New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-03-06
New York and Erie Railroad Company.

adopted at the meeting held at the Court House
In the County Of Rocklsnd, In relation to thil
hoad, submit TO the Pablo and the Legislature
the following reply to the answer of the Directors
first Published on the evening of the Goth instant
Time was hntening on and the Legislative sss.
sion drawing to its close it was therefore abss'
lutely necessary in order to prevent the injurious
effects of the contained in that answer that
the reply should appear forth with. The Commit
tee regret that they have consequently been
obliged to abreviste much of their proofs and sta.
tiItics bat still trust that they have offered sQs-
cent to show that the directors have no excuse
for the diversion Of the passenger busine. int
the State of New-Jersey.
A considerable portion Of their answer 10 oooa.
pied by reference to difficulties between them and
certain individuals at Piermons As the address
neither called for nor authorized anything ia resroa 10
them, and a. We know little Of those difficulties 10 al tar
portion Of the reply excep1 the follow
Ing That exordium evidently inelco cd get up false
by the parties eered To- il woud esrtsav have besn
dign6ed for them calmly abide ts result relying on
justice OF their case than to stem 10 prejudice the public
mind against by coofoundng the wrongs Of which We
complain with their private controversies rnere Ia
however, ssgulsr sentence Ia that erordium which, a.
though il might De passed over by noss persons whsxt
particular remark must be full gnihcsnce 70 those wac
.US pS Ss men placed 10 s
and employees may create or mold public opinion 70 suit
their purposes. That sentence is as follows
The Company have expended large amount al Pier
mont 10 improve for and since IL has so largo
sum the Directors intend to use Il TO the beat possible Id
without, constant annoyance"
Does this mean that they may possibly hereafter remove
he fetghL they have already done the passenger oaa
ness IL seems to
But perhaps the beat Key the meaning this scms
what petusnt ana ambiguous though inesnuoGs threat
may be found In speeches OF Directors Of the Erie Com
psny al the opening Of the Rsmspo and OF the Newbargs
branch roads az period when OF course, public opin-
ion could not have been sucieaty potent TO control their
actions At the latter OF those festivals VIM T. Dodge,
n me ~ e psse eoa
corning the vast amount Of tonnage that would pass over
the Erie Road Of which he was then we believe, Vice.
President he made to say hath DOud resssa fsr~~~
IN vetc,JevseE.
They make susion the history Of tho road pro
vious 10 their OF which should have aksu
20 notice. had contained reference to our own pod
ton at that time. They state that one passenger train PEI
day carrying the milk and freight train each day was
the extent OF accommodation to the citizens OF Rocklane
County the period referred to- with which presumed
they well satisfied They have now more and oetie<
recommendation than that time Notwithstanding the In
uirnstion 90 fully expressed
aer statement 10 We bad st the period theJ
spsak Of passenger trains daily TO New York aud toe
-enn ug by means OF which passengers were enabled 10
spend at east four hours In the City OF New
Oh and return the . me day .
r.. Directors proceed state, that since 1886
nearly twenty mr dollars have been raised by them"
II woul8 be folly - dispute this while the daily money ard
clss Of WsllsI TEEN with notices OF Erie frst bonaA
Enc Second Bonds" Erie lncSne Bonds, ana nov %
which TO- presume, the mentioned by The Directors
having been yaissd by them. .,
But tire OF comments those portions OF the answer
which appear utterly irrelevant and only Intended 70
distract The attention Of the public from our true grounds o.
complaint We 'hsll, therefore, be a. brief az Posnoe ~
abiding TO those which We have not already noticed
The Directors thai they have given their une
hope 1 Of gain Or e%ola%en Tai. @.y es ne case
But are informed that some Of them have from Tune TO
time specusted very largely aud very probably 10 ther
own stock and bonds II this be So n their long conn-
ued lsbors" have been thus incidentally oJ
eres,ed psosm has met The reward never SEEKS ana
go rarely The Directors close with an eloquest
EXPIRE ssiOn of indignation and contempt for the cnago
contained in our address ard this brings to the points al
issue.
