Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-01-06
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S;gnedi Z. fON 1AlSE' PRESIDENT
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Answer 10 question tie s;--The work of preparing
the schedule was done principally by myself, with
your assistance. and was then submitted TO Mr.. lin
berake for his signature and examination.
Answer 10 question = aud 3-When you came into
Mr. Undertakes Office, ne and myself were lookn:
over the table. aud slight alteration ''a. suggested
to the 9Th special ruleto which YOU consented anu as
YOU were leaving the room. you requested that any
other alteration we thought necessary should %
made addressing Yourself 10 Mr.. Tim6erlake After
you left Mr. Tmberla.e said he would not alter tue
table, and had it printed as il vas:
Answer 70 question the ith After tno sohedule'
were printed, | carried them TO Mr. Timberlake's
Office, and understood tina. they were cent up the
road by Mr. Tinberskc, for Distribution ny MI Rlch
srdson one OF the baggage masters. aud distributed
sone to the freight conductors aud epgnesslrs:r
R,es s,snse y Jan. l, 1857.
AT Ma. Wm. OrERTos's,
Louisa, Dec. -, 1856.
J,hn II. 7imbsriake, Esq:
Dear Sir Your ieltrr Of the 9th and the develop.
,neuts Innde therein, requires a more serious notice
than tbs hurried note addressed to you this morn.
ing. ,,,.
You declined 70 make h::y changes r the schedn.e
which requested you you'd DO il you found II pro
proper, calling !; ,nyi your s:hedu )" adding that
YOU would po:, now, o. You he'd previously SAID you
would not. teEe acy !e.pous!Giity tor tuIs unsafe
schedule.
told YOU in my no.a ;his morning. that had never
heard from you, OF any coming fro! you, either
the opinion that il unsafe, c. the refusal to be- re-
sponsible for it, II sGch were your feelings and
views, 1t was very strange that yo1 should nave
placed it in the hands OF all the conductors. win
your name attached to il, and that too after having
revised and actually made ono or more corrections
=. true, that after had several lines, through
Mr. Hunter, .ue-ted you 10 assist ne IN preparing
it, i, was ade your duty ty resolution oil 'ne
Board, that you wrote note as follows
Col. tuntaine, assure you 'Tl'h the most k!nd
and respects. feelings, ask 10 be excused from par
ticipa,ng in ;akina out the Schedule now being pre-
pared for the Y;rginiC CeIt:sl HG!.oad. My Find
mon that subject needs sume relief. wisb, i pos
sblo, to got my mind composed upon that euhiec-
hops you will receive THE apology for not doug 80
| in the spirit write it in"
| considered this u very remarkable letter for &
business man write, but thinning, myself That your
mind was certainly rot Ia the right state, acqn!
escc., ~ fsr rs the mere labor OF preparations was
coucerDe Lever iGt-dnG mat II should 30 Into tie
/ hands OF the uuue!Gus conductors, while you were
SUPERINTENDENT with, III your examination ana sanc'
! ton-ald 30 matter what sou may cay now you as
sumed responsibility for it by giving It out TO the
conductors wh your GGaie cttsch1d ana telling ,hem
| to Use it,
On the .auie day received yours. wrote you, in
substance that would perform the LABOR but was
apprehcusive c spirit OF insubordiuation and oppo.
sltOn Ulknt De pIOucceu ".letuc1 Soo
! or not, 'Gnics. you are very careful.
! On the 18th | wrote you rs follows: The time
tables are ready except your name. and MS Mr. Hun
/ :s- seems to doubt whether we ought TO use your
name after yo objected 10 as:isilig IN making hrhi
ont SCI ms proper ihat yoa- position should be un'
dns,oo3 nd IN reference 10 yur tnrsaiee1 rtsig.
nation added: III you do no; intend Ia rcatlur h3
suprriatendenr, wall thank YOU 10 inform me- WIKI
out delay" received no reply 10 ihisr which Con.
sd.red ne Withdrawing all the little plants which
J I az Ia
TAX Ell much pains 10 remove and the acxt Iurning,
the 10 b. cal. ID st your uM;e finding yor aud Mr.
