The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-08

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to m,orro,o. Am satisfied Andrew,
d. r. Il.
(Signed) 4. B. ANDREWS.
1t will be observed this letter is dated
eight days before the State Convention
After the letter was read to the Legs
lative committee Col. Andrews was put
upon the stand and asked this question
'Ques.-''l notice, Col. Andrews,
that you allude to the JarUts arrange
ments" in your telegram. Had they
anything to do with the contract
Got. Misunderstanding at ait.
"unnted to be here at the State Nonti
"nating Courention on tie nth
Now the impression has prevailed
that the Railroads placed the Governor
under such obligations for services OF
arrangements" that be could not, :
(to use a mild phrase, oppose THEN
wishes. 1t has been said that if such
were not the case, surely Jarvis, who
had come out 50 strongly for the North
Carolina System" would not have con
i1lNcu dl lIiC lldUSIcI Vi DCSU > contract u
the Richmond & Danville people, which
transfer pervertlng the whole aim of the
State in giving the road to Best, instead
of building up a Grand Consolidated
System from Ducktown to Beaufort,
merely created another sucH-pipe to
drain to products of Western Carolina
to the town of Richmond
Our readers will recall that when the
Legislature net in January all ears
were oR the alert to see how the Gov
ernor would meet the well-known fact
that the outcome of the Sale" to
Best WAS precisely the reverse of the
intentions Of the Especial Session.
and virtually destroyed forever the
Dream of twenty generations of North
Cardinals noblest sons Did be cx-
pose the Back-out of Best in favor OF
foes Of the North Carolina System z"
Not a bit of it He smoothly alluded
TO the progress Of 1.-The Western n. G..
Il. r.. and compiimented the Legisla
ture for its wisdom in giving the road
to parties who would so soon complete it
in accordance with the long deferred
hopes of our people who had groaned
I'll tbC ouiuCu vi ISdfy U0AtS IOl
year. in order to realize the Dreem Of
their ancestors. Did he give any clue
to the real state of the case Not a
line! And when the Legislature for
mally called on him for information
about the sale, the Road, ETC., did he
frankly reveal the facts2 Not at all!
He un frankly lodged the inquiry by
replying that he must have an expert
to 90 over the road and ascertain its
condition He knew that the inquiry
was not As to its Experimentation, but its
corporate and financial status. Moreover
even if the inquiry had referred to its
material condition, his answer was in
sxCusable because he was himself chair
man of the committee, or commission
Jarvis, Vance and WORTH who by the
act Of sale to Best are required to
act as experts, and keep posted as to the
condition and progress of the road,
step BY step, mile by nlle, and all about
it.
1t was these things, We say, which
led a large portion of the public to fear
that Gov. Jarvis had sold OUT to the
Richmond and Danville controllers"
or at least had deeply entangled him
self with them to obtain their support
IN the State Nominating convention.
But in view of recent Developments it
would appear that we have under-rated
the Governors ability, ard perhaps to
some extent done him injustice in sup
posing he dare not break with the
Richmond & Danville people. At all
events here are q couple Of letters which
are ''saucy' enough to have come from
a free conscience and "untangled''
hands. We shall see in due time. (Ths
italics in the letters are ours.)
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
RALEIGH, August 20, 1885.
Hon. 7hOS. S. kenan, AHOrney- General:
DEAR SIR: The State il burdened by
a debt Of over So, 900, 0CO for the con
struction OF the North Carolina Rail
road, and with a debt of considerable
magnitude for the construction OF the
Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad
The State still owns a large interest in
both OF these roads. yet we see the
North Carolina Railroad now 50 opera
ted as to not only cripple the Atlantic
dhU ANOllu odIOiini NIllrOdti, but IL
cut off the people of the whole eastern
section OF the State from the freight
privileges OF the North Carolina Rail
road. This | get from q circular issued
by Sol. Haas, general freight agent OF
the associated lines Of railways. NO.
So, IN which he prohibits any freight
rates beyond GOid,boro to points on
the Atlantic and North Carolina Rail
road One Of tine results of this ont
rageOus procee1itog on the part of the
iessees Of the North Carolina Railroad
is that the middle sections Of the State
I'D which the corn crop has almost beer
destroyed by the excessive drought.
will not be able TO procure u suppl,
from the east, where the CROPS hav,
been more favored with rains. exceot
at greatly increased r.tes aud by cir
cultous routes.
This action of the managers Of the
North Carolina Railroad [ consiIer "a,
outrage upop the people Of tie Stair,
taken torenta little personal SPLEEN. re
gardless IF the rights and Leae1its If III,
people.
1 hare no doubt that other i~astuuce
! might he found IN Their management, i