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Letter to Editor
February 28, 1872
The Daily Phoenix
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina
What is this article about?
Carlos J. Stolbrand accuses S. A. Pearce, agent of the Columbia Water Power Company, of offering him a bribe in November 1870 to support a legislative contract alteration allowing a dam on the Congaree River, which would destroy state-owned quarry and water power near the penitentiary in Columbia, S.C.
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MR. EDITOR: During the discussion at the meeting of the Board of Trade, on the 23d instant, upon the propriety of erecting a dam across the Congaree River, by the Columbia Water Power Company, the agent, S. A. Pearce, said he could not understand my opposition to the measure. I told him frankly that it was because he had offered me a bribe. This he denied.
I now affirm that he did, in November, 1870, offer me a share in the canal, if I would promise him my support to carry through the Legislature the proposed alteration in the contract, by which he will be allowed to put a dam across the Congaree River, opposite the penitentiary, and thereby destroy the valuable quarry and water power belonging to the State.
CARLOS J. STOLBRAND.
COLUMBIA, S. C., February 27, 1872.
MR. EDITOR: During the discussion at the meeting of the Board of Trade, on the 23d instant, upon the propriety of erecting a dam across the Congaree River, by the Columbia Water Power Company, the agent, S. A. Pearce, said he could not understand my opposition to the measure. I told him frankly that it was because he had offered me a bribe. This he denied.
I now affirm that he did, in November, 1870, offer me a share in the canal, if I would promise him my support to carry through the Legislature the proposed alteration in the contract, by which he will be allowed to put a dam across the Congaree River, opposite the penitentiary, and thereby destroy the valuable quarry and water power belonging to the State.
CARLOS J. STOLBRAND.
COLUMBIA, S. C., February 27, 1872.
What sub-type of article is it?
Investigative
Persuasive
Provocative
What themes does it cover?
Infrastructure
Politics
Crime Punishment
What keywords are associated?
Bribery
Dam Construction
Congar Ee River
Columbia Water Power Company
Legislature Contract
State Property
What entities or persons were involved?
Carlos J. Stolbrand
Mr. Editor
Letter to Editor Details
Author
Carlos J. Stolbrand
Recipient
Mr. Editor
Main Argument
s. a. pearce offered the writer a bribe in november 1870 to gain legislative support for a contract change allowing a dam across the congaree river, which would destroy state-owned quarry and water power.
Notable Details
Meeting Of The Board Of Trade On The 23d Instant
Denial Of Bribe By S. A. Pearce
Dam Opposite The Penitentiary