Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-06-03
Our Final Reioinder.

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cern of mind, in consequence of
the few innocent and friendly remarks
we made couple of weeks since in
relation to the taEdiness eVinced by
our neighbOrs of Chillicothe in rails
ing their proportion of the stock in the
D. 4 S. e. Railroad. It is very true,
as the Gazette says, that the Railroad
enterprise ''had an existence over three
years ago, and that it was organize d
mainly upon the stock subscriptions
raised in Fayette County" It might |
have added that Greene county had
something to do with this organiza-
ton; but our neighbOrs of Chillicothe,
from some ca use, could not be walked
up or induced to take any part in the
enterprise. They always, without the
least reason, acted as though there
was cat in the meal tub, and that the
people of Fayette county were acting
in bad faith towards Chillicothe that
there was design to leave Chillicothe
to one side Of the line. 1t was
through the commendable enterprise
Of Fayette County that the building
of coal road from Dayton to the
mines had its origin. After a sufi-
cheney of stock had been taken to Sc
cure an organization of the Company,
no further effort was made to procure
additional stock, and it was not until
last Fall that the project was revived.
Since that time the enterprise has
been vigorously pressed forward
not very vigorously, however, by Chill
licothe capitalists. OF that, how ever,
we do not complain. It is their own
business; they are to decide whether
they want the road through their city
or not, and to act accordingly.
In apersonal conversation with the
editors of the. Gazette at Chillicothe,
last Winter, we tried to disahuse their
minds of the erroneous impression
that there was or ever had been any
design to avoid Chilhcothe as a point
in the line Of the road. In reference
to this conversation, the editors in
their article in the Gazette of the 26th
ult. say:
'We also remember very distinctly
that Mr.. Millikan informed US that he
was one of the original directors Of
the road, and of course we stand ready
to concede that he ought to know
whether there were any bona Jfde Fay
ette county subscriptions to the roaC
at that time. If there were any Fay
ette county subscriptions to the roaC
when it was first organized, then ou
assertion that "Fayetse county ha
been three years in raising $100,00
for the D. & S. E. road' cannot b.
successfully centradicted. If the D
& 8. E. R. r. Co. was organized with
out any subscriptions from Fayett
county, then we misunderstood MI
Nillikan or he misinformed us (; thatIi
ALL"
Now for the facts in relation to th
assertions in the above paragraph
We never told you that we were ''on
of the original Directors of the road
We did tell you the originators of th
enterprise always expected and desil
ed that the road should go thrOug
Chillicothe, and that we ought to kno
about this, for we were one of th
original tncorporators. With the ez
ceptiOn of fmerely enough stock to 81
cure the organization of the Company
Chillicothe and Ross county have bee
aS many years in getting up what stoc
they have taken as Fayette Count
mas, and that is not three years by
least two years and half We ne1
er told you that the D. & s. E. Raj
road Company organized without an
subscriptions from Fayette County :
If you understood US to say so, yc
Misunderstood US, for we never said i
nor would we be willing to do Il
enterprising men of our county Il
injustice to make such an assertion
They did take stock in order to secu
the organization, and are entitled I
credit for their energy. We. are gls
to learn that the editors propose
give the road their support, becaus
they have at last had their eyes opent
to the fact that it will be of incalculi
BILE interest to Chillicothe and Ro
county; but tie editors, growing
little spunky, say:
"We protest that we by no meal
consider it any part of our duty, n,
do we think that it would result in ar
benefit to the road, for US to tame
submit to be talked about and blac
guarded by every rural rooster
Southern Ohio.'
That reminds us of the story Of Il
two lawyers: An old lawyer had ma
his. plea in certain case, when b
former student replied with stingir
sharpness. The old lawyer, smartir
under the cutting reply of the your
lawyer, remarked excitedly, "Wha
have I reared a chicken to scratch o
my own eyes ~ The young lawy
mildly replied: "No; only to scrat,
them open" And we only have
say 10 the big Metropolitan Cocks
Of Ross county that the rural roo
tarB had no intention Of scratchir