The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-09-07

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pass reads as follows:
THE BEAVER MEADE g. ENGLE-
WOOD RR. CO.
No.
PASS
ACCOUNT
UNTIL
Unless otherwise ordered and subject
to conditions on back.
Valid only when countersigned by j..
N. Tincher or H. E. Nixon.
Jacob Achenbaugh, President
Countersigned.
written Signature)
Now dear reader, refer to the Med
icine Lodge dispatch and note that
"the old officers were rejected"
Does it seem reasonable that Mr..
Tincher could be a director in rail-
road and not know anything about it :?
Why the dispatch from Medicine
Lodge?
Draw your own conclusions.
Now you will note that Mr.. Tincher
states that he and Mr.. Achenback
talked about the railroad, In fact Tin
cher asked him "what was going on"
According to Tincher he gathered
from the conversation that there was
nothing definite (remember the defi-
nite) about 1t and no immediate pros
poets Of their building any railroad.
Nothing definitel
We have before US q letter to the
Liberal Chamber Of Commerce which
says: "Your favor Of the 9th to Mr..
Turpin and Mr.. Achenback concerning
the extension Of this railroad has been
referred to me-"
While we have certain DEFINITE
plans under consideration (other than
interfering with the tangled condition
of the B. & o., which situation is prob
ably well known to you) yet as q mat
ter Of courtesy we will be pleased to
consider anything which might be to
our interests.
In. BLACKSToCK,
Springfield, Ills
July IL, 1922.
And Mr.. Tincher says he gathered
that there was nothing definite"
This letter you will see was written
July12, 1922. And Mr.. Tincher's let
ter, written at Medicine Lodge wa,
dated August II.
Here's another.
This excerpt is from a rather leng.
thy letter to the secretary Of the Lib
eral Chamber of Commerce under date
Of August a, seven days before Mr.
Tincher wrote Mayor Griffith: '""'"'
II have had personal conversation
with Mr.. Blackstock, our First Vice
President, and he agrees with Mr.
Achenbach, both Of these gentlemen
are Of the same mind, viz: that the
B. M. & E. will be extended from For
gan in the near future" Signed: G.
J. Turpin, General Manager"
No definite plan.
No immediate prospects Of their
building any rsilroadi
Under date Of Juy 18. Jacob Ach-
enbach, president Of the road wrote
the secretary Of the Liberal Chamber
Of Commerce a letter from which the
following is an excerpt:
"Relative to my opin-
ion regarding the route we wish to
take from Forgan beg to advise that
It has been my opinion that we should
go west from Forgan to Hooker. I
have based my opinion on the assis-
tance offered by the good people OF
Hooker
This letter is from Mr.. Achenbach
with whom Mr.. Tincher talked on Aug
ust IL, and was written July 18th.
Evidently Mr.. Achenbach did not
take Mr.. Tincher into his confidence
to any marked degree, or else there
has been some sidestepping. Draw
your own conclusions.
The above letters and pass are on
file In this office and will be shown to
anyone interested who doubts their
thruthfuIness. These letters have been
read in one or more meetings and
their authenticity can easily be es-
tablished.
Therefore It will be seen that the
Democrat had something very tangi-
BILE and definite upon which to base
its claims.
Then-please note that at the close
Of his letter Mr.. Tincher makes this
statement: I will be very much sur.
] prised If Mr.. Achenbach and Mr.
Blackstock extend any railroad lines
BUT THEY ARE MEN OF MEANS
AND IF THEY WANTED CoULI
BUILD"
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