National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-03-10
Siuancial.
LOOK At THIS!
The Record of the Southern
Maryland Railroad.
WHAT OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS SAY.
wAsHrSsroN, D. c., March 4, 1881.

wAsHISsToN, D. c., March 4, 1881.
]. H. LINyILLE, ESQ,
President Southern Maryland Railroad,
| Philadelphia, Pa:
SIR: observe that letter bearing your signature,
dated Philadelphia March l. TO Messrs, A.W DimOcS
& Co., of New York, charges that certain statements
| made by me in letter TO said firm. dated Washing
ton, February o. untrue reiterate the fact
that judgment of $4,000 against the southern Mary
land Railroad is held by the company of which am
| president, will appear by examination of the
records of st. Marys County Court, No. Is, trials,
September Term 1873 certified copy of which here
| with transmit to you.
| also stated that we held the obligations Of the
/ Southern Maryland Railroad Company ia notes to
large amount This allegation you substantially ad-
init.
| did NOT say there were JUDGMENTS against you to
the amount of quarter of million dollars. Your
| denial is therefore disingenuOus
say 50 Its other debts, many being in the form
ofjudgments are 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 $4,000 and interest from 1875,
| for amount Of money paid TO said company by the
State under false representations, and the Attorney
General of the State filed this claim DERT due TO
the state will appear by the proceedings In the suit
| for the appointment of a receiver brought by the
creditors ofsaid road in Prince Georges County This,
with interest, amounts now to about s21O,OOO.
There were other claims represented by counsel
which amounted to sI75O0O. There is also Judgment
in the Superior Court of Baltimore CITY, i'll favor Of
Starr & Ridenour, amounting to about 5000.
There are also other debts owing by your company
to parties in the various counties which your alleged
proposed railroad traverses.
Iinclose extract from letter from Hon. George
D. Mudd ex-Sate 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
Maryland of the session of 1885, contained in the
journal of the senate. Referring TO the reports filed
therein you will thai, according the testimony
of Mr.. SmOot, the president Of the Southern Mary
land Railroad Company, that, in addition to an in
debtedneSS in bills payable of $4,000 and numer
other claimants not secured, bonds of the
pauy to the amount of g 900 have been issued and
a LARGE amount have been fOated = and further.
that the investigating committee recommended that
the of the State take such legal
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 filed therein even recon-
mended "that the testimony and papers in the 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 are two mortgages TO the Central
Trust Company of New York on record dated Janu-
airy l, 1SS1-One for 6000OO the other for $4,000
Now, then, with these two mortgages, and the 5000
tinlOny, and the other amounts owing by your conf
pany, WHAT WILL THE ISDEBFEDNESS FER
MILE YOUR PROPOSED ROAD?
Nearly every Congress for the past thirteen years
including the last has refused your application to enter
the city of Washington even the Dlsric, ofcoum
bia.
do not care here to indulge in personalities but to
refer you to facts all susceptible of proof and matters
of record accessblst TO the public. Respectfully.
:. T. SUIT.
Extract of letter OF Hon. George d. Mudd exState
senator of Naryland.l
DEAR SIR: The name of the Southern Maryland
Railroad Company in this section issynOnymOus with
fraud and rascality. OHr 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
pany in connection with its obtaining S16SO0o from the
State by fraud, the evidence showed concIgsivey 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
ma94t GEORGE d. MUDD.