Charles Firt to Richard Yates

Springfield February 7 63

My Dear Sir,

Mr Haines of Waukekan introduced an amendment to one Bill for Reorganization & Reconstruction which kills our Bill effectually - we cannot [organize?] upon or under them -- The Alton St Louis R R having a right under its Charter to fix it freight & fare, & other [scale?] or which are in Competition with us having the same right we would have no show for profits under the amendment while other road & under the old Charter would make a handsome business under any Circumstances

The result of the amentment as before said a death to all our enterprises

The Tonaco Petersburg & the Logan port [arena?] cannot accept the charter, & the suffering people, on the line of the Road & Through Eight of the best Counties in this state must wait before we can

give them the promised aid to open the important lines -- For the Moment our efforts are killed by this Bill = Mr Haines has overreached his mark.

In trying to Punish the CB & Q Rail Road he made an attacke of Weak Corperation which the people want [reconstructed?] & finished to enable them to have proper facilities to get the Produce to market -- by putting such limits to our Profits that no sane Capitalist will furnish a Dollar to Complete the Enterprise-- All will complain of this exception in [favor?] of old Company

Can you explain this to Mr Haines to get him to withdraw his obnoxious amendment from the Bill

PS I have tried to get an interview with you, but finding it impossible until they explain

Your

Mr Charles L Firt

Charles L Firt

Springfield Feb 7 63

Asks the Gov to get Mr Haines to remove his obnoxious amendment to the bill- Says it will kill the bill effectually

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