Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-04-18

line of the Texas Psriac railroad, described in
sad act or If q more practicable route or line on
or near the thirty-seeond parallel OF north lsti-
tuds Is fOr-C' - q -'-0~ such more practicable
r0,e ~ ..ue TO T. BIO tsia..o- Il Or near Fl Psso
there to meet 6nd coDnect with the coust---ct 1
road and telegraph of said Texas snd Pacific Rail
way Company, or with the constructed railroad
and telegraph of some other company in the State
of Texas; Hnd that upon the passage OF this act
all he grants Of and ana Gtasr grants, rights and
grUeges hertofore grdnted u and conferred upon the
Texas Pacific heilrOad Company u the Texas and
I1iLHA! I'm pay On ~ ~ u, ~
part OF ITS route west 81 the RIO GFande, shall De
deemed 10 have lspsed ana term! mated as 10 said
companies for the purposes Of This act; aHd 10 be
tTdIlTed TO and ucsteI IN Tie "a SOatheTs Pacific
Rdt!t01y Company.
Southern Pacific Railroad Company in the con-
struclion of said railroad ana telegraph line 10 the
Rio Grande, as provided in the md section of
this act there be- and hereby are, made, trans
ferred, confirmed unto, and vested in aid South
ern Pacific Railroad Company, its successors and
assigss The same grGnts Of right Of sody. ofTfght,
poCfT and authority Opfr the public lands adjacent 10
The line Of said rG.irOdd and telegraph Of alternate
sections 81 pubic land ana Of every Other right pOlDeT,
rtege, aud immunity west OF the Rio Graude,
which, by the terms Of said act Of March 3, 1871,
were made, granted, and given to said Texas Pa
enc K -liroad Company, ana by said supplemental
Of the " Texas and Pacific Railway Company"
THE THIRD AND FOURTH CHARGES.
The third count-ihat be borrowed 500
COO of c. P. Huntington prior 10 the date Of
MS letter to Judge Bate sfhxiBg the value
of his estate a. $4,000 is 10 be taken as
confessed, but the impression Mr.. Money at
tempts 10 make on the public mind, namely:
That at first he procured the money for
Messrs. Wessou and Persona (the latter, we
believe, relative), and "subst quentiy be-
came interested in the properly" IL not fully
sustained by the record. The certified copy
OF the deed Of trust given Huntington, now
before me, shows that J. NJ. Wesson and J.
w. Persons acknowledged l. before L. G..
Curtis, justice Of the peace for Lincoln
county, MIss., on the Let day Of April, 1882,
and II. ID. Money did the same thing 10 the
presence OF FfsnE 6 ait, notary public in
the City OF Washington, on the 9Th day of
the same month.
In support of the fourth count, offer as
evidence certified copy of the assessment
roll of Lincoln county, which shows that all
the property, real, personal and miued, in
cluded IN the Huntington trust deed, Is val
ued at sl5,085. II, therefore, Sine property
under mortgage cannot be bought for less
than 100000" Mr.. Money or lis partners
have not done the square thing with the
State and county. / respectfully refer them
to the form Of the affidavit required by stat
ute TO be attached 10 the assessors lists, as
authority for the latter assertion.
SUMMING UP,
the case stands thus: Mr. Money was not
worth more than $4,000 when he entered
Congress in 1875, and hai not increased his
private fortune 81 as lac SIS July last.
('See his Bates letter.. In 1877 he wrote, intro
duced and worked 10 secure the passage of q
bill which took from the Texas Pacific u
large amount Of public lands and other
rights, privileges and immunities, Of great
value, and conferred them upon his friend,
c. 2. Huntington. (Sss II. r., 2Il8, Forty.
MIN Congress second session.. Ia 1882, he bor-
rowed 100000 from c. P. Huntington, for
himself and partners, for i've years, at six
per cent. interest. (Sse deed of trust on record
al BrookhaUen, LincoIs ooualty). The property
included in the mortgage given 10 secure
Huntington is not worth one-fhird the money
advanced. (Ses assessors books of Lincoln
county,. In 1885, while Huntington still
holds Mr.. Moneys note, he voted for the mag
Mates consolidation scheme, which the
Jackson Clarion dsnounces as "pernicious,"
and the american Register declares would
enable Huntington alone 10 regulate freight
aud passenger traffic from ocean 10. ocean.
(See Congressional Record, March 5, 1889.
Now, Messrs. Editors, having endeavored
to eschew prejudice, and to discuss the ques-
tions at issue fairly and honesty, am done
with the sobjzct. II / have succeeded in
removing from the sh 9nlders si my children
the stigma which fsl'osa the imputsiion
that lhsir father would deliberately malign
any individual, however great or small IN
public estimation, my offset is accom-
plishsd. FRANK BURKITT,
Editor OkoiOna Messenger.