The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-07-27
Committee of Chamber of Commerce.

Committee OF Chamber OF Commerce.
RICHMOND, July a, 1876.
Governor G. &. Walker, Member Of Con-
gresS from Third District Of Virginia:
Dear Sir,-I have the honort to enclose you
a letter to the Postmaster-Generalo OF the
United States from q committee OF the Rich
mond Chamber OF Commerce, on the SUBJ
ject of quicker mails for Richmond, Va.,
and cities south of Richmond. | beg you
will examine fully the letter and give it
such personal attention as your time will
admit Of, and present the same to the Post
master-General on behalf of Richmond. /
have written to Petersburg, Wilmington,
n. c., Charleston, s. c., Savannah, Atlanta,
! and Augusta, Ga, and other cities on the
Atlantic coast, enclosing copy OF our
letter to the General, and asking
each city to take action and to forward pro-
per papers to their member in the House OF
Representatives, and to confer aolth you on
this very important commercial question.
7 am aware that time is precious and that
your session may soon come to close, and
for that reason we have concluded to ask
YOU to appear before the Postmaster-Gene-
raj and present our letter, and use your
personal influence in behalf OF our prayer:
One railroad company is largely interested
in line Of steamers OF the Potomac river,
and refuses, learn, to make any railroad
connections without fully protecting that
interest. The same interest is owner OF the
line of steamers on the Chesapeake bay and
the railroad from Portsmouth, Va, to wei
don, N. c., connecting herewith, and as
the two routes--one by the bay and the
other through this city--meet at Weldon,
N. c., it is important to SO delay passengers
and mails between here and Washington
that this rail line will not compete with the
aforesaid water line.
You will at once see, and you can explain
the case to the Postmaster-General, that
while this monopoly is maintained Tor per-
sonal objects, and natural and proper COM
petition defeated, this city is made the victim,
and in our business and social and polltical
affairs, we are placed at very great dlsad-
yantaye-fully as much as city placed one
hundred miles further from the trade centre.
The delay of the mails in this city and Wash
ington calls forreform, and we hope you can
secure it.
Think of a fast through mail train, con-
Meeting the great South with the North, re-
naming idle on the track Of Richmond de-
pots two and one half hours in the middle
of the day. ),
Our people feel that in you they have q
member who will watch over the interest or
our city and our State, and work In the Gene
raj Government, as you did in the State Gov
ernment, fol- the prosperity and advancement
Of our common country.
am, dear Governor,
Very truly your obedient servant,
THOMAS PORTS, Chairman.
Upon motion, the committee was retained
and thanks rendered them by the Board for
the prompt and perfect manner in which
they had performed the duty assigned
them.
The President then stated that the next
business was the appointment OF commit
tee for the ensuing year to the James River
Improvement Committee, which was done
in accordance with an ordinance OF the city
which provides that the Chamber Of Com