The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-09-20
The geffersuuian
Friday, Morning, Sept. 90, 3. 1879
SLOANE AS A RAILROAD SUPER.
INTENDENT.
He Tries TO Explain Away Matters
whichAppeared Against Him I'm HIS
Own Organ.

Mr.. Rush r. Sloane, in his egotisti-
cal speech in front of the Court house
last Friday evening attempted to ex-
plain away the fact that the c. S. q
c. r. r. refused to run an extra train
carry to the funeral of DIR. Ballard and
theCamp-meeting, ,andcharged that the
JKFFKRsoNIAN misrepresented him In
matte. Now in reply to this bonn
bast on the part of Mr.. Sloane, we
have Just to say: Our information
upon the subject was derived in a
great measure from an article in the
Hancock Ccarier of July 25, 1s72.-
That article was headed, "Why is
this Road SO man ?" and is too long
to copy in full. A part of it is devoted
to abuse of Mr.. Buxton, the assistant
Superintendent, while the following ap-
pears to have been aimed at Mr..
Sloane personally, and criticises his
management of the Road. Read it:
"a few weeks since number of
ladies and gentlemen in Findlay
wished to go to a camp meeting near
Carey. Many were church members
and all respectable people. Applica-
tion was made to Mr.. Buxton by
several of our citizens to know
whether a train could be had on Sab
bath for that purpose. He paid no
attention to the letters, and never an
swered them. Another effort was
made by letter to Mr.. Sloane, the
president of the road, and be handed
it to Buxton, the assistant superin-
tendent, to answer. When it cane,
we were informed that while some
people went to camp meeting to
worship, most of them went there for
other and very different purposes,
and refused train, although guar
anteed full pay and more He also
added that no trains ran over that
road on Sunday.
Many other contemplate things
have been done toward our merchants.
For instance, they would buy stock
of goods in New York, for which they
could get trusted if they wished to,
and Buxton would send word not to
let the goods leave the depot here
unless the freight was paid, or guar
anteed. He treated men here in that
way who could buy him out; honor
able business men and gentlemen.
A thousand dirty little things have
been done of this kind
But the Growing act of Infamous
conduct was performed in relation to
the funeral of our late lamented fel-
low citizen, DR.. II. d. Ballard, on
last Sabbath. The funeral was to
take place at four O'Clock in the after
noon. The doctor was highly es-
teemed and prominent member Of the
Masonic as well as the Odd Fellows
brotherhood. These societies here
made every effort in their power to
get the superintendent to allow a train
to run over the branch, so that the
of both societies at
Carey and Vanlue could attend the
and pay their last tribute of
respect to q deceased friend and
brother. The company was offered
fifty dollars for the train, and the ad-
fare of all who would come.
About one hundred would have come
from Carey and sixty to seventy from
Vanlue- Responsible gentlemen
here, and three or four responsible |
gentlemen in Carey, offered to guar
sn,y the matter as above ststed.'
Such was the language Of the
Hancock COsrier-the paper that in
, previous issue had branded Rush
3. Sloane as an "extortionist with J
,ut a soul - a paper that has never
said one good word Of him, until
within the last two months-since he
las bought out the Democratic Or
,aniz1tion "body and breeches" and
8 psjdling himself around the county
lnder the escort of Rev. (?) A. B.
Fields, Glessher and Mungen. insist
ng on the ratification of the bar
,ain,