The Gisborne Standard AND COOK COUNTY GAZETTE Publised Every Tuesday, Thursday, AND Saturday Morning. Thursday, March 28, 1889. " MAKE A NOTE ON IT."

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 279, 28 March 1889, Page 2

The Gisborne Standard AND COOK COUNTY GAZETTE Publised Every Tuesday, Thursday, AND Saturday Morning.

Thursday, March 28, 1889. " MAKE A NOTE ON IT."

Be just and fear not; Let all the ends thou aim’st at be thy country’s, Thy God's, and truth’s.

The majestic stride of that great power which waiteth not for man—Time—has passed over one more week; has visited us with seven days more of this world’s cares and sorrows, and still Mr Washington Weaver is amongst us, like a fiery pillar of hope lighting us through the dreary desert of perpetual monotony. How long that journey may be we know not —like the good boy in the nursery story, the shareholders meekly submit to the guiding hand that is above them, or rather with them. , It is a week now since Mr Weaver informed the shareholders of the South Pacific Petroleum Company that he would be compelled to draw the pipes from the well, that it was his last resource, and that it would only be a matter of out or two weeks? delay. The first week has passed, and still there has been nothing done towards a consummation of the hopes that were held out. Mr Weaver Is still in Gis* borne, and for aught ws know may be Air* for the next »ix months. The

fact remains he is there now. Allowing the outside calculation, there are now only six days available if Mr Weaver is to maintain that character for veracity to which he always lays claim, and which, though he has accused us of falsehood, we care .not to impugn. We have said many things to endeavor to spur Mr Weaver onto activity, but we believe that, whether intentionally or not, he is now acting in the best interests of the shareholders by simply doing nothing, for we are convinced that the measure upon which he has set his mind, the drawing of the pipes, is one which, if attempted, will not end to the advantage of the shareholders. We have taken the trouble to make enquiries on this phase of the trouble, and the result has not been of a reassuring nature. Mr Weaver has been highly eulogised as a practical man, with qualifications that might make him the envy of the best borers in America. We do not say he isn’t, nor do we say he is: that portion of the subject does not necessarily come within our province; but the shareholders should try some other method before there is any attempt to disturb the pipes. Fortunately, however, it does nol seem probable that anything of the kind ever will be done, so it may be just as well not to get vexed about the matter though it may not be unwise to hold u[ a finger of warning. It is only fair tc let Mr Weaver have the benefit of his other six days’ grace before anythin' further is said, but we cannot concludi without congratulating the shareholder on the prospect of their property beinj preserved to them for a few year longer.