The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-10-21

FRIDAY. .........,.,o OCTOBER ii. 1870.


d FRIDAY. .........,.. OCTOBER 81. 1870
Report of tho Gansnasstee ON InIaat
Trade.
The following is the report OF the above
committee made at the last meeting Of thu
Chamber Of Commerce:
RtCnMoNp, 1st October, 1870
M: DanSd j. Burr, President Chamber %
Commerce:
Sir,--i'he Committee upon Inland Trade
heg teare TO submit the following imperfec,
report nponth interior trade of Richmond
various causes conspiring to prevent ful
aud complete report:
ISL. Ire extension Of the line Of the Che
sapesEe and Ohio railway. and Ats pros,
peetlye completion TO the Ohio river has
ALREADY gwen healthy Impetus to business
with our remote western counties and fhosf
Of West Virginia contiguous. The increase
Of business IN this direction Is. however. 90
vct but slight indication of the vast trade
that must shortly seek an outlet or marke;
at Richmond. The freight tariff unon this
road has been considerably reduced within
the past year, ana win compare farorabiy
with that of any other purely local road Il,
the South. Within Short time INST mr..
engagements have been perfected to trans.
port freights through, without change q,
ears, tn Alexandria, Baltimore. Philsdal.
phia, New York, Wheeling, Cincinnati.
aud Chicago. giving through bills at yery
reduced rates. This arrangement must
ycsnlt in eflecting direct business conne,.
ions with the great markets Of the West
our merchants. We hope soon to see cars
arriving daily from the West with produce
in exchange tor our own shipped direct to
those points
ID. The very liberal appropriation made
ly !hc city, together with that by the
United States Congress, for the improve
ru2nt OF James river at tidewater. gives us
every assurance that we shall have not less
than fifteen teet Of water at our wharyes in
time IL meet the wants of the Chesapeake
and Ohio railway. The work is in the
hands Of active, energetic parties, and will
be pushed rapidly to completion. If this
work succeeds, we can safely predict a
bright future for Richmond. 1t must sue
ceed al any cost.
Trade in December last, enGorsingthc James
River and kanawha canal, has awakened
rul.ic attention TO its merits rs thorough
re Of such vast practical Importance tn
me country 1T large, that Congress, at its
-. session, made an appropriation for its
survey. with the view Of its completion as
:, national highway from east to west. IF
ini> scheme shall be carried out, we can see
=, reason why the same results should not
10 attained as in the case of the great Erie
,gra! Of New York. In its present incom-
,l-fa state its value to our city is ineStima-
... ;hou.h it has never been appreciated.
Ne are glad here TO add that the reports of
rgr great destruction along the line Of this
varE by the recent unprecedented flood
have been greatly exaggerated; it is con-
at~utly stated that 1t will be opened in
..y.v days for traffic throughout ITS length.
In the meantime our city feels its loss more
hear!iv than it would or could suffer from
ery particular railway stoppage for the
.lIne time.
th. The Richmond and Danville railway
urpetrateS vast extent of interior whose
,-4tt naturally belongs to Richmond. This
,rs.,c might be greatly increased, in our
a,iuioH. were the freight tariff of the road
sinh rs TO foster and encourage it. When
he construction Of the road through North |
carolina and Georgia is completed and so |
controlled as to work tremendously and !
anon q system OF through treightS at re- |
G!ced rates. we may expect very large |
EDITION TO the trade of our city in that di- |
--ation. st present we believe the local |
lies upon this road might be decreased to |
he advantage OF Richmond and the COM
ANY. and in proof of this position we are |
formed that produce is hauledtrom Char
ute county 10 FarmTille and thence to
richmond. in preference to taking the |
.ilwav at the depots within the borders of |
hat county. The connection with the |
hen this great through southern line shall |
.e completed. At present the York River |
ne is our main channel OF communication
it'll Baltimore for rrcishts -
5th. We congratulate the Board upon the
creased facilities afforded the trade OF tDe
southwestern portion OF the state OF len
Dtssee by the consolidated airline under
he able management OF Genera Mahohs.
Ths rates Of freight TO those sections oelng
'na same per ton per mile as from any other |
rrints of shipment, places our city upon |
oa Game footing as all other competltors
fo~ his valuable trade. This fact. together |
vim the universal good feeling and desire |
Ia do business with our city, evinced by
the people OF Southwestern Virginia ana
Tennessee, leads Il; TO hope that very soon
,ni> trade, which so legitimately belongs 20
our cite. will be no longer estransed: we
nave the best evidence that the quantity OF
nrodnce sent here for sale, and OF merchan-
disc returned, has been very largely In-
creased in the past year. The great opJect
"a he Gained on all our roads IS that the
>,mp rate Der ton per mile shall be charged
,.' tounaoi. To and from Richmond as to ana
fr1m the most favored OF the large cites
ont,i(ie Of the state. We nave hearu va lou,
rompIsnts against both the airline ano
panyjlle lines in this respect, but IN inc
absence of proofs we presume them 10 %
unfounded. ta7-ss ,y,.,c+.o,,.
9Th, The Virginia and New York Steam
shin Company. established by the citlzens
Of Virginia and North Carolina, nave II
course Of construction in our city an iron ,ea
sframship as one Of their line to run pc
,ween this city and New York. rms :, hne,
connosed of frst-class ships owned In IN , our
mjst. will greatly aid in reducing .ne ,5 pst-
-nt freight charges, which. for year; p .rs
~; ~ I'm me G. b. Upton, has already mace
lat trip. with good results. o,
sing ne past year. there mas 5ee ma
An Improvement in the trade dean, anu
III a1aetnres Of the city. with talens,
~, and capital well directed, we Illus, MtasI
IKE our place among the n,a ,,at;no
siss and commercial cities, colnpetl ,itS
IfaFnmrly. for lucrative trade, ana Win
IIerw assurance of success.
respectfully, p.norr, chin
Dag JuRa1cANR ON THE LAKEs.-Osege.-
,aa5 az 19.-The storm on Monday nlgnI
E+andI fl,a fJ1li length OF the lakes, anu