The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-04-29
A Wonderful Service.

A Wonderful Service.
We sneak only what we suppose every
man In the United States VIII aih''n w y
true when We say that Of all the pho"c ser
vice in this nation the express companies
lender that which, for its thoroushness, econ
amy. aud general satisfaction, IS oet1er 'as"
any other save the postal service OF the
limited States. 1t is "a service so "iae'! APP
proyed and so valuable to the nation tha'
only one railroad company, as far as We
know, refuse to permit it 10 pass over 'n,"
road. What road is that! Inc A''""'>'
Mississippi and Ohio railroad.
With the question between the rAi i,n,;o
Company and that road, neither INC f'.' -
nor ourselves have anything 70 w.
,,o;u or.;r 10 settle their differences. bu'
.,,sa s,ou,d be settled, and settled at all
o.-,r dor i, is too bad that large commu-
r;tr should be subjected to the greatest III
Convenience and heavy loss because these
rartics cannot agree.
Rut let US remember that this express
hpsiness has now been in existence Tor
nearly thirty years, and that all the ra''roaas
save one in the Union have entered into RAT
non;ous arrangements with the Express
manacers-and let us ask ourselves: Is not
the basis of such arrangement, after SO many
wears of experience, made as nearly just ana
equitable as possible? Can we give more
than one answer. Then, how is 1t that the
one road managed by General MAHoSE
should be the only one in the United STATES
which finds it impossible to make an AZ
rarcement with the Express Company we
suppose no body can well imagine an an
swer, and the riddle can only be solved by
the parties themselves.
We saw that never was it dreamed in old
times that system so perfect as the express
business would ever Ge natured. A man
sits in his own house and orders from dis
lance delicacy or necessity, and it comes
to him with no charge but that for trans
por,ation. The smallest and the largest ar
tice of commerce are forwarded win
promptness and entire satisfaction. Inc
charge is only a reasonable one Tor trans
portation. We have known little boy 10
lie sent from Rio 20 Georgetown by express,
and there 10 be delivered by lis custodian
safe and well. And so may anything be
sent from any part OF the world to any
er with perfect success and at low charges.
he great beauty of the express business
entire security. The express company
eponsihle for the thing entrusted to it.
= II it is destroyed or stolen, if it be sunk to
the bottom Of the sea, or be burned, or if in
any way destroyed, the company pays The
owner, and thus is every one who Sends an
article of value by express always irdcnni-
fed for loss.
Under the express system business has
grown up which has had . most excellent
effect upon trade. 1t is the "collcct OF
delivery Or. the &C. o. D '-system. II
is the system that enables the charges to fol-
low the goods and be satisfied upon the de-
livery thereof. This affords the highest sat-
israction and comfort. 1t cducatcs people TO
the prompt-payment system. Men are taught
to avoid debt, and men who sell goods have
prompt returns, and this policy saves the
seller AID the purchaser from tile bad effects
of delayed payments and The pIoncness to
go in debt.
Now, railroad companies them:elTes can
not we'll carry cut this system: because their
agents are as strictly local as the roaus, and
cannot pass to another road as the agents of
both roads. Unity Of arrangement and sim
slcnese of service are both requisite, and
these things two, three, or dozen, or hum
dred railroad companies cannot have. More
over, railroad companies have q fixed line of
duty, and would avoid any responsibilities Of
such complicated character as that Of cx-
pressing goods toc long distances, tIayersing
msny lines and often many countries.
And yet there is railroad company in
the United States which does not recognize
the beauty Of this modern and worldwide
agency, and for some reason or other fails to /
make arrangements to permit it 10 use their
railway in the operations of its bencfccnt
commerce. What the difficulty is we know
not.
But we announce to the world that while |
every community OF any considerable num-
bers in the United States enjoys the tull
benefit of the express agency, this fair and
promising city Of Richmond is deprived OF
it upon line of road that traverses the
finest part OF Virginia. The fact is wonder
ful, and as monstrous as wonderful.
That line Of road Is the Atlantic, MtSsls-
sippi and Ohio railroad, running from nor
folk to Bristol, four hundred miles-the en-
tire vi dth OF this grand old State. Once We
had the most intimate relations with South
west Virginia-the land Of milk and honey;
thence came every delicacy and every article
OF first neoessity-the finest dressed beef,
the latest aud most superb saddles Of NUT
ton, the sweetest golden butter, the most
highly. priced articles Of homestead rroduc-
ton, and the choicest game; and now what
do We gct2
The generous Southwest Yirsinians no
longer send us these delightful things, be-
cause they all fear that they may meet the
fate OF the Christmas present of turkies,
sausage, chine, spare-rib, &C., sent at the last
dear Christmas holiday by devoted mother
to her daughter in Richmond; but which
never reached their destination. Detained
by the way, they persisted, and were thrown
to the dogs. The atfectionate mother felt q
grief that could not be increased had the
lost things been gold, and the Christmas din
ZOO az Der daughter and grandchildren was
liable because Of the absence Of the good
-.fings so fondly expected.
We are separated from our southwestern