The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-16
A LETTER NEVER ANSWERED.

NEW 1ORR, Jan y 20Cn, 1911.
Gen. Malone, President Virginia and Ten
7aeSsee Air-Line:
Dear Sir-Your favor of the Goth received.
| We much regret that any misapprehension
should hare occurred, as we intended to do
nothing unauth orized or Objectionable. In
soliciting freights for our own line from
here to Norfolk, destined to points on the
Virginia and Tennessee Airline, we were
compelled to sign bills of fading, not
intending to act, nor supposing that. it
your line. As we understood, your line
extended from Norfolk Zone of our connect
| ing points, to the West, and one of its
prime objects was to induce freights from
New York by the way of Norfolk, in COM
petition with other lines from the seaboard;
and, as far as we could ascertain, there had
been no arrangement made by you which
excluded freiShts offered by us from the
same rates accorded to others. Hence our
letter of the 10th. If our letter of the 18th
| led to the conclusion that we were ASSUME
ing to act as agents of your line, or that
we had construed your words that "freights
will be taken from us at your depot in
the city of Norfolk upon precisely the
same terms as like ffeights are taken from
other customers" as constituting us into
associates Except in the incidental and un-
avoidable way stated above), we were un-
course aware that to accept or solicit
| trcights to any point on your line, we must
| be able to give rates from New York to the
point Of destination, and as we had only
your published tariff before, we felt COM
PEELED, if not authorized, to give those rates
| (being satisfied to take for: our share the
proportion you had fixed from New York
to Norfolk) at least till we could get u tariff
of rates from Norfolk West. If in this we
have erred, we especially. regret it, as we
have engaged number of tons Of freight
Tor points in Tennessee, some Of which
went forward last week, and another por-
ton is on our pier waiting shipment
which, we hope, under the circumstances
Will not be declined.
Will you be good enough to have furn-
ished us schedule Of rates from Norfolk
to the different points on the virginia and
Tennessee Airline, and, if it is more in
accordance with your views, authorize
your agent here to sign bills of lading by
our line. 1t will be equally satisfactorily to
us, us all we desire or ask are tho same
| terms and equal rates with others. =
Yours, respectfully, -'."-
WASHINGTON & Co., Agents.
To this letter there aCGS no replyJ -e
= =.
WASHINGTON l. co. TO CAPTAIN ALEXANDER.
New YORK, Jan. %, 1871.
Capt. S. Alexander, Supt., Richmond, Va:
Dear Sir,-Your favor of 23d to hand.
Am pleased to hear of the quick run Of the
Upton, and of your prospect OF. good
| freight next trip. If we had another
steamer, we have no doubt Of being able
| to fill her from this end of the
| line before she had made many trips,
and more especially if we could get the
outlets for our freghts from Norfolk and
Petersburg once opened. We enclose you
herewith copy of our last letter, of. to-
day, to General Malone, in reply to his of
the GOTH On reading his letter we think
Won will agree with us that his first (of 14)
was but a mere earble, and that the limit OF
his s'equal terms" are, in effect, to charge
us local rates from Norfolk. OF course this
shuts us out ut once. The freight men,
toned in our letter to him consisted OF some
ten tons, all of which was to have gone by
next trip; but we now consider 1t I'M
nroDer to take more OF it, and are COM
nelled TO decline the balance. except what
i already on the pier. Indeed, until we
can effect some through arrangement from
Norfolk or Petersburg, it would seem ad,
visable for us to cOnfinc ourselves TO local.
treiphts. How much stock have you yet
taken towards another ship? We think
Anderson in deep earnest, anu II we man
ace rightly we can secure another snip
through him. Respectfully,
fSipned1 WASHINGTON d Co.