The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-08-01
For the Union.
BY REQUEST.
The Richmond Railroad again.

The exorion of this railroad company seems TO be fell
in other quarters well as in the Post Office Department
he junction. and the Legislature authorized It's extension
to the base of the Blue Ridge; the company refused
extend the road west and with grsa, nanmy ordered
il were of the Richmond Railroad, because that company
refused to take the freight and from the Louisa
The Richmond Wing Of Friday last, in commenting upon
the conduct of this company says
"The fredericksburg Company has declined accedng
and it entirely independent of pabc opinion,
Company says 1t has no alternative for avoiding the
nds is road Who is to o ias
presume not to say but say that the result is
extensive and districts in Virginia which have
roads for region TO have redundancy of them We
Company seems fair and reasonable, and we cannot i'm
agne good grounds of objection to BY the Federcks
burg Company that company has disposition to
suit the public interest,""
So it would that this corporation makes the egs-
ature Of Virginia and other weaker corporations bow to
its dication, build roads running parallel with it,
to keep up Just and fair competition, and to afford that
accommodation to the public which it ought to give,
SO Congress must bend to this soulless body-violate
its own laws, trampe under foot the laws and regula-
tons OF the Post Office Department practised for ten
years. submitted to by all other railroads. and pay such
prices as they may demand for transmitting the mails
and what is worse after the House of Representatives
soemny decided at the beginning OF the session against
them with great unanimty agents OF the road kept
hanging on the skirts OF Congress, like birds of prey to
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it to extort from the Post Office Department unjust and
ex,ravagant pay for the service wishes to perform
The arrogance OF this corporation will not yield TO the
laws of Congress, the laws of Virginia, to the public
interests la the language of the Wing sit is entirely
independent Of public opinion" The Virginia legisla-
ture will conclude, after few such experiments,
that law made by legislature, materially interfering
with the interests of the people, may be repealed by sub
sequent one, when public convenience interest de-
mands it New York has already taught lesson to her
railroads The New England States manage theirs as
the public interests require Virginia will be forced into
it too, before many years.
See what this company has done. 1t first gets char
ter; it combines with a Maryland steamboat company,
and drives of all opposition from the Potomac and by
their combined operation gets double, if not triple pay,
for the river service and much than any other rail
road performing similar service. 1t then buys up the
control of another chartered company from Baltimore to
Norfolk 1t connects itself with, and is understood 10
have the control of another Virginia company called the
Port Wa!thal Association, controlling the road from
Richmond to Port Walthal and has recently connected
itself with the James River Steamboat Company, and is
understood to be actually performing, about to do So
one-haf of the mail service the James river What is
to be the effect on the public interests of such combna-
tonsl Where are they to endi Such combinations, by
the act OF 1895, among stage contractors would dsqual
y them from becoming connected in any way with the
mail service. B.