NA, VC 9/18/1864

Virginia Central Railroad
President's Office
Beaverdam, Va., Sept. 18, 1864
 
Col. F. W. Sims
Q. M. &c
 
Dear Sir,
   Yours of the 16th Inst is received in which you express a reluctance to call a convention of the Virginia Rail Road authorities.
   After the kind and highly appreciated acknowledgement of the correctness of my conduct in the frequent necessary interviews with your office, I hasten to ask you to reconsider your decision, and would not do so but for the fact, that since writing to you, I learn that the Board of Public Works have declined to take any further steps in the matter, and as there is a pressing necessity for a revision of the Tariff, I fear that the company over which I preside may suffer, mean time, as indeed it is now.
   I do not think there would be any indelicacy in your convening the conference, especially as you appreciate the necessity for a revision of the Tariff. I think whilst ??? movement originated with Mr. Haladay, an ??? of his letter to the Q. M. Genl amounted to an agreement that you would bring about the conference. If however after learning this Mr. Haladay declines, you still feel unwilling to invoke the conference, I must ask you to permit Mr. Whitcomb to bring our case before you for consideration.
Very Respectfully
E. Fontaine Pres
 
I will call at your office, if you desire.
H D W

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