St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-09-24
Letter from Col. Merrill.
RUTLAND. Sept. -. $50.


Edjfot Of CaicIonidn : In Noul last
issue is Il review of Live and Learn
an article that Appeared III your issue
of the week before. Whatever any
body may think of me personally. is Il
matter of taste, and | therefore do not
pr"po>, to say Il word of my self. nor
against the present manager of the
I;lsSllmp>ic road Time. the hiStnl ian
of all. will take caIc of that Il" not
fcal it> final verdict. for whether my
efforts were II failure. like those of my
four predecessors. in five lcaI>. 81 Il
success. | tried To do my duty.
As II good deal MAS said at the meet
ing ON the Isl inst. III rc%;ud t" the
wood agent. MI. Hall, :.nd his romnrr-
ton with the road. his sale at wood to
it. will bear Il moment. notice. In
1913. Mr.. Hall. personally umknuwn Il"
both Mr.. Ray mond and the then super
intrndcnt. Mr.. Parker. called upon
them. stating that Mathtw>on \ Hall
had wood lot. which they desired 10
clear. and dispose OF the wood. t" the
railroad. At their first interview his
price WAS considered high afterwards
Nh. Parker went over the lot with Nh.
Hail. and with the approx of Mr. Ray
mond las Mr.. Parker states T." me he
made Il contract with MathrW>"u y
Hall for Il number OF thousand cords OF
wood. To hc Delivered one halt in l~1:}-I
and the other half in Isl ID.
This wood WAS delivered at the sheds
in Lynrnul lille. and measured 10y Nh.
Drfnnt Nj. Hall declining. a> he
properly should. to have anNthin" Il"
say in regard To it. To-day some of
this wood is there. and shows for itself
Out of this contract 50 tiivorahli i'm
pressed was Mr.. Raymond with Nh.
Hall came from the former Il su@gcS-
tion t" Mr.. Parker "WhN would not
he make us Il good wood agent - and
from his Suggestions, his appointment
followed.
Not Il cord of wood WAS ever bought
of MathewSon & Hall or of |. II. Hall.
during mig administration nor Il cord.
bought of them ever measured. Int 10y
Defont reliable and Trustworthy
man. and this is called 10y your cor
respondent trading with himself" The
whole assertion is false and sheer fIhIi-
cation doing injustice to him and my
self. and is but IL fair illustration of the
..nalciouS' character of many other
assertions. which might be as clearly
rctuted.
One other sale was made to the road
by Hall VIZ. hcmlock ties at the uni
form price. paid for the two or three
Years past ut that point % cents. This
too. unfortunately for his maligncrS.
WAS under contract made by Mr. Parker.
at the same time as WAS the one Tor
wood. During all my connection with
the road and Mr.. Hall. never bought of
him one dollars worth of anything, but
10000 feet hemlock crossing plank, ut
$3.50 per NJ. In all this | fail to see
any faint of Credit Mobilier" Won't
your aStute legal correspondent point
it ont not forgetting that what | say
about this matter rests, not upon my
assertion. but upon the contract, still
in the office, and vouchers with Mr..
Hastings.
Mr.. Hazelton- another appointment
made before 1 tUeHt on to tie road. and
man | never saw until then-has also
resigned not because of the vote
passed July Goth nor then-why Let
me give his statement About the Sd
of August he was notified by the Pres
ident. to finish the bridge then nearly
completed at Lyndon Falls. but mot
to strike another blow. either upon the
bridges or ii" anything else. until he
examined thcmr
MIR. Hazelton replied "Mr Raymond,
If find Il bridge unsafe to pass over.
want the liberty of making it safe
and received this response 1t is none
of your business whether it is safe or
not tt will see to that. and let Won
know; go" are not running this road"
None of his business to know whether
Il bridge, which you or |. or our loved
! ones. were liable at any time to go