The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-07-25
A Letter to the Counsel of the Ga.
r. r. & Electric Power Co.

vey being made. This survey was
made and shows that the lines in
the original survey stopped on the
brink Of the gorge, and did not go
to the river, and that, therefore, the
land in the gorge of the Tallulah
River is the property of the State
of Georgia. If your titles are so
strong, why did you fight so hard to
prevent this survey being made?
There were articles published in
the Atlanta newspapers about the
time the question came before Gov
ernor Brown fo~ it's final decision
saying that the Georgia Railway
and Power Company was anxious
to have suit brought in order to
quiet their titles to the land in con-
troversy. While these articles do
not appear over your signature, I
know that the officers of the Geor-
gia Railway and Power Company
did not publish them with
out consulting you, and that, to all
intents and purposes, they are your
articles. 1t is not up to me to ego
way back and sit down." but it is
up to you to make good on this
statement. If you do not know how
this can be done, / would like to sug-
gest that you appear before the Leg
lslature and ask them to request the
Governor to bring this suit. If you
do this, you may rest assured that
the gentlemen of the Legislature
will accommodate you by immedi-
ately passing resolution requesting
Governor Brown to authorize a suit
to recover the lands at Tallulah If
you do not do this, after printing
this statement in a newspaper, it
will show that your titles to the land
are not so strong as to bear airing
in open Court. | dare you to APP
pear before the Legislature and ask
them to pass this resolution.
/ do not know who the "seven
reputable lawyers" who have given
opinions on the Georgia Railway
and Power Company's titles, are,
but, suppose they, like yourself,
were employed by the Georgia Rail-
way and Power Company to write
these opinions, and that of course, if
they are reputable lawyers, they
would not publish opinions in dero-
cation of their clients title. So the
statement that seven lawyers have
examined these titles, will not have
any influence on people who are
acquainted with these facts.
| am aware of the fact that the
Georgia Railway and Power Com
pany is having some difficulty in sell
ing their bonds owing to the fact
that the people on whom they ex-
pect to unload these bonds think
that the Georgia Railway and Power
COmpany's title to these lands is too
doubtful, and they do not care to
invest money in any bonds which are
issued on such doubtful security.
You are counsel for the Georgia
Railway and Power, Company, l am
counsel for the TalluIah Falls Con-
servation Association. I want the
suit to recover the land at Tallulah
brought because l think the State
will recover. You do not want the
suit brought because you know if it
is brought you will lose. You are
placed in a very embarrassing posi-
ton owing to the fact that you have
published the statement saying you
We're anxious to have suit brought to
quiet your title TO this land, and you
can not consistently come out and
express your real wishes on this sub
ject by saying that the suit ought
not to be brought.
When this suit is brought we will