National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-03-09
Siuanciai.
LOOK AT THIS!
The Record of the Southern
Maryland Railroad.
WHAT OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS SAY.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. March 4. 1881.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. March 4, 1881
]. II. LINVILI.E, ESQ,
President Southern Maryland Railroad,
Philadelphia Pa:
SIR: observe that letter bearing your signature,
dated Philadelphia March !, to Messrs AW. DimocS
& Co., of New York charges that certain statements
made by me in letter to said firm. dated Washing
ton, February D. untrue. now reiterate the fact
that judgment of $4,000 against the Southern Mary
land Railroad is held by the company of which am
president, as will appear by an examination OF the
records of 81. Mary's County Court No b, trials,
September Term, 1873 certified copy of which here
! with transmit 10 you.
/ also stated that we held the obligations of the
Southern Maryland Railroad Company in notes to a
large amount This allegation you substantially ad-
NIT
did NOT say there were JUDGMENTS against you to
the amount of quarter of million dollars Your
| denial is therefore disingenuous.
say C. Its other debts many being in the form
ofjudgmens, estimated to amount to considerably
over quarter of million OF dollars, and will give
you sufficient data for that assertion.
The Southern Maryland Railroad Company owes
the State of Maryland SI63 G0 and interest from 1873
for amount of money paid to said company by the
State under false representations, and the Attorney
General of the State filed this claim DEBT due to
the State, will appear by the proceedings in the suit
for the appointment of receiver brought by the
creditors ofSaid road in Prince Georges County This
with interest, amounts now TO about $240, ,O00.
which amounted 10 S175,000 There is also judgment
in the Superior Court of Baltimore city, in favor of
Starr & RidenOur, amounting to about s. 600.
There are also other debts owing by your company
to parties in the various counties which your alleged
proposed railroad traverses.
Iinclose an extract from a letter from Hon. George
d. Mudd exState senator from Charles County as to
his knowledge of it in his and adjoining counties
also beg to call your attention to the report of the
investigating committee of the General Assembly of
Of Nf fba
journal Of the senate. Referring to the reports filed
therein you will thai: according to the testimony
of Mr.. SmOot the president of the Southern Mary
land Railroad Company that, "in addition to in
debtedness in bills payable of over $1,000 and numer
other claimants not so secured bonds of the COM
pany to the amount of 900 have been issued and
LARGE amount have been foated;" and further,
that the investigating committee recommended that
the AttorneGeneral of the State take such legal pro-
ceedings may be necessary to secure the proper
application of the money subscribed to the stock of
said company and the interest of the State in said
company"
And minority report fled therein even recon-
mended THAT the testimony and papers in the case be
referred TO the grand jury of the Criminal Court of
Baltimore City, These same records contain many
pages of instructive reading of similar tenor.
And further, there two mortgages to the Central
Trust Company of New York record, dated Janu-
ary 1. 1SSI-one for 81 6O0O0 the other for S0000e
Now then. with these two mortgages and the $500,
timOny, and the other amounts owing by your COM
pany, WHAT WILL BE THE INDEBTEDNESS PER
MILE OF YOUR PROPOSED ROAD?
Nearly every Congress for the past thirteen years,
including the last has refused your application enter
the city of Washington, the District Of Column
bia.
do not care here to indulge in personalities but to
refer you facts all susceptible of proof and matters
of record accessiblet to the public. Respectfully.
S. T. SUIT.
Extract of letter of Hon. George D. A1udd, ex-State
senator of Maryland.j
DEAR SIR: The name of the Southern Maryland
Railroad Company In this section issyHOnymous with
fraud and rascality. Our people have been robbed
and cheated by the officers and contractors of the
company. and can give you ample proof thereof
As chairman of the committee of the senate of
Maryland which Investigated the affairs of this COM
pany in connection with its obtaining S6 90 from the
State by fraud the evidence showed conclusiYely to
my mind the fraudulent manner in which the money
referred to was obtained, and the papers ought TO
have been sent to the proper grand jury and the
swinders properly punished.
The matter will again be brought before the next
Legislature for further action in the premises
maq-it GEORGE ID. MUDD.