The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-02-18
Z HtGLiND RAILROAD BILL.
7. e Crump's Argument Concluded.
i,,r.AET,-S KEoZk0W rUoEESSsGSS
PATRIOTISM AND EEtL
FOR TKEE rUnLsT.
= ts%'S TRANSACTIONS AND MAN
hGEMENT EXPOSED.

~ ROAD UNNECESSARY AND USELESS.
~. with ali these opportunities, is ii
20. .,>,sy ths! this new road shall be con-
..-r,.nsi II order 10 get through allrail ad-
.Gfl live for cotton? Let us sec how that
-.>,,.n would work. II costs 1924 to send
N.,. # cotton from Weldon 10 Baltimore
SiI2 10 City Point, and SLIP from
rr ~ Baltimore What would it cost to
..st il G.i.TGii at Mr.. Ragiand>s rate, which
.. on: . cents yer bale per mile? 1t is 2l2
...a> to Baltimore. and it would cost s4.St
...',t,l " 500. the present rate uia City
Y.w. Now. sir, is there any gentleman
, believes that i bale Of cotton could ever
cs:Frd u: thiS more than double rate
r.' -upio>c Inu reduce that rate to the rate
u 'ir. Ep.iU<on's line. which is about nine
p.., # one cent per bale per mile. Then
..,'G "n>l $2.lS to Baltimore. and upon
. ."o rating principle the Petersburg road
.....! receive only 56 cents per balc--a frac-
r uNcf nnc-half it now gets. Of course,
went by rail. every milo Of railroad
t.i receive the sam" rate: that Is the
. - every omc knows. Now. Mr.. Rag
., -,,l- nearly bali the cost of tran>porta-
u'-11.2ijj /" Baltimore bv the present route,
~ Point. If Mr. RaGland would
.rt Mr. RobinScns tariff hr would
r. cotton H. Baltimore for sl.G2 per
.". md 10 Petersburg for 5G cents.
81. ..,a. advantages iiow from lis water
..a a'y. lnc cast OF inland transportation as
,ag1l with wafer transportation in
',,,>,;,!''., ~, ,aii ,o,,ld ,,,,.'o"1
..-. -, ,yqfrr. rnu:, "a >e;y York ti,is
,,,., L,,u,,rod will. LnvonI n,Iii.
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. '.'s 'a'' "'it" miitS ~ fd' co!EpIih-
'.~-t.at. "lA transportation OF ono nm
s... - "''% ""':S hI ~0'sT lhcr,i"rc
'"'"'I ''|' >!"'!'t"~ 'Ii't"se'e>: if>.,
..'."r Il j r"'"Ite ~ MAKE " ""oog'-
i'll "r Sr''' as h'9'""| oS"S I"'' I'LL"
'h'' "i"iA'i 'h''c - S"'" az oYhEht LIN"
~ r.IIf ioA 1T - 10 G''",h IiiH Dat Tue
~ ~ .Uu fG'F"Ad SIDE Ef SIZE WITH An
.>-'',@ HAP Ill my own Judgment Ii
'."''' -" u" ",''i'-f upon '''', i,r"i,c nn'
'"h I"''i I"'". "h' r''f' 'AA!Dl'c" 'i'ii
''''' In,,',' .; Wv WA; - 'us' "'"
.... 'lin.. aud NE ,ilny.tl offers i:!.d, before
..., 10 lIu,natr tine wishes of Mr.. klrauG
..... really H,,iYr, 4 lhyvlrh.frciwI,t arrange
nni.
!, further CHARGED that tie Scaluard
Cd: a> used is pu"cr to unprcSS the Pc
>....";r- road. What iS the proof before this
.u.'.rr nH tial sui icct: Why. that il
,r'q N. sam" rGicS hat the Petersburg
rJar-;s Complaint i, Ipa,!o that one
/ rani,.iS ho;h roa,t>-!he >caboarl and
rf;,k<h,irg. This is most ioltuuutc for
't., Hr.ri-ij!. !oad; and paving rates, con.
...r .al l,.l.,,ony Result to il. Ike counsel
.- ,."r, j. a natural anta~on;Sm between
ir.i,licH>hur: and ScabOard roads.
".:, >"pyo>r there is; does he not >ee the
,n,.:ysIygi1n wilirii that statement involvcsS
i;t.rr. 3~ ~ pMtaguni>In, is il not bet. or that
... .a:,..< >ll,.uIt. lc governed bv uniform
,n,,rN: suppose the ScabOard road were in
.~t,lr hands, aud ran at the lowest possible
.'..-,uppo.c Mr. Robinson put down
f.. ...-ai, ,UA fares on the Scaboard road (that
4 which !, as level rs bl,iard-:ahic and
....;@"t a, an arrowl at TIC lowest paying
.:-What "nuIN brcome OF the Peters
..l-. lni fredericksburg roads! The Sea-
.1'" road can carry passengers anu irclSht
O. i VI 'r'"h 40 ha'n'iioic %" thp ba! biit
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