Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-02-09


from the Junction 10 The City Of Richmond,
vii! cover portion Of he di,i.n between the
City of Richmont and tie City Of Washington,
md ne poobabie o6td viH lie 10 dirsiaish Tie
'lum0sf o. passengers traceltng 5ettresn IT, me
ciiy ana He otie', UPON HE said Richmond. Ere
aJiehsoh'S dHd Potomac Rad, or 10 compel tn
cmPI y, III or7sr 10 realm su h paSs.ng rs, 10
rea"c- M passage money, the authority granted
Dy the Legislature, uy an aci OF the las, session
10 the said Louia Company, TO extend their
road iron the junction 10 the dock. in the CIV
OF Richmond, is a manifest violation of the
pledge OF The Genera Assembly, contained IN
the atore-reced section. and. therefore. that
The sad Louisa Company have no right to
make such extension
lHe LOUISA Company, on their part, deny
The correctness Of this POSITION, ard in>ist that
although Tie proposed ex ,ension ma, occup. or
cover, physically, sGail portion Of lie dis
lance between the City Of Richmond and The
CITY OF Washington, yet is pr bah fret ril;
mol D: u dtminh the aum6sr n passengers
tfarm 7sticeentle one citu and III. 9TH =, hro,.
ne Sa'd Ricim0nl, F ederieks6mg and POtomsc
hoau' floI 70 compel the mpa1g, in ordef 10 re-
l4hsueh PASSENGERS, 10 r. duce the passage moneg.
That, so far is it from The TACT that either
Of. those consequences are likely TO result.
| wiien viewed in connection with tie localities
oil The two roads, they are both perfect nm sc.
qa,turS upon their face, That il clearly ap-
pears, both from The language of tn preamble
10 The section, and the language Of the enact.
| ing ciause oil The section, that all the Legs
ialurc intended to do was 10 guarantee 10
!! me comiany The exclusive privilege or mono
poly, oil The travel 5c,o,ea the one ciiu ma The
oreri or III otter words, J,om III on. Gin 10 III
olher-ooth OF which phrases. in common par
| lance, as well as in common sense and reason
II |. ccnended are understood 10 mean precise
! ~ the same thing. That as 10 the petty local
travel between The Junction aud Richmond,
which the proposed extension NAV probably
/ draw OH from the Richmond Frederick burg
! and Potomac road, or rather share or DIVIDE
with that road, confined, or limited, as tha.
travel would be 10 the mere point o! The cross
ing OF The two roads, aud It's immediate vi
cini'y, IT Is too inc nsidcrabe TO IL worthy o!
not'ce-and unqueslionably could not have
| been contemplated BY the Legislature al the
time OF giving The guarantee in question That
| the proposed extension cannot al all interfere
with the travel from one city TO the other or
with what is technically called the Through
travel" which, as before stated, is unqucsiona.
bly, the only guarantee intended 10 be granted
TO The said company, is also clear, for this
that The said company haze tho power in their
own hands TO prevent il by charging the same
! fare from The city of Washington 10 tho juno
ton, or point o! crossing of The two roads, as
| ircm that city TO Richmond, which II is believed
is pretty much if not exactly the Csc now
The Louisa company furthermore alirec, that
50 Tar from the Louisa road having he ,fitc Il
diminishing The travel between the ely OF Rich
nond and The city oi Washington On The Rich
mond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Read, il has
in tact heretofore proven 70 be a very valuable
tributary, or ieeder, 70 thai road by attracting 10
| il large portion Of travel between the Western
parts oil the State and The NoIlhern cites, inc al
ing The Virginia Springs rave, which bul for
the facility afforded BY the nisa road would
lake The Valley turnpike roaGs-and which TIA
vel IS hereafter Likely 10 b. greatly augmented BY
the recent extension Of the Louisa Ialliuad !a.-
her westwaidy. This accession Il travel thus
brought and likely 10 BE- brought by The Louisa
road 10 The Richmond, Fredericksburg and Poo.
mac road, when compared with The petty loca!
travel which that road may possibly lcsc by The
proposed extension Of The Louisa road 10 Rich
mond WILL i! IS believed, b. AT least al the rae
Of 500 per CEN. 10 | PEI cent, perhaps 1000 "a
land surely This ought 10 b. regarded as sutii-
cient se-ofi TO he loss II the petty local travel
alluded 20 between the Junction and Richmond,
and ought ia tact, it would seem, with generous
minds TO have had the effec' OF sencing all The
capouS objections which have been made 10
| such extension.
