The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-10-09


Mr.. Speer asks the people Of Penn
I sylvania 70 vote for Mr.. HIl as The
special representative OF honesty
and an economical administration o
the Slste government. A reference
TO the record of Mr.. Spee- upon the
congressional back pay salary graS
may lead some to doabt his sincerity
ia the csuse of reform, aad refer
enee to the proceedings Of the Demo
cratic State Convention OF 1873
which rejected him fos this reason a:
lis chairman, may impair the cont
denee in bis right to SPEAK for bis
party.
The record of air. Dill himself does
not sparkle with evidences of bis de-
volion 10 economical administration
Of the State finances, nor Of a desire
to protect the Treasury from corpo-
rate and individual greed.
Section 5 Of the supplement- % tae
act to authorize the New York anu
Erie Railroad Company to construcr
said road through portion Of Sas
quehanna county, approved 2Gth
March, 1916, is as follows:
( "Section ). That it shall BE- the
duly Of The president and maIag, rs
of said company. as soon as said rail.
road shall have been completed
through Susquehsu1a and Pike coun-
lies, Pennsylvania, - prepare y fuli
and accurate account Of the cost Of
that portion Of said read within the
territory Of this State, authenticated
by the oath or affirmation of tho
president and Secretary Of said com
panv, and communicate the same TO
the Auditor General of TINS Common
wealth, who shall ile the statement
in his oliice That hfter said railroad
shall have been completed and in op-
Grafton to 1unkir4 or snail nave
connected az 5he western end wish
any other improvement extending to
Lake Erie, said company shall cause
to be paid into the Treasury Of this
State annually in the month of
January TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS; and
any neglect or refusal BY said com
pany to pay as aforesaid shall work
a forfeiture of the rights and pTivil-
eyes granted by this acs."
This annual payment of ten thous-
ana dollars having attracted the at
,ention of certain covetous gentlemen,
a bill was introduced az the session
of our Legislature OF 1870, entitled
"An Act TO incorporate the Milford
and Matamoras Railroad Company. :"
authorizing Henry s Mott, p. NJ
/ snauken and others 20 construct a
railroad from a point 10 Milford, 10
Pike couaty, TO point near the vii
lege of Matamcras, in the same couu-
ty. The county is not large, ihriv-
ing or populous; indeed, quite the
contrary, and the enterprise was no,
formidable The acs having been
approved 1T April, 1870, was
promptly f1iiowed by Il supplement
containing he following remarkable
section:
Section That said company
shall connect with the Erie Railway
at the railroad bridge constructed by
the Erie Railway as the village Of
MGtamcras and lhat tee provisions
of the fifth section of the act entitled
An Acs 10 authorize the New York
and Erie Railroad Company TO con-
struct road 10 tho State Of Penn
sylvsnia, approved March 5wenty-
sixth, one thousand eight hundred
and iorty-six, shall enure to the ben
eft and be enjoyed by the Milford
and Matamoras Railroad Company,
their successors aud assig1es, for the
term Of niaety nine years, us fully
and TO all intents and purposes as j.
the same had originally been enact.
ed for the benefit of the said Milford
and Matamoras Railway company ;
Procided, holcecer, nothing in this
ac. shall be constructed TO exonerate
or relieve the New York and Erie
Railroad from the provisions of the
| jth section of said ac; of March Goth,
cue thousand eight hundred and for
| .y-six; and procjded further, that
said Milford and Matamoras Rail
road shall be completed within three
yesrs. or this acg shalt be null and
Foid "
! twill be noticed that this section
does not mention in terms tie annual
payment of the Erie Railroad Com
pany, and one unacquainted with the
| legislation referred 10 would not sup
pose that ils effect was TO rob the
Stale Of ten Thousand dollars annu-
ally. 1t was one Of the snakes whose
like have been eifectually scotcbed
by the new constitution. The sup
piement wes approved April 6. 1870,
Just six days after the signature OF
the original charter Mr. Dill. the
Democratic candidate for Governor,
voted for both these bills Shortly
after toe trst insiallment of $4,000
was actually drawn from the State
Treasury and paid into the treasury
of the corporation, or, as was alleged,
was used in defraying the expenses
of this legislatio
The bill had been improgidently
approved by the Executive, aud, It's
, true character becoming apparent,
Governor Geary in his annual mes
sage Of 1871 made /, the subject Of
the following recommendation:
"TuE MILFORD AND MArAMoRAs RAIL
ROAD
About The close Of the last ses'
sion OF the Legislature sn act was
passed aud approved entitled "A sup
plement to The Milford and Maia-
moras Railroad Company The
fourth sectioE Of this enactment
seems TO have been intended 20 take