Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-03-06
THE ST. JoHNSBURY NEWSPAPERS.


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There was an article in the FREE
PRESS of Feb %. entitled "rhe st. Johns
hurv Nn,vsnapors ~ which indicates that
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matter ana Ill justice To myself ask you
to print the following statement. In the
article above referred to Won say. "As the
circumstances have brru rrl,t.d I'm ~
the prices offered and asked for the prn.
ppr,v differed hv SI5OO Failing To p,rrpr
they left the fixing of the price tO three
appraisers from other parts of the state.
Two of these named a price doublp what
the syndicate had offered and mot rnr
from double what Mir Stone had asked -
the other and most experienced APPRAISER
not Coucurring The syndicate therefore
refused to accept the apprnisnl Mr. Stone.
the proposition to refer the matter to an.
praiserS having come from the Other SIDE.
considered the refusal Il violation of good
faithn
1t is true three apuraiserS' were agreed
upun-Alessrs O. l.. French and d. con
ard of BrattlebOro. and .JD,pDh Poland
of Montpelier, but before the cXamina.
ton OF the property was completed ON
Saturday, Mr. Poland. who was far from
well, felt Obliged to return home, and in 4
written communication the following
Monday, withdrew from the board and
declined to act. What his reasons were
for 50 doing are not material to thi, case,
in view of the fact that ON receipt of This
communication from Mr.. Poland the
syndicate proposed that the whole matter
be left To the other two appraisers, 10
which agreed and NrSSrs' French and
Leonard were notified of our desire both
by telegram and letter.
These two men made Il written detailed
report, which was received thursday
morning, and after being opened and read
by the agent of the stock company and
myself, the former said he wished to show
il to his associates. and took il away. On
the following saturday he informed me
that his associates utterly refused to abide
bV the decision of the referees ON tine
ground that it was excessive: but added
that they would pay me one-half what
the appraisers awarded. Previous to this
time no sum had been offered me II is
perhaps, unnecessary to say that ! deciin-
ed any price other than that agreed upon
by the men to whom the entire business
was referred Had | not supposed that
the CdledOHiotH was as good Il, sold when
the matter was left To apprnisprS | should
not have published thai my connection
with the paper would cease with the next
issue. | went into this affair in good
faith, without the least idea but that the
appraisers award, whatever it might he,
would be accepted by each party
! have the written contract, copies of
kilograms and letters which will verify
all / nave SAID, ana am very certain that
the appraisers will vindicate the equity of
their decision if called upon. Cndrr'tle
circumstances is il surprising that CON
sidered the refusal to abide by the award
violation of good faith -
\ on say further in your article YOU are
sorry to hear that the efforts to unite the
two papers have failed that there is a
field at st. Jonnsbury for a strong, first
class weekly; but hardly for two" In
thlS opinion the people of this county
largely concur, and are enduring what
the call Is for outside capitalists 10 come
in here and attempt to sllpplant IL business
which they refused To purchase on their
own terms.
AS to your fears that the CulCIOHiuli
cannot be relied Oh To support Republi-
. can candidates and principles in the iu-
ture, it will be interesting to see Repup-
. licanS exchanging the CulcdOHiuH-a pa
per with forty years recOrd.-for Il Jour
nal edited by Il man vino does no, DENY
, the statement that he was an auti-Blniut
, man of Il pronounced type during the lat,
campaign.
As regards your statement about ''lead
. ing Republicans of the county ussuciat
ing themselves together for the sole DUR
pose Of Establishing il RcpubiicuH pa
per- will simply say thai sucn is the
diiCgcd reason, but there are other cOusid