Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-11-19

snlIpcu from DaltNlllc W Dr's'uH We
answer jhst exactly s27 90 per car
Dad, AZ d why noiY-205 miles against
10. Again, why is the charge upon
car loud Of coal frcm Bristolto Abipg
don 5000, when from Knoxville to
Bristol it is only sI3? We answer, be-
cause the charge from Ly 1ebhurg for
, like distance is 1900 and from Knox
willie for ten miles s9 But il is doubt.
less in obedience to the desire of the
" Virginian" to discr inmate iu favo
o f home productions. To give cheape
oal argument la ViIginiau) would |
ruin the God trade in and about Abing-
don. Again, $50 miles is greater
distance than Is. We can tell the "Vir-
giniau that the stock holders can not
enquire into tao matter, for the simple
reason that the stockholders of the Va
& Tenn. RAILROAD have no jurisdiction
in matters pertaining to the East Tenn,
& Va. Railroad. 80,
The "Virginiau" says goods IN tran,
stu from Ntmpbi. TO New York are
charged 2 ceLts and fraction per ton
per mile while Virginians pay near GO
cents Per ton per mile. According to the
"Virginiau's" theory Memphis should
be charged 81 ccnle which would drive
of all through freight, or Virsiniaus
should be charged only . cents, which
would bankrupt the road and leave the
'sVirginian' 10 bring It's paper from
Baltimore by wagons.
We ask the 'Yirginiau' to tell US
bow much the revenue of the road
wonli fall short Of ITS absolute expenses
if the tariff was laid az two cents per
ton? The opinion and experience Of
everg railroad man in Europe aud Amer
ica is given in favor Of the through
freight system, and for the Abingdon
"Virginian" to contend for the contrary
against united world is rather ludi'
/ crous.
The oue,eycd Arithmetic man sits at
Abingdon, high upon the slopes of the
Alleghanies, and "works his sums
complies his tables and glories in the
beautiful scenes at his feet. A long
line of railroad stretches out before him,
his one eye, his MUD, his soul, his
Arithmetic, his tables bear on the one
line; he sees the freights of the East
and the West compelled to pass over
the line, and he begins to make his
tariff and when it is finished he finds
the freight does not come. He wonders
why, and when he looks to the North
he finds a road Of which be knew
nothing. There's the secret. The
freights have gone by an other road.
So the FIginidn seems to think that
4 there is no other road than the one that
passes by his Office. But as shippers
from the South and West are not at all
dependent upon the Virginia aud Ten
nessee Railroad, the road must transport
then, their freight at as low a rate as
can be had elsewhere or not get then
freight at all.
The Virginiun defended Owen, who
exhausted the road, who wore out tbs
stock, and ruined its credit, who
granted monopolies and laid high dis
criminnt;ng tariffs aud now when Ma
Zone has built up the road, aud restored
. IT'S credit, when its hands are paid anC
. the line crowded with freight when thu
, country is prosperous and the people
rejoicing that they have the loves
0 rates known, when those rates are beiDl
S reduced every day and when rhere j
q no prospect Of accomplishing any thing
it tries to weaken the management and
stir up prejudice; stabs its uthoritie
: upon every occasion and goes througl
I the country bawling beef beef beef
r l, may occur to the Virginian tina
n ir conducting the through business no
;. a single additional general Office is re
!. quired, no more capital to be invested
in the road way aud not single inter
y mediate agency or local depot, merely
b agent at each eud. Again there is N
G loading or unloading of cars, no storeag
A and very slight loss from breakage
!, These all run up the local rates.
TIE "Virginian's" figures are wrong
1t is constantly parading 6i when I'll
D average local rate is about Al cents pc
s ton per mile. This is a serious error 60
the Arithmetic man. The througI
passengonger is 3! cents per mile Will
the local travel averages 1867 per mile
The "Virginian" wants the Legisla
;, ture to interfere. The Legislature Q
e 1S66-67 did make law specific upo
q this subject page 905 chapter l04 @
c the acts of F966-67 which the Rail
road company is authorized to hau
}, through passengers and freights at lowe
: rates than local passengers aud freigts.
IS The s'yirgiuian" speaks of snla
. reduction on local freights which VIC ar
glad to have drummed iDto him. Blu
we have shown that there was yer
?, great reduction. BY the tariff whic
= went into effect on the l0,h of thi
!. mouth there is reduction of 20 pc
cont. on coal and crude ores. Th
charge on salt for the private citizen b
Is .bo tariff Of 1866 for a distance of 6
IS miles was 1915 and by the present It
i only 50 40; on ground plaster 100 mile
f was 81 90, il is now only $3.50; and fc
the whole length of the road it was s5.l
> il is now So 90. By the tariff of 1860