Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-11-29
Eor tbe Sneclntnr.

.Messrs. Editors.-Tn looking over your vaua
III. ,,,sr of This week. | ,rDiice in the abstract
Won rive of the operations ut the Central Rai
yo,d Comnanv for the last year, one or Two
,h;nrs that may be- worthy ut notice. Alter
.ns,tino of the financial part of the report, you
rn nm 10 remark about the mountain track giving
the number Of tons Of freight passed over East
and West, the number OF passengers carried nc,
drawing a comparison between the capacity "l Il
car aud wagon, aud prOceed 10 say the ueldy
and confusion incident to the transportation o,
this freight and travel, by horse p"wer, Wouiu
have had a most injurious effect on the ouSlhhSS
of the road Now as 10 the effect TINS lauer
mode of conveyance might have had upon the
bnsiness of the road have nothing to say-out
If others suffer as have done (and know some
h,va tram the outrageouS delay between Rich
mnuJ and Stauntun, think you. and others. VIII
admit that the road had better be abandoned. and
l., ms qo back TO the old fIshi0aed tcdgoa tor
if the latter can't carry quite as much 1t. at least
can make the trip in less time. Having had s1lne
experience with this R9loriOas road last Spring
(bsinr kept out of my goods some ten days or
two weeks longer than ought to have oeeh, l
had pretty much made up my mind that WOuiu
have nothing more To do with II. out not Wish
ino To Judge harshly. cuncluded tn try 1t again
This Fall. Whe,her have cause Of complaints
NOW. YOU will be able to Judge from the following
facs.
The letters Of nav Cammissiun Merchants in
Richmnnd advised ure " the shipmeat 0i goods
an lha 3Uth ult, the I'd and 7ih. inst respective
tivey. ThuSe shipped On the 3jth uit. reached
Stauntnn on the 3rd INST, having been the rOaC
four days. OF those shipped or The End inst. q
norton reached Stauat0a un the Sth. purtlOn an
the llth-beiag aud 9 days on the caad The
remainder together with those OF the Ith, had not
reached Stauntun up To Tuesday morning last!-
Now this, it must BE- admitted, is going ahead Oi
ANYTHING known as belOagIug to the history o
wagons. "Detay and confusion Of ragoadge a
cross the mountaia!" This, certainly, is rdplG
work. There surely is neither delay nor confusion
ON such a road But this is ROt all. Not only d.
they consume halt month or more IN getting ;
freioht train from Richmond to Staunion, out lh'
MESSENGER train travels with almost equal speed
i passed over this road sumo two mouths ago
from Gordonsville to Stauntnn, aud we actual,
reached the latter place al b O'clock, Z. NJ. ate
Sailing near Greenwood Tunnel, and having I
send for the Big Engine!
II was said by soWe OF the through passenger
that the train, of or cars, came To stand stu
S,rics between Richmond and GordunsvIlle, on
dead level Only think = Leaving Richmond a
S O'Clock. A. NJ, aud arriving at Siauntnn at [
p. M. I40 or $50 miles, and sticking fhree tunes
Now, Sirs, were we passing in ''siOw stages" o
yer the three notch road ia Md wipter. such rap
I'd travelling cJald be bmae With Bat. Ia tn
name of reason and the advancement ut this nine
teenth century, are uot such delays as have s;a
ted, il nat enough to disgust one with Railroad
in general, yet fully sufficient TO disgust us wit
the Central Road in particular. Thirteen hour
from Richmond to Siauut0n-Or an average OF a
bout IL miles an hour, and from sic Ia. fifteen day
for freight train "'rell il not in q IN ~
WHY ,cagoa, can make the trip IL aud IroI
Richmond in IS days!
But seriously. is II any wonder that the publI
should lose patience and become disguised vii
such road, or rather would say. with the man
agement, for the rad iSeii is god enough L
me it is not surprising that there shOeld be- diSsc
istaclion and ever disgust. Aud this disSlIlsaC
ton will continue uul,l things are remedrd.-
There is, must be gross. eutpabie negligence whe
such state of things exists. woul suggest tn;
if those having the direction Of affairs ace not c;
pabe of II aoaging things better than they seer
10 be. that the Company will find 1t greatly
their interest and the reputation OF the road.
remove them, and put those in who are. Sue
friRiag with the Interests vt individuals is llitl
better than swiudliug or rJbhng
A SUBSCRIBER.