The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-10-28

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mile out of the way, that a farmer may save a
few pannes of fencing, or embrace an addi'
tional field in his enclosure. 2a
Let us then have the Barterbrook road
Let US locate it on the best route, and make It
in good style, and we feel certain that when it
is flushed, all will be pleased, and wonder
why it was not done before. r.
TFrom the New York Times, Oct. 22d.
An Important Decislon-s.A Railroad Com.
pany Heavily Mulcted. e+3
By an act Of the Legislature, passed March
9th, 1867, section II, in relation t6sextor
tionate charges BY railroad companies, it was
! provided in relation to the HUDSON River
railroad company that il should be entitled
to charge passengers at the rate of two and
one half cents per mile for the distance ;,rav-
elci thereon during the mouths i December,
January, February and March, and tvo
cents per mile drling the other months Of
the year, OIL So for the through trip. By
the same act it was provided that all, sums
charged to passengers above this rate should
be recoverable back from the company. in an
action at law therefor, together with fine Of
$50 for each separate instance in which such
overcharge is made. On. the 9th of May,
1866 Philo johnson commenced an action in
the Superior court of this city against the
Hudson River Railroad Company, wherein
he alleged that. between that date and the
5th of May, 1864, he had made $40 trips on
the Hudson river railroad, between Spuyten
Duvvel Station and the depot of the road at
ITwenty-ninth street, in this city, distance,
he alleged, of less than ten miles, for which
they charged him at the rate of rs cents a
trip in summer and 80 cents in winter, that
sum being, as he alleged, in excess of the le-
gal rate, and therefore in violation Of the
statute. He further alleged in his complaint
that on each occasion of the excessive fare
being paid by him he formally protested
A against the right of the company to collect it,
and on one occasion, having refused to pay, he
was elected from the cars. His complaint
concluded with demand for Judgment for
i the amount so overpaid, together with the
amount of fine, $50 for each violation of the
statute. BY various legal appliances, the de-
fendant quietly, though persistently managed
to rctard the hearing of the case until June
"a, 1862 when, by an order of Judge Fl
THAN, the cause was referred to Hon. Charles
P. Kirkland to hear the testimony and report
to the court. After hearing Of four months
the referee rendered his report, certifying to
have found that the plaintiff had made 526
trips on the cars of the defendants line be-
tween the periods stated in the plaintiffs COM
plant ; that 1T of these trips were made du-
| Al. oh, tbo
tiff was charged at the rate of thirty cents
per trip, and $40 trips we're made during the
other months of the year, for which plaintiff
was charged at the rate of Is cents per trip,
the whole distance being fraction over ten
miles. He found from this that the entire
amount overcharged to plaintiff on the win
ter trips amounted to SO 81, and on the sum.
mer trips, 81 Al, making in all the sum Of
$500 overchargcd him during the year;
and that for each of these overcharges the
defendant was liable in fine of $50, to be
paid the plaintiff according to the statute
This report of the referee has now been con-
frmed by the court, and judgment entered up
in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of $685.
L.315.0l fines and oyercharges, S125 interest,
and $1.3S110 costs, making the entire
amount recovered BY plaintiff, s27 ,819.11.
IMPORTANT TO MANUFACTURES OF To-
BAcco.-The following has just been issued <:
! UNITED STATES init REVENUE, q
Sup'ts Office, DIT of Va. and West Va.
/ RICHMOND, VA, Oct. 21st, 1869.
The following extract, from letter receiv-
ed from the Treasury Department, is publish
ed for the benefit of tobacco manufacturers,
and those interested in the subject to which
the letter refers RI ..s IS ,s
* For these reasons I am compell-
ed to decide lea T;
| 1. That all refuse of fine cut chewing, or
what are techically known as clue cut shorts y
to be entitled to the 16 cents per pound tax,
must actually have passed through riddle of
SO meshes to the square inch. Is eeez
| 2. That the mixing of fine cut shorts with
other kind Of tobacco. whether chewing or
smoking, renders the tobacco SO mixed liable
to tax of 80 cents per pound. s,
3. That 'srefuse scraps or sweepings,"
whether resulting from the manufacture of
chewing tobacco or manufacture Of cigars,
to be entitled to the tax of Is cents per
pound must be put up and sold Substantially
in the ordinary condition in which they are
made If they are manufactured, the tobac-
co made therefrom, whether smoking or chew
ing, or capable Of being used for either pur-
pose, is liable to a YAK of 80 cents per pound.
4. That tobacco prepared by processes gen.
orally employed in the manufacture of chew
ing tobacco, using sweetening, licorice, or
sweetened materials, is liable to the tax Of
32 cents per pound, though claimed to be
swectened smoking tobacco. ,...a
Yours, respectfully.
(Slghed) G. DELANo,
Commissioner.
OTIS F. Presbrey, Esq, Supervisor, Rich
mond, Va -
Manufacturers will please govern them
selves accordingly;
OTIs F. PREsBREY,
Supervisor
SERIOUS AccIDENr-We learn that Col.
B. Ilarman, of the Rockbridge Alum Springs,
came near losing hisAlife on Tuesday night
under the Following circumstances He was
on board the Orange and Alexandra train,
and while it was crossing the bridge across
the river, Mr.. Harmap, in attempting to step
r .uy