Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-06-29

afford facilities for night travel in order 10 II
sure quick transit from distant points. aud VIII
should the Danville road claim immunity frot
the obligation that devoIses upon every publi
thoroughfare to meet the requirements Of III
travelling public The Na. and Tenn, III
Central. the Orange aud Alexandra. and th
Richmond aud Frederick sbnrg roads. all, IA SOM
form or other connected with theDanyille roai--
do it, and why not sbel We shonld think thai
the latter Company i. not over mindful Of the in
tcrests of the way passengers when persons iron
this place. points intermediate. or points beyond
| nre compelled, when desitnus nf reaching Dan
Vile, to lay over at the junction n hours or 90
! TO Richmond and remain there night.
In the remarks which we submitted upon a
! former occasion. we had not reference 50 much
to the Danvlle, to the South Side rnad We
know that the former regards her nteres, rs be-
ing more immediately identified with her North
Carolina connection, aud therefore ii is not worth
while to make c&ira effort IN accommodate the
travel via the Va. aud Tenn. road unless the
Government will pay handsome bonus for ex-
ira mail seryiccas the travel will. alter while,
Ego by the Orange aud Alexandria road." That
may be, bat would it not be good policy FOR that
Company to make the best use of the time That
will elapse before the completion of the Alesen-
dra connection We return now TO the re
mark about 10 make. to wit: TINT the
South Side road has vastly more interest in this
through connection than tho Dnnville road. ns,
with her concurrence. through ticket could be
formed via Petersburg and Richmond without
Nregard to the Dan,ille road and it need mol sub
ject passengers to any additional expense one
hour longer travel. Moreover, Petersburg will
soon be in direct connection with Norfolk upon
the completion of the Norfolk aud Petersburg
r. r., that the route via t he South Side rond
will be the one Travelled from the Valley of the
Mississippi To the scabourd Hence it is that
we are at "a loss 10 understand the policy of that
Company, as Indicated in its determined oppori-
ton to connecting its fortunes with the great
work that eau reader II mofe essential service
than any, and probably all others combined -
We adhere 10 our original position aud insist
upon it that the policy Of the South Side Conf
puny is detrimental 10 lis best interests
With regard to the conduct of the Post Office
Department in this affair we know nothing bat
would certainly not be understood as desiring
that either of those companies should render ex-
ira mai! service, even though il should be incl
dental, without compensation. Bat lest The as.
sortion of Mr.. llarvie to the effect that the Va.
aud Tenn, Company has been allowed fifty dol
lars per mile through its whole line for the add
ditional mail service. should be misunderstood,
we will state from reliable information, that as
the Danvillc road was only requitel to perform
the service for which it paid, tho va.
and Tenn. Company are paid Only for the SER
vice they render, and in precisely tho sa.ue ratio
as the South Side roads.
In what we have said we would not be misun-
dcrstood Whilst We have an interest III the
prosperity ct our great work, because there il
connected with it hcavy peconiary Charge
upon the city If Lynchburs, we have depo-
siion to lid it up at the expense of any ether
Virginia improvement. We wish the Danyille
and South Side roads abundant success, und if
we have uuwl,ingly done them any injustice,
our columns are open tor their sndcaion.