The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-11-29
Richmond and Petersburg Railroad.
Annual Meeting, Presidents Report,
and Election of Officers.

s.! and Election of Officers.
The annual meeting OF the Richm ond and
Petersburg Railroad Company was held Mt
the office OF the President, on Byrd street,
Yesterday. On motion of Is. ". uaxail,
ESQ. judge J. II. Cox was called to the
chair and Mr.. n. W. Warrington appointed
secretary.
! ,Nessrs. John =. Branch. 3. L. New
conner. and u. W. Haxall being appointed
; a committee on proxies. reported ,hat me
whole capital stock consists OF II. O.033 shares,
which, by the scale, could cast 3,94o votes,
and that over ,0G0 shares of the stock, en-,
titled to over $500 votes, were represented
; in person or by proxy.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT.
The annual report of the president Colo
mel Thomas Fl. Wynne) was presented ana
read. It begins with the statement tnae
the important changes made ut the last an
nual meeting in the rates OF pnssensei iahe ne
and freight on coal, and an increase IN the
! number Of daily trains run went into eiiect
. in December, 1870. These changes neces-
sarily added to the expenses OF t?ansporta-
ton, and the increase Of patronage whlrn
was cypcctcd to follow has not been sulll-
cient "a vet TO make up the dehelcnctes oc-
casioned by reducing the fares and the
freichts on coal. The operations OF the
past wear are referred To as experimental,
and the following comparative statemcnt
| will show some Of the results: In 1870
! the number of local and way passengers
was &c. .03S, and the number of excursion
passengers Il 3tG, making total of 43,9S4,
| from which the receipts were St1, ,0.i.i3.
| In 1871 The number of local and way pas
senncTs was Sc, 757 and Of excursion passcn-
gers l.. $50 the total number this year was
! 81 G4I, and the total receipts there
| from was ST., 1856 90. In 1870 the coal trans
/ ported amounted to $500 Ions, paving
s37 ,443G3. ard in 1871 to Al, 991h, paying
| SoG, ,1S4 9G. The rccsipts for excursion
trains iu 1871 amounted to S9,2SI 90. Fhe
| through passengers were less Than lhoSe cl
/! the previous year by 1852.
| THO receipts from the Danville connec-
| ton crossing the james River bridge are as
follows: For passengers, 1892 Il; for
! express freight, Sj09,61; United States mail,
| 1862 90 Total, s4,GG423.
! The President remarks that the falling
! of in the receipts for freight upon coal
Would not seem TO encourage l continuance
| OF the present rates Of freight ou this a:tl-
Gle, but adds that there Is good reason Tor
lhelieying that unless the rates are Kept as
| low a. tGcv are low the business will not
be remunerative to tue collers. ana they
iwoud be compelled to cease their opera
tion>. and consequently the company would
be compelled to lose all Of this freight.
dntniIad statement is then riyan Of the
! ~ a;+,+sn,I y, ovnond,t,,ros The total oral.
lersip 'h" "a l,.nra eon 5c- q ~. C1 - nor
| u.It tHlenoGs W. io,,,;,m - nn, hnInnca of
Eent, cen o.r !" ~ ,I. 20 CO ,n. GOVT ~ 70
Se9,V.o'nyI, M -! ~ itnriols az ho,,d
cslp.s' II. ID s',,v,y ~ ,at ~ tha 1,rcrinns
SHOWS :u eAc' e uG ooo III ,,.hi,h W S,pnI no
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itc ~ ioa.t 10 80 =; +;r,-r..r o,ior Enr
li rnn i,a honn ,ar' l,I hn,w%en svtt creek
M arh' ite,or'i',,l, iie,o AMI # il rccommnndeG
49, t;,a vri,oIa rood hn sim,InIlv IIcI,r1
nn. @ .iit "H'a i' 20 o0 m fnat cts,a .,II,ou ,ho
.ma W. lA,t, nan, t;e- hgva hocn laid dnrina
t;la tsau ,n. nn" 0''~ '''' A'''0 7
'ne I"l' p.o.;,;o,t rooro-,rr-
&c" ,di"or. Gi.'< eIa,n;T, ,o@'nc tor thn ro,'
ano Auu.ol' stropt.S auy, an,a .oi rn In0 ho",,
| uuGto :, ~. ~ no,n.n,; PrIrd- -strao+ ,,rn,
| built OF the coinpanl.5 bFTo-sIfecG pro.
! petty. IncltelGnt ocFos has nceh e1TIialsea 1I
| 10 nearly l"ltc It's io!ibel SiLe, NC III
crease OF traVci TO anu from Mahcnestct
requires station there. The company has
| teii.oronh of1i,,rsin Richmond. NancuCstcr.
| Chester, and Petersburg, operated DE- It's
| employee. j ne EoGd nssse'en locomotives
in tirst-ratc condition. The engines ran,
fof 10,2l7 miles over ias1 year.
| Only three accidents have occurred. tn
! me 24n Oh DeueInnel' l"'o' sl,ad - ia'
Nan"..a, an 10y w. Tor6, ,rd G;ad m
Nv 1o,h - ua,T uenrv W.,ltnr q hral-a.
ae ,tie i0.m Ir,e " hnhiv ;nired nv sIfikir~ his
neau aaallry Gi,r = = Jnc onothnr V emnIo16 hoG
his foot mashed at the Richmond Gepoc ia
Santemhrr.
| Ailusion is made. in conclusion, to the
| rom tho BOARD Of Public Works cy
Messrs. r. X. Ellrson, Joseph l.. Andcf-
! son isaac Davenport, Jr., Fred Scott,
ErankI;n Stearns, John 3, Davis, James
! n Gov. a. +. Harvey, and Reuben Rag.
land to whom the stock WAS transferred
SenIember | 6, 1871. Tho State has now no
! During the year the tonnage transported
was rs follows:
| nrns' ms
Freisht lher than coa on ad ne er ny s,e
fifin1' Hit o... ,1oa
| Express and tXtrI bages gesga............... l.21t
Uni..d .tsles msl ;estlma .td!............. e.0l0
| ,,o., ,o551,
io'st OLLIE r.,asa. o,II NV, ~ pcbmond
oai Cosi iro rom Si9ysr !lil to reter8Eurg sl5.t
Coal from CloSer H:ito o.boFne's...... 2:,74:l