the truth Of The matter however must be, and
it were useie 10 attempt 10 disguise il, that The
real cause Of dissatisfaction or the part o. The
Richm nj, Fredericksburg and Potomac cOE9a-
| ny, as 10 the proposed extension oil The LOUISA
rail road, does not, and cannot arise so much
/ from the apprehension OF lis diminishing any
portion OF The travel on their road, which ihsy
have right To calm under the guarantee, con-
tended tor, As from The lac. iha BY su extension
they will b. deprived OF the protiIs OF tue large
amount Of lrave! and trade which the Louisa
road By being made 10 inIersec, their road al he
, Junction has heretofore thrown and IS now
throwing upon il from Inc Junction 10 Richmond
| This was graluiy IN the PR OF the Lonisa
company a, The time Of Inc original construction
ci their road. Time and change OF circumstan-
{ ces, however, have maze II The interest al The
i Louisa company 10 Withdraw that favor, by ex-
: | tending their Own road 10 the cuy OF Ighmohdi
Z IN order that ihey may themselves reap The pro
o hls Of ma travtI and iadc winch lhrlI o"E read
= mas created, AMI which ibcy nave heretofore gfa-
: lutunsly hes owed on M Richmond. FIedeTichs.
u burg and Potomac comran;; ard This that compa-
r ! nv are very unwilling snoull BE done add neace
; all the difficulty Which has arisen on The sutect.
i Now. in relation 10 this view ~ re question,
4 what says the cearrst principe Of justice a. be-
! tween The Two c5mpahIes2 Dies il not say that,
l as 10 the right ol extension the question ought
e 10 be viewed, judged II and determined how, as
q il il were an original Question as 70 The cnnsrnc-
c lion OF the whole road lfUtn is WeseIn terminus
n 10 the city oil Richmond2 And does II become
S the Rlchmoni, fredericksburg and Potomac
!. Company to say, mat because The Louisa Com
II pany though; proper in The hrs instance 10 SOP
;heif road al lis pfesen point OF intersection with
J. The Richmond Ffe!enckshufs aud Potomac
Al road and thereby 10 confer upon that company
all the benefit o the lravel and Trade which The
: said Louisa road had created and attracted - II
Il al such point ri intefsection-and atntuen II
the sad Louisa road is now extended across tia,
roa: 10 The metropolis, il will sli be he means
Of aura uGg 10 large amount o, Western aid
Northern travel which Otherwise could not
r. have conmap ded, an, therefore, instea VI di-
III minIshing, viii largely lntTcaSe II aggregate
! amnunis ui pronis, yer, as The consequence o!
n such extension may b. IN deprive ihtt company
r. cf portion o! The ety local travel hrtween TIE
4 point oil Intersection 81 The Two roads and the
e city OF Ricbmon AMI val therefore come IN con-
IN ficl with supposed nr imaginary guarantee
4 il ought not 10 b. alipye., and mat the Louisa
4 road Ought forever 10 be stopped al The pre-
81 sent poin, oi intersection ior their beDth Z
n Or is il reasonable or Just that the Louisa Com
70 paGy after mourning The expense 0, consruc inc
n their road from HE base oil ID. mountain % he
n Junction, 4 distance III some one hundred
o. miles or upwards, and also the continual expense
70 and trouble OF Collecting and receiving upon j
all the freight ans travel from Ioint 10 point fol
i the whole distance, AMI hen, after getting wihir
ID striking, or "A snort distance OF the Metropolis
n Ia par, OF road which is always the mos, profit
OF able, increasing as such pfch,s 10 like the wden
Y. lug Of stream Of water as it approaches -
a mouts)-is it reasonable or just, saw, thai IN
or Louisa Company, under cifcnms'anees snch a.
n these, should be compelled a. This point, 10 sur
Sc render lie whole OF such freight, and leave Il
f. uher hands 10 conduct 10 The Metropolis, her
. 50 near al hand, and II have no further con rol o
it, or participation in its prcfs2-lhe resul, o
n which would inevitably continue 10 b., as II hal
he bern heretofore, that The Louisa Company wonl'
IN moi be able TO give satisfaction The public or Il
10 those whose properly they NIGH nnie!'ake e
n. transport, by reason o Their not having The con
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