The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-08

ICommunicated
Tho Petersburg Index and the Rob.
inSOp Dynasty.

Tarboro', \. C., over the Petersburg railroad
to Petersburg. and through Petersburg TO
New York, aud acknowledge the SagacIty OF
the I,,der in choosing Tarboro' as the point
from which to aSSail us.
The Y,ader aifirn,S as follows:
THE Petersburg railroad hauls cotton,
say from Tarboro', for Il New York dealer ut
l43 cents per 100 POUNDS. or Cog cents per
bale, while it charges MIR. Il. 4. Martin, or
Mr.. Arlington. or Mr.. McIlwaine, for the
same cotton, III cents per 100 pounds, or
Sl.3."
| RAD ARITHMETIC.
We acquit the Inder of Intentional mis-
representation and before stating authorl-
| tatiyely what is true in this behalf we will
comment upon patent errors, for the purpose
| Of showing how cureleS>ly and rcckleSsiy
| such statements are gotten up by our adver-
Sarics, and warning editors against such i'm
| positions. The weight Of bale of cotton
| is uncertain, but they are usually spoken of
in some places as 400 pounds; in other
! places as 500 pounds. Now, at 14s cents per
hundred, a bale of 400 pounds would amount
| to So cents, and bale of 500 pounds would
amount to 123 cents. At 21H cents per hun.
| lred pounds bale of 400 pounds would
amount to Sl.1l5 Zone dollar eleven and a
half cents; and Il bale of 500 pounds would
amount to 395-resu!ts per bale far differ
cnt from those alleged in the Inde.r. Let
the reader cipher.
| THE Truth ABOUT TARBoRo'.
But the truth is, that in the months of No
yembcr and December, 1872 the Petersburg
Railroad Company carried from TARBoRo' to
aud landed in Petersburg, for consumption
and as part of ber legitimate commerce, 2IC
bales of cotton. for which it received as
freight the sum of S234.13. which is within
a fraction of Sl.09 per bale. In the same
months of November and December, 1872
the Petersburg railroad carried from TAR
BoRo', through Petersburg, destined foI
points north of Petersburg, l,0l5 bales OF
cotton, for which it received as freight
81 l.024.9l, which is within fraction of Sl.0l
per bale. The difference between the charges
on local and through cotton was thus, in
1872, only s cents per bale We defy rail
road criticism upon that.
But the Inder alleges that the present ad.
minl>tration (Mr. Ragland, president,) is hos
tile to Petersburg interests. Let us. then,
compare the same two months of 1871, when
MIR. Collier was president. with the facts
| stated abuve.
| In the months of November and Deem
Der, 1871, the Petersburg Railroad Company
carried from TARBoRo' to and landed in Pc
| terSburg for consumption, and as part Of
| her legitimate commerce, l2G bales of cot
ton, and received rs freight thereon S15I.11.
| which was about S1.243 per bale. In the
same months the company carried from TAR
BoRo, through Petersburg, destined for
points north of Petersburg, (sIX) bales of
cotton, and received therefor $50 freight
equal 10 Sl.2o per bale. The difference be-
| tween through and local cotton was thus, in
| 1871. only oSE-FoURTH OF A CENT PER BALE,
and that in favor OF the home market.
| There was, indeed, a change of policy by
| which the local receipts were increased with
| in one year from 126 bales TO go bales, more
| than 100 per cent, from one station, and the
| local rates reduced from Sl.24i per bale to
| 81 90 per bale from that station-a reduction
| of 153 cents per bale: and by which, further,
| the through transportation was increased
| from G (sIX) bales TO 1,015 bales from that
same station, and the through rates reduced
| from Sl.25 to Sl.01, or "a cents per bale.
| HINC LILLE LACHRYyE lNDICIs RoBISsoNIESsls.
| 1t is but Just 10 Hon. {. +. Collier (presi-
dent and his associate directors to say that
| in 1871 they were bound hand and foot by
the cruel contract with Mr.. Robinson for
| the use of his bridge over the Roanoke. 1t
| was not until the 1st of November, 1872,
| that the Petersburg Railroad Company, by
| having bridge Of its own, was freed from
| tbi; contract. Therefore we begin our state
| ments from that day of quasi independence.
| A larger freedom is all we ask.
| The public like short articles. The Inde'
shall hear from us again. CONSISTENCY.