The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-07

Evansville and Southern Illinois
Railroad,


Railroad.
The Evansville JOURNAL of Mon F.
day publishes letter from the Shaw
neetown Mercury, which We presume /
was written By Mr.. Castles, the Vice
President of the st. Louis and Shaw
neetown Road, and which acknoWl-
edges the object of General WiBslow's
friends In visiting the railroad meeting
at Evansville. The general tone of
the letter is calculated to impress the
reader that the author Of it thought
the trick played on the Evansville men
was too good a thing to keep. and,
having been so nicely and easily ac-
complished, would justify them ia a
little public exultation.
And again In Tuesdays Journal we
find an article heralding the fact that
a new contract had been agreed upon
and a harmonious settlement Of all
questions concluded. We can see
| nothing new IN this last contract, ex-
cept that it IS a little more specific in
/ the advantages conceded to our enc
/ mics, but We do see a piece of absurd
ity, and presumption Ia the Evans
vile Directors IN letting. a contract
/ for building railroad through our
| territory without a shadow of legal
authority for so doing. Let Us take
a common sense view of the premises.
We have a Company chartered, or
ganiZed and donations voted, in three
| counties though which it is to
run; the Evansville Directors let a
contract 90 a party without any
charter or local subscriptions, for
building a road over the same ground.
Is it reasonable to suppose that the
Legislature of Illinois will grant a
charter for another road over precise
ly the same territory? Our Company
proposed to consolidate with the
Evansville Company, anG D. L. Phil
lips Il Co. proposed to build the road
all the way through for tae subserip-
tons, and give satisfactory security
for compliance with their contract.
Is it reasonable to suppose that
| Messrs. Winslow & Co. would build
the road through Illinois for the
Evansville aud VauderbuTgh sub
seriptions alone, even if the Evans
Vile Directors had possessed the
right TO contract for building
the Roadf We think not. EveRy-
thing connected with Evansville and
Southern Illinois interests combined,
seems so plain and easily eompre-
hended that We cannot do otherwise
than conclude that the Evansville Di-
rectors of the Evansville & Southern
Illinois Railroad are the longest cared
asses that we have ever come across,
or else there has been one of the most
bare faced violations Of trust that
| has even been praeticed upon an in-
teiligent community. Evansville has
! tied up its Road for eighteen months
to come 10 the hands Of its most bit
ter and dangerous enemies.
To proof of General WinsloW's en-
nifty to Evansville we can cite more
than sufficient evidence to convince
any reasonable mind. Ills letter a6
dressed to the people of Franklin
!, County, after the meeting at Evansville
endeavoring to influence them to de-
, feat the donation on the 9th ult, re-
fleets his fears that a road will be
built through Illinois 10 the Wabash
} notwithstanding his exertions to de-
feat it, The following from the New
Albany Ledger Of Thursday week.
shows that he is also working IN the
interest OF the New Albany & ST.
Louis Air Line Road, which is GER
tainly not calculated 10 add anything
more to the city Of Evansville. than
: it will have with their Evansville and
Charlottesville Railroad connection
at Princeton,
The Ledger says; president Brad
ley, of the New Albany & St Louis
Air Line Railway, received a letter
] this morning from General Winslow.
President of the st. Louis 81 South
eastern Illinois Railroad, which states
/ that the Road will be finished from
! st. Louis east to Mt Vernon. Iii
Bois, distance seventy five miles. Ia
: September, or by the 1st of October
; at the farthest. This will Leave only
sixty miles Of the Illinois division OF
! the Air Line Road, from Mt Carmel
, to Mt. Vernon, to complete"
As to the new contract for building
the b. & S. l. Z. r. having anything
binding Messrs. Winslow s. Co. to
complete the work, it is all hosh. The
condition that four months cessation
. of labor at any one time shall release
the Directors from their contract.
| don't amount to the value of a pin.
1t will be an easy matter for Winslow
Il Co. to put three or four days work
on the road at intervals of little less
than four months, and thereby COM
ply with the binding part Of their
contract. In the mean time the Road
will be built to Shawneetown and
! Now Albany; and Evansville left to
do her work over again, whenever
I she can get control of it.