The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-06-14

rss,,, ot Observation-Disclosures
r,hllC rnrk chesapeake and Ohio
xntlrona Ehc serretafy's Report or
,nc Trade and commerce of Rich.
out.-Eclny IN Loading aud I'm.
,oadinS Vessels. &c.
,r..firc ni the Boar,l .ot Directors OF
~, Elrhr,nnd Chamber Il Commerce was
.. II N Thursday evening. the President
7. NV Mct tAncc, in the chair.
NIt,r .lc transaction uf some preliminary
s.>,-.>>. MIR. Potts. from the special com.
.-'r>r on wharfage. made II vci hal report,
IN. that an understanding had not Vet
- srriyc,i ut between The committee and
- rI dominion Steamship COMPANY. Mr.
:, - hen r,ri The following extract from
,.r addressed to him br Captain Bourne
... GG.ri luuc 10. i am not able 10
,, J.''u - Richmond yet. but hope 10
-.-.... ~, Whafit%r question is one that
..,,ntl', auN;on> 10 get Of my mind, bui
in,t ~,, l,w We can get together unless
~. ,i..w. 1T Nour committee baye mate-
..n& ,.annsci." Mr., Potts then stated that
o. ml> about IT, visit New York, and would
-t. ,lit.;in bourne. and would report to the
E,.al,i un hi, r"iuru.
ynr, lirluAn laid before the Board pre-
7,nhl, and u solution fiom the City Council
,., 7.L!lou IA the public park. This resolll.
rnuWA published il the Dispatch on Thurs
..'.
rn motion Of Mr.. Rlankiuship the report
~ received iur consideration. and on his
,,-'b"r motion il was resolved that the Pre-
.l,ut App0lnt Il committee To- confer with
~. .ntnmIttcc "t The Council. The Prcsi-
n."' ih,u appointed the following commit
-. J. -. Noting. K. f.. RIankiuship,
l,,.r Davenport. l.. W. Pickrcll. Franklin
~..s.r.-. Lewis u. Cre,r>haw, Thomas Potts.
1,aq Purcell.
nu notion of Mr.. Noting. the President
ut~ unanimously added 10 the committee
.u,! ai,i"iucd IL chairman.
~, Fr,~jdrut consented 10 act as L mem-
'... '.alr declined I" act as chairman.
IL. ql!,.>tion then IrU>e d to what course
,.. committee thus appointed should take
tH.lr conference with the Council COM
rt.,t,, : and after . careful aud earnest con.
-,dorrucn ol the subject the Board unani-
rluu-lv agreed that the committee should OBJ
'.n N hat conference all the information
.,. 4hI. on the subject ot the proposed park.
"a Then report back the same to a meeting
~. Board ui Directors, together with such
Lamentations a they lthc committee of
,y. Chamber VI Commerce. may deem adj
',- i|.
n. Z T. Hill, aciin- chairman uf the Com.
.r'',. ~, trland Trade. made the fol,
..run- report, and it WAS unanimously
.ia;r,d.
RICnMo>r. June Is. 1875.
r. n, F,"1d"m nnd Bodid gr' UirC,tW:
r.. tp~.i thGmhrr Of CoDImtrce:
r,mhmrn. Tie Committee on Inland
!-oi, ni the Chamber Of Commerce. tc
o.rm W.. referred communication signed
N,.,>r>. Il. !. Christian. j. B. Pace. .. T.
'-"-ory Il Co.. and l.. II. Frayser d Co.,
"a thc accompanying table of distances,
s..- "f freight. &c. find that in point of
-. their statements are substantially cor
r.,r--tn wit: That while the distance from
E,nnond to the principal trade-centres in
-. W">t uc in favor of our city as com
ir~rU with Baltimore, the rates Of freight on
;H.rlola>> goods. embracing manufactured
r r."o. n, lower from Baltimore.
III. whole subject was brought by your
o.. al4ltt,e ~ the attention of General Will
,.m> {. Wickbam. vice-pre>ident cf the
,'i,.%!I,ak" and Ohio railroad, who very
hntjv offered any taciIltlt> 1T his command
n,n>,ery ~ our investigation. and at the
I'M 'liHt oppressed desire to do all in his
t.n''r trT the furtheranCe Of the mercantile
nj manufacturing interests. which were
'i'u:Iu,d with the Interests of his road.
in I-gurd ~ the alleged apparent dis
rH'nun;i"n III freights, as stated i'll the drcu-
n.n nt referred TO- the following statements
",n. made by General Wickham--to wit :
:g' When the Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
'vyd Was opened for hu~incs, after its COM
p'truu tu Huntington the tariff then IN use
~ Ia" Baltimore and Ohio railroad SAY on
III November. lSI2-was adopted, which
n 'hirh.clnsS goods WIS 10 Cincinnati 5Sc.
E.3 loo lbs, ; IL Louisville, TTc.; TO Chicago,
.'. I" Indianapolis G0c. to ST. Louis,
.. 10 these rates Sc. per 100 pounds was
r,..,N tor transfer expenses at Cincinnati.
-w"., that date the Chesapeake and Ohio
".'.u.l Company have reduced their rates
= louisville &c. per 100 pounds to Chi
.J.y g.. ani 4. Louis Zoe, leaving the
49,. L. CmCinnrti and indianapolis un-
!IL2.d.
..u.. the latter tariff was adopted by the
'i,5ayr L, and Ohio railroad, the Baltimore
.."j Dajp ialrua! have reduced their rates
..,"Ui -. rcI 100 pounds under the sharp
..'Mt"'iliun hctwpCn that corporation anu
-. p"uu, yivunia Central railroad.
lNcn it the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
company were To meet the views of the gen
''':u"H making the complaint. the rates be-
.N,"u Baltimore and the West 10y the two
.'nipr;inG line, referred to might 60 lower
~, tut the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
company do not feel called upon now TO
'tter iuto any such competition for freightS
.-IliDatcIy their own.
hnoth.r consideration at this time is that
'.r railroad connections ca Chesapeake and
''iiiG railroad are incomplete, necessitating
ne "NWn>e OF transfer ut Huntington.
which neither of the railroads leaving Balti-
more bNr 10 contend with {; and considering
iAt value II The goods as compared with the
f-f' II freight and the risk attached to such
'EriSN ruur committee consider the remit
"idtl"n received ut present by the Chesa-
"ahr and Ohio railroad TO be low.
Iadrr these circumstances your committee
d' not believe the Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
,'ut can bc ieyitimately called upon to make
lt prr,"nt any reduction on existing rates,
'-ntlaiih ~ there IL no manufacturing COM
petition on the part Of Baltimore IN lhc
'rtlrr ot tobacco which could render the
trrr"ut small difference in freight IN InJurl'
.'t> Discrimination against Richmond lnantl-
"'rturers. Moreover, as represented by Gene
'at Wickham, the Richmond manufacturers
alyc the advantage OF at least two days
AIN in time II, compared with shipments GA
Baltimore. Respectfully submitted.
CHARLES ID. Hit,
Acting Chairman.
Tie secretary in reply TO question by
NJ Potts az 10 the progress made I'D the
eyrnpiIuton of his annual report on the trade
.."d commerce OF Richmond stated that Il
n,2r poltion of it was in the printers
hmds-,hat it would comprise statistics fot
Isi.., and for this year up to June-that be
Na- daily adding 10 il 50 as to make it rs
romplctc as possible-that it would contain