The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-04-15

THE QUARHEIs OF THE RAILROAD COMPANIES
There is an old adage which says, "when rogues
fall out, honest men come by their own" The
managers of several railroads entered into con-
spiracy, a short time ago, to deceive the public,
and the combination has been broken up by the
conspirators attempting to cheat one another.
1t is said 'there is honor, &C.," but there seems
to be very little of that commodity in the deal
ings of the railroad companies with each other.
Their accusations and recriminations are like
those of a less respectable class of men, who
have no longer any confidence in each other, and
are eager every man, to tell his own story, clear
ing himself and blackening the rest of his COM
panions.
A compact was made at the st. Nicholas Hotel
between the managers of the Erie the New York
Central. the Pennsylvania and the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroads, in reference to time tables and
freiehts. In pursuance Of this compact, Rail-
road Convention was held at Buffalo to carry
out the details. 1t broke up in row-the
New York Central refusing to be bound by it,
and kicking out of the traces 1t was alleged by
the managers Of that road that the South
ern lines derived too much benefit from
the arrangement, and the Northern suffered dis
proportionate loss The directors of the Southern
roads would not yield whatever advantage the
compact gave them, particularly as it origi-
mated with Northern road, namely, the Erie.
An article signed " New York; appeared in the
New York papers on the LIST of April, backing
up the action of the New York Central road. A
review of this letter is now published, in the
shape of a pamphlet dated April IL, in which
the devious and crooked course of the Central is
exposed, and the good faith of the Eric defended.
1t is not our intention to try to get at the bot
tom Ct this compact or to exhibit to our readers
the merits of the whole case. That would defy
the ability aud ingenuity Of dozen first class
| lawyers, after spending month in studying out
| the knotty questions involved. 1T is pretty
| quarrel as it stands and explanation would spoil
it." The moral Of the quarrel is that the public
will benefit by the disruption of the ties which
bound the conspirators together. All such COM
binations are in the interest Of the railroads and
against the interests of the public. The sooner,
therefore, they are broken up the better. Let
every railroad and every other corporation stand
| or fall upon its own merits. That these railroad
managers have violated their agreement with
each other astonishes nobody who is conversant
with their operations. They went into it in order
TO cheat the public, and the public is now the
gamer by their cheating among themselves and
breaking up the whole rotten concern. A COM
pact between such parties is nothing better than
a rope Of sand.
| The WASHINGTON "UNoN" CoSCAsN.-We
have received the first number of the Constitution,
published at Washington, of which Geo. w. Bow
man, late Superintendent Of Public Printing, is
announced as the editor and " sole and absolute
owner The Importance Of this declaration will
be recognized with the information that what is
to-day the Constitution was yesterday the Union
concern The loving Juliet asks
| " What's in narneY
rose BY any other name would smell as sveetu
| ana Mr. bowman has no doubt acted upon this
hint. Mr. Wendell and his lobby gang, and his
inexhaustibe corps Of editors, have disappeared.
and the very name Of the paper which they have
rendered so famous Mr.. Bowman has deemed Il
expedient to change. Very well. Anything for
change The organ, under its new ENSIGN. we
are told, will advocate the principles which the
democratic party all over the country claim as
common property" But what are thew In the
name Of all the prophets what arc they! We
know Of no other principles Of this sort than the
seven great party principles as set down by John
Randolph-the five loaves and the two Ilsbes.v
These will do, however, for the present But in
addition TO these, Mr.. Bowman promises a rene.