Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-08-12
MEMPHIS AND KANSAS CITY
RAILROAD.
Items OF Interest 10 Memphis.

The Cass county Courier, published at
HarrisonvilIe, Missouri, it its issue of the
sixteenth, SAYS: eve do not care to ar
que IN a newspaper legal questions
raised by so many volunteers, as such
discussion decides nothing, and is only
calculated to embarrass what everyone,
/ who holds the interests of the city para
mount, most desires-the building of the
road. Neither do we wish to reopen
/ the question of routes-that was decided
/ when the Injunction against the trans
! fer of the Jackson county subscription
| from the western line to the present one
failed. This paper, among all in the
county, stood alone in Opposition to the
change, and when it was decided to
| take the present route, it did what it
always has done-the best for Kansas
| City it could. There seems, however, to
be some confusion as to the control of the
present road, which may as well be
cleared up. The work done and the
money expended was all contracted for
and nearly all executed when the road
was under control of committee of
construction of the branch road, and
among Kansas City Directors, as now
constituted, but one member had any,
thing whatever to dowith the road.
THE COUNTY OF JACKSON
was not satisfied with either the man.
agement or the legal status of the road.
The changes made were all inspired by
the desire to meet her wishes. The pres
ent directory has not expended a dollar
of her money, or dollar of any money
whatever, north of Clinton. The work
on the road south Of Clinton, in st.
ffloTr - Al
and the road-bed is completed between
Clinton and Osceola, the ties delivered
and ready for the iron. This is done
from the bonds of St, Clair and Henry,
specially devoted to that part of the line.
There are to-day available for cOnstrue-
tiOn' after all debts are paid, about two
hundred thousand dollars, and the work
could be commenced as soon as contracts
can be made, and with a small addition
al aid, there is enough to complete the
r0ad-bed on the first one hundred miles.
THE COMPANY
have had two offers already for their
first mortgage bonds, by responsible par
ties, found to be so upon the best refer
rences, and they have been waiting
since May for the road to get in legal
condition to receive the answer of the
director. These proposals are, when
the price of the bonds are agreed upon,
to complete the road-bed, to iron the
road, and to supply a given amount of
rolling stock to operate 1.-THE bonds
deliverable only upon the completion of
certain sections of given number of
miles. All the reports outside the state
ments here made are either guess work
or inventions. The present directory
has done nothing more than is here
stated, not an officer has received dol
lars compensation, nor has even trav-
cling expenses been allowed to any one
connected with tine board. 40 i-f ~ o.
THE NUMEROUS SUITS
which have grown out of the complica-
tiOns, have all been attended to and the
road protected from judgments and
damages. All that is needed to secure
the road is for the county of Jackson to
do what she promised to do, when the
company did what they have performed,
to allow the work to go on and to Sc
cure the speedy opening of this import
ant road. The fact that one of the off,
GERS of the road is connected with this
paper, is the main reason why we pur-
pose to so refrain so in the future 1t is,
as we well know, one of the reasons why
certain presses continue to war upon it,
and why the most shameless falsehoods
are reiterated from day to day, but
which will neither provoke US into un-
profitable controversies nor drive us
from what we deem our duty or rights.