Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1877-12-29
THE EXTENSION OF THE NARROW
GAUGE.

oWcerS OF The road expect 10 claim ana optal'
| the township subscriptions voted IN Saline coun
ty, In consequence Of the recent decision OF ih
| supreme court OF the United States. Grsnd Pcs
| township voted. MIR. Winsorssys, $40, ,uo0, Mar
shall township. So. 900; Arrow Rock township
| So, GO. ar total of Sl6O 900
Mr.. Winsor has published the follow
| ing letter concerning this matter:
| The Lexington, Mo IntcliiScncrr. in Its las
| issue. represents me saying that the officials
of the Narrow Gauge railway company had de
| l"rmined TO demand the bonds voted 10 saiu roaC
| by Malta Bend Marshall and ArrowRock town.
| ships. amounting IN The aggregate 10 $50 900
While this Is partially true. 1t Is not all that
| did say. | stated, Substantially. rs follows
| That had interviewed President Roberts on thi.
| subject oi township bonds voted year more
ago IN Saline county, 10 this road. and that Mr..
Robeiis stated. that he had no wish or purpose
10 attempt to utilize these bonds IN the coua,ruc-
ton of his road; and would not ask for them.
provided the citizens in these townships would.
III good faith. extend 10 tkrm the amount of aid
asked OF Them un Ter The proposition eubmjttcd
las; summer. by hims elf and Mr. SctmmOn; that
-, S2TO5 per mile. AMI the right OF way But il
.hrs was refused and the company forced Ia
build the road with IL mcsus, then tie
company would most certainly demand the
bohds. II the law authorized II.
The company much prefer To build the road
through SalIm- county by the lid oil private sub
scriptlon- aS asked III the above propositions.
aud VIII grant, aud Cause to Toe gwen TO any
township eNtrndIng tie necessary aid under
their pr1Do>Iuou. ii iuil and satisfactory legal
release from .ny aud all liability Tor the pay :
III, M OF one cent OF these dreaded bonds.
Resre' tiully. A 1. WiNSoR.
Naverly, pecemDcr ls;h. Isl.
This subject having been made the
basis of unc.llcd for misrepresentation
of this paper, we will give the whole sub
stance Of the interview, that the Saline
county townships may understand the
matter fully On the day alluded to in our
extract above given, Mr.. Winsor entered
our office. and presented Il paper. lin his
own handwriting, we think, and asked
for rs publication. We here present it ::
We learn from gent. iu the conhtenc" OF the
officials OF tn" W. X. Z. x y. W. Railway
just returned from Independence. where he w-s
In conference with Mr. Preston Rob, rts, ,pi csdeut
of tn company, thst the company now sees thai,
years since. now be utilized by the COM
pauy under the recent ucc'sIon OF the L. 5
supreme Conrt; Mut the company ,riu most
certainly ciuiut and demand sad bonds as
Jnst as they may ertend their road through
the t0trmships. Grand Pass township voted s40.-
900: Narsh.ll sbO. 90. AMI Arrow Rock s6O. 600:
totsi sl5o.0JO These bonds ,riI! secure the
bHiidiH0 oT the road through Saline county,
dnd on to BoonriHe.
Would it not he sdvl,aLe for the citizens OF
these townships to rats. by private subscription,
the $! 40 per mile 10 build the road through their
NIT TO the issuing OF III. sl5O 90 bonds: We
wouit ADVISE this latter course, by all means
1t will be seen that the total given does
not agree with the amounts severallv
mentioned. ard we, supposing the
correct, made the total conform
with them. We kept the above as 4 lnen,-
orandum from which to write notice OF
the matter. In i conversation which en-
sued, we stated our opinion that no town
ship bonds could be procured for the
purpose. Mr. Winsor argued that they
could. and that the intelligent men OF
the townships named appreciated that
fact; and requested Us to insist on the
point made in the last paragraph. We
said to Mr.. Winsor that we should pre-
ter to mention his name as our inform
ant 10 this he demurred slightly, but
finally consented. In writing the notice.
We gave the facts as contained in the
handed US by Mr.
NinSur, only in rather milder
terms.it will be observed. We gave all
the news, but refrained from expressing
The opinions or giving the advice contain
ed in the closing paragraph, because we
lid not feel sufficiently well informed
the township bond matters
In Saline county to offer advice. and
Inrther. because the thing sounded to
Us like i threat.
We are friendly to the extension OF
he Narrow Gauge. We have doue
e:crything in our power in that behalf.
It was our private letter, urging Presi
lent Roberts to take some steps in the
natter. which led to his public reply.
and the first meeting at Waverly, rs can
easily be seen by reference TO the files of
this paper. We have always had. and
still have the best feeling for Mr. Winsur.
Dat we do not desire to be placed in a
ialse light before people whom we have
10 serve.
We believe that the extension of the
road would be benefit TO large num-
Der of our citizens. and especially to :
lexington, in many ways. We think /
hat there is an interest above this /
city which is opposed to the extension,
aud never loses an opportunity TO throw
obstacles in the way.
We have no sympathy with this oppo- !
'ition, or any other monopoly. We want
he road. The business men Of Lexing
ION want it, but are, rs class. unable |
% subscribe. owing to their heavy bur- /
lens of taxation, and wears of depressed !
rade. The only capitalists in our midst |
who are active enough to do more than |
shave paper, are interested IN the coal |
mines above the city ,and do not want the |
-oai. This is the situation. The road may !
Us in every legitimate under
.aking. We will travel all over the |
county to report meetings in its interest. |
We will, with pleasure, publish any
hing that it desires to make known to |
he people, but we want it distinctly |
that we are opposed to bull
iuzing townships out Of bonds. More
han that, we are. and ever have been. |
totally opposed to voting bonds in aid
,. corporations The Intelligencer was
founded on this idea. and its earliest |
utterances have been proven and |
by time. The truth OF the !
business about Mr. Winsor. as the rep !
of the railroad. we suppose |
to be about this: When fresh from the |
conference with Mr.. Roberts he was I'M
pressed with the feasibility Of securing
tie bonds When he saw the commo-
ton it created among the people (this
we only judge to be the case. as we
have not been among them) he con-