Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-07-31
p,n,lll. and so.,hs SD, RAILROADS.


the mpolitic course of the Richmond and Danville
Railroad Company. We stated that this Company,
appeared to be animated by exceedingly illiberal
and accommodating spirit, inasmuch they re-
fused to give through tickets to Lynchburg aud the
Springs, thereby imposing unnecessary Inconvenience
and expense upon passengers and injurng very mate
rally the road itself and the City Of Richmond, by
driving considerable amount of trade and travel to
other routes and rival markets We certainly had NJ
wish to mlsrepresent the action position of the
Danville Company; but personally aware of the fact
that much freight and travel did pass the South
Side Road and go to Petersburg which ought to have
passed over the Danvie Road and come to Richmond,
and being informed that this was in consequence oil
the refusal of the Danville Company to enter into
fair and just arrangement with the South Side Com
pany, felt it duty to bring the matter before
the public and accordingly done So not from any
desire to do injustice to either party but in order
right what VIGOROUSLY wrong, and bring the two
Companies to quick and reasonable terms.
We satisfied, however, from the statements
made to by of its officers that did do in
justice to the Danvle Company, in holding it res
sponsible for the state of things Of which COM
planned. From hisre presentations, compelled
to attach the blame to the South Side Company; and
to conclude also, that the jealousy" alluded to by
the Lynchburg Republican, exists not the part OF
tho Danvic Company, but belongs entirely to the
South Side Company. If such shall appear to be the
case from the statement of facts we give below, We
shall expect "a proper rebuke from the proper quar-
ter" in the number Of the Petersburg nteigen.
Ger.
Passengers from Lynchburg tell us that they only
pay five dollars the round trip from that place to
Richmond via: Petersburg. The following statement
then, will show that the South Side Railroad, is ma.
king very great discrimination against the Danvile
Railroad -
The charge through as above stated, by Petersburg,
is 50 90
Deduct the sum paid to the stage owners,
from Lynchburg to Concord, the present
terminus of the railroad, is o.
Leaves for the South-Sde and Richmond
and Petersburg railroad 81 80
The sum paid to the Richmond and Peters
burg railroad is 81
Leaves for the South-Side railroad, from
Concord to Petersburg, l IL miles, 2 %
The charge made by the SouthSdc rail.
road, from Concord to the Junction, or as
it is called, "Burkeville" which is % IL
miles, is, by their rates, 10
ton, or "Burkevile, " to Petersburg,J2 IL
miles, only s.
Thus, while the South-Side railroad receives from
the through traveller only 80 cents for 81 miles of
travel, from the Junction to Petersburg il is charg.
ing two dollars and forty cents for IS miles of travel
from Concord, its present terminus to the Junction.
thus charging nearly wo-thirds the price for rather
more than one-half the distance, and making dis
r,ntpa a.
and iifty-five cents-and this too, while according TO
their rates of fare, published lst June, 1851, it is
charging two dollars from the junction, or "Burke.
Vle, to Petersburg. II traveller is going from the
Junction to Petersburg he has to pay two dollars for
81 l-2 miles OF travel but if he is going from Con-
cord to Petersburg, So l.2 miles further he has to
pay only $3,25-Or one dollar and twenty-five cents
for travelling IS . miles between the Junction
and Lynchburg; but at the time If he is going
from Concord to the Junction. he has to pay two
dollars aud forty cents.
We must confess, that this looks iather as il the
South.Side railroad was jealous of the Danve rail-
road; for we are told that no such determinations
exist on the latter road.
There is still more striking and singular discrni
nation exhibited in the rates of fare on the South Side
railroad, as they given in the table published lst
June 1854 1t appears by that table that the charge
from Burkevllc to Farmville, distance Of IL l.2
miles, is one dCllar-rather than six cents mile
and rather MORE therefore, than the law allows in any
case, as we are told. 1t also appears from the same
table, that the charge from Burkevlle to Riccs, be.
tween Farmvile and Burkeville, 10 miles from
Burkevle, is fifty cents, and from Rice's to Farm
vile, l.2 miles, is thirty seven and half cents
making, together, eighty and alf cents If
the traveller is going the longer distance from Farm
vile to Burkeville or the Junction where he NAV
leave the South Side to take the Danvile road ne
must pay dollar for the 1G 2 miles; but if he is
going from Farmville TO Rice's, 2 miles he paws
only 81 1-2 cents; and them il he goes on from Rces
to the junction. 90 cents more or 50 cents in also
that by stopping at Rces and then going on, he
would save 10 cents or nearly one cent mile
1t was said in the Lynchburg Repu5lican, that the
Board Of Public works had taken the Richnond and
Danville Railroad Company in hand, and given them
hearing last Saturday. We are told this is alto.
gether mistake. That neither the Board Of publ;c
Works, nor any member Of that Board as far nc y,s
known, had ever intimaed to any officer Of the Gam
pany the slightest disapprobaton of the course NJ
the Company in regard TO this, or il ia believed IN
any other matter. Certainly the atemcnt about IN,
Saturdays hearing are told, Is altogether G,bu
lous and, indeed, !. seems to u.s. from the above
facts, II would lie better TO give the South Side Raj,
road Company itself hearing, IL either are to T.,
taken TO task.
Weare told, however, that the Companies are
themselves enleavorr to arrange all these matter
equtably and properly; aud We trust they will do SO
as they ought, without troubling the Board Of Phi,
lie Works
WIVES shall we have the opinion of sundrv Adj
minstration organs the San Juan affair; rt
Union has been silent the Eagaiyey il qile,, a,
the organs Of the Brgadier are mum. inst a, Tim
when they expected to shout themselves ,,o.rs
over the brirHt rictory achieved in taxing the tow
Of San Juan, "without the loss of a single man n,
either side Sjme have limited that il would be bo.
TO wait until we have "oficia report" Of ibis gram
,sat before pronouncing opinion. We are left nj
loss TO know whether their remisness is to be atribu
ted tosny doubt TO the propriey Of the course Dur
sued by the valiant Capt. lIops acting under th
instructions Of the Administration, or, whether thgi
admiration over the wi,oia ~. -. Z, ~, a. ~. ~.