The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-04-05
More About s1r. Mones and the
LsmcoIn Couuty~ Mortgage.

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Editor BRooEHAvES liza DER
DEAR Sri have raj Maj. Mon
ey's Interview with the Memphis
Appeal correspondent, reproduce in
The LEADER of March Is, in which
he very clearly vindicat9s himself
from the political insinuation OF the
Okolona Messenger, and which he
does more by treating the Messen-
ger with contempt than by argu-I
ment.
have also read your editorial Of
the 22nd on tn, same subject, but as
both together fail to do full justice
to the subject, and do not place the
Honorable and distinguished NJ. c.
on the high plane he docs and has
always occupied, feel it my duty
from my connections with all the
parties, without however, having
spoken to either of them upon the
subject either before or since She
publications appeared in the Mes
senger- TO furnish facts which, ii
anything more is wanting, viii set
the matter right before the public. j
allude to the value of the property
contained in the mortgage to secure
the payment Of the $4,000.
The political insinuation against
Money is, that he favored Hunting
ton s Railroad bill before Congress, and
that this road is his reward; when
the truth is, he only opposed the
Texas Pacific roal-or,- rather, he
opposed tue subsidies of $4,000 and
40 sections of land per mile asked
for by the Texas Pacilic-equal to
$4,000 per mile. Now Wesson &
Persons, to secure the payment of
this $4,000, gave mortgage on
eight miles of well equipped iron
track road with water tanks, sec
ton houses, locomotives, etc.
The political insinuation of the
Messenger is that Money favored
Huntington's road-which he was
off ring to build without subsidies
the road having the same destina-
tion and running Iearl y parallel with
TIE Pacific, which was before Con
grts5 asking for subsidies OF $72,-
600 per mile. The charge more cor
rectly stated, would read that Mon
ey opposed the $4,000 per mile ask
ed for by the Texas Pacific, and in
lieu thereof, favored the Southern
Pacific which Huntington was offer
ing to build without any subsidies
but the truth of history is, that
neither of these propositions was
ever put to a vote.
i now want to give you a sum in
the rule of three. II the Texas Pa
? ciic required donation from Con
eress of $4,000 per mile to help
build lis road, how much is Wesson &
Persons, eight miles of road WORTH
Answer, 1915, 000!-five hundred and
scventy-six thousand dollars is the
amount that the Texas Pacific ask
Congress to give its corporation to
|. help them build eight miles Of the
road, which Mr.. Money would nc
doubt have voted against if it had
come to vote. And this is the
offence he has committed against the
: Okolona Messenger. But still In
sist that the $4,000 worth of raj
is good and sufficient security fol
the payment of $4,000, to say no:h
ing about 10000 acres Of finely tim
bered pine land, two complete saw
= mills, aAd much other property.
t The prospective value of the W. 4
P. road is, that if the Vicksburg and
Ship Island road is ever built from
its present terminus to Ship Island
and is governed by the wisdom that
usually directs railroad capital. il
: will cross the Illinois Central Road
at Bogucchitto and make Wesson
I IL Persons road part of its main
trunk,-for the reason that this is
f the most direct route and cross
es the ridge 1O3 feet lower than il
is at Brookhaven. The Illinois Cen
trail at BrookhaYen is 500 feet above
the level of the sea, and Boguechitto
/ is 397, and | suppose the finest tim
, bered lands in the State lie on di
, rect line from here to Ship Island.
, In conclusion, must ask the cdi
tor of the Messenger who gave him
, the valuation of this property that is
; "far below the sum borrowed"
/, Your obedient servant,
Il j. NJ. WEssoN.