The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-01-18
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M: GARsETT offered the following a. an addI.
uonat section TO the bill:
! = further enacted, That, a. condition Of the
snsG Son,truct the said short track, the rrEinia
liver and drGsd rsnn; Company shall be required % De-
~ enond al tonsase destined for shipment
delivery or recsps any charge whatever for such
Mr.: GARsETr explained th., hi. oh;... 49,. -
ve Ifee transit to trade without obsfrnetinn thst
go 70 IT'S proper destination without Iet or
ninarance He desired that producers should be
naptstieu 70 70 ne unnecessary delays in the trans
they wish TO send IT. He infated III hs;.s .H.
Nofioik was TO become tho great imrorss.. ...s -
exporting city of Virginia, and he wa.tsd s a5u ~
s.racton @ stand IN the way Of the tendency of
trade 70 fnat point nor indeed any other Virs;.s -
city where 1t might choose to go '-'-
Mr. IMBoDES suggested that the amendment
should be varied by adding-prsvided the citv ~
Richmond shall consent to the connection Of the
railroad through her streets with the dock
Mr.. GARNETT could not aeeee to The mod,f..-
tion It would. he thought, be tantamount TO an
indefinite postponement of such connection He
would rather require that the connection be made
without the consent of Richmond. He had no no.
ton OF leaving it uncertain whether connection
he considered SO necessary should be made or moi
He contended that the idea that Richmond was 10
pc great shipping, exporting andimporting city
that she could meet the wants of the vast trade to
be invited to the waters of the Chesapeake by the
all who would visit her wharves and see her little
vessels and the Dock she had to build to accommo-
date them. If there were any of her citizens who
dreamed that, besides being great manufacturing
city and the centre Of very high refinement and
intelligence, she was to have great foreign trade
they were mistaken. He deemed it of the utmost
Importance that trade should not be obstructed
here, and he would add to his amendment the fol
lowing words:
land the consent of the city of Richmond shall NO,
be required to the construction of such extension Of
the track Of said road may be necessary for the pur
pose of this section"
Mr.. ELLYsON declared that there was no opposi
tion in Richmond to connections of all kinds tc
facilitate the transit of freights. Her merchants
desired no advantage, except the superior INDUCE
ments they could afford to trade. 4
Messrs. IMBoDEN and CHRISTIAN intimated theiI
acquiescence in the amendment as friends of tho
bill.
Mr.. BURwELL, of Bedford, was gratifed tina,
this amendment had been proposed. He could
not have voted for the bill without some pro
vision liberating trade from all necessary burden
and taxation in its passage through this city. He
then entered into statement of the considerations
which in his mind ought to pass the bill.
Mr.. POWELL offered the following amendment
to the amendment:
andiprovided, further, that the subscription made
for the construction of the proposed short track shall
not be entitled to participate in the dividends of the
Central Railroad until the short track aforesaid shall
be completed and in running order"
Mr.. IMBoDEN signiied the willingness of the
friends of the bill to accept this amendment and /,
became q part of the amendment of Mr.. GAR
NETT
Mr.. LEE moved the following further amendmen,
to the amendment:
land provided also, the said Central Railroad shal
not commence the construction of said short line un
til the Covington and Ohio Railroad is finished.n
Mr.. GARNETT thought the amendment proposed
by Mr.. POWELL foreign to the section offered BY
him. but he did not object, because the friends O.
the bill acquiesced This now proposed by Mr.
LEE was still more unsuited to it. and he though,
unjust. The amendment had imposed restrictions
that met almost every objection that had beer
urged to the bill This now offered held the Cen
trail road responsible for the acts of another
ration. Was itnot enough to make them wait unit
they had finished their road before they com
menced the short tracka Why compel them tc
await the completion of the Covington road, with
which they had nothing to doa Mr.. G.. inveighed
against loading the bill with provisions that were
unnecessary to protect the interests of the State
and only calculated to impair its value. He hoped
the House would vote II down.
Mr. LEE sustained his amendment on the GROUND
that it had been argued that the short road wsuld
be wanted to accommodate the trade by the Gov
ington and Ohio road, and therefore there woult
be no necessity for the road until the Covingtor
and Ohio road was built. When he concluded,
On motion of Mr.. MARTIN, the H0rse ad
ourned