Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-26
THE ERLANGER COMPANY,
Their Side of the Question
Stated.

Fletcher, Weisenberg & Coz"
Mr.. Weisenberg-"Yes, sir; | am
managing partner Of all our con-
tracts"
What connection have you with
the Erlanger s~yndicate?"
I'VE have no direct connection with
the so called Erlanger syndicate, but
have large contracts, amounting to
81, 900 ,000, on the Cincinnati South.
ern, Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pa
ciie and New Orleans and North
eastern railroads, which roads are all
controlled and being operated or con-
strpcted by the Cincinnati, New Or
leans and Texas Pacific Railroad
Company, with headquarters in Gin.
and Of which John Scott.
Esq, is the general manager and
agent, and which, | suppose, is the So
"ERLANaER SYNDICATE"
mr.. Weisenberg, have you read
the reports, lately published in New
Orleans papers, relative to the alleged
failure on the part of the Northeast
ern road to meet the requirements of
its c%ontracts?'
Yes, sir; | believe | have read
them all, and found them erroneous
in all their details and as a whole, and
have no hesitancy in denouaoing
them as falsehoods that could only
have been published for the purpose
of injuring the credit and financial
standing Of the company, and for the
purpose Of retarding the progress Of
this great enterprise"
is it true that the syndicate is
dissatisfied with the progress Of the
work29
II think not. The contractors are
all well up with their work on the
New Orleans aud Northeastern, and
the work is being
vigorously PUSHED TO COMPILE.
TI0N.
"This will also apply to the V. s. anc
2. road, where Messrs. Rogers and
Ballentine have about completed theil
large contract, and only the part 0.
The road between Monroe and Ar.
cadis, which was abandoned by thc
contractor, Mr.. Cram, is really be.
hind"
Have the laborers on the Vicks.
burg, Shreveport and Pacific road
been paid promptly2"
81 cannot say as to that. | car
only answer for our own men, whom
we always pay promptly; but can pos
itively say that all contractors hav,
been paid promptly by the railway
company"
What about the hardness of tract
laying OH the Northeastern road ?"
Track is being laid rapidly as pos
sible from both ends Of the line. Or
the northern division two construction
trains and one regular passenger trail
is being run twenty eight miles GU
from Meridian and tracklaying is pro
crossing at the rate of
MILE A DAY"
For this end we, the contractors
have an engine and train of cars o
our own, and are laying the track rap
idly to the crossing Of Pearl river"
What about the report that tn
company were thirty days behind il
their payments on the V. s. and z
road, and that this was the cause O
Mr.. Grams failuro2"
I'm July or August the compan.
was two or three days late in thei
payments, on account of some techni
cal errors in the transmission of est
mate sheets to the London Board. A
to the change of estimate days, and tn
company being a month behind wit
payments, and that this was the caus
OF the contractor, Mr.. Grams failure
it is
"a DAMNABLE LIE.
Mr.. Cram was broke long before h
threw up the work, and was largel
indebted to laborers and to the cit
zens throughout the country. Whe
his contract was turned over to tn
firm Of Fletcher, Weisenberg & Co
we, Of course, anticipated trouble, an
met with the usual slight resistanc
in taking possession of the abandone
work; but the railroad company unar
imously, as | would term It, paid a
Mr.. Grams debts, and the work is mo-
in full progress and rapidly nearin
completion.
"As to the attack on the enginee,
Captain Dabney, it had no signifoancl
as it was nothing but a persons
encounter between two men.
The statement in reference 10 raj
ing the grade between Monroe an
Delta is also erroneous. On the col
trary, it has been steadily pushed unit
within the past ten days, when, O
account OF the probable completion {
the levee system, it was though
unnecessary to continue the work Il
the present, and we very
WILLINGLY AGREED
ito suspend operations SO as to COZ
centrate all our forces on the new VOL
beyond Monroe"
DO you know anything about Il
bond question, the reported speculi
, tions aud the Office buildings opposit
the st. Charles Hotel2p
only as to the lot for an off
building, which was not bought
/, the railway company, but by a privat
! individual, who is preparing To ere,
a building suitable for a central raj.
way Office, which, | understand, is
be leased by the Northeartern con
pany.
"As / before stated, we are large
interested with the syndicate In Il
construction of roads, and have bee
for a long time, and | know of no il
stance in which they have ever faile
to meet all their obligations, both 4
to payments and manner OF earryir
out their part OF their contracts.
we have unlimited conident
both in their ability and willingness
T PAY ALL OUR CLAIMS,
and we are very sorry to see th
unwarranted and undetermined attae
! on a company composed of foreie
capitalists, who are asking no favoI
or assistance from us, and who opera
on their own means"
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