Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-09
FRED WOLFFE
Is Building the Railroad Between this
City and Holly Springs, and
1t Will be Finished
By the LIST Of June-So Say the Con.
tractors, Messrs. Green and Hos
kiRs, and They are Reliable.
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Special to the AppeaEf .d3doL stiilN5N a ~.
Holly SPRINGS, MISS, March s.-Ths
rum0rs;yfich have lately been SO rife Cd
every hand concerning the solEency Of Mr..
Fred Wolfe, the head Of the Erlanger
Syndicate, and the bailder Of ths, MeHphis,
Selma and Brunswick railroad, have excited
the apprebehsi6ns b every citizen living
along The lfS9iSf thTss FoSd, ssp3ells ss tie
serious interest of the public at large. II
these Tsn6rsfbe 1eif founded, hid wolhs
fail to meet his obligations, wonld'this rail,
road be completed? This qlestion has Been
.ssked1by thousands ofsanxious smen. along
he line OF the road, whose interests would
be seriously sfscted should The building oi
the rosd be stopped mo- 5sa IA : 20 81 ~.
II was, therefore, with view Of gaining
some dsfpite and reliable iafermA,ion upon
this subject, that your correspondent called,
this morning, upon Mr.. W. II. II. Green aad
Maj. Hoskins, of the firm Of Green, Hamil-
ton & CO. 1lfe contractors who have had
charge of the building Of this road since the
work bagan under Wolfe. ~ ~ "a liza
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It The Interview. - -s,...,.
After the iormality OF an Introduction, we
said: = Z - l.is,5I .sllsy a 81 h /,
"GenIIemeD, there have been injurious re.
ports circulating for sonfe tihfe past concern
ing tha solvency OF the, builders of the
Menphis, selma and Brunswick railroad;
have these reportsrany foundation Ia fact3'
Mr.. Geesn-Mr., Wolff, is the builder oil
the road. Oar contract is with him. Az
70 his solveucy or9ihis alleged impaired
credit, We, of course, know nothing. 1t is a
subjict that does not concern Us, and about
ahiGh- We can say nothing, OF course we
Z know that there have been many injurious
reports published-some Of them arising
from the unjust seizure OF Mr.. Wolffe's prop
-esty in Alsbama-and such reports, al ways
iniure credit. All We know is that Mr..
Vol f. has continued his banking butiness
10 New York, aud hss4ha allhisobligations
regularly as.they have fsllen DUE A mans
'eredh Is a delicate tbingAiike . WON ah's
virtue, the more it is talked about the worse
il bscomesS = -H -la1~ssfs itfsss II = 1's
y "One thing can tell you, however, con-
tinued Mr.. Green withn decision, eand that
is that the road will be built in any event,
aa5 sfiPb be completed by the lsti OF June,
IBIS year, at the very latest. Our contract
has been extended TO that date, and by that
date The road will be com pleted from lhis
city 10 Memphis Indeed, if. no unforeseen
chstrnctien arise, it m ~ be finfshed by the
lst of Ma We are hot pushing ahead. to
complete the work as rapid as possible; on
the contrary on account OF the delay in is
sitting he bonds, cansed by the onlfsge per-
petrated upon Mf.I Wolfe by the uni ust
Seizure of his property in Aiabans, We are
extending The time for, the Completion OF ths
csntract !, Mr.. Wolfe hiss large personal
Interest in the road in fact, he has already
Expended $4,000 of bis own money in its
construction" aui isliI l- O JnsbiigiHiys4Uz
'5f'Hdw far has The work progressed up to
this d2te?" 4
''fhe work from here 10, Memph is about
thTee-fourihs done-placing il, at ahe lowest
estimate. We have completed thirty Eight
mikes of grading, aud hsyeS already laid
eleven and one-hsff miles of track. As
have said, the road wa Be bAil, NJ matter
Hhelher Mr.. Wolfe continues the work or not
1t W II be built and COMPLETED, at tbs very
by The wsy,a aid Mi. Hoslk.iilps, CHS
road, with one .exeeailnp, - the, only one az
The couutry; upon " hieh, ten, mileerof ifsek
havs been LAID without .thsrbuildsrs Issuing
I'VE hsvga Bsfa al 3odf VI ofikanaen ss Ne
Went along nIsaid MI lGEssn, "and ne shall
coptinle t6tdo '4bi1tU ithe end! Wei6~e
nothing to anyone connected with the road,
sIftfAwe areswiliing for the pubicto know
all they paywish 10 know about our part Of
the wofkgs aAsH Al ~ a We Il sAs
Thanking both gentlemen for their cour-
.tesy; we left, feeling confident that they, we're
-esrrest and rskaifs- BUSINESS hsE, Lhkass
word was, as good as, heir bond, and that
Holly Springs would be- connected with
Memphis by rail before, the sspmner wa
over, whether Mr.. Wolff failed or nat Har,.