The national Republican., 1868-11-28

Of country intersected BY the lines Of this rail-
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business In this city, being ia fact one OF the
institutions OF Washington, we condense from
the lengthy reports Of the officers the follow
.ts'ssd THH PRESIDENTS REPORT.
President Barbour reports that the receipts
@ i,o% October ~ 1897, to September 80, iscs, In;
make a aggregate sun u ssa7 ,rai.ss, Of which
hns eIs from
from trans portation Of. express matter, s2o,so2
for carrying malls, and til,sgo collected from
Telegraph and 0sher The c
Ing u In repair, including repair OF achinefy
for the samc period, ssounts 20 the sum Of
t5iI, ,Iio.sI, leaving ssa balance @ Of net revenue
account shows an Increase qi receipts over the
EetuIns Of the. year preeeding of sl2l ,is572.
The smCant q tsssip,s asriysd from pssscn;
by the withdrawal ~ one train Of the douo'e
daily passengerlihe between Washington oitJ
ard ,Yhattsnooga in January last, and TIE
which faiied 10 meet The reauireS eSents % and
convenience Of the travelling public, and for
which the omcial' o. this company were not
He reports ifurther that i5s,ss passengers
have been transported during the year against
and o5,64i tons OF freight against 69,1o3 tons OF
the preceding year. The tonnage tables dis
close the further Interesting fact to the inter
every six tons OF local freight going North are
received and handled by Its commercial houses
After noticing a adissatlsfaction which exists
In regard to the rates Of charge on freight
transferred between this road and the Chesa-
peakc and Ohio railroad, and presenting con.
to remove the dissatisfsctlon, does not lie at
the door OF his company. Mr.. Barbour pro-
ceeds to state the origin OF the current
see Railroad COMPANY and the Orange Com.
pany. a. followsi T1Hv ..'.
The rel ,tions of our company with the other
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long conceived effort or the Norfolk and Pc.
tsrssIs Interests to seize @ Of ne
the state vote, and Of certain .speculators in
railroad stocks, have, eliminated In success,
and the president OF the two railroad comps;
mics making the line between bynehburg and
Norfolk seleetedas its head. With this change
OF Management soon appeared q change OF poll
icy In respse, to the through freight bushes.
of Lynehburs,or coming east over Il nrcturn.
until the bressnt manage ,s Ment Of The Virginia
power, the charges imposed upon through
frefehts from tynchburg west were the same,
whether delivered by the line via Norfolk, OF
py thetot this eomtany Since the instslla'
VIrsinis and tennessee Raiirosd Company
with that Of the South Side and Norfolk and
Petersburg railroads, by the election OF Gen
been Imposed on the through freights OF this
company transported over the Virginia and
Tennesscc road, than fre charged on the enme
and 10 such an extent, indeed, as to regulate
the tariff Of charges on Our own road, and in
exeess OF our local rates. The real purpose
and object OF this discrimination at Lynchharg,
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10 to subordinate the Interests of the Virginia
and Tennessee railroad to those OF the Peters;
burg ard Norfolk Railroad Companies and
their connecting lines OF steamers TO Northern
cities.
There Is one ground upon which this policy
OF consolidation and discrimin alton has been
rested and urged with great zeal by its advo.
| cates through Official papers and newspaper
articles, to wilt; the necessity q exelpdins,the
; its future designs TO seize The business Of the
Southwest and direct It finally over its main
line, to Baltimore. This difeful result, 1t
wSit6 lie baltimore compsnywili exert over
the line Of this railroad. As the frst link 10
this chain Of speculation, It Is represented
pany already holds a controlling power in the
/ stock Of this company, aud controls its policy.
! But unfortunately for this argument the Bal.
.yos soo IS as
all; II Is true that certain parties who reside
In Baltimore do own a large, amount OF this
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! tai, and totally powerless to control the sc.
tion fthe company.
am happy to be able to report the advanced
progress Of this work, and Its near approach
to completion to Harrlsonburg. The track
cordins to tho calculation Of the chief cngi-
heef BY the middle Of December. The rails
and erossties have been purchased, and for
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struetion now exist In the way OF finishing tho
road as above.
- RECEIPTS AND pIsBuRsEMgsTs.
| According to the statement reported by tn Q
treasurer the receipts from all sources from
the lst October, 1861, to 3oth September, lsGs,
amount to the sum Of q ,lse ,4sI. .eSj dlsbrrsc.
log as a balance in banks, s3,s2o.45. The total
funded debt OF the eompsny Is %, ,oio,ls7.27.
~, ,,,. Tan oHInr nNo,NEEn,s REPORT:
humber or miles run By the engines sums upi
Passenger engines, lbs,s07 miles, freight en-.
sinss, iot sse; road engines 9s 2o7i total lai 80
| this company are now running Is: Washington
TO Lynchbutg, l7o mllcsi Alexandria to M0unt
Jackson, ~ milesi WaErenton branch, niles
| making total OF 800 miles. There have been
u $50 tons Of freight carried southwardly, and
| 81 ,9o5 tons carried northwardly, making the
tStsi number Sf ton; moved sdIripF the yes,
equivalent OF tho rnuiber Of miles that one ton
has been carried, we have this resuit-on tor
| carried sUVJ,3aL mies. lhefe nave Deen II ,bJD
passengers transported southwark and Is,to3
passengers transported northward, which,
eqnated, makes QUE passenger carried 9,ii5, ,l2i
miles
| THE ExANtSIS1 coAnlTTBE
report Tho road In excellent order, the book,
well kept, and they congratulate the company
upon the success OF the efforts OF the pas,
fiscal year, and the addition of 1i2 miles oi
railroad, reaching into one OF the most fertile
and besutiiul valleys Of Virginia, making the
trains nearly 900 miles. In addition to this
magnificent work accomplished In the last
twelve or nfteen months, six miles and hall
of new rails have been laid upon the main
Is the best evidence OF the skiilnil manage
ment and safe condition of your road.
The election for offlcers, which took place
on Thursday, resulted In the reelection OF Mr.
BARBOUR as spresident, and OF the old board o.
directors.
CoRoNER's ISQUEsT.-Howarl Harlan, o
Marshall, Clark county. Illinois, died suddenly
at Dyer's hotel onThAnksgiving morning. Tht
deceased was found in his bed IN dying con
tor OF the hotel, and the is...,r sent for A pby
sieian and an ofticSSI. Before the physicisr
arrived s.srisn was dead. The Coroner wal
ssmmopel to Mold An Inquest, and tho evi
Aenee d't closed the facts that on Sunday morn
Ing Harlan had purchased q drachm of sui
phste Of nSrphi,, Of which ten g grains re re-
bed beside the body: He had been In the habit
Of using morphine for fifteen years. The an
topsy made by DR.. Bently disclosed the hc
thstthefe,was severe inrsmmatioh ofthe mid
Of the epIniSs thst an overdose Of @orphine
and, not TIE disease of the lung, was the caus'
oi tne death. The jury rendered a verdict
THAT the deceased came to his death by Al
overdose OF narcotic stimulant, taken, as theI
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