Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-13
Richmond and Whining ton.

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triumph.
Richmond and Wilmington.
Three railways now, by the grace OF Pc
tersburg. connect through that Burgh; and
if the same spirit that actuates our own rall-
way managers actuated the men that con-
troll the railroads from Richmond to the
State line we could to-day receive first class
goods from Richmond at one dollar per
one hundred pounds; second class at eighty
cents per one hundred pounds; third class
at fifty cents per one hundred pounds; and
fourth class at thirty cents per one hundred
pounds railroad IRON at five dollars per
ton twenty thousand pounds); molasses
and lumber at forty dollars per car load,
&C. Some of these rates, railroad iron
and lumber, were agreed upon by the SUI
perintendents mot Iresidents) of the three
roads named and the Wilmington and
Manchester Railroad OH the second instant
but the classes were made much higher
one dollar and forty-six cents, one dollar
and twenty-f five cents, ninety cents, and
seventy cents per one hundred pounds
respectively for the four classes now used.
The Superintendent Of the Wilmington
and Weldon Railroad Company, we are
credibly informed, proposed to make the
rates as we have given them above, viz :
one dollar, eighty cents, fifty cents and
thirty cents per one hundred pounds, about
what is now charged on the same articles
from Baltimore to this city.
We have written the above in explana-
ton of our former article on this subject,
and in reply to the article of the Dt$patch,
of the 10th, before us.
We are informed that the Richmond and
Petersburg Company desire through rates,
but there seems to be some uuaccOuntable
trouble in Petersburg. 1t is asserted that
the rates made at the first convention
(April) in Richmond, which, after being
pristed and distributed, were broken up by
the Vice-President OF Directory of the Pc
tersburg Railroad Company, in total disre
gard of the phghted faith Of the Company
made by its President, who, with Messrs
BR1DGERs and ELLIS, had signed the agree
ment
We will add that President Sanford Wa
riqht in making this contract. His road re
ceived it's full share Of the divisions o
charges, and his duty demanded he shoul(
make it, There would seem to be jealous
; between Richmond and Petersburg in thi
through freight matter, for it is known t.
railroad men that the Petersburg Compan,
is now carrying goods from Baltimore t.
Wilmington, or has rates to do SO tina
do not pay them more per one hundre'
: pounds than is proposed by the RichmOn
3 and Wilmington Tariff, made in April O
September.
Our railway managers say they learne
one thing during the war in transportation
= that was ne,c here and may not have bee
, learned yet in Petersburg and Richmond
: viz: That lo,O rates and q large business pa
better than high rates and a snaou business.
u Is not this the true doctrine Wor
l. low and develop the business of the cour
try-especially between sister Souther
l. States and Southern Cities.
u We want the iron, coal, tobacco an
l. -four of Richmond. They want our lum
s Der, molasses, rice, cotton and naval stores
l. We want the product of their RolLjn
r Mills. They want the products of our Sa'
IS Nils direct and remote West India sugar
It and molasses being the return cargoes {
Is lumber vessels.
Nc In reply to our Richmond correspondent
+ we will say that the Wilmington and Weldo
3. Railroad Company charges twenty cen
per one hundred pounds on heavy freigh
such as car-wbeels, for one hundred an
- sixty-two miles. The charges from Ricl
=, mond to Weldon (eighty-four miles, il
- stead of Petersburg, are nearly double tn
rate.