The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-01-26

Desr DIT; ! nave thought q ple1 TIT viii ssg
essst % yoS for the new suhsduis, thst 1 think VII
Let our up train wait 1t TrsviIIan's s,t,i th. dovr
srsis ssvs.; iHsss.s q ss..iss the thssss mai
less time for you to set IT, - you win only have q
back to IL and start again.
So also In going West When you get to Gordons
vile, you drop It and 90 shesd and they viii baci
This plan will give you more time down than you
bad before. nearly as much going West Nj, Van
in the day that we cake At night, with his orsnse
Court House meetiog. He has indeed ample time
would say nothing to say ons, out " no difficult.
to you ordar the change at once, and Inform
him just when you are going to commence. that Il
has become necessary In Consequence OF our being
liable to be detaiasd until "A A. N. and Mr.. Doda
In haste, yeurs truly,
z. FoNrAIHE.
will here remark, that short time previous
to the date Of this letter. change In the running
of the cars South ef Richmond bad been made, a
stated in my letter above: prior thereto the South
ern train left at 3, and we were leaving at to
A. M thus practically depriving Us of one houI
and Is minutes of the time we had been using
The approach of winter made 1t almost certain
as it has actually turned out, that we would gene
rally be detained until 80 Mr.. Timberlake'i
schedule required arrival At Gordonsvilie at 10 IL
A. NJ, by simple calculation, allowing Is mio-
utes or miles an hour, as required by the Cor
pora'ion Law, to get out of town, and an average
of minutes for the 10 stops, only 155 minutes
were left to run Is miles, that being the distance
from the corporation line. i wish this letter and
another, which will be found below, on the same
subject, to explain my motives; the last was writ
ten 10 Hanover, Nov. Sd, the day on which, by
arrangement, the change was to have been made
and which he permitted to pass by without either
giving any orders, or giving me any sort of expla
nation why twas not done. when he knew 1t wa.
matter was deeply interested to have attend
ed to.
Dxr..
call attention. to the Difference paid to him in my
first letter ss above only suggest the plan it
was not ordered: IF no difficulty occur to you
order the change at once The thing was not
hurried: on the 29th OF October we again conver
sed and understood him distinctly to approve, so
far rs our interests were concerned, whatever at
ter.thoughts may have occurred, but feared some
complaint from Mr. Vandergrft. 1t will be seen
from my letter of the 81 November, that recite
to him,i that understanding, and in letters after,
wards received from him on the subject, he made
no correction of my understanding, which was an
acqrisscence, as will be regarded by alb who con
strue actions intelligenty This change of opinion
was for some time uEaccountabe to me, but the
desire of passengers generally, and of the officers
on the trains to go on to Gordonsville, in prefers
ence to waiting at q siding, soon proved which was
the popular side of the question.
have now reason TO believe that for some
months previous to this, there was something be
hind the curtain meditated against me, and that
mote the design. The comments on my letter of
22d October, are not only most uncandid and un-
just, but there is a misstatemeut of fact. 1t was
never proposed to take Mr.. Vandergrift by sur
PRISE and Mr.. Timberlake ought to know it for
In the letter which by agreement was to write to
Mr. Barbour, and which was not only understood
by him, but handed to him open, to copy, four days
notice were given, specially that Mr.. Vandergrift
might not be taken by surprise AS to the expires
sion of taking physic." it was, though not an
N vet q q n q
way of saying, that Mr. Vandergrift sht to be viii
ling to do in the day as he required us to do at
night more particularly as we were 80 ST. aighten-
ed for time and he had time to spare. 1 also
advised against con sultng them, that is ''to say
nothing to any one because, as it was important
for our interest to do it-and having right to do
1t, ought not to seem 10 surrender the right by
making its exercise depend on consent
beg now to introduce my letter of Sd Novem,
Der, the material parts of which were withheld by
Mr.. Timberlake. This is the letter which gave sc
much offence 1t will explain my motives for de
string the trains to meet East of Gordonsville
and submit to public judgment whether it is no,
such letter as the President ought to have writ
ten to the Superintendent under the circum-
stances.
Rock CASTLE, Hanover, Nov. 5, 1856.
JOHN II. TIMBERLAKE, Esq Supt, &C.
Dear Sr:--As l stated in my short note to-day
confidently expected that you would have given or
6ers for the trains to meet as had written Mr Bar
bspr they would do.
1 had submitted the plan to your examination, aud
after several days you gave it your entire approba
tin, far it affected the interests of compa
py; but thou gbt it would be somewhat inconsistent
for you to do what you supposed might be regarded
|s the ssms you had objected to in Mr. VsndergIi..
Ths reasous in our case were quite different. But
oud assume all the blity and it was agree
that should write to Mr. Barbour what we intend
ed TO do.
gave you copy OF the letter, requesting you tc
Itaua ied in ekt w | aent inn
Hayug that this day we proposed the ira to me e
se Trvisns, but far csn learn, notice hal
been taken OF my wishes H, 70 y"u IN
pouncs this gerry disrespecfm; but as know of nc
reason for expecting disresPectful treatment froE
you. shall regard it as the result of misuId der
standing.
When l know the interest of the company IL &C
deeply affected it 10 in this case, am willing tc
bear responsib. lity for its protection
Therefore renew the request that you will order
the down train to meet the up train in tina day al
Trevilisns and still arrive in Richmond at O'Clock
r. NJ, that our ruinous speed may be reduced.
also request you to reduce the spesd OF the might
train which yon say as rapid a. the day train, and
certsinIy more DANGEROUS
This you will Go by starting the freight train at 81
A. M meet the night train at Alleys and wait fol
the day mail r. Hall thus you will be able tc
reduce the speed of the freight which between sta
tiona is too fast.
The night mail me citing the freight at Alleys at Il
will reecn Richmond at A which is plenty time fol
the Petersburg going South
II xno death OF my OfOtheIG chIlu, WHICH nes tni'
knoment occurred, may probably prevent my s0int
down to-norrow, as tnteeded
am Ia no temper to cherish angry feelings, ant
under circumstances am l disposed to i6terfeTt
with duties properly belonging to the Snperintend
eat; but this is very different matter. 1t il one o.
those grave que stions of policy eectng the stockhod
era which the chief officer of the comrany ought
settle hen the Superintendent may differ with him
because the President IL held accountable for
of policy and the Superintendent only for more ex
scutivs duties.
therefore regard it my duty to insist reducui
the speed by the means indicated, Is am convinced
IL will the property of tho stockholders from
destruction to some extent.
Very respectfully, E. FoNTAINE.
do not con slider it necessary to trouble any on.
to read answer to what has been said of tn,
place the iron first dropped to build the siding
or the negroes to work the switch is it hardly
necessary to expose his statement, that no time
gained by meeting at Melton's, though the arriva
there, 73 miles from Richmond, is now 10 As ant
his former schedule required arrival at Gordons
willie, IS miles, at l01O Suficeis to say although
It had been so managed as TO get the whole Boar
40 much prejudiced against the change A. 70 writ
to me, requesting that / would "ycconsider" il
propriety (not ordering its restoration he says
that when rsconsidered by them, IS well as myself
its continuance was unanimously sustained
He arraigns me for incurring the expense o
buildipe the turn ont 80 much needed for the gene
raj everyday interests of the company, that
will W uture the opinion that his failure to construc
H. cost the company, last year, in the Increases
running of trains for the want Of place to retire
four times the cost of It's construction His objec
was Il presume) to appear as watchful guardian
of the purse OF the company, contrasfed with my