Saint Mary's beacon., 1900-02-15
[ Editorial Correspondence cfMc Beacon
.usr Letter From, Baltimore.
RA1rrMonR. FebruarY IL, 19

lrffg bALTlhOhb, rtDluhIy y 10, 4VVV.
But little has been done in politics
since my last letter. Delegations have
been before the Governor and SO FREE
quent and numerous have they been that
His Excellency has been compelled to
announce that he will receive no more
delegations for office. Cow Smith has
been sick and the strain is laore than he
can bear. The delivery Of his inaugural
in the open air is supposed to have been
the cause Of his illness. i' ~@tts
The Governors able, affable and obligs
ing Secretary of State will however re-
ceive applications and give q courteous,
hearing to those who bring them, ~ 4,
Thursday last the officials ofthe Wash
ington and Potomoc Railroad were Civ
en- hearing before the House = Unit
tee on Corporations. President Watson
and Solicitor Chas. b. Collier appeared
for the road and A. B.. Linderman ar
gued against the extension oftime. The
proposition as the lawyers agreed and
as the bill reads in not to e1t6nd the
charter for that is perpetual and its ex,l
tension or non extension does not enter
into the question. The legislation asked
for is 10 gipe the reOrgqnized rdil0dy Rail
road Company until Nay 1909 10 complete
the road to Point lookout Mr.. Collier
said that German capitalists had agreed
to furnish the cash for the building OF
the road; that papers had been signed to
this effect that an engineer representing
the capitalists had gone over the road
and recommended the investment and
that nothing but some great commercial
disaster or act of Providence could pre-
vent the fulfillment OF the contract,
should no legislative obstructions be
thrown in the way. He further stated
that he and his confreres had paid and
secured to be paid to the Boston holders
of the railroad franchises, $4,000 there
for, that they were gathering In all back
taxes on the road had paid some and
were paying all others as presented Mr..
Linderman, Mr. Collier said, had tried
to buy the road but could not that his
company was throwing no distractions
In the way of the Linderman road and
thought that none should be thrown Ia
their way. Collier further said that Mr..
Linderman had come to him with prop
osition to buy out and coalesce etc and
that he had asked Mr. l.. to put his pro-
posals in writing. This Is about the
gist OF Mr.. Golfers statement except
that he told the committee that he would
cheerfully bring it the papers showing
his compact with the German bankers
and any other papers II desired TO see.
Mr.. Lnderman argued against the ex-
tension of the time TO the w & =, say
1t had already had time enough that its
capitalization was SO great II could not
possibly pay interest on it that he could
and he would build road IL there was
no menace to his project in the shape Of
parallel road that he had reasonable
capitalization and would give proper
tioRate share of his stock TO the State
that would be worth more than the &iB3.
600 worth the charter of other road gave
the State; that he had not put his pro-
posal TO Mr.. Collier in writing because
he was but plain, ordinary business
man and Mr.. Collier was one OF the
sharpest, shrewdest lawyers In the coun.
try and he (Linderman) was not going
to give away his secrets to him. He
further said he had offered the Boston
Capitaltalists 100000 more for the road
than the w. & p. people gave them.
Mr.. Linderman said he had expended
more in surveying route for his road
and having "profile" made than the
w, & 7. had ever spent. Mr. Collier
made the point that the Act under which
Mr.. Linderman's road was incorporated
prohibited 1t from buying, controlling
or coalescing with another road. Messrs
Wilkinson and King were present at the
greater part of the hearing. Mr.. w.
made statement to the committee as
did Mr.. King. AS Iheard but part of Sen
ator Wilkinson's remarks cannot re-
port them. Mr.. King gave brief his
tory Of the road said that his interest
in the matter was to secure a railroad
through st. Mary's and that he did pot
care who built it, but hoped and trusted
that no obstructions would be thrown in
the way of anyone who honestly and
really endeavored TO do the work. At
the request of Ex-Attorney General Poe,
he (King) had introduced the bin TO OK
tend the time and that ne wanted the
committee to give the matter the most
thorough investigation and to find out
all there is in it. His duty as repre-
sentative from st. Mary's, as he under
stood it, was to neglect no chance to se-
cure a railroad for the county.
May the next BEACON report that Mr..
Jo. F. Morgan is out Of danger.
FRANCIS v. KING.
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