The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-09-18


pany assumed the work at Toledo,
which signature by them, assumed no
liability, nor gave any consideration
for said SIS, ,955, 81.
To do him Justice we should add
here that Mr.. Hiekox, expressed to us
I the hope, that this committee could
find some way to get that amount,
$39, ,955,S7, back from the Tiffin parties
who received IL, because he received
nothing for ii from them. This was q
fraud on the 81. C. L L. N. r r. Com
pany.
We have said there was no such as
signment with our knowledge, assent,
or approval. Nor could there have
been any such passage of the Sl2OrST
OF subscriptions to the stock of our
railroad over to the NJ, C. & l.. NJ.
RR. Co. as claimed. True our officers
did collect andpay over to Mr. Hick-
OK on his order, $50, 4l9 of the sub
scription to the capital stock OF the
B. & o., aud T. & M. RR. Co., under
the original contract above referred
to; but il is not a fact that tic S39,-
755, was left meollected or unaceount-
ed for. On the contrary. it was, so far
as coZectG6Je, collected, and used in
paying for right of way depot grounds,
or ether costs and expenses of the
road, as hereinbefore stated, without
obtaining the additional subscriptions
we had hoped to receive. There was
therefore, no transfer or retransfer
whateyer of this last named amount
of stock, either to or from Mr.. Hick-
OK, but when he was released from
the heavy part Of the work, at or near
Toledo, he, in consideration, released
the company from the said $4,000 of
subscriptions, and the issuing of the
$500, 900 of the stock to be paid him
under his original contract, by release
executed by him, dated June 10th,
1872, which is also on file in the office
of this company, and no part of said
last named subscription or stock was
ever paid by the stockholders or ever
issued by the company.
In another part of the said publlica-
tion it is said: "There is an agree
ment signed by residents of Tiffin,
Ohio, w. P. Noble, John d. Loomis,
J. M. NayIor, Jno. T. Huss, J. s..
Yerk, Luther A. Hall, Jacob Scheiber,
and r. w. Shawhan, agreeing to pro-
cure the right of way from near Tiffin,
to a point within mile of Fostoria,
for the NJ, G. & L. NJ. RR. Co., at
fair prices,t to be paid for in stock-and
to take pay for their services in stock.
They have received pay for their serv-
ices in stock, but the NJ, G. & L. M.
Ry. was compelled to pay cash for the
right of way"
Now, all there is of this, is as fol-
lows: We did agree to get the right
of way, commencing at a point on the
Toledo, Tifin & Eastern Railroad one
half or three-fourths of . mile north
west of the corporate limits of Tiffin
70 within q mile of FOstoria. We did
procure contracts for the right of way
from the point agreed upon by us
near Tiffin on the most direct route
of the Mansfield, Coldwater &c Lake
Michigan Railroad to q point within
q mile of the town of FOstoria, survey
ed by it, just as we agreed to do by
contracts-to be accepted by the
Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Mich
igan Railrosd Company at its option;
but whilst we were engaged in doing
this, We were requested by the
officers of the said last-named
Company to also procure con-
tracts, likewise at their option, for the
right of way from the city of Tifin,
commencing half or three-fOurths of
a mile south of the other designated
point of commencement, and running
by way of Bsscom and passing
through Fostoria on the south side,
whereas the first-named route passed
through Fostoris on the north side.
We did as requested, and found that
the right of way on the last-named
route would cost several thousand
dollars more tlIan ON the first-named
route. This additional cost of the
last over the first route, the Mans
field, Coldwater &. Lake Michigan
Company then agreed to pay, and did
pay it in good faith, and settled with
US accordingly. M