The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-02-11

amendment, IN order that he might intro.
duce substitute, which he explained.
MIR. KELLY: DO understand by TINT
substitute that the people of Virginia are to
pay twenty per cent. more for .transporta-
tion of freight than the people of Pcnnsyl-
vania9 s.,'*7
The SPEAKER: The gentleman, from
SpotsyNania must place his own construc-
tlon upon the amendment. Z
MFR. KELLY: Then / object to the with
drawal of the amendment Of the gentleman
from Rockbridge. <''.-..
After some desultory debate, however,
Mr.. NELLY withdrew his objection, and
Messrs. GRAHAM and CRENsHAw withdrew
respectively the amendments offered by
them on Thursday.
ANOTHER EFFORT TO IMPOSE JUST REsTRIc-
TIONS. s.. s..
Mr.. GRAHAM then offered the following
amendment as substitute for the 9th Sec
ton of the Roller substitute:
''Said company shall not charge above one
fifth more per mile for the transportation OF
freight and passengers over part OF its
line than is charged per mile for the trans
portation Of similar freight and passengers
in the same character of trains over any
other part or over the whole Of its line,
nor shall they IN any case make termlnal
charges on such local freights different from
what are made on through freight nor in
any case give drawbacks in favor OF through
freight<. They shall not charge for freight
consigned to or from any point Wlth-
| in this State more per mile tnan Is
charged for like freight in the same cnarac-
ter Of trains, consigned to or from any
point beyond the limits of this State for
every violation of this section any person
agerieved thereby shall be entitled IN any
circuit, county, Oh. corporation court OF lnls
State, within whose jurisdiction such VIC.
llation may have occurred, after ten days
notice in writing is served on the agent Oh
said company within the county or corpo-
Iration in which such court may be, TO re-
cover from said company the sum OF sloo
and the costs of such proceedings, and any
sum or sums which may have been palo oy
tion of the provisions Of this section"
| HOLDING ROBERTS TO his BARGAIN.
Mr.. CRENsuAw moved further to amend
by provision that the company shall not
charge more than three and a half cents per
mile Gour cents is the sum specified IN the
bill before the House, for the transporta'
tion of single person.
Mr.. BUpD thought this was carrying the
thinga little too far.
| WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?
Mr.. CRENsuAw was perfectly satlshed
that three and half cents was enough, ana
believed it necessary to put every just
restriction possible upon the people asking
this charter. Who are the parties that ask
lity They arc foreign corporation, whose
interest it is to build up cities not in this
State-,a corporation who are not striving
to develop the resources Of Virginia, but
who are reaching further South for cotton,
rice, and sugar, to- be taken to northern
markets.
ABOUT RESTRICTIONS"
Mr.. MAHooD asked whether the gentleman
I1Mr. Crenshawj did not support the bill
for the formation Of the a. NJ. and 0. rail
road, and whether he did not oppose re.
strictions upon that road?
Mr.. CRENsuAw replied that he did sup.
port that bill, but did not oppose any just
restrictions upon She company. He was in
favor Of more restrictions upon all railroads.
MORE STRINGENT RESTRICTION.
Col. GUY, of Richmond, moved TO amend
TIL amendment by making the maximum
fare three cents per mile, and spoke to this
amendment. lie said when it is proposed
to have IN all-rail line to Washington from
Richmond it becomes US to inquire whe-
thcr road already in existence, and in
which the State is largely interested,
has not priority Of right to build that
line. What inducements does this new
corporation offer? In his examination
before the Committee on Roads, &c.,
Mr.. Roberts said that one great rea-
son why he wished to build this
road was that he wished to make the fare
between Richmond and Washington less.
Said he (Roberts): 81 paid s. for coming
from Washington to Richmond. We will
take passengers from one city to the other
for 1925. At all events,-we will not charge
more than 2A cents per mile" This was
said voluntarily. Now let him keep his
promises. He has held out this great boon
Of low fare to our people, and am in favor
of accepting it. We have been allured by
this hope Of going to Washington for half
the present fare to look with rather more
favor on the bill, but now find that the
amount named in it is nearly two cents per
mile more than Mr.. Roberts, the great
spirit of the company and its accredited
representative, had assured us he would
charge.
DOES THE COMPANY NOW PROPOSE TO EAT IT'S
| OWN WORDS?
Will they 60 back upon the promises they
made when they were weak? Then they
were anxious to secure sympathy and sup.
port, and they may have gained it by such
declarations. Now. when their friends are
more numerous, will they forget these So
lemn declarations, made under oath, sent
to the world through the newspapers, and
now before every member of the House In
printed form:
Mr.. NcCAULL quoted the rates at which
passengers were transported on the differ
ent railroads Of this State, and claimed that
even at three and half or four cents per
mile the Alexandria and Fredericksburg
railroad would be doing the work cheaper
than the railroads now in operation. He
inquired whether the opponents of the bill
were doing the hospitable thing in giving