The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-02-22
The Southwestern Trade.

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Richmond public the following satisfactory
letter from General MALONE to an enter.
prising citizen Of Richmond relative to the
regulations and tariffs of the Southside
consolidated line and the Richmond and
Danville railroad. The regulations de-
scribed by General MALONE are fair and
equitable, and the work of transportation
done on such terms can leave no room for
complaint here. If Richmond is placed
on a footing of equality-her freights
having the same facilities as to shipment
and expedition-and being assessed with
the pro rata tariffs applied to all through
freights, whether originating in or out of
the State, that is all we can expect-it is
all we should ask.
The appearance Of this letter should
arouse our business men from the lethargy
which the former determinations, so dis
advantageous to them, have brought upon
them. We are sure that little effort will
enable them to at least pave the way
for the renewal of commercial inter-
course with section of country with
which, owing to the consequences of the
war and the determinations aforesaid, they
have not had much to do for two years
past. The mills of this city ought to grind
all the surplus wheat Of the Southside and
Southwest Virginia, as we'll as the surplus
of Western North Carolina and East Ten
nessee; and, with these liberal regulations
of the railroads, we suppose the surplus
from all these sections may be readily
brought to Richmond.
We invite the attention of business men
to General MS letter, which follows:
PETERSBURG, VA, February 20, 1868.
dear Colonel,-I am greatly obliged for
your favor of the 18th instant; and in reply to
the single inquiry You make, 'Can wheat be
brought to Richmond from points beyond
Lynchburg and beyond Bristol without break
ing bulk, and at what rates, " beg leave to say,
that not only wheat, but any other manner
Of material or thing, can be brought from any
station OH the line of our Virginia and Ten
nessee railroad, or from the line of the East
Tennessee and Virginia railroad, or from the
line of East Tennessee and Georgia railroad,
or from the line of the Memphis and Charles
ton railroad, continuously and direct, In the
same cars, without break of bulk anywhere,
TO Richmond-and, further, any manner OF
material or thing may be shipped from Rich
mond TO any station on the line of roads afore-
said in the same cars, without break OF bulk !;
and all ut prescribed rates.
"Besides, we have not only arranged for the
shipment of freights TO and from Richmond
In the same cars, without break OF bulk,
but we have made arrangements for the
Issuing of through bills for freights
shipped either to or from Richmond
not only guaranteeing delivery, but the
rate at which the same is shipped. A copy
of these rates has been given to our Rich
mond and Danville railroad, and full autho
rity conferred upon them to operate under the
same.
We are constantly now shipping freights,
although in broken guam tities, from the line
of our Virginia and Tennessee railroad direct,
in the same car, to Richmond and do not
mean that any effort shall be spared to gain
for that, as well as the .Southside cities, the
trade Of that section.
II will send you q copy of these rates as
soon as l return to Lynchburg. At the same
time will remark that they are already in
the possession of the authorities Of the Rich
mond and Danv Railroad Company.
The millers Of Richmond shall have every
desirable facility for obtaining the wheat of
the Southwest, and Of Tennessee and Georgia,
they can rightfully enjoy.
Wheat is still being shipped from that
section now, and our rates are upon pro rata
Of these to New York.
If our citizens Of Richmond, Petersburg,
and Norfolk, could only go along the line OF
our Virginia and Tennessee railroad, and see
with whom the immense trade of that section
Is done, think they would awaken, and that,
too, quickly, to energetic action.
Respectfully,
WILLIAM MALONE, President"
In carrying out the policy set forth in
the above letter from General MALONE.
and as arranged with the President Of the
Darville Railroad Company, this company
has published notice, and instituted o
special agency in this city to advise the
business community of the facilities thus
offered to the trade between Richmond
and the Southwest. We are assured, on
the very best authority, that every effort
is being made in the cooperation of the
two companies to protect the interests of
Southside Virginia and Richmond.
This Is the most agreeable and encou-
raging information which We have for long
time laid before our readers, If the gen.