Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-01-02
lo,bs 0, all freigh, carried by the ton over both

l(rhs OF all freight carried BY the ton over Doll
| roads.
| Desiring 10 report one or two additional tac'
- chow what we suffer from our stale oi dePeh
deoce. and having been asked by lfiend 10 .n'
House of Delegates for copies oil papers relal'ns
10 some of our complaints, 10 avoid copying lrou
blesome volumiDous documents, have adoP'e1
the plan of getting the treasurer OF The comPa
nv 10 certify the facts from The record as ioiioWs
OFFICE LOUISA RAILROAD Co,
December %, l64S.
|. Charles Thompson Treasurer, certify ina
in the accounts rendered by The Richmond, r
g. P. r. r. company, when the Louisa hail-
road Co. is charged Tor Transporting rom
Richmond 10 The Junction The railroad IRON .os
The extension, the ION is estimated al SUVV ils
but when the company is credited ioI me use o.
their cars. The ton is estimated al 2S4u IDS
have more ,han once demonstrated with the
Treasurer and The President OF that company
aoains, The Injustice, without having effected any
change or OBJ aiming any satisfactory explana-
hon. .
II the tonnage had been settled according 10
contract The Louisa company would nave ,ecei !,
payment Tor 1886 tons more, equal to S32i u.
also certify that on settlement oil accounts
the sum VI 1865 SO belonging TO Inc Louisa coin-
pany was withheld OF monies collected oy inc
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac nan
Road Company previous 10 the Isl oil July, io4i
that the said sum has been retained up 70 Inc
present lime And il also appears from Inc re-
cords o! this office, that The President OF ms COM
pany after having protested against Inc retention
o, the said sum unjuslly, proposed 10 Inc pTe'ent
President OF the Richmond, Fredericksburg and
Potomac Railroad Company 10 submit that ques-
ton. and all matters OF account between Inc two
onh pt -
spoken OF, and "al questions OF the construction
OF The contract" about which there was a differ
ence. 10 aboard OF referees" which was declined
Ii also appears from the record OF this office,
that after The Louisa company resolved not 10 en-
ploy the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
Railroad Company 10 do their transportation, VIZ :
in the fall OF 1886 il being necessary 10 agree on
terms lor The reception OF Louisa freight al the
Junction, the President o! this company made
several different propositions 10 former Piesldehl
O; The Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
Railroad Company, all OF which were declined
Tha, he invited him TO make proposition, which
he ais declined TO 10; and that finally II was pro
posed 10 call on Board OF Referees, iottch iasf
being also declined, memorial was addressed 10
the General Assembly, asking lorproiect'on. see
Doc. No. 80, Sess. 46 7.
II also appears from the records OF th's once
that in the transportation OF freight from h'ch-
mond 10 the workshops OF the Louisa company
The President OF The Richmond, Fredericksburg
and Potomac Company claimed and exercised The
riehr otloadins such reigh, IN The Fredericksburg
rain which could not approach within 500 ieet
OF The shops, although there were cars Of The Loui-
sa company brought up empty al The same time
and passing BY The doors. The Louisa company
were thus compelled Qhoush paying full prlce) 10
remove heavy freight considerable distance by
hand, and denied The use oil their own cars 10
transport their own freight. | certify that the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac company
charge nearly double as much per mile Tor trans
porting plaster as the Louisa company does, The
former receiving 3 cents per ton per mile and the
latter fraction over ] cents.
| also certify that by reference 10 The account
OF the Louisa Railroad Company, ia copy OF
which presume was furnished, the statement Of
the President oil the Richmond, Fredericksburg
and Potomac Company, in relation 10 The charge
for the hire Of the engine, is materially Incorrect;
The account (the amount OF which i stated as the
difference I'm fI1haHse Of engtnes') embraced MOI
only the hire o the engine, but Of passenger
car many tFips-lhe hauling OF freight to The
burnt brdee-and also the expense oil Keeping
the engine in repair. Instead ol having ono d!
their engines in use Sc days II was IN use but f'o0
daps and although very inferior one, the same
was allowed Tor Il as was charged 'os me power
lul one OF the Louisa Company; and finally The
price charged by The President OF Ibe Louisa
Company, i, appears from the letters Of Messrs.
Morris & Brothers, and Of Ii. B. Bird, Esq, now
on file, was The result OF their combined advice.
Witness he seal OF The corporation.
[srALl CHARLES THOMPSON, Tfea.
Mr.. Robinson says ,ha, the extension Of
our road from The Junction 10 Richmond will
be violation OF The Constitution Of the
Uniled States! | always knew that The Pre-
sident Of The company dealt pretty largely in
one kind Of abstraction, viz: the abstraction oil
money from all who got into their power; oul
his devotion 10 political abstraction is something
new. II we do not in his opinion violate the
principles oil Madison's Report and the Resolu
lions OF 49, '99, in the construction OF our ROAD,
shall esteem myself and the Louisa Company
very fortunate. Blu, this is too serious sub
ccl to JEST about. The interest Of large portion
OF the people is at stake; their rights are Ira M
pied on. We cannot trust them in The hands OF
that company; and il you cannot, Messrs. Editors,
do anything more Tor our relief, will thank
YOU 10 give this an early insertion in your paper.
Very respectfully, E FONTAlNE.