The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-09-21
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js,srcourse between this State aud tennessee
rhe eonplstiou Of the East Tennessee and 'ifsn .
tAnasl,oaA rave such direct and rapid commnni-
..,,.. h.tvsnn cur cities aud those OF Tennessee,
sh.t - .etive commerce between them was 'ooAee
AR A A inevitable consequence. IL ~aseApee'eo
shaa tAe ci.ies OF Virginia would have ia" smart
IN the trade Ia the cotton, fooscco ""es' ~"e
other products of Tennessee. aud ina. IN exchange
thew vould be able to supply ths soa1a"est 10
rood part .. least with the e"hee' 'ne sugar. tue
merchaudise needed for consumption there. The
49,. .hovs that this expectation 10 not to be
..,,s.a unaer the prssent tariifs OF tolls on the
i,,. eftr.u.portation between sTide.waser Virgin
"A and Tennessee. We copysiss statements below
And iavite attention. TO them:
.r,om Richmond and Petersburg to Knoxville
4. $50 miles by railroad. Prom Charleston and Sa.
vannsh 70 Kaoxsiiis 10 $40 miles by railroad. The
differ ence 10 distance, then, IL 90 miles in favor OF
the virginia ctties and yet such Is the policy o.
the severnl railroad MANAGERS between this place
and these citi~s, thst We have a charge for trans
portine bushei OF wheat to them of IS cents and
: barrel OF Hour 1855 cents; while the charge upop
n bushel Of wheat from this place to savannah Is
only 50 cents, or e!euea cents less and upon the
barrel Of our only ia cents, 6ftytwo cents Lss
and this, too though there are sixty miles more OF
railway trausportation. Or to state the case more
strongly: Tho onshei Of wheat is taken from
Knoxville to Nesr York, Ella Savannah, for 81 cents
or sx cests less than from this place TO Richmond
or Petersburg. and the barrel Of nonr Is taken 70
New York for 134 cents via Savannah, or t,centy
ssco cents less than from this place to the above
named cities. 'Tis thus We see that unless the
markets in these cities OF Virginia shall be above
the markets of New York full six cents npon the
bnshei OF wheat, and twenty-five cents upon the
barrel Of -four. these products Of the interior
20 to New York by cireuitous route. But this Ia
not 70 be expected, though 1t is unQuestionabiy
trus that 20 far this season, wheat has commanded
better price 10 tbs Virgins markets than in New
York.
"What then 10 the remedy for this ilegitimate
diversion OF trade from its proper channels? To
this question there il bat one answer, which is
this The railroads bet,ceea KnorriHs and Virginia
tide soa ter mast reduce their rates Of freight The
impolicy OF the higa rates which have up TO this
time been exacted, is manifest that we are as
touished almost that IL has not become pa ,pabie
to the Presidents and Superintendents of the
several lines. None Of them have yet paid dlv-
dends 10 tho stockholders, aud still they justify
these exorbitant charges upon the ground that az
high rates do not pay, certaiuly lower rates will
not. In the case Of the Virginia and Tennessee
road ws have heard two pleas Of justification
exhaustion presented. The one Is this: That
there 10 no western freight the trains from Lynch
burg to Bristol must go up empty, and therefore
1t 10 proper to charge the produce from the West
with tho cost Of running the empty train. And
Why are there no western freightsf Why are not
the coffee, the sugar, the merchandise imported
into Richmond or the goods purchased in New
York, Phiadelp hia or Baltimore transported TO
Knoxville and intermediate or even more remote
ponts:over this road, The answer is again easy
one. The rates Of transportation westward are 30
high that Knoxville purchaser of coffee in Rich
mond even. will find to his interest TO the ertent
Of y cent per D. 10 ship that cofe to Charleston, and
MSftoe yecetre BY $40 miles Of raitcay rather than
Aapx ii transported BY canal 10 Lyncttnrg and then
conveyed 1874 miles BY rai,oay! Surely. surely, we
ought to bear more of the apology for the high
rates upon western produce because Of the empty
trains from the East. But another matter present
cd 10 the Exclamation of the policy ofthis compa-
ny. is this: The road IL costly one. exceeding
$4,000 per mile has sharp curves and high grades
and therefore cannot be expected to transport
freghts at the same rates charged upon cheaper
roads with lighter grades. &c. Ia this plea there
Ia no substance when practically considered.
"Krom Atlanta, point on the line OF railway
from Knox willie to Charleston and Savannah, there
are dvergiug lines OF railway, the one to Savan
nah q distance of pol miles, and the other to
Charleston, . distance Of 307 miles Over each OF
these two lines = barrel OF nour is transported for
Soc. Prom Knoxville to Lynchburg, distance OF
a4 miles, the charge is 130c. The cost Of the two
lines added together greatly exceeds the cost Of
the road from Knoxville to Lynchburg; and yet
both these lines are paying Notwithstanding their
comparatively low rates. annual dividends to the
stockholders of 10 and IL per cent per annum. and
this too, notwithstanding the river from Augusts
TO Savannah is in some measure competitor OF
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