Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-13


that it seemed they would fall. In ono
case that comes within the knowledge
Of your correspondent handsome vase
was Jared from its place on the msntei
and broken into pieces. A great many
people were badly frightened by the
quakes, for there were two. The rum
bling could be heard some time after
the quaking became imperccptible. :.
The recent change in the schedule OF
the Chesapeake and Ohio railway has
the effect Of leaving Charlottesville out
in the cold. The completion Of the
new depot at the Virginia Midland juno
ton has determined the management to
take the extraordinary steps Of forcing
the people Of Charlottesville to the in
convenience Of going out of its corpo-
rate limits to take trains which run for
one mile through its corporation. The
announcement Of this action by the To-
cal agent on Saturday was received by
the people with astonishment at first,
which rapidly changed to indignation,
and all day the subject was being dis
cussed, and it is freely spoken OF
by the businessmen as :" an out
rage" Almost Immediately protest
signed by . large number Of citizens,
principally businessmen, was sent to
the railroad authorities. 1t is argued
that the original charter Of the road re-
quires the company to stop trains within
the corporate limits also, that in con-
sideration Of certain appropriations
since made to the road, which compre-
hended the continuance Of the station
at the old point, the company is acting
in bad faith towards the town in re-
moving the same. That the convent
ence Of a very large majority of the
people of the community is seriously
impaired by this act is beyond ques-
ton. The people can see no reason for
the company's action except an economic
one, which would save the company
perhaps a thousand dollars per year in
clerical force, and this Insignificant
sum placed against the interests Of a
large community by such a cor
poration excites great indignation.
When it is considered that large pro-
portion Of the freights received at this
point from New York, Baltimore, and
other northern markets come by this
road, and that a very considerable trade
is established between this point and
Richmond, it will readily be perceived
that the company will be no gamer by
comparison between the loss of this
trade and the paltry sum required to
keep this station in operation. And 1t
is boldly proclaimed by some of the
most prominent businessmen that if
this arrangement is not reversed or
some compensation made that the
freights now received and shipped
over that road will be given to
the Virginia Midland. Had the people
of Charlottesville ever demanded
union depot at the Junction there
would be little ground for their present
Indignation. All that was ever desired
for that point was decent reception
room to take the place Of the old wooden
shanties that had so long disgraced the
place; but they never for an instant
contemplated the removal of the pas
senger or freight stations to that point.
What the outcome will be is hard to
determine at this writing; but one
thing is charlottesville is badly
stirred up about the matter. The
merchants of Richmond have an in
terest in this matter, as it will turn all
trade from that market. True, the owners
of property near the Virginia Midland
Junction are not disturbed by the ac-
ton Of the railroad, as it will probably
tend to add to the value Of their pos
sessions near that point.
The University has opened with about
the same number on the roll as last
year, while the law class is not quite as
full as last year, but the medical class
is larger. The class in engineering is
about the same.
Stonewall Tompkins has gone to
Fayetteville, Ark, to accept position
in mechanical college at a remunera-
tive salary.
DR.. c. P. Wertenbaker, of New Jer-
sey, is in Charlottesville.
Information has just been received of
the death in New York city Of Mr..
- Hase, former resident Of this
place.
Hon. John f. Massey is still quite i'll
at his home. He has contracted deep
cold and cough, which is found to be
quite stubborn against ordinary treat
ment.
A series of meetings commenced in
the Methodist church last night.
QUIP.