The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-02-18
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TRUTH.
R1cH'D, FRED'G AND PoT. r. r. Co..
{PREsIDEST's OFFICE,)

RICH D, ERED'G AND POT. Is. IL. Co., !
PRESIDENTS OFFIcE.)
RICHMOND, Va, February 17th, 1871. }
To the Legislature Of Virginia:
To notice and correct the numerous mis-
representations and false charges against
this company, which, like mushrooms, the
product Of each night, appear each day in
the newspapers, would overtask the most
viglant and industrious friend of Truth
and Justice.
But, when to these are added those which
:: are made not openly, aftording at least some
opportunity for their refutation, but Sc
cretly in private conversations, circulated
or instilled into the minds of members of
the Legislature, what possibility is left of
obtaining justice, if they are not listened
to at least with suspicion, but credulously
| adopted! ~.
! Among these last are the following state
ments, privately made, to several members
chow many cannot yet be known) of the
Legislature by persons in the interest of the
Richmond and Danyille Railroad Company
! Tor Of its present or future Pennsylvania
stockholders).
1t is so asserted by them:
1st. That the Richmond, Fredericksburg
; and Potomac Railroad Co. has constantly re-
fused to make any just arrangement for the
transportation of through passengers and
freights over the two roads, and has always
interposed every obstacle it could to such
transportation in the interests of the Sea-
board and Roanoke railroad.
I'd. That the Richmond, Fredericksburg
and Potomac Company has always SO ar
ranged the schedules for through travel as
to either break connection with the Rich
mond and Danville road or to detain its
passengers in Richmond.
I desire here distinctly to deny that there
is the slightest foundation in fact for either
of these assertions, and to challenge the
production of any proof of their truth.
AS to the first, deny (and call for any
proof to the contrary that there ever was
any reluctance or hesitation on the part of
this company-certainly during the eleven
years Of my connection with ito facili-
tate to its utmost ability the transportation
of both passengers and freights over the
two roads, or to receive for this company's
share of the compensation paid for such
transportation the same rate per mile which
would accrue to the Richmond and Dam
vile Railroad Company. And here more
over affirm, without fear Of contradiction,
that without my own personal exertions
persistently made against the most stren-
uous opposition, unaided by any officers of
the Richmond and Danyille Railroad Com.
pany, the existing connection between
the roads OF the two companies over
the bridge Of the Richmond and Pc
tersburg Railroad Company would never
have been procured from that COM
pany, many of whose stockholders were
greatly incensed at me for doing so. And
of the cost of constructing and of the cur
rent expense of operating that connection
this (Richmond. Fredericksburg and Poto.
mac) company has always paid it's full share,
computed by the relotioe lengths Of the too
companies roads
Second. AS to the through schedules and
connections for travel. Every officer Of the
railroad companies between Washington.
and Mobile or Savannah knows and can
testify how often in railroad conventions of
those companies the officers Of this (Rich-
mond, Fredericksburg and Potomac rail-
roaa) company and especially its President,
have most earnestly and persistently con-
tended that no through schedule should be
made which did not give to the Richmond