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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-01-01
rpr1cur SENT FROM RICHMOND.

THE BUSINESS Al The ChESAPEAhE AND OHlu
wHARVES.
The business OF The company at the
Chesapeake and Ohio wharyes continues to
increase steadily every year. The improve
ment has been very marked during the past
twelve months, notwithstanding the fact
that operations were suspended several
times during the year on account OF high
water.
AS our readers all know, Mr.. L. Bremond
is The general shipping agent OF the COM
pany, in charge OF the wharves, an officer
of large experience, and lisa gentleman well
and fayorably known. We are indebted to
him for some interesting freight and ship
ping statistics.
About 5000 tons of freight OF all kinds
is now upon the wharves awaiting ship
ment, which, II added to the shipments
already made, will show a tonnage OF 246,-
1874 tons received during the year-the very
handsome increase Of 70,691 tons over the
year 1877. To the energy md efficiency OF
General Williams G. Wickham, second vice
president, and Mr.. w. NJ. s.Dunn, engineer
aud superintendent, is largely due this great
increase in trade through the Port of Rich
mond, which adds considerably to its bush
ness prosperity. enabling vessels to bring
'eargoes to Richmond ut a nominally low rate
OF freight, when there is q certainty OF back
carg0es, which are generally obtained from
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,,sras hot so,,lv exceeded IN the memory OF
man ,ot, The James bs that OF November,
1a7f. This food iilled up oil the eSca s1.-
ffnns. and left an available depth at nsgn
eide 81 only Ioa feet. The iargeg New 10TH
steamships ceased 20 run to the city ZOE ses5.
& since this time the work has been prose,
icuied with more yigor, both by the citY aasI
fthe United States. The waterway tov wy =
shoals has been contracted by dfkes ana
Vfnn.fiams, distractions removed, DulcI-
| f>un c1lt-off onened to navigation. and cnaI-
/ neIs throuqh Rockets reef and Goodes
/ rocks cut, so that, in January last, Mr. d.
| alank;nsi,in. chairman Of the City Commit
fee or, the Improvement, was able TO an
| no,lnce channel over Rockets reel Q! II
feet. and from that point to the sea OF 10
feet at mean higs, tide. At that time tne
worry was suspended for want OF means 10
/ carry It GA, and not until the latter part OF
INV was it renewed. Since that time IL mas
| been carried on continuously. The channel
| through Rockets reef is now 15s ieet uesp
| by 60 feet wide. The cbannel opposnss
| Drewrv's island is at least 163 feec deep anu
125 feet wide. New wins-dams nave Deeh
| constructed and others extended lrolh tns
head of Richmond bar to the lower emu VI
| WarE 1ck DaT, iuG Luc sCouA uo'A'," -, -
cent freshets, due to these dams, mas Deeh
ouire encouraging, and will doubtless con
tinoe during the coming season OF iresEels'
There is a short distance at the head OF ban
doInh's flats where, on the 9th OF December
there were but 15t feet depth at mean hlsn
tiSe- elsewhere below Rockets reel IL IS
/ lriieyed there are ct least 10 feet. VI
/ course navigators viii load to somewha!
less than these depths. according: to the
elass OF thei vessels. There is probably, a
change in progress in the direction OF the
4 channel at the head of Randolph Hats, que
to the wing dams above, which Will not oe
disadvantageous.
Dutch-Gap cutoff is being widened Dy
Mr.. n. C. Heggarty under contract with
Colonel w. P. Cralghili, corps 81 en-.
yineers United States army. About ~ Ieet
in width is being removed from the pony
at the upper end, aud this, with other VOTE
TO be done there, will, it is hoped, make Nie
use OF the L" cut-off'' less difficult.
/ The United States engineers expect &c
deepen the river so that ut least eighteen
feet may be carried from the sea to tht
Wharves ut Rockets, and TO accomplish E'le
in very short time il the means art
afforded to carry on the work without IN
terruption-a most important improvement
forth e. commerce OF our city.
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1870. 1873.
General business, main
llr............,.....S 129.0i0 66E:l30,S45 13
siness ............... 1862 II 1928 Sc
| Total rrcriptc . SI7u693 33lSl4O.O6 90
Total rrccipte. E. IL Z

