| Show I 1 HA ahw pwe t Q dl d db A discussion about wages not being paid for the grading done correspondence sept 5 isol your palomas correspondent writing under date of aug 8 beeks to traduce my character and calls me a liar and bays many bard things of me because in my article of july I 1 auld a few plain facts ill regard to the condition of the railroad ji john V young ho asserts without giving any reason or proof whatever that I 1 am diug under aai umed name and am therefore un FOI thy of credit non as I 1 haqq been correspondent for your paper a lone tims and have to the best of my ability chronicled the facts in connection with the settlement orthis country as they have occurred without faar or hope of reward and having no corporation or oilier person pers on to pleasa m order to lotain employment I 1 believe you and the ara by tins time convinced anat 1 um mr moreno ami nobody else moreover I 1 have dwelt in tho country and have spent much money and time in its development instead of about palomas or deming until the c or somebody clae und mo th ng tj do the whole of the railroad fraternity seem to have themselves into a tantrum over the said article and have sa d many hard ol 01 me in conae bcd and recently ly well founded foun dad came alone the alnie to tha en eci anat atio had spoken or written the company or the manasy ment should be en aloyed by the company ot course adb in or your correspondent and puts db end to any hope he hays en of getting a lucrative place on the road but dont you forget it mr editor no such threats will deter me from sending you the true condition of things in ania coun ry let chem hit or mish thy will now your man from P alomas aas that iu referring to toe pay beina much in arrears I 1 told a lie and not only a lie but prompted b edite now let this hireling of a corporation thai is beel bee L ing to impose on tha public be con out of his own mouth he says wort began the conroad gaary and from thai lime till the of april all liabilities were regularly met on the of each month since april hov rover unfit last week pay wera for well known toa toane nl fulla sympathized with ry the employees goner rily A fear of tho graders nave experienced some ant the causa ol 01 it is rather creditable than otherwise to the man adamant ag amant lie then goes on to that the cormons mormons Mor mons being a people of little means arc favored with the contracts in preference to others now from the middle of april until aasc week waa over three article bears dateo fAue ath which would ba ou his last week have been as late as the latter end of july and I 1 would here ehatt that the payment referred to was when made only fora part or tho month of may BO the gradert them belvea say now I 1 stated that the pay was much in arear and people were destitute in consequence and if three months aad over according to his own testimony is not much in arear 1 would like to know what it is and as far the graden being in full sympathy with it tie greater part ot them have shown that by quitting work and manifesting mani fesing con eid erable ill humor over not getting pay and that condition of things till edisto that heavy e that is found over in london having faiad to come to time ahe aest item is particularly here it is tho fact that an individual who hides bis identity under a fictitious bame can bedaub au enterprise in the funds of apu as lion john W young the projector and builder of six railroads villiam derby jonnson jr well bv ot aers up to tha time ochia advent aiuto mexico as a promoter of the utah and J fewson camith pre emmeit for his ability and integrity intes rity bancy the building 01 the union pacific railway and a member of the present city council of salt lake city is an evi benca ot the fairness not to usa a haisa lena of the report in THE now 1 can hardly tell Tr hether aba abu ia as a hiir at THE EN quai aix for publishing the report or at me lur prithi it but I 1 hooe it is for me aa I 1 dont want to got your honor able capr into trouble the trent lemen referred to in the foregoing quotation may be very great and honorable and all that eort of thice but thera is one thing certain john W does not always pay his debba and if he owns all the of acres of land which your palomas correspondent has of late been patting forth prominently aurely money could bo easily raised to pay for twenty five miles of grade and thus relieve the poor people arho haye it how mr editor if yon do not be aliee that the pay is almost wholly m write to joseph H james or erastus beck of colom diaz two of the main contractors who have both long aiace qui n account 0 not getting their pay I 1 stated athe said article that there did not appear to by mi ci c i if any monay put up to run the concern but the parties depended on gulling er mortgaging the lauds and franchises to raise it article states that mr youny into a contract with mr bauc february last to aasuma this matter aad put the road through eh etc and that no less than three syndi cant had tried it before him that tha matter was put into the hands of one arl marks to handle and was to be on auly 2 but to aba consternation of all hands marks proved a failure now if this does not my position that depended deo ended on mortgaging or the lands and and money was not put up in the start I 1 should libo to know liow it could bs shown the long and short ef the matter is mr youns undertook to raibe tha money on tha strength of said lands and franch isea to pay for the and to build and up to date he has L y j failed to do ba B far the center ft of the pay is yet in arrer and dissatisfaction prevails in consequence M |
