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THE OKEAT saurfl WiiSTEEN AiilLWAf.

To i!ie I'ilitdr of ihu .Spe'.'laiui-.

Hamilton, iStli April. ISS7.
Sill, — 1 lind that uertiiiii pii-tiea for t'leii'
own aMah -jiiJj, are «i,iti.ii|)iiiii; Uiriii^-li ll\:'
pi'^di tu c'ii'.^ula'.o Hutnillis 'vliiuli would pra-
judic-i llirt public' nni (aiid throujjh i', th.i
mind of l'arlii»im;Lit) 0:1 tlio aubjjut of my pro-
oeediogj in tlieu.iiTyiugon of tli.i Groiii J.loutli
WeaLei 11 Rjilwuy, sinj,- ilio Li^Quuicd death
of Mr. /.;mmeriuiii. U 19 tli.jrefjie duu uot
ouly lo riiy^alf, Ij.jl, tj tlioauco op riving willi
me, .iud lo lli.; rfaf,;lv of iliegiuat wMuorpi-ii- •
itaoif, I'lil ilio vvaol.i Lriuli Im al ou^jj plainl,
m:ilu kriowu. Tu-! fol!i)',¥iiii; Ii-.ters, and the
api'iilc) .eudii'ioa of Uie iJirBjLord of the
Afuli..rs'ibiiii5li and 61. Thj.uas Railway, liX-
plain my wliolo movfin.nl, wliiiii is at-
tempi- I to bi! made appiiii- on^j lo take ad-
vaulifcie of ihe frualees of the laie Mr. Zim
meruiaii , and the pcrujal ui ih-mi will maho
it evid.ai iliat the pariii-a to this "Cry "do
not make ii for tl).; sake of Mr Zimmormaii's
eulale, but lor their own sake, and lo graap
for them-.. •! .'..-s aa iudividu.iKi wiiai- is already
firmly se.ii ed lo Mr. ZiiiKuerman'a I'rudtee?.

Hamilton, 2lit.Vlaroh, 1857.
J. 0. SxuKiir, Ksq.,

llep.-.!.ieuliLiir (jeorge Wyth 3.
MlLK'< O'Rkili.v, K^q ,

For him^!;lf, ami -.v-, -tpreaeuliug the late
Samuel Zmi:. trman, ICsip
GL.srLKMK.\.~.\Ir .M-:L-iol ij heie, au i ha-
repelled the forai-.-r ass-irlioij of ihe Amherjt
burgh Board (of the A:Qh--r.itburgh and St.
ThoMias Railway,) thai they are led to (ire-
veiil 111-, e.irryin^ o'll my bro.lit^r'a a^re Jiiout
with ilefl^r.'. Wy.hefl an 1 Zinrneiman, ouly
by the ladieiti.mj given by Mr. Zimmerman
ot hi-- u-n b.-ii .g prf-pired lo abide by the
nhail..-r-< n 1-) ilie iVeslurn teriiiiiii. lie ott'er.-i,
on behiir of thai l3onr.l, to r^ -maa the By-
Law to sucure my prop-.irl) n ihe railway ;
and, with my eoaseni, to gi.e a eoiilraat se
curing the i-oad to g.) (0 AiuheretlMirgh— Ihii
seeming lo be thn beit, if not the only way
to 9ati.«!'y all panio-". In pres^^nl oireum-
Btane..-s, yo.t seem .he pi -ip-^r p.%rtiea to aaauiae
the eonlraut, aftunoiirdt to Its transferred lo, or
held / tr, the parti-.ti w/to are to cirri/ out the
a;ireciii'Til aformxid, tj ^eenre my outlay and
r«-![)on^ibilily for the railway.

By now tikiug Ihii eon^raet, you have it
in your power to receive for them the auh-
stance ol thai wiiioh my hr.ilher undertook
to p.il iu ) their hmdj I, therefore, no-v
uall -JM you to take 111 : eeiilraet olfered ; an I
if you do not du .so, wi'h yoi muat remai.i
the re.spooaibilii.y o," refining Ihia praetioal
fulfilment, on my hrother'a porl, of the agree
ment aforesaid.

I am, Oentleuien,

Youra re,9pflotfully,
(SiRneJ) I.SAAO nUOHANAiV.

Hamilton, 0. W., iTth Mareh, 1867,
Uaau Buuhanan, K«q.,

Hamilton, 0. W.
Deab .SiH,— We have to aeknowie Ige youc
Utter of the iilat irml.anl, and to expreas our
Belvo.i prepared lo take a ojiilraot from the
Amhorslbur^hand St. Tiiom,»a Hail way Com
pany, for the purpjsee therein eontajie l,aiid
haviug especial refereiiee to the fulfilment of
your Brother's agrei'iiienl, of the 2i!lli .Sep-
teuioer lual, wiih MeKsr.i. Oeorge Wylhos and
Saiiiu-I /.imiuirman.

We ilinrnfori. now giv.j you this l.-tler to
show Ui.' UMd.eslanding .01 which you aa-
SHiil to the Hoard of Direelors of Ihe Aniheriit
burgh an.) .Si, Thoma-i K-iilway Oompany
giving u« the eontr*et about to bu gone into!
We ari', <l nr Sir,

Vimid r«'|ieulfully,
(Hi«ned) M. (»'II|.;||,|,V,

(Sii/ned) JAMKS 0. .STKKKT.

