Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-02-17
a. A. a. MI. II. IL

he what seemed to De q semi. official statement
ri the operations Of that road lor the last pre-
ceding year, published few days before ne
facts and figures embodied in ny said commu-
nicntion were then, rs well az now believed To
bo ncontestaby true, showing, beyond Iouht,
that the present managers oil that ROAD had Daoh
very unfairly discriminating IN their tarIh o.
cEsrges against The city OF Alexnnd!ls' Al,
the minds of the people Of this community, IL
u;as treated with cold and silent indifference hy
the off Gals of tho road, until within the iHsL
fcw days, when it was deemed necessary ny
Signature in card addressed 10 and published
| IN The Richmond Dispatch TO deny tho charge
made bv another) that the o., a. s NJ; Is H.
| 10 made Determinations III Its charges OF lfan+-
porta,ion against tho city Of AIoShndrIh IN -
| pnr Of Baltimore" lie further says az Inns
statement is withou! foundation IN Inct, ask
ss nm net Of justice TO the AUTHORITIES 81 Inc
| company, to make al Official denial OIL It's cor
rectncss through your columns. There y not
pound Of tonnage transported over the 80, -
| II nj r r. and branches, to or from baltimore
| uhn,bor classified rs through or local lrc&hl
'non which tho rates Of charge are not higher
ian would be the Case if said transportation
started or stopped NJ Alexandra: !hero mas
| been u good deal OF misrepresentation III 'esH'u
! ~ IIo "1 yersp DETERMINATIONS OF Inc a., ~. ~
n K. k; but / challenge comparison OF us
taritI Of rates with other railroads in the Elat9
eno,grd in tho Lrals portatlon ol similar lreSh's
to Other terminal cities OF virginia.
| a(tor y careful road1g OF Mr.. harp0ur
| osrJ infer that he does not undertake. u uchS
tho alteration that for Il series vi years MS com
| ns1,v WAS discriminating in its charges OF IraI:
uortstion again 81 the city OF alexandra anu !"
favor of Baltimore, and thus continued W u.<
| nri,ninste until within u vocy recent period, |"
tho full extent and in tho manner as represent
ed in nv communication above referred To-
But il is rumored that some two or three months
ago this manifest ihJuslce 70 AieSnh"i,a "aS
| IL nptlu hal
tho road. and that they then directed their sub
ordinatcs qcrbaYy TO discontinue tho same
This runlor needed confirmation so Ii: as the
nuhlic WAS concerned until the appearance u
the card Of Mr.. Harbour. VINO now l,t"' ,r, u,
that there is not pound OF tonnage lrA'"-
| ~ ~, al over the y 4. 81 NJ Is. Il, and brni:chcS
- ~ from Baltimore, whether cn, sllcd IS
| through or local freight upon whicn lhe r"lcs
Of charge arn not nighor IMAM ""u'u -" t"t
if said trans yortation startod or stopped 1T -,
ny.ndriu." The inquiry &rlses, "h"ii WAS Urls
. cIsncn made? Rumor, rs before !ndlcnt' d. 'ays
within he last two or three months. uo"o'er'
this is indefinitely il is not the usual ana leea!.S
;ed mcdu Of living surll lhi"rihaIi!n ~
Tho uublc as il would seem they AFRO entilcl
TO- from tho net OF the General s'emoy 81
, Virpipia, entitled IAN act To provide iur W"
regulation of railroads and Gan ANA; "'tn.h W"
, SInI.. nnssrd March I'd, 1851" The hist section
Iharn,t reads ~ follows: BE it enacted ny lht
Gnnrrsl Assembly, That it shall be the duty "i
| each and uvury railroad and canal company m
his State to publish It's rates "i charge 'or
rroigbts and tolls and for the transportation 81
| ,ossrnpsrs and to cau.e the same To DC KEPT
| couspcuously posted up at ahch oil It's several
, | Luxin.ss stations OF Offices; and n" shch com
u.nv shall change alter such rates, except
and until altor ten days notice 81 such chslI@''
E mr. alteration, given in tho manner Ntnrasatd 1T
each Of ts business station* or Once, MiiI "
| publication in some newspaper phDi"h"d a.
| some point the limo OF snch railroad or 'a!l.''
l | where the sane can ia; i""c. '' 7'~"'" N
| 1867, pnge 725.
