Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1870-08-20
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of the 4th inst. We find the following
"Pursuant to a call of the President
there was meeting of the stockhold
crs of the Oregon Central Railroad
West Sidc), held in this city yester
day, at | o'clock p. m, when a new
/ oard of Directors was elected, con-
sisting of r. II. fowler, s. NJ. Smith
j. NJ. Gilman, Levi Estes and G. S.
Silver We understand that protest
was filed by W. L. Newly against the
election of this new Board, on the
ground that the bylaws of the Com
pany provided for the election of Di-
rectors annually on the 25th day Of
May, and that there was Board elect
ed conformatory Herewith on the 25th
Of May last"
This new Board will, Of course, cor
firm the sale made by CASTOR to Ben
Holiday of the West Side Railroad.
Before the old Board went out of Of.
fee, the following resolution was pre-
| seDted and acted upon:
"Resolped, That for the purpose of
paying tho present Indebtedness OF this
company, and carrying on the work Of
constructing the road, and particularly
to place the first twenty miles of the
road in condition to lay the track as
| speedily as possible. an assessment of
| ten per cent. upon all unpaid subscrib-
ed capital stock be levied, payable at
the office of the company in Portland,
forthwith"
The vote on this resolution stood,
ayes-J c. Ainsworth, w. T. Newly;
| nays-J. CASTOR and J i Underwood.
Not voting, 7. Il, Cornelius so the
resolution was lost.
Now, We call attention to the fact,
that Castor, having possession of
large majority of the stock, could elect
whoever he pleased as Directors; and
so the public will be enabled to sec
how, by the operations of one man,
their best interests may be tritled with.
Now, there seems to be no dispute but
| that If the Company would he at the
expense OF finishing the road bed, we
should have road Immediately.
Does any sensible man believe, for a
moment, that the petty sum of fifty
| thousand dollars could not be raised for
that purpose? We think not. This
last transaction looks very suspicious.
Where was Mr.. Cornelius? !? Why did
he not put himself upon the record,
SO that the people could know where he
stood? !? Let the people of the West
Side remember that the Philadcl phia
Company stand ready to build our rail-
road, and that somebody is trying to
retard its progress. Let US be prcpar.
ed for any emergency. If there is TO
be a combination against the West Side
on the question Of railroads, irrespect>
i've of party, then We say to our mem
bers, send West Side man or let Mr..
Corbett, who is an honest servant of
the people and faithful, represent us
alone for the next two years in the
Senate We have plenty of good and
able men on the West Side, and We
have right, in view of all the facts,
to demand that the next Senator shall
he from that locality. II the Republic
cans can, by any honest means, succeed
in clecting man, then we have what
is known to be among the best matcri-
al, the Hon. II. p. Boise and if the
Democracy are to send man from
their ranks, still we have the most able
and competent in the State, and a man
of no mean reputation, but that of
national character, and man who can
today WELD an influence in the Senate
unequaled by none; that man is ex-
Senator Nesmith. Send him.
We desire to call attention to anoth-
er idea Holladay prctcnds Cor his or.
gans for him), that he must know the
best route on which to locate his West
Side road, and consequently he has EN-.
ployed Mr.. Belden to make SURVEYS
and report. Now, Mr.. Belden is the
very man, as we understand the matter,
who made the survey for the West Side
Company, and located the route on
which all the grading has been done,
and all the money, so wrongfully taken
from the people, expended.
Will he report different route for
Mr. Holiday as the best on which to
huild n road Nonsense Hnlladav