Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-03-07

/ AND CHATTANOOGA, AND
NASHVILLE AND NoRTHwEsTERS RAIL
RoADs.-A paragraph appearedin this paper
yesterday morning which was calculated
20 do the management Of these roads
injustice Had we been apprised of the
facts il should not have BEEN inserted.
These roads are complained Of for delaying
freights, and thus obstructing the legitimate
operations Of commerce. We are satisfied
that the complaint is unjust The Chatta-
nooga road gives prompt transit 10 all
| freights il can dispose Of at its Eastern ter
minus. The roads South of Chattanooga
refuse % receive promptly the freights of
| this road at that point On Monday tie
| Chattanooga road had l68 loaded cars
at that point unable 70 dispose Of their
freight; on yesterday it had log in the same
condition. There is but one way TO remedy
/ this state Of things, and that is for shippers
10 consign their goodsto a commission house
at Chattanooga which will pay the charges
and store the goods, until they can be receiv-
ed by the Southern roads. This course will
secure the prompt forwarding Of all freights
| from this point as soon a. they arrive here
No railroad can afford 10 convert Its rolling
stock into warehouses and besides lying out
Of its use become responsible for all losses
and accidents. No road has ever done so,
and this one cannot be expected to do so.
The blockade which is complained of seems
TO lie at the door Of the Western & Atlantic
road, connecting Chattanooga with Atlanta,
and other points South. 1t has refused to
receive and forward the freights of the
Nashville and Chattanooga, and compelled
the latter, either 10 delay the freights here,
or allow their loaded cars to accumulate at
Chattanooga, until there would be none left
for the use of the road. The true point TO
strike with complaints is from Chattanooga
SOuth-not mere.
If there are combinations south or west of
us inimical to the trade Of Nashville, it is
the duty of our business men to investigate
and, if possible defeat them. This is sub
ject that may well be considered, and
promptly acted upon, by those interested.
As TO the tariff of through freights, we had
that matter discussed years ago, and it re-
solved itself then into question of COMPETE
ton, and remains the same to this day. To
those who have witnessed the origin and
growth of the railroad system centering at
Nashville, this is sufficient on the subject.
The long and short Of the whole matter is
that the several interests Of this city, which
are naturally dependent upon each other,
must all act together in concert and har-
mony, or others will come in and occupy
and cultivate and reap the rich harvest of
the commercial fields, which we have en-
joyed in time past, and which our position
entities us to enjoy for the future.
Our reporter was informed yesterday that |
it was not the principal of the Howard School |
Building who inflicted the brutal chastise-
ment, mentioned yesterday, upon one of the |
pupils; buta teacher by the name of WEAv-
Err, brute who came to this place for the |
State Of Alabama, and obtained position to
scourge the tender children of Nashville |
parents. We also understand that, since
the occasion referred to, he has been dis
missed his position in the school and pro-
poses 10 remove his carcase beyond our
limits He had better go to one Of the
Cannibal Islands, and perfect his cruel taste
by roasting little children alive and eating
their delicate limbs We caution all COM
mnnities when a man Of the name of WEAv-
Err comes among them, TO inquire ofhis ante
cedents before they givehim any countenance