Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-10-20
The Railroads and the Fairs.


The Railroads and the Fairs.
We publish the following circular c
General Malone, making known tn
liberal terms on which he proposes t
transport persons and articles to an.
from the Agricultural Fairs, for tn
benefit of the public:
OFFICE N. & p, s. S., AND V. e II. !
COMPANIES, !
Lynchburg, Oct. 8, 1860
Circular No. 8.
The following rules and regulation.
will be observed by the proper agent.
of the three Roads in respect to the
transportation of persons visiting any o
the Agricultural Fairs to be held in this
State, during the calendar year, and in
respect to the transportation of all arti
cles intended for exhibition at such
Fairs that is to say
|. Life members will be passed free
OF charge, going andereturn;ng, to any
OF the annual exhibitions of such Socie.
ties, upon presentation to the conductor
of any train of either OF the three
Roads, proper certificate of such mem
bership.
III. Visitors to such Fairs will be
granted tickets over either the three
Roads, at full rates, stamped "good to
return ! such return tickets, however,
must be accompanied by the usual GER
tlfcates OF attendance from the Secre-
tary of such Fairs, as the case NAV be.
Hi. All articles for exhibition at any
OF such Fairs will be charged tho regu.
lar tariff rates over either of the three
Roads, by the agent at whose station the
same shall be shipped, such agent turns
lshing the shipper with an itemized bill
of the articles forwarded, and the
amount of charge levied upon each arti.
Gle composing the shipment, the aggre.
gate amount of which must be in all
cases prepaid, and such itemized bill &C
cordingly receipted.
", All articles which Shall have
been transported under the terms of |
section Ill, of this circular, shall be en-
titled to free transportation over either
OF tho three Roads on which the same
may have been carried to any such J
FAIRS, upon representation to the agent
OF the station from which the SINE shall
have been forwarded, on their return
homewards Thereof Of the aloremen-
toned bill of items and receipt granted I
by the agent, making such shipments,
for either of such Fairs, the same cert,
he'd on the back by the proper officer of
the Fair for which such articles were
intended for exhibition, that they had
been duly exhibited at such Fair pro-
Vlded, in all cases, that the wnelship
OF such articles shall remain the same,
and that the return destination of the Il
anne shall be for the station from
whence they were first forwarded ard <
IN all cases of articles SO forwarded, so
certified by the nroner officer of the Fair
at which they were intended to be ex-
hibited, and so forwarded to the station
from whence they were in the first in
stance shipped, the agent Of such ship
ping station shall, upon the delivery of
the bill and receipt granted by him,
duly certified as herein provided, re-
fund the charges made upon all such |
articles so returned, provided that the
demand for the return of such freight
charges shall be made at the time such
articles are received at his station for
delivery.
" That the acceptance of such faci-
lities upon the part of any shipper stand
as upon account of articles forwarded
over either of the three roads, as with
his consent, bar and acquittance
against any claim for loss or injury
which may occur to the same.
vi. Attendants upon stock will be
allowed to accompany the same, free of
charge, going and returning.
VII. The privileges herein granted
will be operative for a period beginning
three days before the commencement OF
any of such Fairs, and terminating five
days after the close of the same, except
in such cases where one Fair follows |
another, then the expiration of the
period for which such facilities are ex-
tended will be made with reference to
the close of the last Fair.
WILLIAM MALONE, President.