The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-09-14
Transhipnaent at Lynchburg.

The Dispatch few days since. was the
medium of complaint against the Virginia
and Tennessee Railroad company for not af
fording these facilities of transhipment which
its charter requires. We are informed by
Mr. Mcdaniel, the President of the com
pany, that these complaints are without
foundation, 1t is conjectured that possibly
the complaints originated in the necessity of
paying freight in advance and the employ
ment of a commission merchant to pay this
freight, consigring to his care and thus
incurring commission. We are informed
that if the shipper win remit the freight to
the treasurer of the company, his goods will
be passed either to or from the canal by the
Railroad without charge. stoaa z
The complaint came to us in all sincerity
and if it is the means of enlightening the
commercial public as to the mode ofavoiding
unnecessary charges, some good viii have
been accomplished by it. We have as we
before said, every confidence in the PRESIDENT
and the officers of the company, and are sure
that they will fulfil their obligations to the
company and the public as faithfully as pos
sible + IF ssass iasas
The President assures us that no Railroad
in Virginia has a better depot IMAM that
which the Virginia and Tennessee road has
nearly completed. It is Immediately upon
the canal. and Is supplied with hosting ap-
nsratus and other conveniences for loading
and unloading the canal boats; and that the
clerks and hands of the company give every
noss;h,e aid to facilitate the operation. In
no case he says thave these facilities been
,u;tIbeld--nor has there been any extra
charge whatever for it. There win soon be
ADDED q very extensive hosting apparatus
nrronelled by steam which win very much in
crease the facilities of transhipment
The President states that the Board of
Directors have in their spirit of accommoda-
tion. to the trade gone beyond the require
nents of the charter. A merchant in the
South West can pay the freight on his ship
ment from the starting point to the end of the
canal, and it will be placed on board the
canal boat and forwarded. In return, his
goods viii be sent to him if he lives ON the
line, or if off the line, wagons will be engaged
and they will be thus forwarded to him--no
additional charge being made forthe services
of the company, and it only being required
-9naI tne freight be.paid before the delivery OF
the goods. lsss ssu3.sw ass sssa5 u
In addition to these conveniences, the Pres
ident contends that die tariff of freight and
tte passenger fare on the Virginia and Ten
nessee Road, are as low, if not lower, than ON
any other road in Virginia. He assures us that
the Board Of Directors are determined to af-
ford every facility in their power extending
their disposition to form arrangements for this
purpose, beyond the requirements of their
charter. with any improvement in the State
aware that though their road is local, it is
yet intended for the promotion of the general
good Of the public; and that in proportion as
they accomplish this, win the road itself be
benefited 1850 zel5ss,,. s
Our friend of the Kanawha Renubl;nan at