Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-23
x";FY NIeNIA GAZETTE AND NiRG MA OVER

In reply to this | Will auneA Il copy VI 'ic
General Freight Agents written statement TO
the Corn Exchange committee: I'VE have
no through arrangements with the N?GtA"e>'-
ern roads on freight from Alexanaris 80 thu
Sonthwest, Alexandria not being considered
hv orr connexions as a competing point:
At q second interview the General Freight
AGENT was asked, 'has your company ever en-.
desvorcd to have Alexandria placed Oh The
same footing rs Baltimore, Philadelphia and
New York, Tor points beyond the terminus
Of the Virginia and Tennessee railroad. tie
replicd, that she did moi believe that any effort
had ever been made to make Arrangements
about feights from Alexandria,. bu' the com
many did succeed Sept. u, 1869, iii making ar
engagements ~ which freight coming IFoM
PHILADELPHIA and New York, b. steamers, could
10 ioEcn through west ut Bristol 1T through
rates.
He further stated THAT an effort acoHhd t9
oo7r aqade TO have ireigh: from Alexandria
IN the future taken at through! rates I" !Ec
noints beyond the western terminus; 81 HE =.
x Tenn. road.
II arrangements have beei made Slice the
earn Exchange Committee had their inltrTIe"
with the General Freight Agent, Chen IN:
statement Of the Railroad 10 found
ed on facts, hu: it its affirmation was sE;H IL
the answer given to the Corn Eyahai3r III
mittec when this charge WAS flrat MAJ: %Ho"A
to the General Freight Agent, then the report
is delusive. and calculated 10 deceive al! '''''''
ligcnt public. :,
His first reply was, freight can BE- shipped
from Alexandria Ut through rates 10 points b.
vond Bristol, tho committee then stated thai It
had been informed that 9 merchant Of thl+ cjlE
had offered freight for Memphis, aud Vas to:d
bv the AGENT Of the o., A. 4 n. Company,
that it could not be takeu at through rates: lie
then made arrangements to ship 1t to Dii,i'
more aud forward it back from the" over the
O., A. & II. road at through rates, but ':eiorc
concentrating this, he went again IN the Agent
Of the Orange Company, to see It they would
not take it, and remarked that it WIS strange
that an alexandria merchant shonhi be com
peNed 10 send has freight to Baltimore 10 :.2vt
it taken to Memphis on az good terms - Oh"
Baltimore merchants could over eur road: tins
rather opencd the eyes Of the railroad .ia:IagerS'
to the fact that such a Discrimination would
not be quietly submitted to, and t. : thea
agreed to take the freight and :mu@g:c Il on
the Baltimore manifest. $50 =,
The General Freight Agent then qualified
his first reply by stating that freight nd been
taken at through rates Tor so.nc .! our mer'
chants by the o., \. f. NJ. Company practising
this deception, (his own cxpress'on) On Ike
road west of Lynchburg, which would ~, i2
~cogniZe Alexandria as competing POINT. II
now appears. hosever, by Gan. Mai'o"e :
letter, that his road has been anxious TO rcc1E
niZe AleXanGria as Il eomratla! l'j'Ht' A'c ~
CO operate 10 building up this city.
The Railroad Committee tells yail ihat Alex
andria has reaped the lions share o, the I,ca'
tonnage, and the President says: "Let Alex
AN iri. take such trade AZ iI"r merchants i:a'r
canacity to haudis. and IL; the rest pass ." |"
| other citieS.' ,
Are Alexandria merchants willing - accord
such a prerogative even to- railroad fTcalicnt,
that would allow him to prescribe shat h@.i-
ness they shall conduct, Or Limits 10 Their c:r4,
city; 10 not their aspirations ard hopes ie*"
them to desire to see tic fEaic 81 oar cHy
extended beyond !iandlin; i t@$ titouS
and bushels of grain and ter: @; T!g5;cT IN:
salt? Have they become 10 ,esruai!nS =, 10
! give up Il! hope Of ever :cl!:S TIC i0I,i2n
commerce formerly enjoyed. restored, .ut olr
wharvcs crowded with shipping?
have also seen i CON parativc statement
cmnnatiug with the managers &! the o., -. 4
NJ. Railroad for the purpose OF silowl"g now
much more trade Alexandria enj 'yc' iloin
their road than Norfolk dli iftfii -"
Norfolk ami Petersburg Road tog tia war
ending September 30tb, 1863. it. SHOWS that
about Of the tonnage taken to NorEo:E atuD.
cd there, was sent to Baltimore, PhillieiDhIa,
NEW j Olh Gtlu lifSlP ~ 'N4' ''S'' $500
was from Norfolk: and II I2th from rGo above
named places.
Bales Of cotton received ut Noriu'k i95IG.
Shipped to Bait, Philadelphia, Nc3 .IG. 1913.
York and Liverpool -
Leaving ST Norfolk ]%23 bales.
would have you 10 ask Of these managers
Of the g., A. & Nj. Road wln got up this
statement, how was The IS. 1913 bales III cotton
and the s;h OIL other tonrasc taken :" haIil
more, Philadelphia, New York anl L!V>rpoJi.
Was it rwn through the STREETS Of Norfolk IN
cars to points beyond, or was 1t not st'pDm at
! Norfolk aud rom thcEca shipped "a the vart
! Gus cities named.
Also. il the ll.l2ti. o! the tonnap: taken
| from Norfolk over the Petersburg Road was
brought through the streets OF that city in
| cars, or was it not brought by vessels - thai
port.
DID pot every ton If lIat freight pass
| througi :hc hands Of the merchants. rart
men and Iabnrers Of Norfolk, and did not tie
large feet OF shipping drawn 20 that port b.
this freight, help TO build III: the commerce
and trade OF that CITY.
For what did Alexandria cxpcnd >, mucI!
money and trouble to secure L part OF the coal
trade. Was il not to induce shipping to orr port
which wouli help to Increase ti!" prosperity
and trade OF this city.
Inc statement SHOWS tilaL aDuul : ~ thc
tonnage OF the o., \. 4 NJ. Road MAS carried
| through the streets Of this city IN cars 10 baiii.
more and other points, 1cth0nt Tearing on.
cent with our merchants, cartmen ana taco:
ers, the oGhcr 2rd was drawn here by The Sc
tivity and c~nterpisr OF our merchants, and not
through any !avo: toward this city on the part
OF the managers OF the O, a. Il ". tompauJ,
who cannot get discornr how Il tariff sheet which
charged more tor transporting nearly VERY
article embraced therein, between this cliy
Iand Lynchburg than between Baltimore cad
Aynchburg. could effect the rcad20r prosperity
OF alexandra.
Tie Railroad Committee say: We are
i~nforeed by the President and other officers,
that tire has never existed any arrangements
direct c. indirect by which this road carried
freight liLconnextiou with any line ii steamers
from BALTIMORE"
The Cor, EychanyI f~t1mmi;rcr had Iyi