, 1873-06-28

Hlo7omoht 6trloEly doWn to the spirit OF their
teaoluttona. ':t
l.: - A LOUISIANA RAILROAD BTEAL.
Tho virtuous Gov. Kellogg, Of tho Govorn-
mont in Loulnlnna, noons to hayo boon q largo
operator In rnilroad stock whilo Unitod Btatos
Senator, II certain revelations of tho New Or
loanB Herald may DO croditod. TO go back to the
beginning, Col. Thomas Q. Datoe, railroad pro-
tootor and contractor who had boon Interested in
southotn roads before tho war, and had lost his
intoros.a through tho war, wont to Now Orleans
aftor tho cessation Of hoetilitloB, md revived
project for railroad connecting New Orleans
and Baton nougo, running through'a a particular
" fertilo district on tho Miasueippi coast.
In 1860, tho Loulsiana Legislature was in
ducod to paaa bill, which Coy. War
moth signed worry promptly, : by which
tho State guaranteed e0,25o00o Of aocond-mozt-
ga8o bonds, to bo paid as sections Of tho road
were completed. Having. secured this conceg-
sion, Col. Bates then got possession Of an old
ehartor for rond from Baton Rouge to shrovo-
port, which had hnndaomo land-grant from tho
Btato mado boforo tho war. With this material
to work with, Col. BatoB proceeded to Now York,
whero he mado combination with Mr. Willis
Gaylord, a brother-in-law Of Senator Pomoroy,
to get somo aid from Congress. Tho good
Offices Of scnator pomeroy, who was then
Chairman Of tho Committee .on Public Lands
and Of Bonntor, now Governor, Kellogg
8oem to havo boon on1lsted, for, In
the bill granting lands to tho To1as l. Pacific
Railroad, provision WIS added that tho Baton
Rouge l. Now Orleans Road should have 4,400,-
600 acres. THIS secured, Col. Bates appears to
have stopped buck, and 11r. Gaylord assumed
tho management Of tho project With tho land
grants and the Louisiana guarantee, hr. Gny~
lord announced TINT ho had mado arrangements
In Frankfort for tho disposal Of tho bonds, tho
money to bo advanced as stated sections woro
completed. There was somo hitch, however,
which prevented h1r. Gaylord from carrying out
hia plan. Ho then ondoayorod to soil the
road, aud negotiated, among other parties,
with Senator Sptague Of Rhode Island. He oi1or-
cd to sell tho road for 1,2oo,ooo Il Senator
6praguo would assume tho payment Of certain
bonds hold in trust by tho Union Trust Company,
Of New York City. Upon further inquiry 1t was
discovered that thoao special bonds amounted to
nearly million dol1ara. Fivo hundred $1,000
bonds (a50o, 1000 woro owned by Nr. William pitt
Kellogg one hundred $1,000 bonds (41oo, o,00o)
by Mr. F. D. 0. Pinchbaok ; d batch by Senator
pomery. mud 50 On. 1rr. Gaylord declined to
tell In What why thono yent1omon became pos
t>,,& r. To1fr h,.HN
Pomcroy wore both mombors Of tho United
8tatos Senate at the time tho Immigrant was 30
cured. Senator Sprague did not buy.
This ia the story substantially as told by tho
Now Oroans Herald. Of courso, no work haB
evor beon dono on tho projected road. In tho
meantime, q company has boon organized to
huild railroad botwoon Vermilionvillo and
Shreveport, wlIol, traverses part Of the terri
tory that tho New Orleans 4 Baton Rouge Roaa
would occupy Il 1t should ever bo built, and tho
interests OF tho two roads would conflict directly.
Tho new Company soemB to havo boon organized
Oh sound basis, md 80 far has aslsod for no
grants or aubaidies. Inst wintor tho Company
secured bill from tho Legislature granting a
charter, and Kr. Willin1n Pitt Kollogg NOW Coy
ornor, refuses to aign the bill Ho assigns several
unsatisfactory reasons for Withholding his sig
nature, and demands, among othor things, that
security shall bo givon that the road will 10 built.
This purpose would bo highly patriotic and COM
1nendable under certain circumstancoa, but, as
long Us Gov. Kellogg holds 100000 bonds in q
road OF conflicting intorests yet to bo built, ha
patriotism ia Of d very questionable character.
It will also DO pertinent for the Louisiana people
to demand how h1r. Willinm Pitt Kollogg United
States Senator, bocamo possessed Of 100000
bonds in railroad, which hlr. William pitt Kel-
logg, Governor OF Louisiana now sooks to pro-
tech by refusing to sign n bill authorizing tho
construction Of competing road.