Hunter engaged il revising lie Schedule and ru!e''
and left you aud Mr.. Hunter st engaged III exn,l'.
lining her one alteration il not more, being actually
made before lefti and remarked that you would vi
! course make any others found necessary.
! 1t came nom the printers harGs DARED 10Th Dec,
! and on The Odd the conductors we're uanr them, by
/ your orders OF course.
With ;hc b.Ie., ple:n history Of the matter, il is
strange very strange that you shor!d attempt 20 re
pudiat. the sciuGue H. uE-aie. Il yG~ thought 81.
shua d have expected yol would have cut "l your
| right arm, before you would have allowed It 10 90
/ into Use with your name attached
Strange and unaccouna5l a. your conrse has been
thus far yet is not the most strange The develop
eu:s ccGiGined 10 the following extract from your
Letter Of tbs 9th, ,eker in connection with much
which previously occurred, de:s-Ys u SUI more Sc
riopS notice
that although the rule which applied TO that case
saer.d 10 be sufficiently plain 10 have prevented the
accdeur il it hud ben a;eGied To, YET out OF album
dant caution, suggested 20 you 10 lnnk" al addition
thereto, and requested yc- 10 exercise your lutE'
ment aud make shy Others you might think proper
To this you reply:
~ nus: ne excused isol making any change III
your schedule every r.tt ut nearly IL unsafe anc
say now, as d. .: !st, can't ,nke any respousi'
pty Ut IL, in any way Whatever ] Wish 1r'y iHGch
that W. could agree ~ TO the proper policy .! running
our trains" Wha; s:sriing ave va! il this 10 De
willing to permit unsafe schedule 10 be raE d:iy
and nightly. yea, actually To refuse when requested
by the President, 10 make any c1angel III II. when you
declare in the SAM breath, that regard Nearly me
whole of il g. unsafe. II such were your opinions.
Instead of refusing 10 carry out the suggestion Tor
amending the schedule, offered b" the PRESIDENT VINO
was appointed by the Boar. 10 act VIII yoe' You
ought to have perfected before II lett your hahas
Ii you could not do that, you ought not 10 nave wal.
ed til this time but in ths outse,-ln the most distinct
manner TO haze refused to become connected with
in the .lost remote or inG.rect way. iour course,
however, il seems was very dtefeht'
do not propose to extend this letter much farther.
in rslstcn TO the difference of policy about running
our trains &c witch you aude the difference s this,
that am ia favor vi reducing the speed as much Is
pos be, and in this you know the Board most fully
coacurred, their resolutions show and seems yol
could rot appreciate the Importance vi such policy
&C. previous &c he efforts have recently made,
freight traius frequently -e-e run as much as twenty.
five miles an heur, and eycI mGre, srd passenger
,raius often over forty miles. Perhaps should zen.
ton another ference. You are lot Id much opposed
10 uverloadipg our freight engines | ain, wbich
i-ads high speed " make up for crawling up grades
/ have ouly nov to add that spirit OF insub1rd
Gltion, perncious in example aud of most eVl! elect
seems 20 have been exhibited By you Tor some Time
past, not only toward, t." Pres Gent, for wnch you
were rebukei By the Board in kind spirit, Ca' ~
the present 10 The authority OF the bosfa nsei
by reusing TO aid in preparing new tim= tapes anu
rules, they had directed; that great aeai o ior
bearanoe has beer prGoLisec ,owsrds you, gto"lhs
out OF persona! friendship; that the greatest pains
BIS. been aken to satisfy oompsints that had really
no foundation. But now, since IL appears from tue
developments OF your alter of 9th, that you are
willing to expose; not only the property OF tue Com
pany, but the lives Of ?ssseuss!s TO jeopardy ra'
Their than Cooperate WIN member OF the commit
tee in perecting change OF schedule, which was or
dered by the Board. unpleasant it may be. duty to
the siockhol-r. and tbs public requtss The most de-