Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-23
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.bn renort of 4 committee which had been Sc.
Iactsd bv the President Of the o., A, Il M.
com1anv for their superior qualifications, to
investigate me charges against the managers
ot his rad for discriminating against tue ttaoe
and prosperity Of Alexandra, as Ieporecd 70
the Corn Exchange, by a commute appointed
to investigate the subject.
Also, is found an explanatory note from lne
President, in which is stated the repoit Is pun
i;shaj fnr n, information of the public and in
justification Of the management oil the company,
onl c., are told that several changes were
NAL. in tie composition OF the IL. II. COIN
,n;.tc,, ;ls,, tod that but two OF the nine gen
,Lsmeu originally selected tor their rale qua!lh
][,,;ons and REPRESENTATIVE character were pres.
or, that substitutes we're found tor two Others.
and various reasons given why some others did
not serve, but we discovered none Tor the gen.
tleman who had previously signed Ii petition
to the Beard OF Public Works tor redr. IS from
the determinations which we're being practlced
against this oily by the management OF the
Orange road. Nor any for the gentleman who
stated TO several members OF the Corn TX
change that if he served, he would insist upon
Il representation Of their association being pres
cnt at the investigation.
Vhouph the committee embraced but two ol
those originally named, it was constituted by
gentlemen CT as high character ns could have
been found in The Commonwealth, but that
they were not Of a representative character VIII
be determined by an intelligent public, when 1t
il found that one was from Orange, one from
Rockingham. three from Lynch6Wg-a city
road to DanvilIc and the other a gentleman
Of this city who retired from active business
MANY wears since, and who has part OF his cap
ital now invested in his sons business lnBdLt'
more, in connection with a Lynch6u'0 merchant.
WHY the three vacancies were not filled, OF
7chv the merchants Of this city aoere not repre-
scufeI, has not been stated. Was it because
none could be found, who were free from pre-
iudicc or bias, or did not possess sufficient IN
;elliperce, experience or patriotism
Was it feared that they would have been
willing, and insisted upon d~cvoting more than
q fev hours to the investigation OF q subject
that would require aceehS to properly compra
beod,o or was il feared that they might open the
eyes OF the other members OF the committee to
the fac. that Alexandria's interest and trade
had been and is still injured by the policy Of
the managers EhO cannot get dScore' M'>
qlarlng fact.
Neither have we been informed why the
invitation extended by the Corn Lxenange
Committee, to the President OF the Orange
company to be present at ttielr investigation,
was not rcciprocated. / will state on behalf Of
the members of that committee, il they had
hsen expected 10 decide and report against
the managers Of the road without giving them
ample opportunity 10 vlndicatc themselves,
thev would have declined SERVING.
An intelligent public will decide which OF The
TWO committees having this Dissemination
! question under Investigation, was most tree
from p,ciudicc or bias, Mat uiM three Of it:
six members from Eyuch5urg, and none
represeatiug the merchants o! this city, or that
which wcnt into the examination With Il strong
| desire 20 DC able II v;naIcate the management
| OF tha ROAD.
And also decide which Of these committees
was most likely TO arrive at a jus! and proper
capciusiou. that which devoted some two
weeks to the Investigation, and sought It's IN
formation from both sides, or the one that de-
yotcd but Il H." h0urs 10 the subject, and only
acted Oh suca information as the managers
might sci t,eiurc thcm-Which, [ have been
informed hg orc al the committee, vas the
case.
I vii! proceed to show the result Of the in
vestiga,ions uI this RaiIroad Committee, and
commune with that OF the Corn Exchange
! Committees. The railroad committee says
I'VE find that the tariff Of rates applying to
this road pria: to the first OF December, 1869,
was altered aHau; tina: lime, and that since
then .AlcXaniT;a ii treated a Il ternltnd( pant,
and ba5 all the advantages c! the through Gas
slic2tlOD.
The Corn EScafngt C)mmittc" IUunu mat
,ha tariff of rates - shown by the loca! and
thro,yh classification sheets did discriminate
| a~sains; Alexandria liz favor Of Baltimore OH
crrry article al Importance 10 orr trdde; they
found that orders had been given to the agents
carly in December 10 use the through claSsiil'
catiui. SHE. na transportation between this
CIV aru i.yuchuurg, tut Is NJ PuOhc n0ttce
had tc.i! given to the merchants CT Alexandria,
the order practically was OF 30 advantage 10
th;.in. the discriminating rates nxdcted before
he i u nacemhcr having rednGei lie
trade between the two cities to ! degree that
required hut lew bills to bo made by the agclts.
who Only knew Of the change. Our merchants
were lett 10 be guided IT, the local tariff md
classification sheet until the meeting OF he
Corn Exchangu committee, late IN February.
When many of them were asked by the em
mittcu il they hal received an official notit'a
:ion OF :. change in the classification ana rate
o! freight between Alexandria and Lyn:h'
burg, they all replied i'll The negatlV.-
zone had ever seen any other list OF cIasSlfrs
ton except that furnished the lst OF June,
lSG9-,l,us was proven that Alexandria It'd
uOt get llln aUpGEldSCS ~ II thicNSA HH'u
cation, or oi its being treated as Il terminal
point.
The railroad committee says what was he
effect OF The tariff prior to the one under which
the read is now working, ne arc not Gated
upoA to consider, but we arc informed by tie
officers Of your company that in their opinDn
it til not ,njure the prosperity or trade IF
-4lcraNdru.'
Well might the Lynchburg delegate ny
that il was t "smUt trick" in tho Managers
moi 10 bring the tariff prior to lst OF December
before the committee for consideration.
r. the members of the committee did net
have the tariff sheet previous to tho lst IF
December before them, [ would like to know
wha. tariff sheet O! the O., \. NJ. company
they had, wheu they made the comparison
with those of other roads. for local transporter
ton, which is so elaboratsIy and mlnutely given
in the table published aspart OF their report.
Was i: the one by which they lind no dIscriml'
nation existing against Alexandria; II so, where