The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-02-16

the Richmond. Fredericksburg and Poto-
mac Railroad Company to complete and
extend their road to Alexandria came up
as unfinished business, the question being
upon agreeing to the amendment Of Mr..
Roller.
EXPLANATION NEEDED.
Mr.. SSowDEN said he had hoped the gen.
tlcman Mr.. Rollerl would have explained
the amendment. The object, it seemed,
was so to hamper the bill that it would
place the company in position directly
opposite to that which they profess. The
gentlemen who are occupying this position
are
PLAYING INTO THE HANDS OF THESE NORTH.
ERS GENTLEMEN,
who are cndeayoring to assume control of
the railroads of the State. The population
sparse indeed, and the through travel will
hardly compensate 1t, much less will local
travel give it support. The speaker then
reviewed the section as proposed by
MIR. Roller, and went over the charges for
the transportation OF passengers and freight,
and said that this charter was
ENTIRELY SEPARATE AND DISTINCT
from that proposed by the Pennsylvania
Central. As competing proposition, we
offer it, asking you TO help us to build up
two Virginia cities, and thereby increase
the prosperity of the whole State. The
agricuturaliSts along that whole line would
thereby be benefited.
AvERBosE AMENDMENT.
The amendments offered by the Senator
from Rockingham (Nlr. Roller), while yer
bose, and leaving so many loop-holes, does
that very thing which YOU have been find
ing fault with all the time-makes monop.
oly. which will he destructive to the best
interests OF the State. We propose to build
YOU
A ROAD IN TWO YEARS TIME,
while the other company insists that five
years must be given them, and they profess
to think that 4 short time. Notwithstand-
ing all these facts, you will put the Rich
moud, Fredericksburg and Potomac COM
pany at the complete mercy of this. foreign
corporation.
YEAS AND NAYS.
Mr.. COURTNEY called the yeas and nays,
which resulted in the amendment being
adopted, as follows:
Ieas.-MessrS. Anderson of Pittsylvania,
Austin, Beazley, Carr, Courtney, Davis,
French, Greene, Grecvcr, MaSsie. Moss,
Patterson. Roller. smith of New Kent, and
smith OF -Uenrico-l5.
N0yS.-Messrs. Fitzpatrick, Hlmlett,
llerndon, kendrick, Latham, Moseley,
Penn, Smith OF Clarke, Snowden, Teamoh.
Terry and Waddell-12.
AS AMENDED.
The section as amended is as follows
''The said company shall not charge for
the transportation of persons more than
four cents per mile for Il single person :
ProCided, ho,ccuer, that it may fix its mini
mum charge for any distance at twenty
live cents nor shah it charge for the trans
portation of freight an amount not exceed
ing five cents per ton per mile. Said com.
pany shall not charge greater rate for the
transportation of passengers, and not above
one-titth more per mile for the transporta-
tion Of freight and passengers over part
of its line than is charged per mile for the
transportation Of similar freight and pas
sengers in the same character of trains over
any other part of its whole line; nor shall
they in any case make terminal charges
in such local freight different from what
are made on through freight nor in any
case give drawbacks in favor of through
freights. They shall not charge for freight
consigned TO or from any point within
Z la or Ia hnr ic nhor
for like freight in the same character Of
trains consigned to or from any point be-
yond the limits Of the State, nor make
any combination nor enter into any ar
rangemcnt with any other railroad or any
other line of transportation by which
charges for freight consigned to or from any
point within this State shall be greater
by the mile, reckoning between the eX-
treme points of consignment, than like
freight in the same charcter of trains
transported over their railroad, or any
part of il, and consigned from point be-
yond the State to another point beyond the
State, is required to pay by the mile, reck-
oning in like manner between the extreme
points OF consignment.
For every violation Of this section. either
by said company or by any person or COM
panr operating upon said road, or running |
cars over the line thereof, any person ag-
srlevcd thereby shall be entitled, in any
circuit, county, or corporation court of
this State, within whose jurisdiction such |
violation may have occurred, after ten |
days notice in writing served on the agent |
Of the said company within the county or
corporation in which said court may be,
to recover from said company the sum of
500 and the cost of said proceedings, and i,
any sum or sums which may have been
paid by complainant to said company in
violation of the provisions of this section"
ANOTHER AMENDMENT.
Mr.. ROLLER then proposed the following
amendment f
''5. The said company shall not dis
criminate in its rates of charges for freight |
or passengers against any railroad company
within the Commonwealth but this pro-
vision shall not apply to any railroad COM
pany which shall discriminate in its rates
against said company" -f'.'1'Et 4
Air. FiTzrATRIcK moved to strike out all
In the last clause after the words "but
this proyision;" which was agreed to-Ayes, |
l5i noes,7.