Since last report dividend of four per
cent. on the capital stock has been paid, and
the current business OF the road promises
steady semi.annual dividend. The usual
dividend OF two per cent. has been declared,
PAYABLE on and after to-day.
Tile condition OF the road and property
is excellent. New steel-railS, largely In eX-
cess Of the annual wear. have been land IN
the track. The bridges (all OF which are OF
wood are strong and safe.
The finances OF the company are SatlStac-
tory. The new consolidated seyen-per-cent.
bonds can be sold at par to meet the ma
turing echt-rer-cent. first mortgage, which
begin to fall due in 1850.
The above result shows an increase OF
1882. &c in gross receipts, and decrease
in oDeraling expenses OF S12,32S.9I, show
inc a net increase OF l5,2Sl.I3 over last
fiscal year, and should be gratifying, rs for
several days in November passenger travel
was Interrupted, and for four weeks IN NO
yembcr and December freight traffic was
entirely suspended (south Of Weldon). ow-
inr TO unpreccnted frcshets. which carried
away the bridges over the Roanoke river III
Weldon.
TIC following items were cl1rged III op-
Grating expenses. that might nave proper!
been ClttSSSQ Us cStldoluiii'uN tHpei"S', 40
they are permanent betterments 10 the
roadway and property:
iv"r ig; a. p"... s2o11 45
NV J r. II, lien or wnodcn structure 800 81
Ejrn. nrs,f Taut and burylar-proof safe. 800 90
Culycrt at Broad Rock run. in place OF ann IN
one ,S,..ri ..ut iu May. S73........... 1,OSO W
one - r,i,I,o,,t over since th,. war' 900 90
-
.2sf 20
NorE-The repairs to and timing roof OF james,
River bridge was commenced In last fiscal year anu
completed iu this fiscal year.
roxnrxsru STATEMENT, SHOWING OPERATION
OF TIE RICIIMOND AND PETERSBURG RAIL
ROAD FOR THE YEAR:
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The following is a statement of the mum.
her of steamers and sail-ressels arriving al
and departing from this port, together win
their tonnage, for the year ending Decem,
her. Al, 1878: Number OF barks arrHing and
departing, 40: brigs, IL; schooners, 73S.
Total number of saiEressels arniiing ana
departing, $50. .ort
Number OF steamers arriving and depart
ing, 800. am .,ooo
Tonnage of sail-vessels, 1SO,ooos TONNAGE
OF steamers. 5I5,000-total amount OF ION
mage, ,G95.0O0 Increase OF tonnage over we
1877, logo. Failing off OF sail-vesseh'' 90;
increase of steamers, 20.
The cause OF increase ofConnage Is a''e 70
the Increased draught of Gater, which au-
mits larger vessels. This also causes Tue
falling oil in the number of arrivals Oh sa'i-
yncselv
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COMMERCIAL INSTITUTIONS.

CuAyBER OF COMMERCE. Meets the second
Thursday in each month at their hall In the
Commercial Club building, 1900 Ross street.
F. 0. Melting, president; 7. G. Coghlan,
secretary.
CORN AND FLOUR EXcHANGE.-Me ets dally.
{ les commence at 10 O'Clock A. NJ. L. w.
McCance, president; p. G.. Coghlan, secre'
tory. The Board of Directors meets quar-
terly for special business.
ToBACcO EXcHANGE.-Meetsd daily. Sales
commence at 10 O'Clock A. NJ. B. G. Gray.
president; Peyton Wise. secretary.
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Richmond and Allegheny Railroad
Company.

Office corner Thirteenth and Main streets,
in the Richmond Blinking and Insurance
Company's building. The office OF presl-
dent is vacant. II. q. Parsons, yicc-pres,-
dent. The following are the directors
james Il. Kccnc, New York; Thomas Ew-
ing, Ohio; Hugh Mccullough, New York;
r. S. Bocock, Virginia; John L. Jones,
Nevada; George s. Palmer, Virginia :.
w. Bocock, New York; and II. {. Parsons,
Virginia.
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LUMBER INSPECTED.
FISH INSPECTIONS.

