New-York daily tribune., 1844-05-06
R,i1roads and the Pubiic-Rights and
IlIrffcz.


We are heartily friendly TO the existence e1'en-
sion. and incrense Of Railroads, and loathe all the
current slang about sCorporatiens.' True. IN our
iuagusnt. the great lines OF Railroad are properly
National defsnces Mail routes &c. and ought to DC
pariallv or wholly under Government control ou.'
| since Government wl no, build them and ai i"'''
vidual cannot. we age rght clad TO have 'ne'i GU
srructed by Corporarion=-sad the more oil te'' 'Ne
better Nothing can he more absurdy unJust. N o''
v;ew. than such clamcr IS Is row raised IN "ssSa
chCzstts against the Directors Of the Western ha''
road for raising the fare on that Road Ii nny u
bed policv 10 doit-we hope it's and tha' e 10"
er rate will bring the higher revenue IN "hch case
We shall soon have reduction: ba; TO conen" '"1'
the men who have invested their money IN woTS
which has greatly benefited the community vel oots
not paw them two per cent. interest. 90 Hro"s IA
raising their prices Is 10 outrage common sense.
any man feels aggreved. let him take The stage
route.
But while We are ready 10 defend these noble en-
tsrprises sgain=t IDLE camor and prejudice We sha
b. prompt also remind them of eny dereliciions from
duty on their part Such have occurred IN regard
/ to the late Wing Conventions. For instance, on
+ Tuesday last. we were in Washington, noting no"
J things were managed there. The City wes cro"ceo
with strangers, heading toward Baltimore ana II
was notorious that extra accommodations "0u'" "
required 10 transport them. Ye; Inc baltimore ana
Washington Railroad ran iai a. NJ only one
train wav each up TO p. VI. 81 which Tune sfea
brons covered eli their car, inside and out MI ihe
could carry no more and very many were compeiied
- ,o,oain b.b;nd. Now the managers came 10 their
senses. and agreed TO run al Extra Train al r. VI.
which ,Iev did, throwing hundreds into strange
Civ. haviug no particle Of ho;el-room vacant IN
the night. VINO ough; 10 have been taken there 10 tie
dav-tirle and nigh, have been had the Railroad ruh
q train at l. o'clock, il easily might have DONE
the track being entirely clear. Tins Road l. so
80 exorbtan in ts charges tina, 1t has no excuse of
thus incommoding the public.
The Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad do
sill worse. We hurried 10 its car-house in Baiti-
more a qualter before : on Thursday evening with
our reporters has,y account OF the great his
/ Young Mems Convention, and such particulars as
wc had been able in haste TO add TO them. we
found the train had zone some time before, aithoush
liz advertised time OF starting is O'Clock The Only
excuse was that the cars were full. Here were We
Eli behind We finally found friend 10 take along
/ our roll OF crude penciling= on steamboat thai
started al P w. expecting 10 follow IN the morning
train. and perfect and extend our account OF the
I Convention on arriving here that tFnday) night
We started accordingly, on crowded tram, which
was 10 fault OF the Railroad. BY the time we
reached the Susquehanna, we feared the train would
fail 10 connect at Philadelphia, and expressed the
apprehension. but the conductor said there was no
danger and the train crep, slowly on Itwas near
/ y cbaiN linn m he
the Mail-car was detached, special locomotive ap-
piled TO it, and l. whirled of ahead leaving the luck
les. passengers. save the few who were IN the Sc
cret and had Jumped ON the Ma-car. 10 plod or nt
/ leisure
We hurried ard frerted. bu, the conductor said We
should get through in season. But hindrance fol-
lowed hindrance, and when reached the We:tern
border OF Philadelphia it lacked but two or three
minutes OF ) clock. The few OF US who could not
afford TO stay over night in Philadelphia and who
had kept our baggage in hand for rush, jumped of
at the first carriage e-sand, were in hacks in twink
ling, and gave orders TO drive 10 the New-i ork boat
as fast as possible. When we renched there, we
learned that The boat had been gone about IRE
uirutes, md we must remain in Philadelphia over
night So here were we blockaded, while our crude,
I
Convention, mostly made up by an inexperienced
friend and not even read by US, sent on ahead with
the undoubting expectation that we should be al
home before paper went 10 press, would go out
as our intended account Of thar mighty and mo-
mentous gathering II the price OF ten passages 10
New-Ycfk could have put us ten minutes ahead, we
would have paid it most willingly. Many others
were in equal perplexitv,-ior instance, Rev. Fl. B.
B4scoN, who was in the train had an engagement
TO preach here on Saturday, vet must be detained
over nigh. in Philadelphia And all this might have
been avoided By decent diligence on the part of the
Railroad, or even by attaching the two engines at
Wilmington to the whole train. or dividing il be-
tween them. 4 similar trick was played, we under
stood, 10 the passengers by the Baltimore train
Saturday again, most of whom were kept over In
Philadelphia, and compelled TO remain there ill
this morning or travel on the Sabbath. There is
verv strong impression that this detention was in
tended for the benefit OF Philadelphia hotel and shop
keepers. Ii is bad enough at best, but this would
be infamous.
Another thing We DO think the ew-Jersey
Railroad should have held on few minutes at
Philadelphia On Friday evening, knowing, as the
managers must have known. that thousand dollars
would not cover the damage TO passengers which
half hours delay OF their train would prevent. Sull,
they ran at their regular hours ana came through
in fair season. They rendered strict, legal justice
TO the public, and ter perfect right 10 charge full
prices and run throughout at their regular hours
canuo, be questioned. 1t is absurd 10 insist thai
there is any obligation the part OF Railroad 10
reduce its prices for great Political gathering but,
in view OF its increased gains, it clearly ought
make extra exertions 10 accommodate lis customers,
even at little Inconvenience and outlay. Think
Of this, gentlemen!
Extract of letter dated
BALTIMORE. Fnday. 1Hs O'Clock. P. VI.
"We have just returned from the public meet
ing in Monument Square. The crowd there is
immense, and has been ably and eoquentiy ad
dressed by Messrs GRiscER and ToMllssos Of
New York, CHANDLER of Maine, MoNcx of Iowa,
and other distinguished Delegates from various
parts of the Union.