The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-02-08

pressed himself % not well INFORMED on
the subject, and hat there q great dii'
ference amongst railroad officials and be-
twean the committee itself. But he pre-
ferred the substitute OF the member from
! annahannock entering into Q comparison
h.tween the committees bill and that.
Mr.. WooDsoS opposed the SUBSTITUTE,
and Mr.. KELLEY followed on the same sac,
opposing earnestly the restrictions pro-
posed upon the amount OF transportstion,
and also the proposition to release the
railroad companies and require the express
companies todeposit $4,000 with the State
Mr.. CRUyp stated that two Of the largest
companies in the State had made contracts
With an express company limiting the
amount Of freight on q train to, 1z,ooo
pounds. He therefore accepted that as the
Judgment of the railroad companies and tnat
Il il not convenient or safe to much exceed
that amount Of express freight attached
10 a passenger train. He. therefore sub
mitted that 5000 pounds would be hbe-
raI. In answer TO interrogatories as to what
was In he done with banked-up freight ex-
ceedine $4,000 pounds for the continued
RECOMMENDATION beyond the point OF accu-
m,Jotion Mr.. CRUMP said that he supposed
railroad companies would be very giad 10
rim eynress freight trains whenever the
amount of freight justified it. But the &C;
tion of the railroads themselves proved
that II was not considered advisable to en-
cumber passenger trains with more than
-, 600 pounds of freight. He stated the
fact that in England, where every precau-
tion that could be conceived, had been
adonted where there were double tracks,
and where every mile of road was fenced
in, the aggregate losses last year amounted
to Ell .500-O and we were certainly adj
monished to adopt precautionary mea-
s1lres for the prevention Of accident
here where there was so much less
security in railaoad transportation. He
explained to gentlemen who had spoken
that they had misunderstood the point as
to the releasing of railroads in the bill.
The bill only released railroads from re-
sponsibility TO Me express companies. In
doing 50 it did not change the relation of
the shipper to the railroad company at all.
The shipper never had a remedy against
the railroad. When he shipped by express
the express company alone was response
BILE to him. And this made it proper that
the express company should make a depo-
sit with the State, that the shipper might
have some fund to look to for indemnity
against loss. Mr.. C. would vote for ma
king it 500, 900 instead of $50, 900. That
much would be to that extent liable, and
would save the claimant from the necessity
of levying upon fat horses and painted
wagons in the hope of making his claim.
He went at some length into the discussion
of the liability of an express company as a
common carrier and to show that the re-
medy for losses was not only against the
property of the company in this State, but
elsewhere.
Mr.. GRAHAM suggested that one of the
two companies limiting the freight to
$4,000 pounds was the Fredericksburg
company, which did so to prevent delay of
passenger trains at Aqua creek, and the
other was the Virginia and Tennessee rail
road, which had limited one company to
that amount, while another company de-
livered its freight to the same point. If
this bill passed, the Virginia and Tennes-
see railroad could not carry it.
The question on Mr.. TURNER'S substitute
was then decided in the atfirmative-ayes,
81 noes, 10.
The question recurring upon ordering
the substitute, as amended, to its engross-.
ment, was decided in the affirmative.
NORFOLK AND MISSISSIPPI RAILROAD LINE.
The bill for the completion of the line Of
railway from Norfolk to Cumberland Gap
being the special order of the day was, on
motion of Mr.. GooDE, postponed until We'd
nesday next.
OAKwOoD MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION.
On Mr.. GARNETT's motion, the bill incor-
porating the lakewood Memorial Associa-
ton for the burial of the Confederate dead
was taken up, read a third time, passed
unanimously, and sent to the Senate.
II LICENSE TAM.
On motion of Mr.. CRUMp, the House took
up the bill in relation to assessment Of
taxes on licenses. y
The House proceeded to consider the
bill by sections and to amend the same.
No important amendment was made.
Mr.. PENDLETON moved to strike out the
provision of the bill which permitted On
eating-house to retail wine and spirituous
or malt liquors to be drank at such house.
Rejected.
On motion of Mr.. PATTERSON, the bill
was so amended as to allow persons living
to charge a traveller for a meal, &C., with
out taking out a license.
Before getting through the considsra-
ton of the bill, the House adjourned.