The following is statement Of the in
spections Of fish made by Maiors L. A
Brander for the past twelve months; 1,433
barrels North Carolina gross behring's, Nc.
j; 60 barrels North Carolina gross herrings,
No. 3; 80 kegs North Carolina gross her
rings, No. i; 4,42l barrels North Carolina
cut behring's, No. 4; 525 barrels North Caro-
lima cut, behring's, No. q; $50 kegs North
CaroHsa cut herrings. No. 1; 275 kegs
North Carolina cut herrings, No. 2; 1852
kegs North Carolina roe herrings, No. ;
262 kegs North Carolina roe herrines. No.
q; 100 quarter Kegs North Carolina roe her
rings.
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Sl1,440 So

4 serious train accident occurred TO tne
north-bound night-maiI train on the niSh'
of the oath OF February last, between re
mol. and Milford stations. This train part
cd near pcnoa, and the forward section was
oyertaken Ivy the rear section, the TWO COLI
ing together with sufficient force to overlap
two OF the platforms, upon which were
three passengers; one OF these died from
the injuries received and two had 10 unoer'
% ;~'putaton. An employee OF the compa-
nv " as also killed. The bellies OF the cars
rem, ned intact, and no injury OF any con-
seu,, nee was done within them. The tram
wa, composed of two Pullman sic"pers,
two coaches belonging to other companies,
and two mail and baggage-cars belonging
to this company. 1t parted between the
sIeepers (Which were in the rear) and the
coaches. All were supplied with the West
inghouse alr-brakes, but not with the more
recently invented automatic brakes, which
are calculated TO prevent such accidents, anu
which we, as we'll as our connections, have
now adopted.
COMPARISON OF INCOME FOR THE PAST YEAR
WITH YEAR 1877:
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the line 81 the Chesapeake aud ohio rail-
way. IS. Ii. 81, 10 nr,.
The business of the tFilarves VILE svs,, ps
pcrIY understood by reference 70 tne lgpI
ing report OF tonnage shipped ahd TN, tsS1o
cleured from the chesapeake ahe
wbarves for the year 1871
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LOOSE TOBACCO SOLD.
DANvIT.T.r.

The quantity OF leaf tobacco sold dur.
the year ending on the Goth uItimo - ~
mated at 26,121,212 pounds: The max,
| value thereof at S2.34T .203.99: the ave.
per 100 pounds at $S.74. The quanl'y.s,
during the preceding year was lG,i.G..
pounds; the value OF It, -. 033. o.: =.
average per 100. S12.3S. That the qlar,.,
sold last Year WAS greater than thai e'n.
| preceding year by more than l0.rcDg,
| pounds, the average per 100 les hy >.4
and the amount paid ont for the o1lnlr
greater by more than $4,000.
PETERSBURG.
The following is statement Of Thee.
spections OF tobacco and sales OF lr4.r .,
the warehouses in Petersburg for tn ia,
ending Goth September:
Oaks Warehouse: Inspections. g.
hogsheads; stock on hand inspected. ! =.
boosheads; stock on hand for inspcrfI. &,
10 hogshcadS; sales OF loose tobacco 'rar
October /, 1877, to September 80. ~,
| ,262, 060 pounds.
Moore's Warehouse Inspections. ~.
hogsheads stock on hand inspected, H..
hocsheads: stock on hand for insprr'ar
40 hogsheads sales OF loose tobacco fore.
year ending to-day, l,1G2j3i pound.
Centre Warehouse: Inspections. A.
hogsheads. Sales of loose tobacco for
October /. 1877, to September -, ~
1,G2S, G2O pounds.
West-Hill Warehouse: Inspections, ~
hogshcads. Stock on hand inspected. la'
hogshcads; stock on band unnspcctrh.
horshcads. Sales OF loose tobacco r..
October /, 1877, to October /. 1878, l.on,
$50 pounds.
The total inspections for the year a..r
gate 1869 hogsheads, being Il Iar"r j,
crease over the inspections OF last year.
FAEMTiLI.t.
The sales OF loose tobacco at the W.
houses OF FarmviIc for the year "tHz
september 80, 1873, sums up ',H.>@
pounds. This is considera bic advau,r.
last years sales. Less than ten hoS>h'"
have been inspected there.
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brought into tn e p4strtct i" Bon"
Trade with Portugal During

Wheat, 6s,595 bushels !; hour o. s "a. ne
slaves 1865 pieces; tobacco l,-yyo l.,@i
heads: American tonnage ehSaSI -
tons: Norwegian tonnage enS'S %nuNs
toms Total tonnage. l,253 ton,, .cIrontf
. Of vessels engaged, American ,tS y '' Slumst
and Norwegian hark~'o o,,,,i . aueuE!
of total crews, 81 men; - '
value of exports, sG5,sSs'o''
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INTERNAL REVENUE COLLEC TED
The following is a statement Of til" t"t-.
collections in the Third district OF ".
ginia for the year Of 1873:
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titles and probable value Of ail articles con
!yeyed On the James River and kanawllmla
canal during the fiscal year 1878, elassineas
so IA to exhibit the products OF the FOREST,
Of agriculture. os mines, Of nlanufact lures,
and OF merchant Use generally
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1,422 1,420 1,421 1874
g.,,,os Rsyar nntI KanSwlau Canal.

