The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-30

February, 1860. These RECORDS. ne Repeated,
contained useful information bearing on the
case, and which ought to be in the posses.
sion Of the committee and OF the General
Assembly.
MIR, Lyon then quoted tho following from
Mr.. Rotipson's letter TO the General Assem-
bly, of December q. 1872:
"rhc only instance, il Is believed, in
which any agreement for such through trans
portation Of freights between those points
has been made was in 1868, when, at the
instance, not Of the Petersburg Railroad
Company, but of Carolina merchants and
owners of factories i'll FREDERICKSBURG ana
Alexandria, cotton was carried 10 those cities
from North CaroIiua OIL through tariff Of
tolls. o;l Of which the Petersburg Rdtfrodd
E1u,puay arbitrarily cXactcd as It's snare
nearly i,r,cc as much per male as ne hfca-
mond. Fredcrich:Sju9 and Potomac Roif-
ro0d Conpouy received per mile on the
same cotton carried over its road undcr the
same through tariffs. This is only one oil
nGanv proofs which may be addicted 10 SHOW
,rh,ch of these companies IS justly charGet-
bic with 'oh>tructinG' commerce WIN VIZ
.inia cities.
Upon this point. distinctly made by Mr.
Robinson. Mr. Lyon offered certain letters
from Mr.. MrPheeiers and from Mr. Charlc:
Ellis showing that Mi "rrarScment Tor
through treicEtS had been made in january,
aud that az early as March that arrangement
was ol,structed by ice in the Potomac. IL
was then necessary TO max" new arrange
rcn; with the Chesapeake and Ohio, ana
Orange, Alexandria, aud Mana.su> railroads.
Nr. Daniel: wouId like TO ta"c an oD-
poituui,y 10 inspect those letters.
Mr.. Lyon: Certainly, sir; everything IN
our possession is ;tt your disposal. Some OF
these letters, lie continued, show that 1t took
eight DAYS TO take a bale OF cotton from
Raleigh to Alexandria over Mr. Daniels (the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac)
rouG-a fact attributable partly TO the fact
That Re had only two freight lincs week,
while the Orange. Alexandria and MaiIas,a' ;
read charged Only few cents more per bale,
aud got it through in four days with mucl!
more steady transportation.
In respect TO the ayerment Of Mr.. Robin
son that the Petersburg Railroad Company
arbitrarily eXacted As its share twice rs
much per mile Is the Richmond, Frcdericks.
burg and Potomac Railroad Company" hc
would read these two letters:
PRESIDENT ELLIS TO PRESIDENT ROBINSON.
KlcHMosp, January l., 1869.
CnJ,'ntn ,John ~ Hoi'nS0n. President sea
bOdrG uHd RpunDte Ru(i"oad CUn1pdny,
Baltimore
Dear Sir,--!n cndcayoring 10 make through
tqri!l> for frcighs from The North Caroline
railroads | am met with an ob>taclc wliicli
seems to me unnecessary aud founded OH
mi<apprchcnsion When l propose such
| rates us proper investigation shows is re-
ia trni. lt 7 un,
told that the agreement with your road for
iidS freight To Ec carried to Petersburg at 4
less rate than il lS to Portsmouth !: when to
this is added The charge over the connection
road il Petersburg and over tlIi., the rate in
;iE'iIy articles becomes pI0Iiai;o.y SO fur u
this place Is concerned.
! have no disposition TO- engage in the
transportation OF freight to To shipped
north in competition with your through.
freight arrangement. and could not silccCss-
fully undertake il. AZ this end ct the road
we arc a niie aud half from The shipping
The expense Of the rtasc, with the COS:
from Petersburg added. therefore render il
useless for mc to strive for any pittanrc VIC
might pick up in that way. There is, how
ever, a Legitimate Business which exists and
is growing mp hctHe cen TIL, city and North
v
which. III my conversations With you, un
drr.troI you to say you had 10 di!-
position to Interfere with iv jmpoS-
my restrictions OH the roads SOUL! oi
Petersburg. Those gentlemen in charge
Of those roads being satisfied of this, c:iil
then. believe. get them 10 accept The same
pro rata rate 10 Petersburg as is allowed
over this road. While t;tuS some articles
.,t l..- fn
your through tariff, yet. hciuy destined fol
l;ichmuni! and iurdcncd with the additional
cost Of transportation from Petersburg, YOU
will sec that it furnishes no competition with
vour route. Please write nc on this sub.
j2c, So that may he prepared 10 adjust OH
mere equal terms my through rates from
North Carolina.
All. very respectfully, your o!ctiicnt scr.
want. CHARLES ELLIS. President
Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Com
pany.
PRESIDENT ROBINSON To PRESIDENT ELLIS.
WELDON, PORTSMOUTH AND BALTIMORE. !
PRESIDENTS OFFICE,
SEABoARD AHD ROANOKE RAILROAD Go. ;
ASD BALTIMORE STEAM PACKET CoNrASY, /
BALTIMORE, June y, 1868.
Charles Ellis, Esq, President, dc.:
Dear Sill must hcgin by an apology tc
YOU Tor not having replied before to-day to
your letter of June 18th. but | have bcci
away ON Il trip Of ten dIys 20 New York AND
Boston, aud in consequence only received
your letter Yesterday.
can see 10 objection that can lie ursci
hy mo to such tariffs being made between
Richmond and the Curoiinas Us will secure
for your company the enjoyment of trade
between those points lcyitmatcly theirs
on tie contrary, lis n stakeholder l should
wish to see such relations established. \
rate to Petersburg, Which added 10 the rate
OF steamers coIHecting at Petersburg, wllcl
would aggregate Il lower rate than | au
charging, / might reasonably Object to, al
such would tend 10 force he 10 reduce luy
rates. and thus my profits.
Ii YOU will iuc!oSe he Il copy OF your pro
posed tariffs and proportions would bt
Obliged to YOU, and will then be able to say
TO YOU definitely if they affect me in amy way
Trusting thai your health continues good
during this hot weather,
an, very truly, yours,
JOHN M. ROBINSON.
In respect to another point made in Mr.
RobiuSon's letter to the General Assembly as
to rclusls 10 make through tariffs, Dir. Lyon
read copies Of the following tele9rans
which We're verified hy Mr. s,prigs, engineer
and superintendent Oh the Petersburg kail-
road Company
PtrEEsGuEG, Va, May 81, 1872.
Z. T. D. Myers. Superintendent, Richmond,
"a:
As soon as the all-rail route IS completed
| would be glad TO meet you and arrange y
tariff for fruit, &c, from Weldon to Balli.
more and Washington.
JAMES G.. SpRIGG, Engineer.
70 this, Mr.. Sprisg says, 40 answer What