The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-22
-, uops>SoS FORCED 70 An
ANSWER.
TIE ROBINSON DYNASTY BROUGHT
TO IT'S KNEES.
ITO, tho scnboara md Roanoke Rail-
ro,,! E,yatlcs the Law and Fattena
its Controllers at the En-
pcu,e OF Virginia.
f,onlInucd from yesterdays Issue

In'DlI!ii hIiiItHtl ttuiihilN W III yf' f''S va
fir terms With the Petersburg Railroad
romIany. We are not to he drawn aside by
Mfr, Ea.land and his counsc! TO outside Is
.u,,. The gi.t o! the charge against lis Is
,lu, vc are obstructive aud will not pro rate.
aud vr deny that any proposition to pro rdfe
.,>ry,r been made by Mr.. Ragand TO lls.
The inquiry should be confined to what the
Richmond. Fredericksburg and Potomac
Eulroad Company has done, and has not
d3rc. and will not do. VIII the committee
.utinc it-cll 70 this: II it does not, then
The investigation of the committee will be rs
iopg. - IN" session Of the Maine Legislature.
nj which John flul!nes said ii smelt of cter-
ntV.
Mr.. J.. V Daniel: This inquiry has long
.en ar,rrtrd from its legitimate field and
wandered of to utterly freItr.p:st matters.
The true question is, Whether the Richmond,
fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Com
pauv i obstructive TO proper system OF
through rates. | know that Mr.. Robinson
has qlways been ready 10 make close connec-
t;nn> through to Weldon Ivy the Petersburg
Errroad Company. The fact is, that the
,p'v rh,tri!rtiou in the matter has been on
the part Of the Petersburg road, which has
ajwI>~ sought to divert passengers and
freight from other Virginia roads and con-
duet them down James river and up .hc bay.
Mr.. Robinson: Mr.. Chairman, one word
more. This j. question Of oi>lructivencsS.
lurro j. my tariff and lis rates are lower
tran any other railroad in Virginia. The
g;jl.'> on cotton by my road are ?.l0 OF cent
Il ,niic per lalc. while the rates OF the Pc
r,.r-btlg Company are = cents per mile per
i,air am ready to pro rGtc by either tariff
,,g hy any rita This committee may suggest,
4u,l vol am accused oi uhstrurtivcncSS.
M iio}lad1y trliarmau): | wish To say
'Gl irr roInmt'"" does not wish to 20 into
matters that are nn' rel. vaut But il is said
mat Inc nf ro9d in which the state is in
,ci. >,cl h,- become practically Il road that
m1k,- un irturn OF dividends. and it iS
ALLEGED that th, is due to a system by which
.t.ft profit, ;lr diverted into the treasury of
ia, ~,aiu1td and Roanoke railroad aud the
Baltimore >i'am-Hachet Company. So taraS
I j. Necessary 10 show this. The inquiry
INTO the affairs rl the Packet Company seems
!r-,tiua,e: b,u thu committee does not wish
So - i'cyand III" proper lituit in this dircc-
tipu. u Seems to ne. however. that Nlr.
Robinson t,s already answered the qucs-
SDn~ and tE,i aI the information required
.'t> been clI,Ii"d.
Nr Lyon: Mr.. Chairman. vQu have pre-
'>"ly a'iin"d tile proper line and limit of in
lulry in this matter The Richmond. Frcdc-
lluk.huTg and Potomac railroad, the Sciboard
:tId Eo;n"kc railroad. and the baltimore
-'''ni-Packrt Company arc under the con-
ti"} of one will, strong aud shreWd that
lpycru- all for The benefit of The foreign cor
r@ration. We are seeking to show this. and
10 not mean t. hc diverted from il. All the
Nrt- CT our adycrSaiie> to turn Us shall he in
vain. And the failure "f Mr.. Robinson TO
}r"IUcr the books and papers which he pro-
missed u> Ia>l Friday stall not stop the in
H"stlgItion. Tie idea that we are entirely
dri"ndeut upon him and his books and
papers for information might as well bp dis
ic!Icd Il, once. Fortunately we have certain
oi!ical records Of his company which verify
what we allegc. A great deaf has been
said aud written about the manage
mcnI 1T til" lines controlled by the Robinson
dynasty. anti their fatal Influence upon Vir-
Slnla commerce. 1t has been and is our
Ml>i ~nd purpose 10 take the subject out of
'n' domain OF conjecture, report, and mere
assertion, and measure il IN all its aspects and
bearings hy the strict and straight line of
IrS;i testimony. VIC have proof enough for
"ur purpose. int we wish TO produce il in
the presence nt Mr. Robinson, and give him
ne opportunity To admit, controyert. or cX-
~'nh". and the State, may know the very
truth. II Mr.. Robinson chooses to be silent
Er my do so; but hi, silence will Justify the
micr"ucr that the whole truth. as he knows it,
VIII hemorc damaging to his monopolies than
lhr truth we have been able to discover.
V" hay" the Robinson dynasty on the run,
aud nrln to bring it TO its knees. Mr.. Rob-
1o,on slid last Friday that the profits of the
>'Ah"ud and Roanoke Railroad Company
lad been lstrli tally used in buying control
'inE interest in The Raleigh and CASTOR rail-
i"d. J have now here official records and
testimony to show that ut least 900 Of
-" money II the Scaboard and Roanoke
hn!r"Ad Company has been expended i'll the
lWr'il~c oi >tUck OF the Raleigh and CASTOR
EniI"rd Company, and yet upon the books
u '"al company il does not appear That the
>''Hodrd and Roanoke Company have even
'hc >IncI" share of The stock for which it has
pad 80 nIush
Mr.. llcladay: Mr.. Lyon, you seem to me
10 br >Iiiling away from the true point,
Ni"ra Is The obStructireness of the Rich
monl fredericksburg and Potomac Rail
'1d 'MDluuy.
A'nolor Terry (ot the committcc): Mr..
'1Mrniin. we have consulted here, sir, among
'0''>rlN",, and The majority OF the committee
N"l OPINION that The inquiry Into the affairs
- The Packet Line is proper, aud That Mr..
Lyon should proceed.
Mr.. iioaday: Very well; the gentleman
vii Proceed.
,id- Crump: Mr.. Chairman
MI Lyon: | will not permit any man but
committeeman to interrupt Inc until get
"n"".h. stand upon my rights here rs
,,%."'h ol Virginia, and Claim 10 be heard.
'Aa' Is The Use OF talking Of tariffs of
u ,''t"N iariliS! They are deiusive. and arc
i , worm the paper they are printed upon.
'o!, Nj. Robinson himself has told the
0iiilillcc tint his tariff had cotton Ill the
"u'th ciHSs when il was charged III the Sc
''il class.
AE Robinson: Ii was corrected as soon
" ,hc error was discovered.
Nf Lyon: Ever since ! was a boy | have !
.'u oi The reign Of the Robinson dynasty
~ .'c railroads OF Virginia. 1t got control
- '"' S"tboard and Roanoke Railroad Com |
j ,,a',' WITH is unaltcrab!c charter, and by |
"''- N wealth and shrcwd management |
t,, t"% 'M"ndcd lis power over the Richmond, !
,,n''i'k'burg and Potomac Railroad Com
ana the Old Bay Line of steamers,
n. "'"S lhcm all 10 the detriment of the |
n,, ana elrlcliing foreign corporation
a H.. ''h men in Philadelphia and Baltimore
"'' 'Spensc Of other railroads i'm the State.
T." ~ The figures wlirh &c ,AaYe got hold
"a "a pie Of them. IN 1868, Gs per report |
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