James River and KanaWhn CahaI.
The following is comparative exhibit OF
the receipts Of leading articles OF merchan-
die received at Richmond by the james
River and Kunawha canal for the fiscal year
of 1878 and the two preceding years:
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TOBACCO STATISTICS.
RICHMOND.

Tho following Is n comparative statement OF the
inspections and dcliyericsof tobacco losclher "li
stock on hand mt the different warehouses IN tue c,y
of Richmond, from October l. 1877, TO October l.
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Nnnuf, cturcd Tobacco, cigars. and
Cigarettes Exported.

The following is statement OF the m,@
ulncturcd tobacco, cigars. and cI%ar'r
shipped from the Third internal rcNr'N
district during the year 1873, upon "a@
no tax is paid here
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PASSENGER BUSINESS
Cscsspeake and Ohio Road.

Chesapeake and Ohio Road.
The annual meeting OF the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railway Company will not be held
until next week, and we are therefore una
bile to furnish the earnings of the company
for the past year.
TONNAGE REPORT.
The following is statement OF the freight
received and sent from Richmond:
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CIsassiFJEp srATsMEAT OF TIRE QUANTITIES
81 AND LIB or RRRIGHrs saIgFgD OYER:
TIE CANAL.
Tho iolloaing ID cement Of the tsian.
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COMMERCE.,
me Raehsnena Dock.

The following embrace the STATISTICS OF
fhe dock-c0sDnarce for the past yea to-
pether with comparative statement os tne
Inward and outward movement OF the tead-
is,g articles during the past three years.
The inward movement for the three years
was rs follows: s tt
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FLOUR INSPECTIONS.

The following is q statement of the flour
inspected in Richmond during the year
1878:
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The outward movement OF the ieadlhS
articles during the same period WIS as 1o''
lows:
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!. - 80 =. I - fltS q -
RAnLMOAnls
!. q. ), .,,,a m. I][,llnnyilIe.

Rfcismond and DnnviiIe.
The following summaries embrace the
soouerario,,s or the Richmond and Danviiie
-rnad for the past year, and are snfncisnt ZOE
the purposes OF: our Newly Years edition q
EapSfYGs AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE
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.*Damage by freshet7 Sta"hloh i''e'7
1877. ,;,os bos bpen
1897 gross tons , fsu,sn ssown
mile tons onr, nne th as d OF sSi
S Mas The revenues from through passen.
1 ser traffic have decreased s4easS9I wh's
those from local travel have been re sgns
an through I1 and local combined haTins been
oa, d ,ua saos0s. IS. The ratio OF expenses
~ earnings on the aggregate operations Of
1.-The lines is 6GS per cent.
III, n rho noners1 condition Of the roadway has
h,en =, materially improved during the year.
On the Richmond and DsnSll!e road 2,2S2
tons OF sixty-pound. rails have been put in
the track; of which l,3le tons are steel ana
e22 tons iron, renewing twenty-three and
onc-baIf miles. On the North Carolina road
,0soS tons were put in; of which 1922 are
steel and ss3 iron, renewing eleven and one
half miles.
STATEMENT OF TONNAGE SHIPPED OVER TILE
ROAD BCRISG THE YEAR.
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Tax PaiL on EObnc"O III !I'!''!T'
The following is 4 statement ~ ~
paid the Government in d"lai! on i'''"
exclusively for the wear 1875:
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lis

The following was the movement OF YES
GELS OF all kinds in and out Of the dock du-
ring the lust fiscal years 1877 and 1873:
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rore,gn ard American vessels.

Vessels entering the pert OF Richmond during
SsG from forntgn countries vert:
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Comparison Of the past year with the
wear 1870, the receipts OF which were the
largest since the war, are as follows:
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Richmond, York River nsni CheSa-
EcaAc Road.

