The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-01-10

pend the revenues in extravaganza
salaries and partisan and illegal en-
terprises. there is imminent danger
than the whole work, property, iran
chises and rights will be sold for
nOn-payment of interest on bonds
issued under the act of 1878, and mus
irreparable damage be done 10 the
rights of complainant and other
creditors ; and they can never be safe
while the property, rights and iran
chises of the company are allowed to
remain in its present hands, the com
pany being utterly insolvent, ana lis
property and assets entirely made
quate and insufficient to pay It's
debts"
A NEW HETEROGENEOUS.
Appended to the bill and forming
part of il are thirty interrogatories,
the first four relating to the amount
of bonds under the act of 1878 that
have been sold, the method Of their
negotiation, whether any of them
have been pledged as collateral secur-
ity for payment of loans, whether
the money from their sale was ming
led with the other funds of the COM
pany or kept in an account by Itself
in the bank; also, whether any OF
the bonds were used or offered to Re
used in payment for swharf property
purchased in Cumberland from
Messrs. Thomas J. McKaig and
| William Walsh. Among the other
! interrogato tories are the fcllowirg:
Has the company constructed
telegraph line along the canal? What
has it cost? Was j. Frank Morrison
appointed superintendent of tele-
graph? When, and at what salary?
TO what directors are salaries or
compensation paid, and what are the
amounts?
Was not a large force of laborers
employed in Montgomery county in
the fail of 1878, during the canvass of
Peter and Prettyman for Congress,
and were they not taken off the work
in that county, or discharged, or sent
elsewhere soon after the primary
election, or the regular election :?
Was Alfred Spates appointed gen
eral shipping agent for the canal COM
pany at Cumberland within the last
five years? What were his salary
and his duties? Did he keep an
Office for the transaction of the bust
ness of the company, or any books or
accounts of his or the company's
business? Had not Spates before
that published articles attacking the
administration of President Gor-
man? Was he not a candidate for
state senator from Allegany county
in 1877, and did not all the. agents,
officers and employees of the canal
vote against him?
Was John Kehoe-a saloon keeper
in Cumberland-put on the pay-rolls
of the company, not long, or at any
time. prior to the municipal election
there in 1879? How long was he on
the pay-rolls? How much pay did
he receive, and when? What work
was he employed to do? What
work did he do?
Did a person named Mercer act as
janitor, or clerk, or secretary, or in
any other capacity about the Demo-
cratic State Central Committee room
in the city of Baltimore? Was he
that time in the pay of the canal
company What pay did he receive,
what were his duties, and how long
was he in the service and pay of the
company Did any person while in
the employment of and receiving
pay from the canal company since
January |, 1876, act in any capacity
in said State Central Committee room
as assistant or otherwise +? If so,
state his name and address.
Was person named Harding APP
pointed deputy collector of the ca
nal at Georgetown, d. c., in the year
1879, or in any other capacity any
whit re? Was he engaged in the
performance of his duties in August,
September and October, 1879 =? What
was his salary?
Is EdW ard Mulvany general ship
ping agent at Cumberland now, or
has he been during the last twelve
months ? What are his salary and
his duties? Has he an Office for the
transaction of business? Where is
it?
What employment has William
Bernard in the business of the canal
company? What are his duties and
his salary?
Judge Bond ordered that the APP
plication for an injunction ana re-
ceiver be set for hearing on the first
Monday in February, provided a
copy OF the order be served upon de-
f>ndants on or before the 10th of the