The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-11-11


Bienville, Jackson and .Ouachita,
! to tic completion of. the North
eEouisiana and Texas Railroad,
VIII be given whenever all In
: cumbrances or difficulties in the
Z; way of Immediate construction
of said road, shall be removed,
and tho said cities and parishes
are assured of its efficient man.
'ageneiit and control. 49, II
- We are satisfied that when the
contingency referred to-. actually
, .comes upon us, the road will need
.ino mid from the cities and par
isles mentioned. i9'@
''s But qc7.e1, the difficulties will
, he removed and when efficient
/. management of the, road will be
assured, are problems becoming
qatiailya less easy to solve. The
Caddo Gazette seems to have
been assured; during the !Conven-
!, ,tiQn, that all the difficulties be-
4 tween the parties contending for
tho road had been arranged.
Now comes Mr.. ID. g. Duncan,
of tlie New Orleans Bee, who
,declaresethat he has the sautlori-
|! ty of Judge ii Campbell, Gen.
sJacksons and Sone of the bond
holders for saying .'nothing has
been done and nothing can be
DONE to arrange the difficulties
referred to-, and that, even if the
bopdholdersi were to he accom-
lemotlated, Observation-Disclosures would
bnaaintain the suit. Iatlssi <,a.l :
-eT This is an Important point to
sooinihr people, and we had hoped
that the writer, of the semi
official reply d to Mr.. Duncan's
lettertwhich we have used above,
elwonld answer candidly what pro
gross has, been made in arrangg-
ing the difficulties, not known to
Judge Campbell and Gen. Jack
son, and tell us in what attitude
atlie pending suit, would stand
when, the bondholders are paci-
!, fed but we find the writer of
the. reply gomits, Or avoids q no
tice of this important point.
Something ought to be done to
put this RAILROAD illusion Gas it
has SO far proved, } permanently at
rest. pelfj 49f.1.ly: III ,iaa-t
No doubt, time is required to
malSc;a sale of such magnitude;
but is it a fact that sale cannot
be made?, Is it a fact that the
stockholders have not lost their
right of action9 The Company
can answer these questions from
the record, and can satisfy the
people whether or not this road
is, to stop,l or to so on.
Very weighty matters are con-
nected with the present condi-
ton of this road-the weight
est of which is, the probability,
or irnprobability of the compile
ton of the unfinished gap west,
before the grasping railroad mo-
inopolies of Pennsylvania and
New York have completed tho
circuit around us from the At
lantic to the Pacific. Negotia-
tions to- purchase and repeated
promises of accommodation seem
to have all proven abortive. In
u matter of such magnitude
there ought to be no trifling and
no deception. 1t is better we
should even now know the worst,
than to be made the puppets of
Eastern jugglers any longer.
If it shall appear that the
time for compromise has passed,
and that the country must await
the slow process of n chancery
suit to decide the question of
title, involving probably delay
of five, or, perhaps, ten years,
the country ought in common
Justice to know it, when some
faction can be taken to prevent a
complete suspension of railroad
progress toward the west. Wei
do not presume that the present
-oMners Of the road care 10 leave
q law suit as a legacy to their
heirs; or, if they find they must