Huntington independent. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1871-1874, 1873-12-25
About Those Certificates.
HUNTINGrox, W. Va,
Dec. 23d 1873.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE INDEPENDENT.
Do the 18th inst. Mr.. j. W. Yer
lander and myself went TO the othc
# be Division Superintendent oil tn
c. & o. Rsilrosd in this city nn'
there met Mr. A. Ii. Perry, Genera
Superintendent Of said road. W.
told him that we had sold goods Il
the employees of the Company, uun
our resources were nearly exhausted
and We must have money to pay ny
our debts contracted for goods, anu
asked him when the Pay Car would
De here. lie said he could not tell
US and that he knew how We were
81 ,uated, and that We ought to have
mgney TO pay for our goods. l then
told him | had accounts Of men, en-
pl yes of the c. &. o. R. r, VII oh |
nad bought and owned wholly, a"o
asked him if he could do anything
wi them. He told me to give him
. statement Of those accounts and he
should leave on the 3 o'clock traiO
and would take them TO Richmond
with bin, and would try aud 90
something for me. | made ou' {"
statement OF the accounts and deliver
ed it to Mr.. Perry about , o'clock p
VI. with a letter more fully stating
The necessity Of his paying sone
money, so that | could continue to
sell goods to Railroad employees, and
On leaving the Office, said to him, |
hoped he would not fail to send MT
some monty to hep ne out CT the
difficulty. / did every thing but beg
for money on account Of the nPl1ye'
of the Road, who | knew must suffcr
if We stopped selling goods to them
1t was not on my Own account Tor II
the Comp-ny could not pay Their
emplOye, | could SOP selling then
20, ds AIRY day.
MIR. Perry told me he would be il
Richmond on The 18Th lust. o.
that day be sent me the following
letter which speaks for itself:
Richmond Va, Dec. IS, -S,3
L. DooLITTLE, E,q
Huntington, " Va.
DEAR SIR: Yours f Dc l6rh re.
celvtd; 1 6od it impossible 10 ply
any money st present, | propose ha~
ever 10 issue 10 men We eve for Sep
.eG Der a certificate Iayable III 81
days. IfyOu will send to j. II Pat
teys N, pay master, any orders you
have for full pay Of auy men by ex-
press, he will return 10 YOU cer''f
cate which will put the money IL
yours hand when paid at all.
Yours truly.
4. II. FLnEY, Gen. Supt.
On Saturday eveO;ng the 20th J
seut note to Mr. CalhCua, Div!si'
Su perin,yu drnt here, stating that Il
ter tina, evening | thought it VA,
my duty TO stop selling goods to rail
road employees until | could know o.
some certain time when they couir
pay. Mr. j. w. Verlander did to-
same, Messrs. Noble & Walker dc
he same, aud ye,ierily uerchauts
gene rally decided to adopt the san
ecu re; aud | am willing to leave f
the public 10 say if after carryu"
railroad trade ItsrIy four month
without any money, ni h4vug tedu
ced our resources ill We aio unsb
to pay for our goods hat VIC are Ju-u
fed in the course We have purSu"u;
a I'd then this letter Of Mr. Perry's to
break the last spoke in the whee':
They say they cabnot pay-wiih over
800, 900 dollars Of net earnings la>l
year; They say they cannot pay
but can take the esrnirgs # Il e road
money that these poor men sho are
now suffering for the pecessa;ies o..
life have earDed to make a tunGel {
xtend tue road from Richmond to
deep water on the James; They 5 y
hey cannot pay, with a directory
TWO third. of whom are rolling il
wealth and can any Day put then
hands 10 their pockets and pull on
money enough to pay every employ
Oh this d. Let them talk trat t,
the u rines. Ii is money the met
want-it is money the merchants
wan, and DOT cert. 6cA;es, payable at
some time in the future if ever, aut
worth about as much as the paper o.
which they are printed.
l.. DoOLITTLE.
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