Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-08-18
LYNcnBuRG, August 10th, SO.
To the Editor IF he Vygivia

In your paper Of the 10Th inst, referring to
The Telegraph line between Lynchburg and
Richmond, you say AT present it is alto.
gether unreliable, being out of order about one
fourth ofthe time" The following Statement,
from the journal of the line for July and Aug
ustlndcates entirely different slate Of afIairs,
aud shows that the line Is MOI SO "nlloeether
Unreliable as you would have your readers
believe.
From the irst of July to the 18th of August,
the line has been broken six times, resulting IN
n loss To the company of al business hours, and
III no case was The break caused by any fault
OF construction, being broken IN every instance
by falling trees and limbs Besides actual
bleakages. the communication on our hne In
Cannon with all oihers,ls objected to frequent
interruptions 10y atmospheric electricity, which
~ human foresight can provide against. In
splle oil all interruptions, messages have been
Transmitted over this line every day, EXCEPT
Two, since the first of July. This certainly
does not seem To Justify such a sweeping con
domination.
The principal reason why YOU do not get
your dispatches more regularly, is simply be.
cause they are not taken TO the office in Rlcb
mond.
The whole line was as thoroughly repaired
IN May last, as circumstances would then per
nit; since which time the breakages have been
comparatively few.
w. @. SPENCE. Op'y.
Place is cheerfully giveh in our columns to
the above communication from Mr. Spence, the
very courteous and accommodating operator en-
ployed in the Telegraph office in this CITY. He
mistakes the spirit of our remarks, which We're
evidently suggestive rather than censorious-
and suggestive of Improvement in the inc,
which we are confident four fiiihs of the bust.
ness men Of the place unite with us in desiring
BY an examination Of our files, we find thai
for Il e 46 days, from the LIST OF July to the
l3th inst, we received only 90 dispatches. and
about IN the same proportion for April, May
and June On this state ofthings, existing gen
erally since the line went into operation, were
based our recent remarksin regard to it. We
were not before aware that the fault laid with
our dispatch Agent IN Richmond-o the con-
lrary. we know that on many occasions i'm
portan' dispatches, deposited by the agent al
the office in Richmond, have not been transmit
ted to US until the next dav.
But the impression that seems to be enter
tanned by Mr.. Spence, of the goodly execn.
ton Of the work, will no doubt star,L,
even many of the stockholders and drec
tors; but we trust it is 100 late TO defeat the
proposition which was to hive been submitted
by prominent director to the annual meelno
OF the Stockholders last evening, favoring a
Reconstruction of The whole work.
The fact that the line required 10 be $,
/ "lhoroughly repaired" as Mr.. s. tells US it was
last May scarcely nine months after its cree
ton, strikes us somew hat Inconsistent witt
the Idea oil Its proper original construction.
We cast no censure on Mr.. Spence for I'll,
faults to which allusop has been made
!, Within his appropriate sphere,as an employs