Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-11-21
False Statements Corrected.
Wendell. Ida. Nov. 10. 10

lear oiT--A sldleIltnt Ddut ny II.
A. Stroud, condemning one of my at
torneys who acted for me in the case of
the Hagerman Valley & Western Rail
way Co. VS.. J. 5. Clark and the Hager-
man Valley & Western Railway Co. by
Perry L. Randall, resident intervenor.
tried in Shoshone on the 7th and Sth
inst, was published last week in certain
of the Lincoln county papers.
AS Judge Walters was required to go
to Haley before even reading some of
the important documents filed as ex-
hibits in the case, he will be unable to
render his decision until his return in
two or three weeks.
While said case is up for the consid-
Grafton of the learned Judge of the Dis
trict court, it would be highly improper
for me to deal with the case, especially
in the public press, as Mr.. Stroud has
done, therefore | must wait before an.
swering the false statements.
However, in the meantime, attach
a signed resolution unanimously passed
by the railway committee, of Wendell,
after they read said false statements by
Stroud.
| might explain that said J. A. Stroud
is the sales agent for the Edison Town
site, which is located in pot hole two
or three miles east of futile, the latter
being station on the Rupert Bliss cut
off OF the o. S. L. railway, about mid
way between Wendell and Bliss. This
stopping place was decided upon when
Mr. Bancroft, Vice President of the 0
S. L. condemned Edison, which Stroud
and other promoters made the termi-
nus of the now abandoned and worth
less Hagerman Edison railway grade,
declaring the whole scheme as imprac-
ticable.
In this connection it must be stated
that Stroud's engineer, Mr.. Haskell,
furnished the writer with detailed writ
ten specifications of the cost of this
proposed grade, concluding with to-
tai estimate of s25, 500. which includes
the Billingsly creek fill and culvert.
A prominent civil engineer and con-
tractor offered, in writing, to furnish
adequate bonds guaranteeing to build
this grade from Hagerman to Edison
for S42, 900, and yet these townsite pro-
motors represent to the Hagerman
ranchers that it cost the san oil S73,
900 to construct this identical grade. 1t
is clear to those who know these town.
site men, what they did to the half
dozen Hagerman ranchers whom they
misled into signing the now notorious
joint note for $50, 900 by falsely stating
that the o. S. L. railway company had
authorized McDonough the then dis
charged assistant engineer, to make
the deal. 1t can be understood when
it is known that McDonough, Morton,
Stroud and Davis were and are fellow
directors and joint owners in the Edi-
son townsite.
About dozen or more engineers anl.
capitalists, including the chiefs of the
o. S. L. railway, have condemned as
impractical and unfeasible this excess
lively steep and crooked grade to Edi-
son as worthless for railway, and also
state that the route to Wendell is the
only possible one out of the valley. NJ
wonder all of the other ranchers in the
valley refuse to pay their subscription
into such scheme, but which Stroud
is preparing to force them to do through
his fight to obtain control of the char
ter of the Hagerman Valley & West
ern Railway Co, which the writer pro-
cured the incorporation of, and thus,
if possible, prevent the building of the
railway from Hager man to Wendell,
which prominent eastern railway con-
tracing firm has az reed to accomplish.
Thanking you in advance, Mr.. Editor,
for this opportunity of partially ex-
planning the purpose of the false state
ments made by said party last week, |
am, Yours very respectfully,
j. S. CLARK.
At special meeting of the railway
of the Town of Wendell,
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