The Lincoln County herald., 1871-07-13
tFos the HsrAld.l

tEos the HsrAld.J I
JuLY 5.A 1871. a
Editor Ne~aM: IL your issue Sf ?
June 10Th, 1879, | noticed communsoa.
tios from Zedd, which think deserSes
Ihe careful consideration Of che people
Of this county. AZ to some OF the oo!ec' Il
tions ss;sex BY you agains. oertaie points .
in the communication, we have ~ meass
Of ascot aiuing their validity but others,
and by far the greater number, % have
IN msaus esd they evist 10 your editorial
As 70 tSs secrecy with which railroad
msttets in this county sre conducted, | |
ovsry citises 10 the county outside OF the
i'm ediasa heiends Of the Troy measure 10
aware of, and feels the business OF the re
mark nadc BY Zedd. With rega'a TO- she
surveys there seems to be but one diner
ence, Zsda says BY J. NJ. Hcadys, you
ssy yoa ace noe aware Of any surrey by
M. Heady's. It certainly has eeen ths
understanding Of many people Of che
county that . survey was made oy Ms.
Hcadys; but that is Of no consequence
whatever. The people Of this county
have beea assured time and again that
the road vas located, and Va: oil
that could be desired that the ~ors was
progressing rapidly, and that remarkable
harmony prevailed; that nine miles was
nearly completed, and that near sixty
thousand dollavs had been expended.
Now you say the railroad manager.
ara very communicative, "fond OF
talking about their project" and that
from "the best information you can get
from three instrumental surveys between
this place and the North Missouri rail.
road, the st. Louis aud Keokuk road
will be located by Moscow Mill, 60:
You also say the route by Old Alexandria
was surveyed but found impracticable in
cousea auence of cost aud high grade and
was abandoned, and two lines run up
Cuivre trying to get on ridge, &C., found
to be very costly The best route found
to be by Fort Spring branch. Owing to
grade and heavy work Mr.. Wolf sur
veyed . route by Millwood. You say
! that "these routes have all been examined
with regard to cost, distance and grade
and the best will doubtless be selected in I,
!. few weeks and tho road locsted.'
Then it appears that the road is not To-
) Gated at all, but will be. You say "the
work Of construction has commenced
between this place and Big Greek" and
the road bed will be finished in about
, ninety days. Now what 10 the natural
: secuenco Of the abvvey answer that q
f r.IIro,d !, soiug built which has no !oca'
) ton or existence only iu. the imaginationt
of the parties who are managing the
..me, and that the people Of Lincoln
y county have paid about sixty thousand
D dollars for q myth, and that, unless
, stopped by those 10 authority, these gen
i tlemsu 10 their blind zeal will still con
tinue to spend the peoples money fo
> naught. Zedd says IS miles Of road ha
T. to be built to connect the work in Rails
y county with the North Missouri railroad
It and can foot up that Lincoln count!
Il subscribed $500, 900, Rails $275.0OO, ant
;. Pike 100000. Now you know, o
ID should know, that the Rails count,
money has nearly all been used in build
:, ing tho road through Rails county
,r aud that the remainder will certainl
:. be used within that county. The
- no part of Rails subscription can
u will be used on the Is miles of roa
le named by Zedd, aud that the claim o
ID the company upon Pike county is mis-
y erable pretnse set up only for effect. )
- any unbiased mind can see that Zedd
~ assertion is correct, and that the onl
'g available funds the company has fe
gs building the IS miles of road referred
r. is the Lincoln county subscription
o. 100000. In the close Of your srtic
" you soy "this road we are Informed
u certainly located, &c., and will be bui
er when the means are procured III
et means and location are certainly very oil
re nifcant items in the construction
:, railroads, and these are the two thiDl
=" wanting in the construction Of Il
IS, st. Louis and Keokuk railroad by Tro.
of You soy Eedd may "disabuse himself
an few hours ride and see nine mil
= nearly finished for the ties and two
y. four miles under contract and the pitc
a. ing Of dirt actually going on" and ,
he wonderful to tell, tho road is not locate
he but will be in few weeks.
me I have no doubt, Mr.. Editor, Of t
ed correctness Of your statements in rega
-. to railroad matters in aud around Trt
''' and I think tho people Of the cous
or with your article before them will
- doubly assured Of . fact that has be
md evident to many for sometime past, It
os. is, that these railroad gentlemen Of TT
Wv intend, under the name Of building
st. Louis and Keokuk railroad, to spe
The the 100000 in building themselve'
ing railroad. Respectfully you're, TO-.
me JONATHAN CRUAE
hat 1I
ter Az there are few points in the abb
that bear upon our editorial in relat