The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-02-18

stead Of giving d,a,nbacks upon cotton, pub
hsh The reduced rates TO the world, ant
when that is done the
PUBLIC HAvE NOTICE
that you can afford to transport a' cheaper
rate than you now carry freight, us you
tacitly now acknowledge this by giving
drawbacks.
Mr.. RAGLASD CAN CARRY otTT NOW THE THEORY
uE PROPOSES TO ACCOMPLISH DY THIS BILL.
When be gets the interior line In his hands
he promises to put down rates. Who sup
poses that probable? Who will buy or build
the road on the interior line2 What aSsur.
ance has this committee that it eau ever bl
constructed or bought hv Mr. Ragland? The
capital stock of his road Is 81 ,30o GOO; its
debt more than one-half that sum. as far as
you can learn. because he refuses to exhibit
his financial statement up to January 1872.
II It is sold TO the Southern Security Com
i'any, what will be the consequence? Why,
YOU will see here what i occurring now all
through the North, and especially On the
rcnnsylvania road, which is but another
name iori ihc Security Company. You can't
silipa POUND Of freight unless it Is Carried
on the Blue" line, or the Cred"
line, cr the "White Star" line, or
The "Cresccnt' line, or Some other fancy
freight line, In which the directors Or officers
OF that road are interested, who charge what
they please, unchecked by auy species Of icgis.
lalion. They buy the privilege Of running
their trains. and having the privilege of pri-
orily on tic road, they charge what they
will. These trains, Of course, vii! come
laundering by here and pass beyond our
reach. carin. 10 more for the cities OF Viz
glam than IL they were village hametS on
the road.
Twill now proceed to eSlmine another
point Of this anatomical figure" employed
by the counsel for the Petersburg road. 1t
is sud that when he turns his eyes from Wei
don towards Richuond be finds again lion
IN the path III the form Of tue "kobinson
dynasty" WHO control the commercial out
lets here, and thus prevent the transmission
Of freight along the james oT the York river
Once again propose to put
FIGURES OF ARITHMETIC AND SOLID FACT;
AGAINST FIGURES OF RHETORIC AND UNsUr
PORTED ASSERTIONS,
and let US see how the proposition work.
| out. at Richmond he finds comparatively
| an imperfect harbor. infinitely inferior te
City Point as q port. and fifty miles higher
up the james river. To carry cotton (whici
we have been taking as on example o
| through frciglitS) to tho wllurves at Rocket:
from Petersburg for shipment would seen
to practical mana man of business eype
rience and capaciiy-to be not folly but mad
ness. When such q one looked from Peters
burg over nine nilcS of land TO City Point
with railway now In operation over it, o.
viewed river route Of T. miles running from
Petersburg to City Point, lie would be beg
CARED for language 10 express his contcmp
| for The plan OF shipment by Richmond. Th
Petersburg and Richmond railroad, rs w
learn from Mr.. Sprgs, in pro rating with th'
Petersburg and Weldon road is allowed
thirty miles Of distance; so that nearly one
halfofthc cost Transportation from Weldon
10 Petersburg, estimating that at eighty tt
ninety cents by the scale we have already OK
tihiicd /" the committee, would he uduct
III the rate Of transportation from Peters
hurg to Richmond, aud would amount it
about forty or iurty-1ive cents: and when i
reaches here the cotton would have to bt
hauled from tho depot down TO the wharve
at Rockets. ] suppose it would be safe K
say that the hauling Of 4 bale Of cotton fron
the depot to the wharf would cost twenty
five cents. Suppose it is twelve and q hal
cents. We have, then, from Petersburg to The
wharves 1T Rockets charge amounting tt
between fifty and sixty cents ut least. 1hcl
you have an additional fifty mics to trav"
before you get TO City i'oimt. Cotton l.
now transported from Petersburg 10 City
Point. Gtty miles nearer TO Baltimore thar
Richmond, for twenty-five and two-iilll
cents per bae. Now, sir,
WHAT MAN OUT OF BEDI.,M
would ship cotton from Weldon to BaIti
more around by Richmond, passing in il
transit within ninc miles o. City poinl
10 nuke til" cicu;, and go down
Jam,s river by Cly Point TO Baiti
more? If the committee knows Of any
such man in lis senses, "or any Other
man," vino would do this, they have a larger
knowledge than have Oi mankind. On the
other hand, examine the York River route
which the RoUinsonS" ure said TO have
closed against ireights troul Weldon TO BAL
timorc: BY the tirilc the cotton Gets 10 West
Point, where it reaches eighteen feet o
water, ,-prccisely tho depth Of the water M
City Poiui--it iIls travelled seventy miles o
rail from Petersburg and paid dollar, al
least, for railway transportation. Was evel
anything more comic tl!an the picture Of 1
"proullcer standing at Weldon" looking
down the James river from Richmond, ol
down tue York river. tor IN outlet, whel
there stood the port of City Point ready Il
receive his produce; that port to which al
t!ic energies of Petersburg have been di
rcclcd IN the past that port Of which the
President OF: the Petersburg road Gn 1869
thus spoke 10 his stockholders: "Pctcr>
uurg, in her great port OF entry, City Point
has 4 resource which if developed wouIC
tell with magic effect upon her growth ant
prosperity. and would secure TO her com
mcrcial advantages, beth coastwisc uDC
fGrcgn. OF Ii commanding character, anC
place her from ten to seventy five miles nearer
10 decp water than by any other roads lead
ing through Virginia from Moth Caroia;
and Tennessee and the great WeSl. Along
the line Of this short road from Pctersbur.
TO City Point-if our people are true Il
themselves and fight the battle for CONNER
ci;ii advan cment. us other cities art
doino-there will spring up settle
ments, making the entire distance of nine
miles one continuous city from the suburb:
OF Battcr>cu Oh the west to the deep water
OF the James ut City Point on the east
This GREAT COMMERCIAL rogT OF city Pom.
stands
SIXTEEN MILES SEAILR
to the cotton-produclng States Of Norti
Carolina and the farther South than PoRTs
MOUTH. and with Il depth OF water almos
equal TO that of Portsmouth,, placing lie
thus in communication with the g1ea
ports of the world. The heaviest ship
of commerce come there, and iii
duty OF locking to it exclusively as
port for Petersburg Is pointed "u
III the >t"us language just quoted. The F!rsl
lii Legislature is asked to
SEAL VI THAT PORT
10 turn aside this raii,oay-bulA for tn
purpose Of developing it-irom this mtu
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