Seven miles Of tifty-six-pound new rail
with tish-ioints have been laid. The wharf
facilities at West Point have been extended
uptil there is now 4 wharf frontage OF four
tceu hundred feet, with depth OF water at
the wharf OF twenty-five feet.
Richmond, fredericksburg and PotO-
mne Road.
The following is report Of the compa-
ny's operatons for the fiscal year:
Prrctpts from transportation have
hrcn ............................ ...S3l l.,33 ~
Rrcreipts from hire of car>............ d99 g6
Receipts from rrlitS... .....''-.....'.' @'Na' ~
Making gross revenue Os..... ........ 3lf.2LE .
Tyneises Of transportation have been. l6u'dd4 y.
Leaving a net revenue 4.O"S al
which net revenue exceeds that OF the pre-
vious wear bv the sum OF S7,SS09S.
The payments on account Of interest on
bonds and dividends on guaranteed sto' X
amounted 10 Sl11,7l1.S3, leaving q hcl
profit OF S42,3SG.G1, against $3I, HESS last
year.
During considerable portion OF the pre-
sent year three regular daily passenger
trains were run. Lately they have been re-
duced to two, with favorable schedules.
The roadway, track, and rolling stock Il:
in excellent condition. -
The falling-of In income was: FROM
through travel, G per cent; express nia.'
ter. II per cent; local freight, l35 per cent
And the gain in income: From local travel
II per cent: United States mail, 3G5 per cent
The sum charged to cost OF road ana pre-
perty is less than that OF the previous ; e'i
,fgttN
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Utst,cGrcl. Total.
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Summary STATEMENT or COAL TRANSPORTED
STATEMENT:
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Gross receipts:...."...
Expenses, ordinary
and extraordinary.
Net receipts. 800.
Interest paid. ...........
Met revenue .r....
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NEW YORK RETURNS.

New York, Nov. 1.-THE official canvass
OF the election returns throughout the state
began to day and will not becompleted be-
fore Friday or Saturday. Returns have
been received from fourteen counties. The
Ilmse' last table made out an apparent ma
Jority of 622 for Hoskins for lieutenant
governor and 2,068 for Carr for secretary of
state 6.O53 for Wadsworth for controller
!!,2ZO for Ward for encouragement ; 4,O40
Tor wendell for treasurer and 6,185 for Sew
mour for state engineer. All the above are
republicans except Seymour. The fourteen
counties above referred to. as compared Win
the Times table show a loss of SO for Hos.
kins; ll6 for Carr a gain of 80 for Wads.
worth;a loss of $40 for Ward 10 70,
Wendell and = gain of1,545 for Seymour.
New York, Nov. 1.-THE Sun says the
official returns from about half of the coun.
ties show slight republican gains owe,
previous estimates, enough to indicate tina,
the vote for acknowledgements will bt
very Close, and that the republicans max
have5carrled the remainder ofthe state tick
e 'except engineer and surveyor.
The World claims the election of Potter,
Mackin and Seymour.
Utical, N. Y, 1.-THE Oneida count,
canvass il made, but not confirmed by IN.
supervisors on account of the returns or til,
nth ward Of Utica not being filed. 1t i
claimed they cannot nov be received an,
will pc thrown out. If they are, Andersor
republican, will be elected senator owe
Stevens, democrat, BY e~ighty.six majority.
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local educational matters, and among them
the members of the school board. The
latter insist that there must be some mis-
take about, the matter. They assert that j,
is their constant endeavor to provide free
educational facilities for all classes Of
children legally entitled to the privilege.
They have made this q specially and if q
case has occurred wherein any person en-
titled TO school rights has been denied the
same they would deem it q favor to be
personally apprised Of all the circumstances
connected Herewith. The superintendent
of our city schools is equally DESTROYS Of
like informations He says no euch case has
toshis knowledge. There is a posi-
bility that our correspondent might have
been misinformed regarding this case. The
girl referred to may not be a resident of the
city. She may not have made application
the proper parties for admission. Her
seton may have been governed entirely BY
mistaken common report. The proper
course to pursue is for the person aggrieved
to present the case to any member Of the
school board and if wrong has been mad
.vertently perpetrated it will surely be
for. Errors will occasionally creep
n:o'the most perfect system of management,
and while our school board is not infallible,
believe that it uses its best endeavors to
carry out the designs Of those who framed
our educational code. Yankton certainly
the advantage of excellent schools
and this could not occur without a con-
'cientious management on the part of the
board.