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Beivcd, I more md itsr ami nuin:inti Oc ir for-iJso re* ilcrcst-llousc. nth fcnins a ter.Boys* ’ Broad restingt wood s eonard $3 a )f sup-to Gov. icotho, pin 15 fy-Wed-r plat-on the ulnting hin.— 2r than refuse more t Van r enp-;k nnn-ml nu-'sctl de-io!d of-i Hi c tod I.t of thef.s.IMM'1 10 ! i l‘.» I Si IT 75 ii ){).',? 70 5 I i'j.ssengcr , ran in wishing in her of1855.r, ha#For the Ohio Repository.C Jlfr. Saxton—;On Ttiursdny of la#t week, a very scriMis collision .took place on the Ohio and Pn.Uni! Road,'under the immediate direction of S..W. Robert*. It appears that the train going Ea9t was an hour behind time. The Conductor refused to go on, but Mr. Rocerts, a# superintendent of the working of the road, commanded them, (the Conductor and Engineer) to go on—and the result was a collision near Alliance, by which one man lost a leg, and the other injured, and some 1 (5 others were wounded, more or less beside a heavy loss to the company, in the smashing of Locomotive? and Cars. He (Robert*) took the responsibility. The Pittburgh Gazette smooths the matter over—-but not so with the citizens n-long the line. The citizens of Massillon hive held an indignation meeting, and everyone I hear speak of it, condemn the company for so long retaining a man in their service so utterly incompetent. The truth is that when the.com pany wrq^rst organized, they knew nothing a-lit mi Rail Road matters, and Mr. Roberts made them believe that it was a great condescension on hi* part to accept of the Chief Enginecrship of their company, and has ever since had an o-verwccning ascendency in all their councils to the great detriment of the road, and the interests of the Stockholders.When people wondered at certain crooks in the road, which might have been avoided; or to other slovenly work in its construction, the fault was laid to the local engineers. What was Robert:, chief engineer for, if it was not to look after these thing*. Again, when he was making spec dies along the line, in order to induce people to lake stork, the western tctminws was to he at Gailion, but Jesse R. Siraughn could buy a farm •I miles north ofGalJinn, nt which he and others eouhl make a speculation of some $2^,000, and, presto, the whole thing is changed, and Crestline become* the Western terminus. So that the connection between this road and tl* 2 Bellcfontaine and Indiana road cannot be made, except at an expense of ? 100,000 to the company, nml then not near a« good as :t would have been, if the road had been run direct to Gailion—And the O* hioaud Indiana could as well, and belter, had its eastern tcrimniM been at Gal I* mi at at Crc^ltim;.It would be too tedious for a newspaper article, to enumerate all the two penny tricks, and utter folly of Mr. Robert*, both as Cfih'f Engineer and Sn-pciiuendcnt of the r«»nd The people along the line understand it. and hence, every town which ran. by building a lateral road, to get away from l!ii.« with tlicir business, are doing *u as fast as they ran.No man of any pretensions to businc?, or to politeness or courtesy as a gentleman, is held in more utter contempt than Mr. Roberts, by most who know him—and some, at least, of the Director# know it. They know that many thou-ands of dollar* have been wasted by his mismanagement—that he i* a man of lefty pretensions, but in practical detail a sorry humbug. Then in the ( name of common *rn-e: in behalf of their own in-1 tcrcst, why do they retain hi in longer in the ser- j Tlvice * Why have they not discharged him two 0 V» iFO4RRIThe at 9J Ipassci Esc her to them tie, Ei Tttriiculty are ar even t cate t endea giunl ary pi A b geiidc tares lt;Tin the Si ther ti It v twee i rcvivi the fh Lord .Ad tria h to sun green sia be An struct Minis Lie 8s 9d els Cm the 8i era. I Ad the el that t prcvi and «j Th rescn:tc»l Re*Hinsongress.tackscases Frc S\vt*’l w Inc men* ter. a beenTl, ing 1 fromiatc Jn#* the tcr-a. U.S. Bloom-ycars ago ?Anti if t!ic Directors are too stupid to know, or notice these things—or if they have not the man hood or firmness to got rid of him, it is tune for the stockholders to be-tir themselves and turn out the Directors. As things have been going on the .stock will never pay 0 percent, upon its cost Mr. Robert# estimated the cost at lir.-t, at $20,000 pej mile, including machinery and .«tation«, butv fell to ilepth.— irlorc foridtoratelia# do-03. findTlin *2i of bt Li Los In ccs«r a treF rit will, by gross mismanagement, cost $30,000 per endmile. Will tin; stockholders at Pittsburgh mid Philadelphia look into it* If they have no regard lor the public interest, their own pecuniary interest ought to prompt them to act in the matter, A act efficiently.Will tbo Pittsburgh Gazette copy this article *Cavtoi.Liberation of Jiosla*Wo were not wrong vostcvdnv. wn find, in itu-cccdin tlTWill*1,3Pnjorii
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Canton Ohio Repository
Canton, Ohio, US
Wed, Oct 12, 1853
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