First that you have discontinued your passoa-
ger trains through our country.
Your answers vague and calculated 70 msoso yvs
seTt be at best an equvocaion You have whony lsa
psssenge. ooss and you pow n "a sc
is attached passenger car, and oy this Accommodate
line we may resch The City OF Newfork In aoou, nvs
ovsond 1--WE speak advsedly cans OF milk are transferred
TO the boat Here thep 10 one OF our complaints, which
even gu will assert to be utterly groundess for yoe
state you great efforts to avoid the acnon which
gives rise IT, but 10 vain You were reluctantly drssH
gers prevent dyenior that every day iscreas
ing and that upon an average you lost 10 your trips
coming East from third to half Of your psssepgers
This refer; 20 your experience gSr 20 the s
compel all your passengers to take the Jersey route FOR
long period previous TO that day every facility had beeo
all rded to lhe passengers to get on suherns II ne
toous that dursga large part lime agents had nav
elled In the West OF Suferns distributing hsndbils
and verbally recommending TO passengers TO take the Jer
sey route. Your conductors and agents frequently
advised passengers to travel that route Your arrange
ments created unecesnry delays in the established rous.
for example the trains tho srYa ofhe boat ~ Pier
mont were by standing order your thea supenntsnd
ant directed 10 remain there until the arrival Of tho ras
the Pie) although you had there double track extending
from the Pier WesIwars. You trsnsporteds large qasn
and unsdins OF which csased az sddons ds.saon. sna
in csses that express freight consisted Of dressed
hogs and butter All these deenons and delays OF
tended ~ dsasfy and disgust your passengers ne ess
Of hoz usual did not EqSive INTO the causes bat aitis-
uted them Inherent disadvantages OF your established
route And far from any attempt being made 10
that erroneous IMPRESSION some Ut number pro-
sumo unnteutonay suenghened :, from time to tims by
assertion la: eventually the train would pas through
Jesey-that the amap0 ute was deeidodly prcfU
able, &c Now after al this did you as you assert ioso
from third to onehaf OF your passengefsf hot the
following figures answer:
Number Of passengers turning Cd q Sunsrns tor Jersey
City bv the Ramspo and Patterson Railroads. snd arriving
is5os
Passengers going Ess s5 averaging sbOu, a per day
Passengers going West, s2s-syeaging about "a per day
Total passengers .2Os2 or......s9 per day.
Contrast this the number Of passengers during the
month by your Steamboats,, 70 and from Picrmont
Passengers going West, 9,085.........Of S3 per day
Passengers going East, SS5O...........Or 30 per day
Total passengers. 1885 or.....59 per day.
This statement, accidentally received by since tho pub
LEGATION OF your answer is exraecdfrom your wn month
~ reports encouraged by IT, we applied TO your CLERK
Tor leave 10 exsmne them further IL refused on tho
ground that the information mis- ht beused against you.
And now, gentlemen, we challenge you 20 the PROOF W
is exclusively IN your pOssesson Of your assertion that
you lost from third 10 half Of Jour passengers
In your efforts 10 oblse Rockand County and to cling
your chartered route Produce and lot examine your
own sststcs from the time Of stopping your Iaos at the
junction OF the Rsmapo Road 70 the day you were reuc
sny driven TO adopt IL a. your sole regular passenger
route We feel assured that notwithstanding tie efforts
referred TO- not ten in hundred during thst period
OF your passengers len and took trains az sunerns
and OF those the vast proportion were way passengers
and residents OF Orange County. This not singular
passage Of hour and half 90 commodo1s Hteain
boas with proper dressing rooms, &c, after Journey ~
Railroad of one three hundred miles enordng an
onpony FOR reeshment and rest Immediately previous
10 enterngihe City would be preferred probably by nney
nine OF hundred Of your passengers who made mo OK
pertinent Tis that FOR about two months OF me year
here be occasional delays you have stated on az
count OF fORs ice &c the river But II eternal Sem-
ner at Jersey City Does Ice never obsuct the psssaSe
TO and nom thar land a Usmise DO fogs never darker