Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-11-28
WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER %, 1883
Ra,lroad Matters.

our railroads and then connections and their
tendencies, and avail ourselves OF his aid TO
treat these subjects iutelllgenty in our edi-
tOrial columns.
A report Of an alleged interview has been
recently published IN which MI. joins II.
IywAy. president OF the Terminal Company,
Is rrproscnlcd 70 have sad "that II the
policy Of the Terminal Company is carried
on the gain Of savannah and Brunswick
will De the loss Of Norfolk and Of the great
business which il now receives from the East
Tennessee" &c.
Nr. IyuAS is understood 10 deny that he
usrd such language, or that the Terminal
Company has such policy, while Mr. GEORGE
s.. SCOTT. president Of The Richmond and
Dauwfe, which claims n have lease Of the
Fast Tennessee, hasteHs 20 rcpudiate such
policy on behalf 81 bis company.
Ills n matter Of vital importance 70 the
cliy Of Richmond that Tho vast volume Of
freight which IS accumulated from Tonnes
sce, North Georgia, and North Alabama,
and Mississippi should find st. way 10 the
by Richmond and West Point
An examination Of The Facts which under
DE the railroad situsiion will clearly demon
strate tina, the Interests Of the Richmond and
Danvillc sud % the Terminal companies re-
qairc That every pound Of THIS great business
which can De controlled and given direction
bv railroad management shall go over the
Richmond and Dluyllo railroad to West
Point or o. Richmond.
Here Gre Tine facts of me case:
The Richmond and Danyille Railroad
Company. 90 goes without saving, viii carry
lll the freight which u can control over 10,
onn railroad Co Richmond ard West Point
What viii thc Terminal Company do? The
Terminal Company has several ways "
reaching deep water.
f,t. Br lhe Redmond and Danylle rail.
road 90 West Point, which IL the established
Way.
"a Dy the East Tennessee railroad 70 Mo-
bile. on the Gulf OF Mexico. or TO Bruins
wick, On tine ocean.
ga. Hy TIE Georgia Central 90 Savannah.
Nh. IL the Chowan end Southern should
Dc constructed. by that road 10 Norfolk.
Toe Terminal Company Owls control Of
one half OF NE stock ~ me Georgia Central
lliir0ad Company. 10 owns about one ninth
of tno stock Of the East tennessee, Virginia
aud Georgia Railroad Company. VI the
IhoWau and southern should bee constructed
ID NuliIlk. bt tie Joint effort Of The Coast
fIreaud. Redmond and Dansiilo Camps
mics the Terminal Company through me
ptuvillc Company wit control one han Of
the stock oi That iue.
Now look 40 tne interest Of the Terminal
Company m the lluC % Richmond and West
Point
the Terminal Compny's line from the
last Tennessee connection 20 West Point
commence. lu Western North Carolina near
tbe Tennessee border, al Paint Rock, thence
p, the Western North Carolina railroad TO
Salisbury. thence 20 Greensboro, distance
col forty miles 20 Greensboro over the North
Carolina railroad. which Is leased; thence to
Richmond by the Richmond aud pauyil'e
r,ilroad: thence TO West Point by the York
River route; thence TO Baltimore by the York
River. Chesapeake and Baltimore steamships.
The Trrmnh Company owns the entire
stock and nearly All the bonds OF the Western
North Carolina uiroad. II owns eight
ninths Of The stock OF the Richmond and
D.uvillc Railroad Company. The Richmond
and Danville Railroad Company owns all The
eiock 81 The steamship lire 70 Baltimore and
has expended over q milton dollars IN i'm.
movements no West Point and on the York
River Iairoad; 80 thsi, practically and sub
ttautially. the Terminal Company isthe owner
of the line from Paint Rock, where II takes
the East Tennessee business. 20 West Point
and the steamship line 20 Baltimore. More
over. this Is the only line % deep water which
TIE Terminal Company owns.
But Il does own three f0urths OF the Viz
4 ts.. .. strta f..f.
gives u another channel through Virginia
t0 The North.
win the Terminal Company divert freight
from the two Virginia lines, IN one 0t which
n owns nearly the eutre stock and In the
olherof which H. owns three fOurths, to send
n To Mobile or Brunswick over the Ten
uessee railroad, in which 70 owns about one
ninth, or TO send Il 30 Savannah over the
Georgia CeuiraL In wIich 1t has very
shaky hold on one bali, or to Norfolk over
the little Cbowau and southern, In which
II Il be ever constructed, It will own one
hAlif
Raroaa-men talk like politicians, TO suit
the audience. II they want to cOuciliate
the people Of Georgia. why, OF course, they
are going TO build Up Savannah and Bruins.
wick
II they want 10 bluff John Robinson aud
hmuse The good people Of Norfolk, why,
then, they arr going 10 build the ChOwen
aud Southern and carry their freight to Nor
folk.
But oh the same the freight gets TO West
Point and 20 kslmoNd, and will continue to
get there, because the Terminal Company
has itS chief interest in the Richmond and
Dsnyille raiiroad aud It's line, and looks TO II
for its future revenues.
Thorn - IN faeaa.inQ for alarm
Rvorything Is working for the good Of
Richmond. When the Richmond and Dam
Yille Icascd the North Carolina railrosd, In
1871, Richmond carried her trade into Cen
tfal and h stern North Carolina When the
Richmond and Danyille acquired the West
crn North Carolina railroad RichmOnd's
trade was extended 10 Western North
Carolina When the Richmond aud Danville
acquired the Charlotte, Columbia and Au-
gusta and The Columbia aud Greenville rail-
roads oar trade followed down into South
Carolina. when we got the Atlanta and Chsr-
iotte Il went into Georgia, and now that We
have got the East TeGnesSes our trade VIII
extend over all the vast country which Is
tributary 10 thst great system.
Ssnee the Terminal Company bought the
control OF the East Tennessee railroad the
amount Of freight carried 10 West Point has
besn nearly doubled. Its cars, loaded with cot
ton, come from Mississippi, Alabama, and
Tennessee through Rehmoudto West Point.
They must 20 back loaded or unloaded. In
order 10 carry them back loaded the Tevmi-
minsl Company and the Richmond and Dsn.
vile must give 10 Richmond rates which viii
enable our merchants and manufacturers 10
Eend their products and merchandise 10
those Stairs ffora which the cotton came.
That Richmond Is striding forward az A
pace never bciore equalled Ia her history we
an recognize. Let Der not fail TO recognize
that Der development has kept step with the
development OF the Richmond and Danyille
system.
The qrapomen o. the situation Is not that
trade Will be diverted from Norfolk 10 Sa.
yAnnah, but that wiz lie diverted from the
Norfolk aud Western railroad aud carried TO
klchmond over the Bichmond and Dsnyille
Fsilroad system.
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