The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-07-30
THE RAILROAD WAR.
SIr. Norton's Reply 70 DorwIn.

10 LHS EutL0fS OF me NeGcS:
1 desire small space in your col
umns to reply to SO much Of the let
ter of Mr.. Thomas Dorwin, pub
lished in your last issue, as referred
to me. The only way in which Mr.,
Dorwin's attack upon me was at ali
pertinent, was upon the assumption
that 1 originated the story which
has been current for some weeks,
that some one connected with the
passenger department of the NJ, h.
& L. had been paid to take the tick
ct case of that road out of Emporia,
and that / was responsible for the
publication of your article. This
you have shown to be entirely I'M
true, and will only add, that while
/ have on some occasions repeated
the statement current concerning
this transaction, 1 did not originate
the report, nor did repeat it until
it was stated to me by at least two
other employees of the company as
being a fact.
Now, as to my deal with the NJ,
K. Il T. company, which Mr.. Dor
win reflects upon: was in charge
of the up town ticket Office of the
company, in Emperia, for nearly
two years, during which time l sold
nearly fifteen thousand dollars
worth of tickets, and Mr.. Dorwin's
letter was the first intimation 1 eyer
had that my services and manner of
doing business were not entirely
satisfactory. Up TO Nov. LIST, 1874,
my compensation had been q GER
tain commission upon the sale of
tickets. At that date, commissions
having been abolished, there was a
short time in which thsre seemed to
be doubt abOut the continuation
of my services. Some cOrrespon-
dence took place between myself
and Mr.. Brown, general ticket
agent, aud Mr.. Dorwin, general
passenger agent, in the course of
which received the following let
tiers, which speak for themselv es:
Passenger Dept, NJ, X. & L. r. r.
SEDALIA, Mo-, Nov. 20, 1874.
HE. NORTON, Esq.-DeGT Sir
Your favor of the 18th inst. duly
received. Referring to your SER
vices as our ticket agent, we haven't
q word of fault to find. You have
always been faithful and at your
post. Everything has worked nice
ly, and we don't want to have you
leave us. Please write to Mr.. Dor
win and state on what basis you
will remain. He will arrange it
with yOn. Yours truly,
..... JAS. d. Brown,
General Ticket Agent.
Passenger Dept, NJ. X. & T. r. r,
SEDALIA, Mo-, Nov, q, 1874.
ii. L. NORTON, Esq.-Dedr SIR
Referring to your communication
of the ODD to Mr. Brown, l am glad
of the opportunity of stating that
SO long as you have acted as our
city ticket agent at Emporia you
have given entire satisfaction, and
we are not willing that you should
withdraw now. Owing to the abol-
ishment of commissions on tickets,
l presume yon will not receive
much revenue from connecting
lines, but in order to enable you to
continue the business, we will glad
ly try to make it remuneFative to
you, and commencing with Deem
Der lst, 1874, will allow you Is per
cent. of the NJ, X, & Il. earnings on
the coupon tickets sold from your
Office. feel confident this will
meet with your approval, for the
result will be that the more tickets
you sell, the more revenue you will
get. Please let me hear from you
and if you accept. Respectfully,
THos. DoRwIN,
General Passenger Agent.
AS result of this correspondence,
the company agreed to pay me a
salary, which was continued until
March lst, 1876, when the Office was
abolished. On the 1st of March l
sold the two tickets mentioned by
Mr.. DOrwin, and the same day af-
ter the sale of the tickets, received
notice not to sell any moro, which
order l obeyed, though the ticket
case remained in my charge several
days longer. Ny remiltances to the
company were always prompt, as
my express receipts will show, and
1 not only do not owe the Company
any money, but the balance is the
other way--the Company being in
my debt a small amount.
Mr.. DOrWin, in conversation
with me since my employment ter
minated, has expressed himself as
not only satisfied with my services,
but also expressed the hope that 1
might still be employed by the
company. What infi nc nee he has
yielded to, which has induced him
to stultify himself by abusing me,
l cannot imagine, but so long as he
has SO completely answered his own
charges have no regrets on my own
account. Respectfully,
ii. Z. NORTON.
The Winthrop National Bank rob-
bers got away with $4,000.