Year: 1870

The Railroad.


We have been patiently waiting to besr
that srrapgemnnts we're completed to en-
ish our railroad at once. We had been
ls 4 to suppose that such news would mn
doubtedIy come soon. Bot it does not
come. and it looks very much as if there
Is no speedy Prospect of it. At least.
such is the impression which we gather
from rumors saoat. and from intimstions
in the Atchison papers. We. being q
"Director" Of the road. are in totsl igno-
rance concerning the affairs Of the Com
psny. There seem to bs difficulties in
the Company-one party being anxious
to push the road to completion: the other.
determined to keep It back. for some
reason not known. bat probably with
view to speculation.


From Atchison papers. We learn that
arrangements are under adsisemcnt, by
which parties sgree to take the road and
iron it. bat BY this arrangement. only si1
miles of the road will be ironed BY the
GRIT Of January. The same papers say
it is reported that one Of the greatest rail-
road men in the West (probabIy mean
ing Mr.. joy is anxious to get control OF
the road, and II he succeeds, will finish it
at once. If the controlling men can get
back, by this arrangement. enough to ny
them for the time end money they have
spent on the road. they certainly ought
to close the contract, unless It is their de-
sign to keep the work back for the ac'
complishment Of other schemes.


The grading is still going on, and the
Compsny exhibit remarkable prompli'
tuds in calling for their bonds as fast as q
mile or two sre completed; and the Coun'
ty Board is sometimes required to hold
extra meetings. lest three or four mile
may be graded before the bonds are fork
cd over for The work. They seem de
termined to rake in the bonds as they go
which will more than pay for the grad
ing; then. IL there is any failure to iIo'
and stock the road. the Company vii
have nothing outstanding to lose.


We do not wish to do or say anything

to discourage the Company or reiard it
operations. We have tried to be patient
and give them oil reasonable time. Bu
when the people arc paying out thsi
money. according to contract. they wan
some assurance that they will receiv'
some benefit from it. They have waitet
patiently. and seen railroads built sl
around them. taking away their trade AM
prosperity; and they are firmly OF tn
opinion that this road might have beef
built Q year ago ss easily as year hence
IL the Company bad go desired it. w
were told that the contract imperativel
required that the grading should be com
pleted BY the Grst of June-it yet lack
considerably Of it. Then we were toll
that the contract was positively close
for the iron. and that the cars wonld b
running to White Cloud BY the first G
October. Now the report comes that
Company have agreed to iron the road
and to have sir miles laid by the first
January! This is downright trifin
withs he peoples interests. and there is n
assurance that the present generation wi
live to see the road completed. Iii
the duty Of tho press to cid and encour
age these enterprises. it is much more it
duty to demand that the people who ar
paying the expenses shall receive fair On
honest information ss to the condition an
prospects Of the rond. Such informatio
the people waut-not random statement
got up to tickle them. while they bea
f,lsehood upon their very face. w
make bold to assert that the people hav
not been dealt with openly. candidiy. o
on the square, in any movement. state
ment or promise of the Company. iron
the very outset Of the enterprise to th
present time. 1t is time this programm
were changed. and that the people knew
what they were doing. The Truth in thi
business just now would be more satisfsc
tory to Us than the empty honor Of beinl
. wooden Director.