The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-05-15

. 90 TO NEW YORK MERCHANTs-Your at
tention has been repeatedly called the imposition
mercantile community of this city, by the exhorbitant
rates of freight charged by the Monopoly steam boat rail
phia-that is, the Camden and Amboy Line the New
Brunswick and Trenton Railroad Line and the Delaware
and Raritan canal through which the Merchants and
presenting many heads the monster are gov
erned controlled and guided in all their operations and
movements by body Of Directors who, like corpo-
rations but little soul regard for aught save
their welfare and interest To elucdate this matter
only necessary to contrast the rate ior
States more particularly with those whose operations
bear most distinctly upon New York interests The D
fixed their rates oil freight for the whole distance at only
Is cents hundred while the monopoly tetween this
city and Philadelphia DISTANCE Of only ~ m11e. continue
chants the price Of so cents for goods
and rs cents for of lighter articles and to compel
merchants to forward their orders by this lne exact
cents foot 40 cents hundred pounds by the Della
ware and Raran canal The effect OF there exhorbtant
charges thus compared he's most injurious operation
upon the trade Of this CITY, which has long since been
experienced by business who have justly and loudly
proclaimed against it, The result is that many Southern
and south Western refuse to purchase supplies
IN this CITY, but fill their orders in Philadelphia and
thus save the additional per centage Of the
tween Philadslphi, and PittsSurgh a distance
Of nearly four times that between this city and
this monopoly after deducting the State tolls The evil
does not rest alone here the monopoly lines
Philsaelphia and Baltimore, who have also kept their
rates at an exorbitant PITCH have recently been
pelied through the enterprise Of Messrs PECK L0RES
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Line TO reduce to 10
cents hundred for the purpose Of driving Oft fair and
just opposition and the monopoly OF this end in order to
sustain such OPPRESSION have refused to forward
gers from this city to Philadelphia, intended for Peck
Lore's line between Philadelphia and Baltimore, by
receiving the agents tickets while at the same time they
receive all the tickets for those whs intended for other
lines Runners also brought into requisition this
end TO engage passengers for the monopoly lines between
Philadelphia and Baltimore and every expedent resorted
to TO break up and destroy opposition that has thus
benefited the public in the reduction Of passage and
freight between the two last named Cities Such small
and contemplate to destroy fair competition did
not strike the legislators New jersey when they grant
ed life TO these monopolies and the merchants Of this
city, the South and West called to protect their
interests and those of the public by lending hand
to sustain line established by snterprising individuals
to compete with purseproud arrogant and overbearing
monopolss The public should be informed of the
sons that prompthese monopolss to start their morning
line to Philadelphia by the way Of the Camden and Am
boy Railroad at the early and unusual hour of 81 o'clock
and for Philadelphia north at 10 o'clock thus preventing
connection with the Eastern boats and compelling pas
sengers take the Railroad Line at charge OF four
dollars when express provision OF the charter of the
former company was that they should be confined to
Do they this daylight line merely because they
compelled by their charter to 30 so and 1t in the proper
spirit thus to impose upon the public that sustans them
There other matters connected with this monopoly
which will be made manifest long, and which will lay
their practices and impoaitioDs bare the public gaze
NEW YORK MERCHANT.