The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-08-28
From the Marion Crescent. -
nv. Notional Express an" IraispoA'"'
Company.

Company.
-o.+on+;on has been called to the snbjo1ned "
,olon Gan W s. Walker, Ag Mt OF lhe
Eynress and Transportation company, ~ @
think that the aSoad BE- s published for the
fortn ~ vne - tha nnblic. Gen. Walker was for
informatlon " ao,on,and of the Third Military Dis
triot OF South Carolina, WIN no"o4u'l vol az =
cotaligo N.r1oNA1 Elk. AND TRAN. Co.,
offioN -' CHARLESTON, July 27, 1866.
On. r. is reported to me, by your clerk,
DEAN An, sh have box to send to Marion G. e., for
enss ar{y w. who have instructed you to send by the
sTmtnern Express, on account OF the greaeer
cn9sbp aa;abs 32s pounds, which am informed the
Sonfhern Express will carry for $50 We cannot
it at this rate for the reason that We cannet
afford to pay for the privilege Of carrying freight
The Southern Express as we'll ae the National
pay to each road-the Northeastern Or ana tne WI,
one dollar per hundred pounds. They, therefore,
paw for the carriage Of this box to the railroad
s646 This leaves an apparent profit of four
cents
which an express company is subjected The
Adams Company (of which the Southern Ex-
press is branch) have in this city superintend-
ent. an agent, four clerks, five messengers, q
large store at a high rent four wagons, six
drivers, and eleven horses. Between Charleston
ten way agents, with hired laborers, for the re-
ception and removal of goods. You will also note
that in every particular enumerated their expen-
diture is greater than ours, with the exception Of
the amount paid the railroads. The salaries Of
all theil employees are higher than ours, the
rent Of their office is much higher, and they sup
port larger number of horses. And yet, al
though our expenses are less than theirs, we
know, from careful calculation that at the rate of
charges proposed by them to Marion Court House.
we would sink at least twenty-five cents on every
hundred pounds.
of the public scarcely needs a comment. But,
how is the tax on their resources supported?
Partly by the enormous capital secured by high
charges through many years OF monopoly, ena-
bling them to afford present loss IN order to OBJ
tain a future gain after the destruction OF dan
for losses here by high tariff on the railroads
where the National Express Company does not
compete with them. Tie losses at one point are
made up by large gains at another. THIS system
Of undertaking therefore, cannot last long after
the introduction Of our competition over all the
We are willing to submit our charges to the
scrutiny of the public, and can show that, though
our rates may in some instances exceed those OF
the Adams' Express, yet our profits are very
small We confidently appeal to substantial and ID
allow small profit. They know that Southern
company, in it's infancy cannot otherwise be sup
ported. It may be a light tax as compared with
the temporary charges of the Adams Express,
who have an important object to obtain in the fu-
,ure BY sinking money for the present. But II We
are maintained, 1t viii be found in few months
chat the charges of both companies will be about
equal. and both at reasonable rates. Whereas, II
We are driven off by penny wise and pound fool.
ish policy, the rates OF the Adams would be at
least doubled, most probably trebled. We are the
only competitor in the field of the South who
stood chance Of SUCCESS. If q company started
under the auspices Of General J. e. Johnston, ap:
pealing to the Southern people on the ground OF
patriotic sympathy ard mercantile interest fail,
who can expect to succeed
The communications OF the Company have re.
Gently been extended Through Montgomery to Mo-
bile and New Orleany, by the Albany and Gulf
Road to Thomasville, in southwestern Georgia,
and to Jacksonville, Fla. The route has also been
reopened uSa Wilmington end Weldon, after q
Illegal contest. The stockholders have shown a
tenscity and determination to support their en-.
!, terprise that deserves eucooss; and VIC deem 1t
| damonslrable, that ii is for the real and perma-
I inent interest Of tho community that it should be
! sustained By their liberal :,strl.ao
Very respectfully,
Your ohedient servant,
w. s.. WALkER, Agent.