The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-14
= n,haNo Times. ]
OFFICE Miss. CENTRAL RAILROAD 1o''
Feb 2A l%fh

~, amended communication, (Which orig fl
inally appeared in your columns,) as aiso a.
publication ofmy reply in connection 'heie e
with:
TWant of space compels us to omit tne Q
letter Of Col shackelford, which has al 3
ready appeared in our columns-ED' v
Sr-PERISrENDENT's OFFICE, {
MISSISSIPPI CENTRAL RAILROAD, { a
Water Valley, Feb q, looo. /
Con y. n West President
De9r Sri herewith return you the ln-
+oTroaat o-ies you propounded to me, TsiatlVe l
to tie communication of Col Sh;'chIelotI ~ I
President, with my answers thereto ds 1oi )
lows; o,,s ;r,,,a .
diateIv after the opening of the y " >. anu
G. y L. T. to Canton, to effect an afIan9
nent with the managers of that Toad' Ieia-
tive to a Joint schedule, tariff, ana .of an "a,
change of cars at Canton, Tor the lhullial
benefit of both companies, and 10 piolhoV'
+ the interest Of shippers 2
+ Ans-"I did, and subsequently, III P''9u7
ance of vour verbal order, made a seoohu
visit for the same purpose. r.
I , "Did the officers Of the y. O., }. d ".
/ \ r. Il. consent to exchange car ior car "'
/ Canton! and if, not, Why
Ans-"They did not; the alleged reason
heina that they did not have them, ana slg-
ocsted the use of our ears III transporting |
cotton through to New orleaus, paying Us d |
small increased rate per bale OF fifty cents.
3 ITO facilitate the transportation OF COT /
ton by that route. did you not accept TINS
,s thr best terms to be obtained from said
road 2"
Ans-"I did"
4 "Who established the precedent of ex-
acting the prepayment of frelghts!
Aus.-They did, aad against my protest.
in which policy l was SO reluctant to ac-
IN NJ
,,rn-navpent until vou ordered otherwise.
t ). did the Memphis and Charleston kall-
; road company ever refuse to exchange car
/ for car at Grand junction, OF at any tiiie
Z demand the prepayment OF freIgniS!
a Aus-They never did the uniform ruie
! of the two companies has been TO exchange
5 ears Mt the crossing OF the roads, and TO cor
I lect freiuhts at their destination or point OF
delivery, making periodical settlements by
Il paving cash balances
a 6 Were you not officially informed that
z the New Orleans, jackson and Great North
eIn ra,lroad Company did not want our
L trade or travel and did you not telegraph
a. me that fact from NewsOrleans, and ask tor
', , instructions
al Any.-I was SO informed in their principal
SIS Office in New Orleans; teiegraphed You ac
L cordiDoIv. and asked for instructions. They
IL said their local travel and trade was a'
a much as they could accommodate, hehc'
Id rejected a schedule necessary to the lntefeSJ
III of our road. This occurred III December
II They twice consented TO d JOINT tarit, ah'
nd assisted in its publications but they heNe
III executed the same.
"a Whence did vou derive your infoTma
m tion relative to the amount OF rollIn@-Stoci
II, on the \. O. }. x q. \. IL. H.!
er- Ans-From Gen Beaurcgard, General Su
perIntendent and Chief Engineer OF ina
M road This was in December, ana mp 10 III
re- date of Col. ShackIeford's card, of Eebruar
informed
'uS change in their condition u,
elr : How many of our ears were IN thel
no service and how many OF their S were III ou
service and how long,
er- Ans-From November l4th, l-63, to jar
of nary 22d. 1866, we delivered to them l33
is our ears loaded, and they kept them a
md average of ten days each. During the san
uld nariod we received 10 of theirs, which
the ONLY kept an average of days. Most
md these were loaded with Government stof
lel, for Grenada; otherwise they would hot'
imagine, have reached us
Id 9 - What were cars worth per day 10
cia- at this time inmoving trieghts on the lii
lel' Of our road =
pos Aus-At least fifty dollars.
rity 10 Did not instruct you to send
.oSe duplicate of my agreement with the Mel
phis and Char g ston Railroad Company
eX- Col. Shackleford for his acceptance I"
has Ans-You did, and your order was exec
con ted January DIST and know the docume
pom was received.
on II. "What was his answer ?"
