Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-18
The McMiunyiIIe aud Manc ester
Railroad


To the Editors of the Union and American.
OFFICE OF THE McMINNvILLE AMI
MANCHESTER RAILROAD, MCMINNvLLE,
Dec. lG.-My attention has been called
to an article in your Issue of to-day,
headed "Insolence of Authority" which
/ think does Injustice to d. z. Daven-
port, the, Receiver OF this road, Mr..
Muzzy the Engineer, and myself II your
lustifiable authority had of taken the pains
TO have looked at facts and figures you
would have found that Mr.. Davenport
pays the same proportion per mile to this
road for the transportation of men and
material for the contract work on the
Southwestern railroad that he pays the
Nashville and Chattanooga railroad, all OF
which is very easy to be got St. As re-
CARDS the killing of stock, to Iefuis that
charge 1 will state that there has been but
two head of stock struck by the trains on
this road in a year. Mr.. Muzzy, the En-
gineer, is considered by everyone IS a very
careful, reliable mar, and II The writer of
the above ssteFEed 10 article will please
call to mind The numerous accidents to men
and trains caused by the running over OF
stock and then show me the place where
the pleasure of mans taking The chances
of getting his neck broken comes 10 /
should be pleased to see it. As for myself
/ have lingering regard for whole bones,
and too much respect for the insurance
companies in whicI said bones are insured
in, to take chances. As TO my incidence to
passengers, "as there has TO be q first time
to everything, | suppose it is my time to be
accused Of that ofense but in thirteen
years of train service do not remember Of
ever being accused before Of that ungentle-
manly fault, and if / have ever been guilty
Of that fault TO any of your patrons would
most respectfully in connection with this
publicly ask theiE pardon. As to the
charge relative to the shipment OF fifty
barrels of apples by Mr.. W. s. WhitimoD,
Jr,, will state that it is my business to
make out the freight bills for freight
shipped from local stations where we have
no regular agent. Now in your statement
you say that there was a regular authorized
agent at that station. | would respectfully
ask Mr.. w. if did not sign his bill of
lading myself. The company have no
regular agent at that station. There is a
gentleman there who attends 10 the de-
livery Of freights and has key to the car
that we use as depot at that place. This
gentleman had that day made out the bills
of lading for Mr.. WIS apples at Mr.. WIS
Gown estimate Of weights" 5000 pounds,
and brought the bills to me to sign them.
/ tolaMr. w. then and there that which he
knew before, that apples by the barrel are
shipped at estimate weight, but that | was
not positive whether that weight was $50
pounds TO the barrel, but that thought it
was. | changed the bill as stated to 5000
lbs, and told Mr.. w. then and there, that
whenI got to Tullahoma, if were mistaken
would correct; all of which, on my ar
rival at Tullahoma, did, and billed his
apples at $3.50 pounds, las per estimate
tariff and on my return that same day at
Manchester, l met Mr.. w. and notified
him personally of the charge, and of the
freights, instead of being, as your article
states, SAG, the freight on this road was
SIT so, as the bill book will show.
am very sorry to annoy you, or the
public, with this matter, but | think that
in simple justice to all parties, the article
referred to required some notice on my
part. ...
Begging pardon, il l have too long
lrespassed upon your time, | remain very
respectfully, J. G. TANNATT.