New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-05-04
NAnIchp pRo-RATA FREIGHT.
REPORT OF tifE MINORITY or THE SELECT COM
s1rEE IN THE ASSEMBLY.


.rDuss.r.;gned have given the subject al the
.o,ion they could ind time o. IN the hurry OF
l,ine.s. near tie close Of the session and come to
al uniayorable opinion IN regard to the oii, ana peg
leave to repor: against its passage Tor the iO'''"'"
among Uiher reasons.
The right 20 alter, amend or repeal ea9'ter, has
never been held 20 confer arbitrary (Jrer TO re-
peal or change agaiuft the consent OF the corpora
ton 10 BE- affected long as il bSs acted within the
scope of its ultimate authority The contrary doe
trine would be that of despoism and totally at va
rance with the principles Of free government
By the Constitution Of 1876, il was provided that
general laws should be passed for the formation OF
corporations under which statutes have been framed
with grea, care for the formation of railroad, turn
pike, canal gas, and various other companies per-
fecsly breaking down everything ike their former
monopoly character; and business OF almost every
kind II now conducted by means OF organizations Oh
this description.
They attend and surround u all sides. Indeed,
executing household furniture. and articles VI daily
use aud consumption, il is not hazardng much 70 say
that the largest part Of the personal property vi III.
people OF this State il invested II corporations anu
that those corporations also own vast amount Oi the
real property Of the State, all which no candid man
vii au.o that they poy much larger rate Of
tsIaton tLsn individuals the legislature snnhia's this
even supIsing for that Ia. the naked legal rgh
Of the Constitution be- permitted
Can private nights which IL is boss;ngy said more sacred n
repubcan government than in any other be mus summary
desi with, l.o may well give Up all caH to anything
| sptruachpg PROF. ction TO prupcrty ,.
By the Of the general railroad act the LesSae
railroad companies ta Their tolls ana chai
.bs main d. until they make per cent per
spuum II refunded that the railroads have charged higher
that they made Of profits which has boosh hen
the operation Of he clause referred o. Here gu express
and dRn Ilan, R@.'''" "'D9 y
Does mean nothngl the companies only to be held to
IL the state
obligations q hoIO end good faith the violation Of Whc ny an
Individual would coIen him 10 deserved ienony as our
STAT Ia. preserved lie honor IN this respect I1tw ne
many made for years pas % induce II = tfrak re nm
noble attitude j. may be said that the change asked for III THIS
very material one but II the LEGISLATURE can reduce
fealts twenty pr cent hey may on ths SAM pIP
reduce tai the price would not pay expense II passenger are
which by the general law three cents mile may be
arbitrarily reduced two may the principle be
reduced 10 and thus every company be made bankrupt
barrier ls oee broken d9w especially in where exPrr-
fuls,ors have been made there's siey no ecar ~ ne
future government If this be done, will have ceased to be
| 1e~ and become tyranny Of the wor.; description
So much for and morality Of this question and now f
cLespy DIT tun per mile as they dc through 1t stated
before The Committees aud figures presented to sustain ~ ana II
locomotive averaged from 75 10 u tons per tram Oh thr oe
road while be trains Of freight drawn By one ocoD
drawing and hsnsug including The stops to put IN ana take Oh
freight way stations much not more than the
drawing Of through than double the
size To illustrate fully and TO bring ne case wihin the
comprehension all viii the through train. carry
the way so each II the through Iesh;
carried miles 10 100 pound the TIP q loo mill
would yield 500 To ite the 80 un train produce tAe same
money per the 100 miles the charge must be p cents
Per ioo pounds Hence is that way freight is He'es-Fiy
chprPed UGH higher price through freight, %
make as rroftabe TO move This Of the subject which,
there doubt ia in 'he correct
plains what has before beena mystery 70 those 70
the detail of the feiehng business and puts lew phass upon
freight the stations cost much more per tu than at the
stations from the fa, tina, in the not
busy the Whole time The liability Of s and iaury in hand
lg the increased expense Of receiving delivering booking end
through stated aud believed that the railroads in
THE State do charge for way freight than the railroads
The change asked for BY the petitioner. Of freight per
would make the freight low that the canal would get
would through the State. One the other is ev-
table To show this clearly is only to say that
cents per 100 No. would be only toO per 100 n for IS miles
two yer 100 between Albany and Schenectady, or
peg leo between Utica and Rome, Is cents
100 between Albany and Utica Against such prices the
business. Il wa. also shown before your that here
competition going on between rival lines and be
IA lroads state compelled through
freight low in order to compete with other line.
and the business TO ana through this State and this is
certainly commndsb and deserving the support OF the eg
Iii that arrangement entered into by the
four lines Of roads leading from the West 10 the eabcsd
compact discovered did injustice the State
snd Cy Of NwYork and the effect Of was 20 divert trade
NewYork to Philadelphia and Baltimore the prices
from TO - cents Fer TO- 70 for fright les. from phadeRh d
this report.
A. might expected h. inequality in aroused the
chants NewYk who pettoned the presidents of the New
York and Ee and York Central Railroads for change and
.skrs them their
they by the Baltimore aud road, from those
titles points west alleging that this was The only way
~ Tttbin the western trade for New York.
There was no alternative left The road. Of this sts,e
either reduce their tariffs Of freight ee the business Had
the Of this STATE been ted against chang by law what
wond have been their situation in competition with powerful
shown the undersigned that the Pennsylvania
and Baltimore roads AXE large sinouni Of gods from bson
TO the west over other lines Ihey are earned III vessels nom
Boston 10 Philadelphia and Baltimore prices low they
carried New York. In this large business
this; formerly through on State and over our canals and
railroads is diverted from us No man or ST OF men, unless th.y
have watched the competition going on for the supremacy III
the carrying trade with care can judge OF its extent and the
energy with which II is prosecuted; =. -. q,
IN The annual report II the president and directors Of the Penn
y!sauia road cT Tie 5a ind hsi their road y =
be operated for che benefit Of Philadelphia The Tivs Of New
York Phiade phia Is doing al ITS power T. Ora" trade r'n
The City If Philadelphia has expended millions IN the com
piiou internal draw 10 her The trade 81 the
West and her great work undertaken for that object is now fin
ished and connected with all IL PM pa avenues yer
the proper q transferring from to vessels the
vastly tunusge anticipated from these competitors
would be sit the growth Phadrpha BY extension Of
the Pensy Railroad the Delaware River teuding
til revive commerce than sny other measure sanabe al 30
small outlay Thr Of transportation ~ the Delaware
River, with the exemption from city ,ol city eamins or cart
would thus b. reduced o much below ha; other Eastern
ce that would be drawn haIb0r for their f sa
The difference in favor Of Philadelphia NewYors Bo'on
in the If transportation between the West aud hPbosrd Or
vice would b. sppeen that shPowur foreign
snt would take advantage Of circumstances greatly to thes
interests a.,
phs the Western consger and selling a. precisely
cen taoe on his Philadelphia arising
solely from the q transportation in favor Of Padepha
qutIy cheap transportation 20 the river front secure. 20
her large trade which otherwise sh- obtain aud
doubt viii be brought here I the trade thus crAsed
The connection with rival lines OF roads ana rival ccs
The the Western trade has b., omrrced sHd
ouid he ucida Tor Legislature interfere a; ta timer
pu, such the road. Of this State would