The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-05-08
TIE MAcAEN ATTEMPT.

said. We do not believe there is a
scintilla or suggestion Of merit in the
contention Of Machen for this receiv.
ership. He came TO this city few
years ago. without a dollar Of capital
but with a bunch Of energy and gen.
uine gall and in some way ingratiated
himself into the good graees Of the
people.
He struck upon the idea Of the b. &
B. railroad and excited the hearty ny
port of the people Of this community
in the enterprise. The county con
victs graded. grubbed and leveled the
line Of the road to the county line;
the city donated shops, erected and
ready for service, it also donated a
very valuable piece OF water front
to the line. And to make long story
short the sturdy citizenry Of Bruins.
wick sacrificed almost everything i'm.
aginable for the success Of the road
It was pointed out that the compile
ton Of the road meant great CONNER
cial progress for Brunswick. The il3n
was originated at time when the fu.
ture of the city was not as bright as
lime light The people entered into
the enterprise with hearts full Of hope
they gave any and everything they had
for its betterment and pinned their
faith to the people at itS head.
so much for Brunswick and her PEG
pie, what Of the man or men she was
dealing with7
AS so@ ~ the little railroad had
grown to the dignity of a tram line.
fakirs we're at work in Gotham TO
wreck it, AS mile after mile of track
was placed in position scheme after
scheme was planned in New York to
make money out of 1t, to barter it
away to Tom, Dick and Harry. Every
financial filibusterer in the country
from Umsted to McI.aurin and back
again was induced to take a shot at 1t,
And what was the result?
Finally sale was consummated in
New York. Machen announced that
ne was down and out Of the road He
had sold all interest, had resigned all
positions and was in no wise connect
ed with the line why the magic"
Machen was in t9e Fery ecstacy OF
delight and wired his friends in Bruins
wick that he had sold out lock. stock
and barrel and the amount he had re-
ceiyed was so large that it would take
six figures to count his stack of money.
He felicited with himself that he had
sold property. nay gifts decided to the
road by the honest people of this city,
And then what?
The road vas rot din condition to
walk itself and tie A. & B. people saw
a chance to get to Brunswick and at
the same time acquire a good piece
Of property, they made deal, Mach
en- was the first man 10 favor it,
when it was first proposed. But he
changed his mind. He remembered
that he was once president of the road
and he dreamed it owed him some sal
AIRY. He knew that the line owed a
certain amount for labor and he used
this as a subterfuge to file his iniqui.
tious bill in Macon asking for re,
ceiyer. He also knew that the present
disposition of the b. & B. was the best
thing for the city of Brunswick and
the best thing for the property but
what cared he about that2 Why. not
ing, he wanted that $4,000 and he IN
tended to have 1t, if in so doing he
wrecked the B. & B. and ruined the
city of Brunswick
Why, the question OF citizenship
should alone stamp the whole proceed
ing as a delusion and a Spare, For
| 1t is a well known fact that he has
set up two different allegations as 10
his Official residence without allowing
sufficient time TO pass between them
to meet the requirements the law
This is all there is to it and we are
convinced that Judge Speer will see
it that the very fullest measure
/ Justice is done in this case. which
our mind is the boldest attempt to
wrecka piece Of property every under
taken in the staate of Georgia.