly think you should. The worst Of
is. that I sm working for Mr.. Joy on