The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-04-01
TELEGKAPHIC.
SHREVEPORT.
Reply 10 Il. u. Wheclcck.


kpnIy w u. Os VVsVsV'Ws
n,pecial to N. Q. Democratl
....vrpopr. March 81 The following
- 10 Mr.. Wheelock's card was pub
g.d In the Times this morning. IN
s.sy commenting upon II tho Times
sa ',,osses the confident belief that the
of New Orleans will give it the
VA publicity that was given the docu.
~ to which 1t is reply
M, attention has been called to a
" extraordinary article published
II The signature OF Il. B. Wheelock IN
New Orleans papers of the 26th
W, The motives which superindueed
y Wheelock's action we cannot I'm.
'ea aud they are not OF suillclent
sunrtance to merit any special cons,d-
~ R1,,an How far Mr.. Scott and Senator
y ~, may be interested In the Backbone
lNVer,,aI we do not know, but we do
Na is so,ncthing OF the North Louisiana
@s,,ond Company. chartered 10y the
!. tena,a Assembly at It's last session.
- vi vi aan confidently assert that IL has
Wy ~aaanncction whatever with the Back
''aa Railroad and was not intended to
s 'ao any. Mr.. Wheelock's opposition
@,bs North Louisiana Railroad may he
x.a,,,tpd for on the grounds. first, that
y as President OF the New Orleans
Y p,dic Railroad Company, naturally
~ him. supppses that his particular
n WI shonld concentrate public atten-
a N The exclusion Of all other enter
N .aoe of a public nature secondly. that
" ,oad connecting the Texas Pacific
n.',,nad with the Mississippi river
y av virksburg would necessarily com
vN W., with and lower rates on the
l0x Orleans Pacific when the latter
s.a Ia completed. an event somewhat
W ,~n,phable under Mr.. Wheelock' g
- Engagement, but we are unable To
aSaprstand why the people of New Or
sans should oppose the North Louis
.as Railroad. and are persuaded they
Sii Wi nat do SO when informed OF the true
satore of that enterprise. The act in
sspTnorting the North Louisiana Railroad
Sm,nny grants no subsidies of any
4 IS t,ad II simply Incorporates a com
4 AM IN construct and operate n road
aa lam Shreveport to Vicksburg. and
san,es IA incorporators a number of
81 ,r"asnereble citizcns of North Louisiana.
n Ths road. II constructed. would. we
hink benefit New Orleans aud
unuT certainly benefit the State
q 4 Louisiana, at oil events the
II psople Of North Louisiana desire
4 4 bs road constructed and the in
II prnatH pI Ilt fNtNllMtSN. anu AHNtcNs
/ lhe entire nation require that 1t should
/ n constructed as soon as possible.
/ While Mr.. Scott has not favored us with
1 any private information as TO his views.
l a President Of the Texas and Pacific
l Rilroad Company, with reference to
Il Inc North Louisiana road. we indulge
] ,he hore that he will favor the enter
\ prise aud bring TO bear In its favor his
treat energy. talent and influence. and
| ee earnestly request Senator West to
] do all in his power, rs we nope
and believe he will. to make the
| Neth Louisiana Railroad a success.
We know nothing OF any telegrams
| @ut by Mr.. Morey or any one else
4 o judge !, q. A. Baker or any one
. else suggesting the names OF Messrs.
4 loncure and Leonard as incorporators
IN any road Those gentlemen would
u engage in no corrupt scheme of any
kind, and so far from wishing to injure
New Orleans i'm any way. they. in com
n mon with the people OF Shreveport and
n of louisiana. earnestly desire the epros-
perity of that city. The charter of the
4 North Louisiana Railroad Company
passed both Houses Of the General As.
l ambly properly and legally, and should
at once be approved 10y the Governor.
He certainly can give no good reason
NltIlHtluiltk llS ok bh'th' w oH
incorporating a company which asks
for nothing but a simple charter, and
which proposes as it's object only to con
struct and operate II road from
Shreveport to Viessburg. In the
name Of the people Of North Louis
lana we urgently request his
Immediate approval of the bill. The
agreement which we. as the representa-.
tves Of the parish of Caddo and city OF
Shreveport. entered into with the New
l Orleans Pacific Railroad Company, was
made in good faith on our part, after
! due deliberation, with the confident ex-
| ectation that our action would ne
| mtiticd. as IL has since been ratified. We
! and the people whom we represent fully
Intend to carry out that agreement, and
ve insist that the efforts We made, and
which the people OF this parish have
made to secure charter for the North
louisiana Road do not in any manner,
shape or form violate any obligations
We assumed under that agreement.
We want the New Orleans Pacific
Road constructed to Shreveport. and Will
aid that road to the ful! extent OF our
ability. But we want a road to Nlcks-
burg, also. and have never agreed 70
anything with any one which should
preclude us from making all legitimate
road. The personalities in which Mr
Wheelock has permitted himself to in
dulge are unworthy Of q reply. Our
reputation would be indeed of little
value il il could be affected by the in
sane rawlings of a once worthy gentle
man, whose modicum OF brains have
been seriously affected by his unex-
pected elevation to the presidency
Of a road which rs yet has
a nominal existence. While we
eommiserate him in his unfortunate
situation, we suggest to the Company,
ofwhich he is President, and to the peo-
pie of New Orleans, il they intend TO
construct the New Orleans Paciiic koau,
70 remove him at once from the respon-
sible position he now holds. We are IN
terested in the success OF that road ana,
therefore. trust that our suggestion VIII
receive due consideration.
JNo. G. MoNCuRE,
w. RoBsoN,
A. ii. LEONARD.
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