, 1870-06-02
THE HARTFORD & ERIE RAIL
ROAD,
A Gigantic SWtnd1e PerPctFnteta on
masa8chus0tts.
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| 1net1 u Struggle gong on this moment il
MsssacnuseHs IL sta.s to Which We respectfully asl
.ae ae, a.sen.'on ~ o1 lonest men, and indeed O
vEus f,H ~ ~ - parts o. the country, Tor It il
tnA VI uocLI1ne, OF foProot and instruction
is iMass1ehuselss NJ se nas . half-t,nshed raflroad
k1o%n 70 tno world 70 the Hartford i Erie
Wu'cn " Ass oeen, and is no" at thls moment, II
tng nanqa " I've OF th1ee men, whose knaTerJ
MoH'os nas any LONGER the hardthood to deny.
| anese len c9me oeiole tne Legislature three
s & 9 H. an1 nn Rersusaea me state to ADVANCE
1 1aem SSU9,uVo to help to complete tho road.
rn ano a1na onn u sne a97anee we're that Tor
! every S1oo.Goo expended by them, the State
WEE 70 give thom Sl90,9W, and the
comPaag 60 apo dgo vas Represented Is having
SAu9.eQo n rs possession, with which it would
sec that It fulfilled it. and that it properly OF
penuea - 1or every COLLAR advanced by the
etate, thleo commissioners OF high character
we're apEo1nteu, "thons whose certltcate the
money Mas NOT 70 ne PAD over rtothecompany. to
as1er eeoe M Laeae .1 commissioners had paid over
r3sht, instituted an examination, and found
~ tnIs ~ nu'nng "aa !e!L q inc s1,Vop,N1rePorted
70 ~ u Posse!sal93n 13 o1 inc company, the knaEes
hafln8 eRent ~ ~ N spoculatlng IN their oHn
slocA1 1ne commissioners therefore refused
70 oes9liy Tor any more adTances
o. o. .no ssato money. Whereupon the
Tor now loan OF s2,O00. 600, and got it, and,
moreover, succeeded ~ hars'.9 ne troublesome
co7nn1ss7o'eTs teg&stdted out Of office. They
'uen "euI M 10 VOTE ana spent the e., ,u00, 900
. 1sv. tn9 toao IL stil unhMehed 'and bank
auM. nhen l1e a1alfs we're oFerhauled last
o., o1 = ion5-hundred-tollar " bond and ten-dollar
olll. Ing EnaFes, nevertheless. arc now be-
1ose me Lee1slatufo again, asking for another
loan OF s5.ooo oH', and the committee has nc
tuauy reported IN favor OF their getting it, of
eonse ,!s1 Mltn oue Ha1esuafds as to the proper
guards we're, or could be, worth nything since
the knaves last winter procured the Dismissal
from Office Of the very men whom
tue commonwealth had set to watch
them. The Governor, who weakly helped
them in getting their second loan, and who
weakiy-though this is mild word-conniyed
at their overthrow Of the commissioners, now
acknowledges that the whole thing has been
swindle from beginning to end :; everybody
sees 1t was . swindle indeed tho knaves them
selves arc willing to acknowledge that it vas
tirst-class swindlc-if ouly they can get this
last -, soc, 900 paid over to them. Nav, they
are, We believe, not particularly anxious that
it should now be paid oyer to then. !: all they
require ia that it should be paid over to BONG
body for the benefit Of the road, and a1e viii
ling TO trust to their luck and ingenuity TO
enable them to ret ut the fund a. soon rs Tia
public attention has been turned in some
other direction.
To appreciate the full Importance OF all this,
We must remember that throughout these ne.
farious transactions the Boston press has re-
naincd client and indifferent that with these
evidences Of the futiIty OF all precautions
against swindling, Al long as the State has
ytAing to do with tho road, before it's eres.
1t is at this moment advocating this last ad- |