NV ask why ha sc MT the ;nan".tora Of the
roau complied with The requirements "l HE l"':
MY impTGG1iUns nre that Tho answer l" |" bc
I.iiuL in the fact hrrAllae Of the Violation 81 nj
| musL if not every, essential pr"Si.l"n al Sah
net by the cuIn.,aIy, it waa deemed M ~ :
q prudent not to direct public attant"n /" ii. ~
, However, in That prudential elliott II sll'h Was
their lntrntiun they are destined Ia be lhwarL
cd. Now, pcntlelncn, managers of tbs rnal,
IcL I,a coniur through tho medium 1T The puhl"
pfcss further, in order that a too r"nliIinE pco.
| l.ln may form proper estimate oil y"Ilr Low.
nrdsLp, looking to conllnnatl"h OF TuH ana
each Of you in yunr respective otiirlM ''"!th'ra
| usk III view of what has alrondy Incn aid
through the press Of the state in re'rli"n +
yuur nhruir. unjust and ilic;,s lrlp'':,lons IN
y the way Of chnrgo2 upon rri:slci "iii 'hlp"V,
erisheu ncurlc lust emerging from thr sad and
| cruel ,tIerls Of II iraticidAl war, how can you
iu.tily yn,trsayca for the nirar'i"ns II the
solemn law Of your iiista hal"re relnire'i to-
Let W. examine this law further tho second
| nal comrmEv i'm this state, ~ lis officer" al
agents shall transport, Contract 10 tran. i"t.
freight or passengers At greater or less Charge
, than is fixed hy such published l"rIh OF &i'rh
company; and II shall benhIa"l'l FOR ANY A'ch
company To ovale, or attempt il or&dh hy
drawback, or in any other lnnnner, The p!''ti!-
IONS ct this section"
| charge tnat tho g., a. s. NJ. K "a. have
been and arc now, violating the prov '>i"li3 al
this section o: the law, as will MbundsnLly ap-
| Inv no Of !
The Office Of the general freight agent OF the
company, and also by the receipts Of the otlcnIs
| Of the cumpaEy now III the hands OF l"d1VilhaiS
i'm this city, / charge further, ard chNIlhhge
successful contradiction. that this company
stands i'm manifest contempt 0t tho I'll &ect'"n"i
the act batoro referred to. This section com
mnnds that mo railroad or canal company ~
this state shnll, for transportation over the
same distance and in the same character CT
truins charge lake or receive Il higher rate i"T
freight siSned 10 or from any point within
this State than is charged, taken or received for
like ircig int consigned TO or from any point be
yond the limits Of the State. N0surh company
shall charge Il greater sum for the trans,port.'
ton Of freight over q part of It's line than il
charged for the transportation Of similar freight
oyer the whole Of the length OF its line and all
trans ported oyer tho entire length Of any rail
road Or canal within this State shall pay the
| same rate OF charge"
Now, in proof of this aiiegation solcc! scg
eral articles from thor local tariff sheet over
date June 1st last which believe is tho last one
! published, and compare the charges with the
same articles mentioned in their sheet classify
ing freight from Baltimore to the South "nd
| Southwest. Co6e., sugar md n.olsesns nrn
| classified rs 4.h class goods when sEipprd from
! Baltimore TO Lynchburg and is charged G3c
Dor l0) lbs. u distance Ct Ill miles; when the
Same articles are shipped from Alcxxndra TO
any intermediate point betwcen Alexandria
| and Lynchburg, or either Of iLs branches, they
\ "a n, nd f.b nod
| to Warrenton Il distance Of 80 miles, &c PEI
| 100 lbs t. Culpepor, distance Of e! miles, 25c
per lC0 lbs; to GGrdon5"iiIe,. II distance OF s.
miles, &c per leo lbs to Lovingston, n distance
| of III miles, doc per LEO lbs; to Amherst, dis |
lance Of l59 miles, 4tc per lOJ lbs, and to Har-
| risonburg Il distance Of 1873 miles 45c per 100
lbl. Upon III examination Of the two sheets |
| recnrroi -, it will be found that the dl:cr'lnI-
milton shown applies 20 many other arl'cl les ol
merchandise. agricultural implements and pro
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