The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-05-21
5allip oils, Macarthur and Columbus
Railroad.
LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT.
GALLIPoLIs, Ono, |
May Is, 1871

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to hand this morning as noted
Our work is steadily but slowly pro
crossing. We have at work from
seventy to eighty men. Have ha(
a small force at work through thu
winter, and thus far this spring
with from forty to seventy horses
and mules. Have worked through
the winter principally ON heavy
and rock cuts. We expect to in
crease the work materially in about
two weeks. We have had nc
estimate of the work done since
January LIST made, but will send
yon herewith the Engineers report
to that date.
1t would be impossible, under
present state of matters, to tell
when the work will be commenced
in your County; but I believe if
the Board would make arrange
ments to commence there at an
early day, that most of your sub
scriptions would be paid promptly.
But you are aware that there has
been a strong disposition to hold
back, to see what the Supreme
Court would do with the BGsel h,
R, law-that fact having now been
ascertained, and said law been de-
clared unconstitutional. Our citi-
zens will see that if we are to have
a railroad that we must go to work
and build it. That has always
been my opinion, and l have worked
steadily ahead, with that object in
view; and must believe, that if my
efforts had been supported by the
stock, holders of the Company, as
they should have been by the pay
ment of the instaliments on their
subscriptions as they matured, our
road would have been graded to
your town before this. Rut instead
of encouraging the enterprise, every
effort within the reach Of a few
disappointed, selfish and envious
aspirants, has been resorted to for
the purpose of defeating it, or fail
in that, of delaying the enterprise
Finding that their misrepresenta-
tons and abuses of the officers OF
the Company had not the desired
effect of stopping the work, as a ii
nal resort, they determined to with
hold the payment of their subscrip-
tons; finding the work still pro
crossed, whether they paid their in,
stallments or not, this opposition
found that they must adopt
some other plan, or the road would
be built in the face of all their OPP
position; and to effect their object,
every effort was resorted to that
tricky minds could bring to bear,
by misrepresentation, to carry the
election in January. Failing in
that, the next move was under q
writ of quo aoarrantO, which was to
have been tried in April, but hav,
ing failed to give legal notice, they
could not have it tried, and the Dis.
trict Court adjourned to July 9Th,
when it is said, the opposition will
have the case tried; ifso, youw will find
it will end in smoke or gas. But
to some extent, it is having the eff
feet desired by them, viz: Civ.
ing lawyers, (some of them have
sued on their stock,) fees
and discouraging some Of the
friends Of the road.
have the same opinion l have
always had in regard to building
the road, but it cannot be done sc
rapidly by a part of the stock-hold.
ers trying to pull it down, as il
could be by all working together.
l have intended, for some weeks
past, to visit your town, but / have
had my hands full, and the roads
have been too bad for anything but
slow travelling. / cannot say W hen
the road will be finally located to
your town, but that is a job that will
require but a few days, and can be
done almost any time. When desi.
rable, l may DO able to give you
some further items, and should
often have written to you, but much
Of the time home matters have
kept me closely engaged in the Of
fee, when not out on the line.
/ will send you herewith, the
prospectus Of the Berlin and Pom
eroy railroad, by which you will
see that other parties are moving
to reach the immense beds of mine
raj that line our route. This road
will cross our line about twenty-tw
or twenty-three miles from here
and some Of the parties interested
in it, assume that IL piU be built
and / think many Of the discon