Huntington independent. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1871-1874, 1873-09-18

rlends end relative VINO are mem
.ers Of that Church, Nhc will | know
gree with ne in saying that the
opinions and assertions Of the letter
% u stiou are unsor'hy Of the ad-
ioe.te Of the Church whose presence
he asserts is the earnest Indication
oi progress, aud tn best landmark |
Of genuine morality If the morals
of this letter are a specimen of that
genuine morality We only say,
God save the Church. Aitera series
Of bilious filings at Vi-ginia-her re
ligiOn, hospitality &c, "ObseryatOr"
SAYS in relation TO the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad, "As far as my
poor opinion goes, can solcmuly
say that | never travelled over a
more insecure thOropshiare, nor en-
coun;ered so many discouforts, even
in the local country roads Of New
York. Everything seems to have
been under,sk ken, conducted, and so
far completed by high iuexperience
in such matters \ gentleman, a
civil engineer, (who by the way is
antagonistic to the c. & o. Il R.,
company on reading that paragraph
said. "the man who wrote that is a
fool The best evidence of Il false
hood of "Observators' statement, is
that register of the time made by
the through train on this road, was
published a few weeks ago, showing
that notwithstanding it is eomptra-
uvelya new road, yet its time as
made. compares flvorably with that
Of any railroad Ia the country, of the
sane length, 420 miles. In addition
TO this, the fct that there has no,
been a passenger killed or injured
on the road since it was opened, not
outstanding it passes through the
most dangerous territory for railroads
in the land shows at least, that the
charge Of "inexperience' is unfuuDded
I might retort on the gentleman aud
say, "ab uAo disco onRcs' but au
not supposed to be as we'll vcrsed in
the language of Virgil as the Rev.
"ObservatOr.' Again, the gentle
man, "Obseryator" saws Huntington
is said in one of these instruments,
to be at the head of reliable water
navigation on the Ohio river, when
the truth ia, that any craft larger
than q fat bottOmei fishing smack
could not approach from the lower
side, nor anything Of a draft boat,
heavier than a regatta she'll override
the sand bars of the upper" The
best answer to this assertion is that
the letter of "ObservatOr," is dated
"oo board the Steamer Fleetwood, -
a boat carrying thousand tons, on
which he left Huntington, which
boat with her cOnsort has for six
months been makiog her rcgula r
daily trips from this point to Cin Gin
natl Shell we say "ob due
&c?
again, "ObservatOr' speaks CT a
wages mutiny amongst the colored
employees Of the road There has
never been a mu'iny among the colo
red employees Of the road There was
a riot or something approaching it,
amorg one of the contractors bands.
but the hands appealed from the
contractor to The company, aud were
protected.
Again he SAYS, ";he Central Land
Company offered to sell the Catholic
Church a iot for Eve thousand and
some hundred dollars" The truth is
that the Central Land Company,
offered to give the Catholic Church
a lot worth over Five thousand del
lars, on the condition Of the payment
Of ten per cent, md the erection of a
Church, Of equal value with the lot.
The same offer Is made to oil deuomi- |
nations and has been accepted by |
several. For the truth of what I say. |
| appeal to the venerable Bishop /
Whelan Of this diocese.
have thus far denied; | now assert /
that as far as pecuniary prosperity is
concerned, the Catholic Church ha
been more successful than Gny other IN
this neighborh5od. Their Fairs and ,
Festivals have been pairouized by
all classes Of citizens; they have
very neat Church nearly finished at
juyandOt,e. aud contemplate build
ling one here. A member of the
Catholic Church is on the city Couu,
I'll aud many Of the railroad men are
of the same persuasion.
The only explanation can sug-
yest Of "0bssryator's' false account
'l affairs, is prejudice sgaiOst the
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad com
pany, and in favor Of the Baltimore
/ Ohio Road, which prejudice has
doubtless been fed By a conversation
with an empioye Of tho road who
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