The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-01-20


ATJTR DA 7 MOlRNING @.
III. Il Railroad danaRoisaent.
DISCUSSION m BIANToN GRANGE ON TOLLS
AND TRArFIC-BANKRuPT RAILRoADs-Ex-
scsssTvE cHAaaEs-THE pow Err or THE
LOBBY. tsss tiff;EE3Ss:,ss z Sc s.
The regular weekly messing Ok BIanton
Grunge was held In their hal last night-Dr.
Blanton, master OF the State Grange, pre-
sided. AS this meeting was not strictly in
the interest Of the Grange, bat open to all, a
number OF gentlemen,l Legislators and others
mott members OF the order. ;were present.
Colonel BurWeils offered the following reso-!
luton; which was adopted e Il.
I .Resolred, Thata committee OF five be ap-i
pointed by the Chair to revise and reeoni-
mend such amendments to- sexisting 1egisla-
tion to q future meeting OF this body as. will
secure the most effective 7enediesi against
the railroad and internal Improvement COM
panies of this State charging Illegal and ex-
cessive rates of freights. IS tfs.14
! The Chair appointed on the committee
Messrs. William P. B,lrweIl, r. w. n. No
land, Robert Lecky, George 81. Griffin, and
s. G. Newberry. sasse Is Z ftftin:l.Ei .sll'..it!
[ BY motion, the chairnaniwas added to the
committee. si;1s Fa.tsretiTft ~:
/ Major Noland read paper which he said
was the production of a businessman in the
city-not stockholder in. q railroad or a
Patron OF Husbandry.I .ia.r..,,1tsft
1t commenced by stating that great abuses
existed, and unless remedies were applied.
absolute ruin would ensuep It then; pro-
fo ~, oAipc
In regard to General Johsasoa' 8 bill, 1t says
that the roads will resist that portion which
requires them to bear the expenses Of the
commissioners On the other hand, it would
not be long before, with q lobby, they would
really have the appointment of the commits
sfoners in their own hands. It inyeighs
against what it states as toc-prevalent mis-
take of our Legislature to adopt the; first
remedy that offers as a cure for existing
abuses, and says that the principle OF the.
much-abused old common law in regard to
common carriers brought to apply, simply
and summarily enforcing the statutes and
laws relating thereto, is sufficient to cure
the evils complained of. Ei -
The proposed remedy is that each road
shall establish o tariff Of rates at so much
per ton per mile, and fixing reasonable
charge fer loading and unloading. 1t claims,
for instance, that coal should not be brought
to Richmond at a less price for shipping
than if it were to be sold here; and de-.
nounces the formation of interior rings by
officials OF the companies, and proposes that
heavy penalties be attached to violations OF
the law, the party instituting the proceed
ings to receive the penalty: Let the
Legislature put stop to- the sys-
tenn of running railroads by receivers
in violation of every principle OF right and
sound policy. II the company is'insolyent
let it be sold out-change hands--and new
company, unembarrassed by debt, have the
management thereof. Such company can
proftably run road at a lower tariff than
one burdened by load Of debt.
individuals and companies have built
factories and mills and been compelled to
sell them, and now see their ventures pay.
ing profits, and only by reason OF the d.
minished outlay. It is a common mistake
when man is in debt to wait for something
to turn up to enable him in the future to
carry out what he ought to see has been de-
monstrated to be beyond his reach. y His
only relief is to rub out and start fresh, and
the same rule applies to corporations, rail-
roads, and others.
In speaking to this paper Colonel Bur
well remarked that the people of Virginia
were taxed $50, 700 per year. to run the At
lantic, Mississippi and Ohio road by the
receivers. He was flavor OF at once put
ting up these bankrupt roads and selling
them out to; new companies with energy
and vitality enough to run them in the In
lerests of the people on scale OF low rates
and tolls: He held that no. interest Of any
man in Virginia would be ieopardized by
the immediate sale Of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad &o:'a:..l4i i.'.:si,
Senator Greever, OF Smith, in regard to
the eeharges on the Atlantic, Mississippi and
Ohio railroad, said they were high before,
but local charges are now very excessive,
A merchant could get goods shipped from
New York to Nashville cheaper than to his
county. . 1t was cheaper for merchants in
his section to ship their goods to Knox,
vile and have them re-shipped from there
back. 1t took one in every four bushels
OF wheat to pay the freight to Richmond
Delegate Flood, of AppomattoX,i favored
the resolutions, and said that something
ought to be done to relieve the people OF
the State from these excessive charges in
freights. ~ e 2'.'I i.!"- 80:
It being stated that as the committee
would probably be ready to report. by the
next meeting, it was ordered that the sec.
retary invite the members OF the Legislature
and several railroad presidents to be present
The meeting then adjourned. r. ,.,'' .,..
McCoRMAcK IN A BAD WAY.-Frank Me-
Cormack, who was struck on the head on
Wednesday by James Giblin, as is alleged,
was sent to the almshouse yesterday fol
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