Aus-He made none, until we met
has Canton, on the oath inst which was al
lele tbe date of his card He then agreed to
laiy cept it y
$ III 10 Did any officer or agent of the \
pre- Orleans, jackson and Great Northern III
iihG road Company ever visit onr once TO
tant rance a ioint tariff or schedule, to 9th
wise harmonise the operations OF the |
saws roods for their mutual benefit and that
VIII shippers q
the Nrs.--Not my knowledge.
'use Very respectfully, yours, ETC.,
lder- f. d. FROST, Superintendent
Subseuueut to the period referred to
hun Can't Frost, superintendent, | met
ught Shacklcford in jackson, Miss and adm
lrcau ished him of the impolcy of requiring
d as prepayment of freights. lie refused
o the att,,s, his noIicv. hut said if | desired
the send the down freights of the Missss
'anks Central Railroad Through without pre-
mcnt. he would order our charges collet
'SecH- and deposited in bank to our credit, or :
when them to us by express l concluded 10
0 give sent to this rather than embarrasS the Il
N his of the country, hoping that he would
change his policy, (Which theh TeGitiat
temporarv.) and conform to ours, (Whlc
,,,oor 7 sunnosed. was the rule of the two {
ahou nanics before the war)-that OF opera'
arfect as far as practicable, the two roads as
vived each collecting the dues OF the other
inv in tlinc and paving over cash balances pc
nions callT. which is the existing arrangement
strong tween Col Tate, President Memphis
-he AZ Charleston Railroad Company, and M,
al on NV proposed arrangement would, II
ad his ried ont, accommodate shippers, and at
! in a same time approximate an equallIaIlo
L-nited the use of the money earnings Oh the
roads.
,.so11 Nv his arranrement we collected IL
nev due his company and lost the use OF
irther FROM one to three weeks hence hnal.
reluctantly Welded to his policy and or
- ,-os- the prepaynent of freights that were tt
rovern- / over his road.
To have done otherwise would have
reckless. especially rs his agents wer
lcrofts responsible to us under tnelr 20 noLoo mus
COMPANY they only collected our mon
Durse us as a matter of favor.
4 According to the above answers OF
ions of Frost superintendent, theS leluoeu
,Z- criti- change car for ear with us, and rele
r. The reasonable schedule because theS
hours want our trade or travel
= of the They received from the Central Ro
per Mr.. Frosts evidence, l33 OF on
esDond- which were detained on their road an
rope of age OF ~ days eacu' equ"! 70 ~ q by
1ro+bar while during the same period ~ OF
-;n1iIian ears only were sent up this road and II
,,IIIn,s ed an average of 3 days each, equal
I'm s,,r davS showing Il difference IN favor
was inn road of 1878 days use OF cars, thus Q
5 inc this road to the extent OF over
zimihan thousand oolials, ,he 4oo u ''i' ~
that time worth 500 per day
says the In other WoruS, ~ tueH il.'1
is the for ear with us at 0ai'on oui
troops, nave been greater tn"I .l0 -
of 1865, amount equal 10 thaI apolo
re killed Mr. Green now assumes; tnes a.,
it to justice and fair dealing to ha
! I-er changed car for car.
az" M - They rejected the arrangement to
ch5 - - - ol - ,,,s7',,o',,s,t :
io''''' For these reasons made an arrang
-; "a copy of which was sent to Col. ,
er Insti loI"'1 " snlP - ~ ;,I,a,ca of n
i'"' of which Col. Shacl1letord compal
.:, sc effects of which was to increase our b
~, 5i;:o, within ten days 334 per cent only
esolution 'h'' uiI' ny | ,,nIanI
pledging mem - I,,';t - the conJor of
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