Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-09-12


hear. Of their movements. lie WIS told i
uf what was going IN. aud admitted /
into the cnmpany. or. as | might say. /
a band Of pnl,iic rs'bbers, at A O'Clock
in the afternoon. fsnr hours l,ei,re liz. /
meeting WAS called To ,r,ler Ben. I.
Davis, who is al honest and uprigln
man, wanted TIN. majority Of the mem
hcrs to agree ~ transfer the rigin-nf
way, When it was secnred, to any
Company that would bind itself t., g.,
ahead, aud pni up the money to carry
the enterprise tl,r,ngh. But he c.,nlsi
not carry his point. Those wIr, were
in favor Of putting OH a big price fpr
the right we're in the maj 'riry, and TIN.
amnntt oxen 81, and, | believe, def.
i,iIeiy agreed upon, was large.
| Subsequent to the letter written the
Rev. gentleman teacher Of The.
,gospcl-aud slick deceivrr, wrote
several oil erS, which, although | an,
not informed. guarantee were M,
Ir.ad, although III, was kind enough III
Ir. fer to ITEM and iisrepresent their
contents before pmhllc meeting some
thee or Tour months age. Some gen-
ilcmen 81 nIrahs operating III New
York, aud with which company | am
acqnainted-pers"ially With three 81
the northumberland favnrat,ly mp
ION the bedrock flnme en- erprise, and
requested me I" coriesp' sd ~ih
X lnys!ey, ani see what could he tinuc
tuward securing bargain or bond t.
get the charter should il be granted.
This was last year, before the crook
edness Of the bill was publicly known.
n ! did 80. and the reply CAME back from
) h m. "Ne have nothing To b md
Nnw, ali, lawyer or man of colnn'r
sense knlws that "A mans legitimate
=" claim to anything can he bnlid-d ~
,, transferred; il not how could they dis.
u tribute stock and The person to wli"u
- it was distributed mold it, General 4
,. L Gum ugham was ready and wait
y lug la accompany me 10 Idaho CIT,
~ and examine the creeks when | rect.iv
e,, ,hs letter. then told him it va
: my opinion, that TIC neiaruus sciieu
: hah not been given up, aud that
!; thought, should they secure the cha'
ter, he conld not get it short of $50
~ 000 He was Of the same opinion
" AID did nothing m re, alihung!i he wa
:" anxious tn get the enterprise IN Ia
III hands. Ainsiie afterwards told me Il
St did not want an, body 10 gel it oulsid
y uf company he had; that Reptesei
q tative :. 5 Cox. If New York, had
big nonied Company ready 10 ga int
IS il, and t.la, C,x was Il ember OF Nh
III com. ,an,. He did not wish to tai
NO much on the subject. Jim lIawlr
n ,rumised me he would see that the il
ok corpuraturs would bud themselves I
1t transfer the stock to any company tn;
nd put up the money aud agreed tn carr
'm the enterprise through, hut he did n'
write to ne in regard 10 it as he pro-;
nd ised.
'as- After Kingsley threatened to us
of tina, letter he real ut your meeting.
20 September, 1880, | paid u v,sil IT, III
IN. ho CITY, arriving there about the mi
lat die Of October. He avoided taki
SIS with me abont the tiume question, III
Mt | did not press hmm.
zen Mr. Editor, you will remember
ole told you then that the bedrock Fiu,
Ter Company intended doing just VIII
Ill! they had promised the people of Boi
I" county they would not do, and v
err thought | WAS mistaken. The revel
eel tons during the past few month la