Hefoluiion of the Aiiiher-ttbiirgh and St
ThoiuH- Kailw,.v l>ireetorB, lnd.l ai Amherat
BurKh, nri ii;r iSth of ifaroii, I80T.
'It was moved by
Seeonded by

That lliii Company .lo now enter into a oon-
traut for th.e eonntruetion of iht. road with
Mmbhib ,1 C. Sireel and Mil,., O'llnilly, Ihn
former repre^Miling (ieorge Wylhen, K«.j
and til" latter r»j.rei*n(ini{ him»elf, and tj,'

Trujteja if llie Ute -it nue' /,■ n uerman, K)q.,

aai i eonlraet being for the sura of &

aaJ tint th) Pr.-]id!T. bo iiu.'iorized to .-iign
the aa'-no and attach to it the Se.il of the
Company."

Now, after i-eadi'ji, tbg f)r.;^oing, will any
fair and disinlerested party miy thiit there ha.i
been the alighte-!t approa^^h on my part to any
overlo iking of Mr. Zimmermtn's iutcreat;!, or
th:'.-. I aavu failed ij aft., by ,J,-. Ziiumeriuan's
Trur)i.ei.» iu llii:i miMir wiUi the uame sorupu-
lo'H hon ir, wiih which t eho.ild deaire any
p.u-ty to aet to vardj my Irujtaea iu similar
circumitanoe3 1

I .nay ad.l a f ..jv vordi to show thai my
preserii more ac'.iv.- inle-fereuee is neitiier
unnitiiril nor uan ;..'j93.%ry. A'; ihe public well
know. Hirst ijol thj coi.lrul of the ohartera,
on whi.jh the liroat Southwesjtrrn Railway is
to b.; b.iilt without any viaw of epyoulation
or p. otil to myaelf, bul wiUi liu simple view
of p'itling it in the power of the Great WeB-
leri H,iilway to hy out on tlr^ line (instead
of along the piMi. jt (ir...i. Wo t3rn line) the
mo ley then ready in Liadon to buill iu sej-
ond track ; and no good w uld now ariae
from my rell ;oliugon how tliea 1 viewj of miua
were frustrate 1 to my v.ry eo:-!ou3 pergonal
injury as well as thai of the Great Wostero
Railway.

The pubiie al«o knov/, thi-JUgU my repj.-t
on my return from England iuOe:.obar last lo
the Direjtora of the Wood.5'.ook and Like
Eri.. Railw.iy, tutin order ti prevent the
Woo liio.ik and Like Erie charter being dis
aaaoeii'ed fro.a the Grett i-iouth Western
through line (wliieh would in reality have
been the loii InUi of the crosi roa.l and of
the .n.iney lent on it by the iiiuei-ji|,alitie3) I
iial p,-i(i !■! I t > VI- rV/i.i jii i'.; 1^1 ml t'l-i'.
1 would en'.irely st.mdoiit of the way, if h-3
«.ri .Vlr. Zinnormin .viul I take over the
chart ;r3, aihili liy m-.aiil '.u;ll on Lieoi
the whole road between th- Niagara and De-
troit rivers, including the Woolsloak and
Lake E'-ie lUilway. 1 also otfere 1, oa my
brother's pari and my own, to give him all the
as-'isUj-ij, both in Eaglaul and America, in
our power, asking no further interas- in the
mitter than thil I ah luld be relieved by Uiem
of my responsibility and should g-jt back the
money 1 hal outUjCd.

The arrangement alluded to was made, but,
to my deep regret, Mr. Zi n,iijrm;in died, be-
fore carrying out the preliminary oonditiou
of relieving me from my roiponsibility, by
tranaferring the .Stook from my name or pay-
ing buek to me the depjsiu 1 hid made, and
thus I .vaa left, as I am at thij moment, the
only parly (except the Municipalities) having
any paouniary interests in the Amherstburgh
and St. Thomas and Woodslook and Lake
Erie Railway Charters, In these oiroum-
stances, left with the power which I had ao
much desired to be relieved of, I was loroad
to aot, and the course wbioh I thought proper
to take is shewn in the foregoing documents.

Vou will easily perceive how utterly false
the insinuation ia, that 1 have either desired
to take or have actually taken, any advantage
of Mr. Ziinmorman'a trustees. 'The vast in
terestfl which I had, and still have under the
arrangement made by my brother with
Messra. Wythea, and Zimmerman dated Liver-
pu d i-itli Sept. la'i, left mn no alternative
but to aot, seeing that my doing ao was the
only way my property eould ba protected ;
but I also siw that the interest of Mr Zim-
merinaii'd estate a-> well as of Mr. Wythea
equally required me to do as 1 have done.

1 am anxious not lo aid a wor.l of irrita-
tion, ;or I believe that the allimpl to inrtame
and to .lec,'iv« the Municipalities will hj
equally vain as the attempt > n th 1 publ and
on I'iirliaiu.nt. The Munieipalitife all along
have ha.l perfict conlideiioe in me, and I in
them, a-i [larlies whose intoresta are idontieal ;
and they nan never be made to ngard people
as otherwin.. thaneuttiig Iheir throats, wlmso
object i.s to Hiih.^ip oi.j a ilirt;et e!i irt:?r fiir
that of the Wood.itich an I Lake lOiie Railway,
ounc«al-d though Ibis object may be In the
false and wicked "ery" that I have done iiiuro
than carry out what the late Mr. Zimmerman
had agreed to.

I am Hir,

Yours Kuspeetfully,
l-^AiiC 13U'JiU.NA«.