| From the Florence (Ala.) Gazette |
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| March 20, 1861 |
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| From the Memphis Argus, of March 2 |
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The Memphis & Charleston Railroad and Through Freight
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The following communication from Col. Sam Tate, president
of the Memphis & Charleston railroad, regarding a statement made
by us a few days since, we insert with pleasure:
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To the Editor of the Daily Argus:
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Sir,
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I notice an article in your paper of yesterday in
relation to preference given to through freight on this road over
local freight. Your informant is totally mistaken. We now have no
through rate from St. Louis, or any other Western city, beyond
Memphis, and wh????? a through rate the through freight was received
and forwarded precisely as local freight, and no questions were asked
where the freight came from or where it was going. We have endeavored
to clear our warehouse daily of all freights, but since the break in
the Western & Atlantic railroad, and East Tennessee & Georgia
railroad, which took place on the first of this month, it has been
impossible for us to deliver our through freight to those roads and
consequently our cars were detained, loaded and laying on side tracks,
fourteen days, causing an accumulation of freight and derangement of
cars to such an extent that we have been unable yet to clear the road;
but within the coming week we hope to get everything clear and move on
with our accustomed regularity and satisfaction to ourselves and the
public. In the meantime, you may assure merchants and shippers that no
labor or efforts will be spared by us to relieve ourselves and satisfy
them; and, certainly, no favoritism will be shown to places and
people, but justice equity and equality meted out to all, as long as
the road is managed by its present board of directors.
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Yours truly,
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Sam Tate
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President
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Memphis, February 22, 1861
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