The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-06-01
OUR CITY COUNCIL.

- AZ ~sy S'A~S
that q large majority, say three
fourths, of our citizens are velle>
mently opposed to the ratification
of the remarkable lease of said
road to road thst does not run it's
own road-but is being used as
cats paw to cover up and screen
the real parties from all iesponsl-
bility in case Of loss. The Board
of City Governors are elected to
serve and represent the people and
when they suppose themselves to
be used by clique OF unprincipled
and irresponsible spectators they
should be held to strict account
by their honest constituents, who
have placed their property and
their interests for the time being
in their hands.
We truly would like to sec q
Rail Road shop erected here, and
we have now a valid contract with
responsible party to have shops
built here But we are asked to
tear up sure thing and release
this safe party, and make new
contract with new party-a man
of straw-and furthermore, for the
sake of this new straw contract
we are asked to ratify lease of
the road to Rail road Co., that
cannot at this time and day own q
shop in the world. and by so rati-
flying said lease we pas q properly,
which is now very valuable, out OF
| our hands for 90 years--what is
more, VIC put I'LL Of Our railroad
communications into the hands al
one company whict, while it la SITS,
will prevent us having the advan-
tage Of competition in freights-
the only effectual way to secure
our manufactures on an equal
footing with towns where compe-.
tition exists.
We understand that our Flax
seed men are driven out Of some
of their legitimate points Of pur-
chase by the fact that Rail Road
competition gives those points
cheap freights to cities twice as
distant, and hence the seed that
should be made into oil right here
is hauld past our doors to Cincin-
natl and other places.
I, is useless for our mechanics
to struggle to compete with more
forward points, while high local
freights prohibit the influx Of the
raw meterial and the outward
shipment of the finished goods.
Give Us cheap freights and we will
defy other points to beat US in the
high road to PROSPERITY.
THE sTARR-HIBBERD PAPERe.
In looking over the whole action
Of the Fort Wayne Rail Road Co.
we have to raise our hands in as
tonishmcnt-to-wit: for the pur.
pose Of raising $500. 900 90 which
they said was all that was required
to complete the road ready for The
cars-S35O. 900 90 of which they
, had subscribed along the line
: thus leaving on S455, 1000 90 actual
: ly to raise they, the Fl Wayne F
q r Co., contracted with one r I
y Barley. poor clerk in the freigh
e Office Of the Pennsylvania R R Co
to build the remainder of our roa,
n giving 81, 800, 900 90 0rst mort
h gage bends-(four dollars for one
Twenty eight miles of Finished
% Railroad, costing and now wort
h $4,000 90 per mile-or S478 900
90, and then to forever proven
: the rightful and absent owners 9
+ the roal from having any contro
- of said property in the future
n they issue and donate the sal
Barclay 100000 90 of bogu
- stock, so that he could out vot
a all the real stockh oldeis CO Il,
road, and to cap al Law retu e
to allow said real Z elders Il
= privilege CT accei z or sejee'i.i
the lease Of the road to s.iIt
il third parry Tin horny for, 20
lii may say, forcTcr.
| LITTLE PARABLE.
Suppose our Mr.. James IL. Star
>. who now owns, say ninety p
cent Of the stock of the Richmo,
=, Gas Co. should follow out h
prospect OF spending year
Europe.
= He leaves his 800 600 90 Of il
terest in the hands Of the 9th
four Directors and goes away La
es py While he is absent son
IS, necessary Improvements at Il
works calls for the expenditure
$4,000 90. to raise which, Il
aw Board of Directors contract wi
John Smith, jr., an office dust
for linn Flax ir (narflOn mo Him