New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-18

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The Directors of the Erie Railroad have felt con
strained to present the following card to the public in
defense of their course in reducing fares:
CARD.
The Directors of the New-York and Erie Railroad
Company on the 9th inst, resolved, unanimously, to
reduce the fare their passenger trains from Dunkrk
Buffalo and Niagara Falls TO New-fork and they
have now with the same unanmity resolved on Ike
reduction on the trains from Newly ork To those places
II s due 10 the stockholders and the public, that the
reasons for the adoption Of such important measures
should be laid before them.
II is well known that in October last, second strike
Of nearly all the Locomotive Engineers on the road
took Mace which seriously embarrassed for several
months Its operations and prevented Tor time, the
running Of the passenger trains with the regularity Tor
which The road before had been justly celebrated II
would naturally be supposed mat the msnascrs u
renee. would have sympahkcd with us aud have rem
dered such aid as il In their power to Afford. Inc
Directors happy Ia say that, with single eAceP
ton, they have no cause Tor complaint iua' eAoup
tion was the New.York Central Railroad. From the
commencement OF the strike iis managers sought 10
profit by the misortunes Of rival and nave 10 tue
present time used every means To dVert ua'ei i,oi
our road Handblls over tho signature OF ther Gen
eral Superintendent have been circulated Dy tens Oh
thousands throughout the Western States, behng our
road and falsely reporting u ~ unsafe irregular anu
generally route to be avoided by travellers In oruer
that the nature of these msrepiesehtauons may oe
understood we make the following extracts irom
handful over the signature Of L. Nibbard, General
SUPERINTENDENT Of the New-fork Central haiiroad,
and extensively circulated for the last six months.
taking this route feel assured tnat they are
with careful experienced Engineer' the Company PAYNE
SUCH never have been Obliged 70 use bremen WIN 30
e1peieuce account OF strikes endangenns me- aa ne
making time ia the the Great Broad Gauge Route
Passenger should be particular and secure tickets ~ TINS
natl 70 Buffalo NewYork and Boston, saving several
Of ears and the annoyance OF missing con
uecton. which occurs so often on the Ne"ioA ana Erie
route" .o .h.. a., LAND na.senrer, bv cars In
NewYok City within short distance q the prncpa hotels
All other land their PASSENGERS in Jersey City
the liver making additional and dssreea0e incident
The effect of these and similar interpretations
has beep for the time being TO divert from our road
considerable portion Of the travel which it before en-
joyed.
of the best interests of all railroads have been adopted
IN draw from a rival line the business which, by faith
tul service to the public, il had secured The employ
mept of great numbers of runners payment OF commits
sons in violation Of agreement and, finally the At
emit through the influence the NewYork Central Railroad
In 6nyeution Of railroad Managers to compel ne TO run useless
train. speed has had but one object and that was TO
i r and al the Increase expenses
OF the alternative Of abandoning TO our rivals ell ou
attempt to control business made through the
agency the Buffalo and State Line Railroad the yeePre.i
dent Of which also Vice President Of the New York Cenr.
Railroad Terms dictated road, and refusal to
comply tickets thrown out and PASSENGERS coming to
or going road charged by the Buffalo and State
Line Railroad nearly double the price per mile that charged
coming from and TO the New YORK Central
Railroad similar discrimination in the price Of freight
made against road The for this that IL al
legged reduced the fare single train from Dunkrk
Mel York Tue facts these:
Al convention regulate schedule running train.
The roads leading from NewYork to the West held Buffalo
May the representatives. of the New York Central
R.rosd that additional should be run a. high
from Chicago New York by of the South Sh1re
Road which would make it necessary both
train leaving Dunkk and Buffalo in the night and only
hours behind another express train Asanst this
stated lrdns the train unesed for involving unnece
exprse but oyeruled and the put
tan road In connection with the train from
Chicago till t was demonstrated that Il did pay expenses
road any other and then Discontinued A. the
time notice V given TO passengers who might to
Dunkirk that an that they chose remain Dunkirk
TIL the morning. they would be brought New York at
reduced fare. This We claim We hsve hight 70 do.
WITH TIE Dsals saa State Line RslSesd Company this