White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1870-06-23
Atchi.on & Nebraska Railroad

Atchison 4 Nebraska Railroad.
"Douiphsn County has issued upwards
of one hundred Thousand dollars in bonds
to the Atchisou and Nebraska road. and
instead Of it's managers acting in good
fsith in building the road. they ara skip
ping over all the heavy cuts aud fills IS
being too expensive; and drawing money
on the strength Of these bonds 10 Atchi-
son. to pay the officers salaries. i,
seems that Atchi.on has issued only
small portion of her bonds. bat Doni-
phsn County being liberal in aiding the
road all she could. has more than Likely
got her foot in it this time. Well it
takes experience to learn ell railroad
msnenvers and trickery. and poniphsn
County might Just IS we'll take a lesson
now Is any time. and by sad experience
become better posted for the future"
The above ia taken form the editorial
columns of the Hi.wstha Dispatch OF
the IL h inst. aud although We deprecate
the malice which seems to have dictated
the article. We are happy to be able to
say that it does not contain Q single
trn'h. The managers have acted in good
faith from the first, and the road bed the
entire distance from Atchi.on to Troy
is ready to receive the ties; every bridge
between those places except one. has
been finished. and ties for nearly the
whole distance have been got ont and
delivered on the line Of the road. And
at this time, and nt the time the editor
penned the above article. there was but
two milea between Atchison and White
Clond that work was not being done.
At this time the force at work ia up.
wards Of two hundred men and City
teens. 1.-THE work has been done and
the bonds issued for that work. We pre-
sume the bonds te.ong to the company
that perfo, med the labor. and that there
weuld he no cause for accusing the COM
psny with acting in bad faith. should
it pay it's officers: but we ere informed
that the officers have received no pay at
all. These are the facts in the case. and
as our friends 10 Brown County are as
much interested in . St. Louis connec-
ton on this side Of the river as any other
portion of Northern Kansas. we shall
expect the Dispatch to make the corrsc-
tioo.
The entire road bed to Toy will be
complete this week. and to White Cloud
inside Of two months. Ties for two
thirds Of the entire road ore now ready,
and eight.ten'hs of all the bridges are
finished. Negotiations are now pending
for iron, and information has jest been
received from Col. Abel and j. NJ
Price. E.q. the agents Of the company.
that the iron has no doubt been pur-
chased. and will be shipped in q Few
days.
We hope that our friends in Doniphan
and Brown c,unties will give their "aid
and comfort" at last to the company
which is doing al that can be done with
means at its command to complete the
road for the fall trade. rathar than try to
smbsrrsss it and DELAY it's completion by
Misrepresentation. By such course the
negotistions for iron and rolling stock
may be delayed. or interfered with.
Men who loan money are not going to
loan it ont when it is likely to be invol-
we'd in difficulty. nor put it in enterpri.
ses that have not the friendship Of the
community where located. The road
will be completed this year. unless de.
featsd BY the acts Of those Who ought to
be it's friends. Atchison Patriot.