Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-01-27
-ar.lsho;tr1 1ir1in.am.
Tuesday Morning. january II. fsaf.
Policy efIynehbarx with Regard q" the a. a
Teas. n. n. and the Products OF the ss"ih-

believe there are manyl people OF the south.we
who entertain the false impression that the Gil
zens of Lynchburg regard the Va. Tenn IL. l
as their personal property. to be used tor the
private benefit alone, il is only necessary to stat
few facts.
Lynchburg never has been silly enough to hol
the opinion that it was either possible or benef
cisf 10 constipa.e trade. In proof of this factw
cannot do better than to quote a passage from
report made in SO by President Mcdaniel t
the Stockholders of the Va. Il Tennessee road
In this passage Mr.. Mcdaniel only expresses ,h
common sentiment of the citizens of Lynehb1rg
and Of every far-seeng business man lie says
..Tbe idea that charges incidental to trans
shipment are of benefit to the location where 'he.
oceur. to the extent of the aggregate ana 'na'
.hor bave the effect TO arrest or create commerce.
=. that mint. is very limited one; and that pol
;cv acted upon. particularly when practicable to
be avoided will result in corrcspondIngly Inn
;,sd traffic. The advantage is partial, and no
less tax on the local dealer exporting from that
,,o;nt than upon the producer who desires TO pass.
To arrest commerce at point because 1t Is de-
sirabIe to tina, locality is vain attempt OBJ
structed on one line il seeks another. II IS an
uualterable law of trade to seek the best market,
by the cheapest and most expeditions route"
IAN uninterrupted line of communication
throughout, throws the entire route open 10 all
the improvement becomes at once convenience
and abor.saving medium. at the mere eost OF
transit which is alike beneficial to the CONNER
cial, manufacturing and farming interest. Trade
is thereby uutrammeled at every point and opo-
e II u tbo
freedom Of ingress aud egress, combined with
the energy, enterprise and capital Of its people
TO render available these facilities. which gives
importance to location, aud marks its eonse-
quence in the commercial community
Such are the opinions Of I4ynchburg, md her
conduct has been in accordance with them. She
has never aud will never quarrel for little droy.
age or n few tavern fees II she has expended
money freely TO bring to her markets the pro
ducts of the Southwest. she has afforded every
facility to the Canal and to the Southside Rail.
road of taking those products away. If these
products remain day longer in Lynchburg than
the producers desire them to remain II Is the
fault not of Lynchburg, nor of the Va. Tenn.
road but of the Southside and the James River
& Kanawha Canal. The Canal is ON one side,
the Southside road the other side OF the Depot,
and powerful steam engine and many hands
are always in readiness to hasten the tranship-
ment of whatever the Southwestern rond has
brought down. Passengers rfreigbt, it matters
not they are hurried oil mn the d,lol. WIN
necessary, is always greater going tnaii coming
West.
But il has been ccntended that the products Of
the Southwest, and particularly Salt and Plaster
are subjected to charges, when coming this way.
which are not imposed upon goods coming from
the East. If this is so. il is easy TO tell whose
fault it is. The following passage from the
original charter of the va. X Tenn. company
explains the difficulty at glance;
Be IL h.rtlsr raarff5 That the said Virginia aud
Tennessee Railroad Company shall, nj some one OF
more points near TO within the corporate limits Of
the town Of Lynehburg, coHs'rUci one or NOR dF't
upon the boundary hhs Of he ground condemned 90 ts
use Of The James Rifer 4 kano,la CaHai, ani sh'3
dsiieg from sad d1ot dPats my @er'laadir =
Other fragh COMING uroS THE SAID CANAL aud intta-
ded for transportation upon the said Virginia IrH-
nessee Railroad, and that So ADDITIONAL or rNrGa
charq. shall Be ado by the said Virginia Nrnnc
Railroad Company for such delivery out Of OF recrt,
ing into the depot or depots, as aforesaid
In compliance with the provisions of tins en-
actment, the Depot was built upon the Canal ;
and few know that the cost of accommodating the
road to the location of its depot amounted TO u
sum greater than the total subscription of any
five counties Washington exceptedl of tho
Southwest Furthermore, the Va x Tenn Rail
road in compliance with the spirit of this ennot-
ment, caused steam engine and apparatus for
loading and unloading Canal boats to be placed
in tho Depat nj "A bpAyv cost. and nrp now ypur-
ly subjected TO n charge of $500 for this iden-
teal loading and unloading
Thus it will be seen that the Company are
compelled By ilic TO load and to unload TO rcceir
into and TO dciirer out Of the Depot the froigh
coming upon the Canal, free Of charge. Nor d,
they complain of it. Nor does Lynchburg +,
far as we have ever heard. And the only aric
coming from tho East which is not invariably un
loaded at the Company's expense, happens to b.
Nora Scotia plaster, which is sometimes takeI
from the canal boats, not at the Depot Tor upoi
Aat-boats, as is generally the easel but at a yar'
appropriated for that purpose, and has to b'
hauled thence to the Depot, ut the expense OF thu
Agents, and ultimately, of the consumers. This
" discrimination" if such it be called, i
clearly in favor of Southwestern plaster.
Only one other fact need be mentioned in con
nection with this matter. 1t is this:
The Salt Works Branch was built wholly at tn
expense of the Company, and it was 10 the Com
pany's interest. as also its right that everything
should be done that could lawfully be done to Sc
cure to this Branch large and remuneran
business In order to bring this about. Mr.. Nc
Daniel and such Of the Directory as were citi