The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-06-17

in leaving i, to companies gotten up to carry
on The business.
1st The railroad companies are limited in
extent. I'd. They desire to conduct
straight forward and simple business; ihcy
want rs few SCENTS as possible ;thev WISH 10
incur no extraordinary responsibility, ana
they want no complications ofc'er$s' oti'cefs'
messengers, stables. and teams; ana, 90.
They want no divided responsibilities oil
pcrlous nature. such as those for money ana
pucious things. which are always the OBJ
ircrs of robbery and peril in many ways.
Therefore they would want nothing TO Do
with the express business, and are ready to
make terms with any reliable corporat'nn
which will meet the public demand ard re-
l:evc them OF all complications and dangers
of loss from express matter.
Thus it is that the express companies nave
grown into such important and such useful
organizations, and thus it is that railroads
have with only such few exceptions, as prove
alike their wisdom and their proper DISPOSE
tons, allowed these companies 10 conducl
all the express business of the country.
mat Tue lern'S up'" "o'on '"''. o't'
ME, ,,.e the railroads are reasonable is proVca
by The fact Of their general prevalence. Ihat
the charges are at least approximatlpS rea-
Sonah'eness is proved %! Tie 'ae' 'n' '''S
are Imid WIN very "'''e o"'ee''on
where. In some cases they may be high hut
in those cases time ana eHpeiiehre i'u>'
operate as corrective anu prlhS 'he IN
penscs Of the express within reasonable
| bonds.
We believe we have stated the matter
| fairly and truthtIlly.
Now, then, 1t appears 10 rave oeeh tl''
general conclusion OF fa'i!oao eoh'l''.es
| that 1t were better ior ihc'i' l" give ny '"e
express business TO acli'c ana re''aoie co'u'
pa.ies than attempt that service themselves
Yet there are exceptions enough to this wise
de crmination TO prove the general rue
Among the excep:lcn>, we are sorry to say.
is The Atlantic, Mississippi and Quo rail-
| road, which extends from the Virginia ocean
boundary nearly to her western limits. in
the attempt Of that railroad to run its own
express il cuts itself loose FROM every rail-
road company and every express in The
State. All who attempt to use it for en-
press purposes, save those who live upon lis
line. and who wish to send goods to another
place equally on the line. are subject to very
great INCONVENIENCE and loss by II.
This inconvenience ana TINS ioSS are no"
sustained most gricHouSly by the cltiZen> OF
Richmond. Neither tie FREDERICKSBURG
nor the Danvllle road, nor the petersburg
road, nor the UranSeand AlcXandFm ROAD mas
AIRY express intercourse with the Atlantic,
Mississippi and Oaio, managed by General
MALONE. and can have none with it, because
they run no express, have no messengers.
have no wagons, Sc, and do not mean to
have them. because they do better without
them than with them. Nor is it reasonable
that they should be expected TO have them.
The Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio only
shows lis own folly aud uurcasonab lene$S iu
a kim any or all Of them 20 pursue the sys-
tenn il has adop,ed which they have consid.
ered well and rejected as imDrac.iclblr.
Now then here .e are suffering heavily
for ,b.. ,,,nt ,f recommendations. s,,c, &c rho
,r,o,, ,rorl5 on;,vs Wa ,ra ;niured i, o,,r
;,.o~.s,, u.o .rc ;,coo,modna in .v.rv sit,,-
orion !, I;,. for ,bo want If those facilities
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