Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-10-25
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ga noic" lat"I: appeared from the Pos, Oaicc Department, IN
nounci"s tht; proposals wOal! be: c9iai!eraa to' carrying i"r Crit
the Express :? ii ion ~!Ichn,n! - fredericksburg. w%s six hours
o. i" q Ny;i il W" within ill., ananil," i ,in". ~ f. r i.it i o., +. in .i"T 10
go each WY II the night, which wuu!L require incEea>nl arr"!u; ION,
aud occasion Increased expense, Ia avoid accidyn,s. Tnr company,
nevertheless, made a proposition to carry III. Great Mail. vs Wen a.
the Express Mail, 1t liz" ; ;Gac time, anl by tn. same lire, daily, from
Richmond /" Fredericksburg, within the nanb"r OF houIs n5o"c
mentioned, Tor Il compensation ut The rate Of Thirty dollars per trp
each way, % the stan Of 81! $50 pc' "nnurn. The proposition was
" The Rail road Company: ani Me:;'s. Jordan, Woslloik 4 Co..
Washington ~! Richmond, daI.E ''!' ways, by the sanae co"Tc!
ancc, fof -. suno OF ~ 1890. This proposition YVES likcwisc reject
By the Department, with ind.viinals 10 cary the Express Nail from
Washington TO ;iclmcnd for $500 4 mile, making for the Express
Mail.
.Since the making of,hcse contracts, n change of hours has been
18th o; Octob"f, travellers reaching Washington by the evening
train, on ,ae Eahimo's and Washington RAILROAD, viii be forward
the stages an! Raii.IolL 10 Richmond, where they will arrive AZ half
Richmond a, Two IN he mvmia:, will iea"e this city Immediately,
and reach baltimore the same evening.
" llow the great mail vii! be carried between Washington and
RicIr,ouJ, after Tie 18Th Of this month, "" are no, Informed. |, is
understood al; present, that i; is not to be continued Gu the RAJ! road.
Rr"AGxsoa tic aioS:. Ertract IF LITTER from Hash-
ington.-"The foregoing article is calculated 10 make a
very erroneous impression in relation to the matter OF
which it treats.
Sits true, as stated, that the Fredericksburg Rail Road
Company Offered 10 carry the Express and Great Mail
vRitc&, on their Road, 70: 81 800 a year. But 10 carry
the two mails united. would be in effect. to carry only
the Department has a contract already al S3,4l3: SO that
this was an offer TO render a part Of the present mail ser
vice between Washington and Richmond, at $l6,45
more than the ,hOie now costs.
The Rail Road Company declined carrying the En-
press at any less sum. That sum is equal to 500 per
mile, or S2I 800 in all, and it WAS let al Sl95, or Si3,UG3
for the distance as advertised.
:Of precisely the same character, was the Offer of
So, 1856 TO carry both mails both ways s'by the same con-
vevancc." 1t was asking S29,9UU for n service the De-
paItmcnt now has under contract, at S5,a!3;-and a ppr-
ton ofthose making the offer: were the present contract
tors.
The deccptire feature of this article, is its omission
Of the fact. that the Department, required two tines daUy
on this route, and The Rail Road Company offered Jnt oac,
at the prices stated. Another offer was verbally made.
(Which the article also cIHits 10 mentlonO 10 run two
lines. at $500 Il mile for each, making $iGg PER mile, Q!
S2l. OG0 from Fredericksburg TO Richmond, conditioned
however, as to hours. This was not accepted, both be-
cause the conditions were !nadinissIJlc: and because Tie
price was too high.
sln Gnc. no otter was made by that Company to carry
the two mails separately, and at Mc hours required by the
Department, at any price. And nothing snort OF
two lines could accomplish the Object in view. For the
two lines from Washington 10 Richmond, the Depart.
ment has contracted TO pay $29.3lO:-with The price ask
cd b. TIC Rail Road Company for u part Of The distance,
they would cost for the whole, Slo,UOJ!
TT Sc explanations are not Intended as a ceGsure up
on the Rail Road Company, but merely to correct crTone-
Gus impressluns. The difficulty in making an arrange
ment. did not arise from The ird!spoSiton OF either party;
but from the fact, That the mails and the travel arrive at
Washington al different hours, ana II was found iDpuS-
sibie. without inadmiss!bie delays 81 The maj. TO Bring
them in together. As the Rail Road depends on pasSen-
gers for its income, it could not afford to carry the mails
without passengers, al 4 price which the Department con.
sidered Itself justltil5ic III paying. ,
".as to the proposed change in ;he arrival OF the mail
at Richmond, it IS caused b. The refusal Of the Rail Road
Company to carry it any longer for the contTactnrs.S The
Department consented TO its being put on the Rail Read.
because it had reason 10 believe that the Company had
agreed 10 carry it for them during the rasidue Of their
contract: and was DESTROYS to further the views OF the
Company, in expediling the travel, at. the same time that
it gained an increased expedition tn1 its mails. IL now
seems that there was some misunderstanding on that
subject, between the Rail Road Company and contact
ors; and as soon as the former failed to obtain Il contract
at the late letting. they gave notice TO the Contractors
and the Department, that they would no longer carry
the mail. The public must decide who is in fault"
Since this was written, tie Raj! Road Company has
determined 10 carry the mai! on the cars, ard the North
en mail arrives in Richmond, from 7 &c o'clock in the
evening. We hope the contemplated conference at
WASHINGTON, will remove every diliicully.-Much OF ihc
presen. arrangement arises from the circumstance, that
the mail from Baltimore to Washington is not brought
on thgt Rail Road, but is brought in Stages. Hence,
The travel arrives in " asIir Iton before the mail, and Is
Forwarded by the Rail EoaG line Snr.hardiy ahead OF he
mail. IL is 10 Lc iln"ed that the whole arrangement Will
now b. made for the mutua! benefit Of the fut'ic aud
the Rail Roads.