The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-10-30

ranged WIN MT. Branner htthc HristOl Com.
mercial Convention, aud with Mr.. Hoxsie
subsequently,, AZ Lynchbarg, to ron a contin,
uons schedule 70 Knoxville. Vi this was
done we know Of no difference az TO the
time Of arrival Of through trAins, and have
not been notified that such change was
made. Having heard a rnmor, however that
such WINS the case, Mai. X. q, jackson, SUPER
intendant of this road, addressed a letter.
dated Sept. 20, to Mr.. Hoxsie, Snperineend.
ant Of the b. & Va. Road, asking him at
what hour be proposed 70 deliver US through
lreights, desiring the information TO enable
us TO conform as nearly as possible TO bis
time. In answer 20 which letter, br. llox-
sic wrote the following reply
EAST TENN. AVA. RAILROAD.
surGEINrESDANr's OFRlca.
knoxville, Trna., Sept. 80, tStS.
MAJ. r. c, JACKSON, superintendent y. Z sta. Il.
H., Doir Sir iUur favor Of this date, u-larAtiug mr To
state in writing the precise time al which l propose 10
deliver In yoar yard cap loaded With tlrvugh freight,
is received. In reply to the above Inquiry would
say, u propose t~odrli,cr 10 your Company The through
ffeignt aud bills, A. Z o'clock, A. NJ.
Very respectfully,
Mr., Hoxsie's letter speaks for itself, and
proves that Gen. Mabone is certainly mista-
ken as to the change Of schedule, as the
time fixed in the above letter by Mr.. ~llOxsie,
for the delivery of freight is exactly the
same AS fixed by the Lynchburg Convention,
Of last December, and not changed in the
least
Gen. Malone deals unfairly in everything
he does in this matter. He takes exceptions
TO u letter written by Maj Jackson, 10 W J..
Ross, Superintendent of N, & Q. Road, ask
ing for Information rs to what was done at
Lynchburg, lat the adjourned Chattanooga
Convention) after be Maj. Jaekson) left, He,
General Malone, seems to desire to make
changes in schedules, and bring goods to us
unexpectedly, and thereby get a chance to
say that we are opposing the interests of the
Line and because We ask for information
as to time, be is very much annoyed and sur
prised.
The whole Obiect-the damage Of this sec.
tior Of the Air Line underlying the Gensr-
ais plans-must be apparent to the reader,
His remarks and structures on that part of
my card that he refers to, where | am made
to say that Maj. Jackson very promptly re-
turned, > is all Subtitle original manuscript
read " very properly retuTned'-the prompt
", is u misprint. The General is all along
catching at straws, as do all men that wish
TO cover up their own shortcomings.
must say for the General and his " mas
isrly management" that since he initiated
this warfare upon me as President OF the Y.
T. & Ga. Railroad, that there has been a
marked improvement in the loading of cars,
and it dnles from and about the 9th of this
month, upon which day We were taken by
surprise by the delivery to us of twenty
three cars properly loaded with through
freight, so that they could go to Chattanoo-
ga Without delay or transfer, aud since that
we have arranged a schedule by which
w take the cars through that are properly
loaded, and ! must say that n little more than
oHe-half Of the freight delivered to us, since
the above date, have been so loaded, that
they could-as they have been-fOrwarded
by this train. But even Of this part that
goes through TO Chattanooga without trans
fer, the greater part OF II has heen trans
ferrsd there, by reason of freights foI diff
!erent roads beyond that point, being packed
in the sumo car.
In his charges that City eight cars were de-
to us in eighteen days in July, that
have Been sent through without trans-
he fails to say how many were delivered
to us that were mpred with freights for diff
fesent lines of roads, and that this City Eight
cars would be only about three cars per day,
and does anybody expect a railroad 10 run q
train with three cars, and q few
after, start out another to taks the
q ~OYers"-thAt is the freight in the same cars
for different Zines Of roads beyond this.
The tact is, the General has more '' overs'
than were beard of ia railroad business be-
r.ra .uA IN ekfa accommodation H.. ,,s-LV -
lone information from one Of his special
messengers, Mr.. Black, to whom was shown,
in our yard, two cars loaded NJ Norfolk with
for five different roads. IL General
Was rs mnch Of a business man rs
he would have the community believe, there
would be no reason for bis asking me " IL It
ia 80" that cars cannot be properly loaded at
II is a plain, simple business pro
cesk, aud no trouble about it, " the General
only wished il SO done, and would look more
into that matter aud less a.er outside things.
1t is so plain that any school-boJ could COM
it at once, But The truth is, it is so
much easier 10 tumble the goods into \ car
thAa 10 load them systematically,
that the parties At Norfolk, under General
GirecIion prefer and make use Of
the easier way.
The General, in his description OF way
bills that accompany tue goods, and the
manner IN which goods should be loaded,
that he understands very well how
these cars should be loaded but when be
the impression that they are 80 loaded,
and that NOT one in ten are loaded with
goods, so but what they could PAss
Knoxville without transfer. This
statement shows that the General pays so lit
lie attention To the business on his part Of tks
hive that he is entirely unfamiliar With the
manner in which the work under his man
is done.
You viii recolleet, in connection wish this
OF transfer ut Knoxville, that Ibe b.
4 Ga. Road branches at Cleveland, and a
proportion Of cars are loaded AZ Nor
folk, or have been uutil recently, with goods
for points on the line Of all the roads above
The absolute necessity for
nj this point for all such goods, will
be obvlons to the resder. Tbus much in Az
swsr to GsR. Aahone's article referred to N
the eonnbeBSsnent Of this.
DO s1haasibag this subject, IS I hope ! have
done, } must refer to a letter Of Gen. Malone,
which I haze seen, written 20 W. j.. Ross,
Superintendent Memphis and Charleston
Railread august Is, 1s6s, 10 which aller dis
npon the good management Of tue
Virginia pat Of The Air Line, and the poor
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