Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-10-28

! from Virginia cities charging five cents per hun
dred pounds more than their regular rates on sm-
! lar freights from New York-by reference 10 page
! Z, proceedings Of convention held at Piedmont
House. 10th and lgh December, 1867, you viii find
resolution offered by yourself and adopted This
re oluton ccrtsinly, did not contemplate any allow
to other roads starting or delivering freights
If this FIVE cents per hundred pounds to roads start
ing freghts is persisted in, we will feel that
forced to charge regular local rates all such
freight after the 9Th day of August next.
Yours, truly,
THos. II. CALLAwAY, Pre- e-ident.
JoHE r. BBAEEER, President.
! To this letter Gen. Malone replies in one dated
| 23d August Just twelve days afterwards, which is
also too long TO be published in which ne refers as
TO his letter heretofore referred 10 written TO Col
| ones Tate Branner and myself and says that as 10
the positions taken BY him then, "they are un-
change I and unaterable" That you may the bet
ter under md the letter addteFsr by Branner and
myself TO Gen. Malone, llth Augus' where refer
e1ce is made to a r0-Olution Offered by General Ma
ho,e and adopted by the convention, l will here
| give it.
| On motion of VIM Malone, the following resolu-
tou was adopted:
Resolved, Thrat the same pro rata rates shall be
charged by this line pa engers and frcights from
| and 10 Richmond Petersburg, Norfolk and Lynch
burg as are obtained from passengers and freights
| from and to New York between the above cities
and points Wet and South.
Al TIE members Of the convention intended to
give Virginia cities the full advantage of this resO-
luton, and / never thought for once that any mem
| Der Of the line contemplated anything else. am
sure that [ should not have agreed to the passage
of this resolution if ! had thought that Gen. Ma
hone would have had the right To charge the ship
per from the citi Of his own State $500 per car
load for it certainly does not cost much to re-
ceive load and bill the goods it does to deliver
them and collect the freghs and how the people of
s7.-S lid q, not
| sgy If l understand the points made in the
Generals last letter to Mr.. Branner and myself it
is shis that he will charge Lhis five cents on all
goods starting from Virginia cities, and that we
have the right TO charge five cents on freghs that
we start from this end terminal expenses, which
means that we may land that he will permit it)
charge our farmers five cents per 100 fbs or eight
dollars per car load, on all corn and wheat, and
other articles going to Virginia cities This sort of
system do not intend to see inaugurated at this
end Of the line, and L do not think that it should
be permitted at the other end of the line.
The WHO, in It's article, says that he is glad to
see the inquiry as to Tennessee opposition to the Air
Line initiated by Tennessee papers. The article re-
/ ferred to by the WING is from the Greeneville Ma
| tioHGL Union the editor of which paper | do not
know, nor do l know what influences have been
brought TO bear to cause his attack this road.
| understand that he came from Bristol to Greene
| vile.
AS to the detention of goods at Knoxville thirty
six hours there no foundation for the charge, nor
| do they now or ever have remained at Knoxville
longer than twelve hours, the time allowed us to
transfer goods at this point uEdr Mr.. Fnks sched-
ule which has never been changed, or altered, or
broken bv any member of the line west of Bristol,
and this twelve hours would not re required II the
goods were properly loaded at Norfolk, and until
this is done transfer must be made here. The East
Tennessee and Georgia Railroad has the business of
the "Air Line as much at stake as any member OF
the line and hiss labored as earnestly for the ben
eft of the line as Gen. Malone and will do as much
to promote it now. Soon after Gen. Malone sue
ceeded to the management OF the Virginia ana len
| nessee Road, shipments of cotton going East COM
| menced and to enable him to make n show, the
East Tennessee and Georgia and East Tennessee
and Virginia Roads let him have two engines each
and all the cars they could possibly spare say from
ffty to eighty cars each, and the Memphis and
Charleston as we'll as the Nashville and Chattanoo-
ga Roads did the same thing as to cars. This does
not look like opposition had been given to the busi-
ness of the Air Line By Tennessee Roads.
From Lynchburg to Chattanooga and Dalton j:
| great Trunk line and has but one interest One
of the links cannot be affected without injurng the
balance of the line; and am ready now to ccnsol-
date these three Roads upon any fair basis and the
sooner IL is done the better for all parties interested
in either Of the Roads, and select some man who
has large and extended views sufficient to manag,
the business without being controlled by personal
or local interests and who say to all the feeders
corning in at Lynehburg, including the james Rive
Canal and also the feeders at Dalton and Chatta
nooga that equal and impartial justice shall b'
done to all. Any other policy should not be per
mitted and, while l have this view OF the case
would, in sl farmers, protect Norfolk TINS Pohcl
cannot affect Norfolk but would bring 70 the grea
trunk line a largo amount of light freights that w
do not get by the Norfolk line, and which are now
driven off to competing lines by and on account o
! the determinations that take place at Lynchburg
, and that legitmately belong to the trunk line,
| III, hat from NnEv
delivered at Bristol four and one-haif days tn
trains running on the slow schedule Of ten miles al
9 hour At Bristol the Virginia management cease
and the Tennessee management commences. IL
5 a fragmen.ary management OF course nav
not IL in nv power to know when the goods arrlv
Al Bristol but six days is the shortest time that an
freiehts arrive at Knoxville, most frequently te
and twelve days and in some instances longer. Bu
] ono shipment has ever come through IN less tha
six DAYS and that came by passenger tram and wa
calculated TO deceive che public, and this partlcua
shipment to Bristol may have come IN the sam
way.
Z In calling attention TO abuses and irregulartie
on the line YOU must give 70 Virginia her due prJ
9 portion Of the blame she is eatitled TO yer
G large share, rs you viii End by investigating th
! facts
With ALI the assistance rendered the Virginia en-
I of the line by the Tennessee Roads, referred I
: above, the cotton going east was blocked up d
I Knoxville from the eth day Of February until Oh
| lIth Of March, so that II had - be unloaded' an
, the depot platforms and yards were literally hlle
e during the whole tune. This was done with les
than an average Of thirty per day 1t Is propt
: here to say that t-e block here was occasioned b
the fact that the Virginia and Tennessee Road coul
not or did not take the freight from Bristol and dJ
; ring this time not bale of cotton or pound {
freight was suffered 70 accumulate at Dalton {
. Chattanooga. SO you Will see that fragmentar
! management in Tennesss is at least equal 10 u
! great consolidation management in Virginia.