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


TO their being used over your road.
JAMES c. SPRIGG, Engineer, &c.
These kilograms passed last summer. |
hold in my bands others which passed in
1870, and which did not intend to read, but
will do so If desired. This was sent to Mr..
Sprigs by the Superintendent of the VIII
mington and Weldon railroad, and repeated
TO Mr.. Myers
| WILMINaroN, n. C, September 8, 1870.
James c. Sprigg, Esq, &C.:
do not know Of any tickets such as you
speak Of; have not beard Of any before.
Parties want to send large lot of grapes in
boxes from here TO Washington city for say
one dollar and twenty-five cents per hun
Idred pounds. Richmond, Fredericksburg
and Potomac railroad asks one dollar per
hundred pounds from Richmond. Can it
not hc done by Central route at less2 Sev.
enly-tive cents would do. Otherwise they
will not GO.
S. l.. FREMONT, Superintendent.
Tc which Mr. Myers replied:
| RcnMoSD, September 0, 1870.
James g. Sprsgg, Esq, &C.:
Better make your arrangements with Ex.
press Company. They can do better than
we c1n.
L. I. y. MYERS, Superintendent.
Mr. Taylor chairman Of the eommittce)
inquired Of Mr.. -prigg whether he had con-
sli!rd ;ho representatives. OF any but the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
railroad as 10 tie excursion tickets.
Ir. Sprigg said he had telegraphed to Mr..
Pope superintendent Of the Wilmington aud
| Weldon and Wilmington, Columbia and Au-
susIa railroads, and mentioned the subject
to Mr.. Erdgcrs by way Of protest, but he
consulted nD one further north. The Rich
rond and Petersburg railroad was not con-
suited because hn knew they would do any
thing fair. There was never any difficulty
with that road. The consent OF all was
necessary.
Mr. Lyon then offered in evidence the
freight ta.lr of the Richmond and York
River Railroad and Powhatun Steamboat
Company: the taviT Of local freights on the
Richmond, Fredericksburg aud Potomac
railroad wllic! went into effect July ], 1871.
and through tariff of August II, 1872; the
division OF through rates for cotton on the
Wilmington aud Weldon and Wilmington,
Columbia and Augusta railroads, November
q, 1872 ; and the local rates Of the Seahoard
, and Roanoke railroad, applicable to and from
all stations except Portsmouth (no date, but
received by tIr. SprisS in May, 1922.
Mr. Smith, Of tic committee. inquired
whether the latter showed any discrimina.
ton III favor cf through tonnage.
Mr. Robinson said No; and there had
been 10 such discrimination Gu that road in
the list seven years."
NJ. Lyon We'll. propose. TO prove that
YOU are here in error. | mean to show that
you do not know what your subordinatcs
have been doing Iiet!cn presented the local
rates Uhrougii the samc) Of the Petersburg
read bearing date nav, 1871, the testimony
OF George L. Roberts and Peter Y. Daniel be-
fore Il committee of the House Of Delegates
in 1870, as p:,onographitaIy reported.
Mf. Daniel J l!crc were two rcpoits--one
ol them was garhicd end Incorrect.
Nr. iyon Well il this is not correct I
will olIcr the other if you will give mc Il
copy Of il. This is by iir. Green.
Sir. D,Hicl: he was an officer Of the Penn
>yl"ai!ii Central Railroad Company.
My. Lyon: Wen. either report will suit
ny uirpoSc. / wish TO demonstrate That
WIZ; WIS designed os connection line for
,alSn,necTs was coutrived and Used for the
uijsiiuriDn nt ir,.iciits.
Mr. Lyon then offered some way-bills of
the Raleigh and CASTOR railroad showing
ttl%t bp;crc the Scnhoaru and Roanoke COM
pany bou%ilt controlling interest in that
road !rci.iils UPON cotton were divided
cl;saliy between that aud the Petersburg
Railroad Company. and that afterwards
there YVES II decided difference in favor of
The :;a."igh and G:tston-a pretty sharp dis
cliipinatia:!, hy which the SeabOard aud
Roanoke Company got the lions share.
With This he would rest the c;lsc 50 far us
the Petersburg Railroad Company was con-
ccrnrtl, rcseryins, of course, the right to in
troduce rchutling testimony.
Mir. Robinson here remarked that be was
perfectly unnicrmed rs to the talifls of the
Raleigh and Ga:ton Railroad Company, but
il it Disseminated for Or against either com
pauy at Weldon he was not aware of it, and
believed it was an error. He was quite sure
il wis not the policy Of tho Raleigh and Gas
ton Company, and wished these way-bills
submitted to the superintendent for eXanl-
imtion.
: Mr.. Lyon said he hoped it was an over
sight. and that upon correction the Peters
burg Company would be entitled to O
ch,4Ae :ur Il considerable amount. Ills de-
sire was for perfectly fir Play, and where
there ha1 been 4 mistake he would cheer
fully withdraw HE inference. The tariff Ia.
bes liad hccn introduced purrosely to cor
rect The imrr,s lUn tha. a. paI ti;il exhibit
|
and had rctIaiuc;i frcm ciug i.olated cascs,
Slv!l IL that oi tir. W. j. Malone, Of Peters.
burr. who paid *3.2D for the transportation
! of !, load Of hogs over The connection road
in this city.
AIr. Robinson: That Is separate COM
way.
Mr. Lyon: II is managed by the Rich.
mond, fredericksburg and Potomac Rail
road Company.
Mr.. Daniel: The Petersburg Railroad Com
pany ha; IN equal voice in its management.
Fred ;rick>bilrg aud Potomac Railroad Com.
pany, and Mr. Myers, the superintendent OF
, tina, company, is the president Of the connec'
. ton c0mmny.
Mr.. Daniel: There is IN express condition
that the two companies shall hive an equal
voice in its management.
Mr. Sprigg was then recalled by Judge
C:ump, who asked some questions as to the
|; rates charged respectively OH cotton from
Weldon to Petersburg and Weldon to City
Point. The result Of this examination, Us
stated By Mr.. Lyon, went TO show that the
Petersburg Railroad Company actually pays
Il bonus of Thirty cents on every bale of cot
ton carried from Weldon to New York ctd
City Point, the bonus going tot the Atlantic,
Mississippi md Ohio Eai!iOsd Company, and
That If is obliged to pay this bonus in order
to get any of the cotton ut Weldon, owing
to the discrimination there shown In favor
OF the Scab0nrd route.
The ho;Ir for the meeting Of the Senate
| hnyi:iy arrived I2 o'elOckl the committee