The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-03-17
CONSOLIDATION.
PROMISES ,Ssa-RESILTS 1879.


thc Virginia and Tennessee railroads.
would nc bought, and the State would &c
relieved Immediately Of about S6.ooo,oo'
y! Indebtedness. It is now 1917.
Has this resulted?
They promised that the Virginia and Ken
tucEv railroai ri1 Cumberland gap should
lie rushed rapidly forward to completion.
Has this resulted
They PROMISED that tho volume 81 t'clght
nrl ;,aycl to the Virginia cities would De
)l~~clr increased. and that in two years
Goihln t,nnk wonli DC necessary to accom-
,nola G Inc trade aud travel.
Has this resulted
They promised that the rates OF 'relght
>lolsli hc largely reduced, and that unit
t,rn, rate yer ton rc. mile elIoul be cs;ab-
I-hc,l. ami TINT hMl. Of cotton. o. ton o:
.rr'.,lt slouli be carried ten lulles or two
Nnn,iyc4, miles ut the same rate per ton per
,,ile. and whether il was destined for a
Virginia city or n city beyond the limits of
hi, COMMONWEALTH il SLoa!d be trans
1r1c,: ~ the same rate per ton per mile.
Vas this resulted
hcv,romiscd that the chartered ohliga
TOMS q TIC Virginia and Tennessee rail
,osi Should &c conformcd to strictly, and
ranr2mcrts should be made at the eastern
rn! % that road against the James River
aa3 kanawha canal or any other improve
lcrnt connecting there.
Has this resulted
None Of these promises have been re-
deemed. ard none of these results have
:a,:on, !.
They base I.o, bought the States intc-
L. IL ,,,E
j la. u interest or principal, and their
indebtedness has been Increased not less
,han one million Of dul!ars.
The Virginia ANA Kentucky railroad has
?.alc 10 progress, and il further from
.fa,ucnc2!Hcnt now than then, because
tic ,cci.1c Of Kentucky, tired # windy
rcs1'Htirns and clnpty promises, have
,lircrtc their energies and capital to con-
no..:o3,, ut Knoxville and the mouth OF
II. Sandy. thcrc to connect with the great
tn"Sl.vaA., and Ohio railroad.
Itcr have never moved the FIRST spade
:rr II earth on thc New River route, and
fc,m - have. abandoned that purpose, and
:rc Now trying 10 diSr+racc the Chesapeake
..u3 Ohio ard 10 exclude them from the
vi!cy # tic James river - Il route for
ono nr TIC outlets 20 the cast.
Tie volume OF freight transported over
Tie Eir"iu;a and Tennessee railroad has net
iu<.cGsrd az compared with 1850 and 1851.
aud ;m,;c3l Of "siNtccn' freight trains
3,4ss- Il, over list ront! anal cigh; passenger
ua1gs r"y LAY, rs vas promised, the? dc
-. average two freight trains each way per
,iar. ;nu their passenger trains reduced
- 3u; cue, and tina, rarely filled. The trn-
vel h@s Greatly diminished because of the
,u,r'rr uf accidents and the tear Of death;
i4iu~v, - detention, III the minds of tic
ru5!g. Tie ycccsti!y for Il double track
has 10, &r;aen. lut the necessity that thc
sine tract. should !,c ken, iii good order il
wy trcat The Volume Of tonnage oT"r
TIC So".lsiic Nlti Norfolk AMI Petersburg
loads has been increased, because the tom
l",.a wl;ch formerly sought Richmond ac
:, market or N t,";!si'u Ivy the canal has
seen dsrc!tcl ia Norfolk 70 New York,
:H:..d.l liH. Boston, and Baltimore. re-
eul;urr IA 10 benctit tn Norfolk rn,i til,
state, hG. with much profit to the favored
few vi o own stock in Tie steamship con-
lanv.
Gcac.nl i..honc, in letter dated Rich
mo'd. September -, 1866, said:
. !;-tiat is, coEso!;6ation-iS to secure
/, ;hr cities Of our own Statc--LrEcEnurS
E:rhmonl, Petersburg, Alexandria: ana
Hallotn-anI 10 tic country along tiG
several routes connecting these centres Oh
trade thr s3t,s facilities and riorata az aTc
cXtruIri 10 ncr:ons and places beyond the
limits II tins Commonwealth. II meals
t'r.. these cities ai,nll receive and forward
trv!-.t:s ur.Gn tie >'u@" pro rata charges 81;
are c.trlv,y,i to foreign places and citizens.
:; ,u"auS that bale Of cotton may be cay
Iip,, t. ivnchiurg, Petersburg, Kichmond.
iy<aniiia, and Norfolk, upon the samt
,cr...~ icr tnil" ~ i, l. carried t" Baltimore.
!u4uI,rhi,. New York, or Boston. 1t dc
-..:t- to ,aoyilc lor Eli our people along the
lie u ta!ss combination uniform rates Tor
travel aul trci-!t- according to distance,
;;u. IL; by charges based upon an inyrrst
l&i."a. t. the same, which operates to tax
ouc : proximity to market for II" privilege
II rs !Oci;lrn.'
The conlen-c! ti"u:cs below, made VI
f-o!u tHc "ir-iinu' tariff, published hy
{. J.. Evans, general agent, New York
dated May lGI,. 1869, and the local tariffs
wl;iri. NC HOW in force On these roads. will
s.lOw ihat these promises have not hccl
luin.el, and the charges to our Eirgini;
cii,3 and Virginia people are twice or
ii:rr" times As much. and, i'll regard to SOM
localities, eight times as much as tn
changes 10 the New York aud Memphis an,
tnc persons ana places outside the State.
llom New York IL Memphis; III. charg
urou "u average car-load Of ;ght j. , Il
reH,, istr iQn per Giilc;
f:o,a New York 10 Knoxville, 81 l~
tn ;t"ln;'c:
From Ecw York to Bristol. 80 icr tyi
ier alr;
From New lo:i 10 I..Huclhur:, l,lG Pc
t@nrvr u,jlc;
F,om lirhuoip! 10 Eris,yl $50 per toI
l2r lul!c:
From Lynchburs to Bristol, C.5C Yer To-
Per mile;
from l.yichhugo to rores, depot, 1C.ii
Ic: ,on Yer mic.
!. is manitcs; from these figures tia
their promises have not been Complied with
unI that freight Is not moved 1T the salu
rate per ION per mile for TIE cities and PEG
PIC in the State a. It is for tie people },c
1cnl the limits 0! this Commonwealth.
lave the obligations OF the charter o
do Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Com
i.aiiy been regarded In answer to thi
.ic .Tulacs River and kanawha Canal vii
show t.ut they DO not receive one pound o
ltcigAt now where they received one tEou
sand bounds ia 1866. The Orange an,
Alexandria railroad arc refused Il through
schedule unless they will give the air-lin
u bonus OF not less than five dollars pc
loD.. y.
Lynch}trg, March II, 1870.
Combination Consolidated.
Ed;tgrS Of The Dispotch: