Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-03-19
a-5o5.binatiOn Broken Up---steam-
RairoP( boat Line.

| General Convention of Eastern and West
ID Railroad Companies met at Buffalo on the
10th. Forty six Railways were represented,
the Cleveland, &e., as follows:
CLEVELAND, PAINEsvILLE q AsHTABGLA4-A.
Stone, Jr., President; H. Nottingham, SuPerin-
tendent; J. N. Carey, Ticket Agent.
CLEVELAND & ToLEDo.-J. B. Waring, Presl-
dent; j. A. Jackman, Superintendent; J. D.
Parsons, General Ticket Agent; L. D. Rucker,
General Freight Agent.
CLEVELAND, CoLoNBUs i CINcINNATI.-L
NJ. Hubby, Presideat; E. S. Flint, SuPerintend
ent; Addison Hills, General Freight Agent.
CLEVELAND & PITTsBUReH.-J, N. McCOl-
Tough, President; James Farmer, Director; w.
W. Chandler, General Freight Agent; F. R.
Myers, General Ticket Agent.
BELLEFoNTAINE LINE-John Brough, Presl-
dent; E. s. Spencer, General Freight Agent;
J. F. Boyd, General Ticket Agent
CINCINNATI, HAMILTON d DAYToN-Oran
Follett, President; s. D. d c J. III. Osborn,
General Freight Agent.
LITTLE MIAMI, CoLUMBUs d XENIA.-John
Durand, Superintendent; ]. N. Kinney, Gen
eral Freight Agent.
Oran FolIet was President The nominal OBJ
ject of the Convention was the arrangement of
Summer time tables, but this involved the ex-
istence of the compact entered into in New
York between the great through lines, known
as the st. Nicholas compact. A committee
consisting of Messrs. Jewett of the Pittsburgh,
Columbus and Cincinnati; Moran of the New
York and Erie, Scott of the Pennsylvani Cen
tral, Rice of the Michigan Central, Smith of
the Hudson River, Durand of the Cincinnati,
Xenia, &c, Brown of the Buffalo and Erie,
Campbell of the Michigan Southern, Corning
of the New York Central, Smith of the Balti-
more and Ohio, Hammond of the Chicago, Bur
ington and Quincy, Bridges of the Canada
Great Western, Phillips of the Boston and Wor-
cester, Brough of the BeIlefontaine, Flint of the
c. G. 4 G Oolburn of the Toledo and Wabash,
and Clement of the Ohio and Mississippi, was
appointed to arrange Time tables. The Com
mittee Iabored through long sessions to ar
range satisfactory tables, and the discussions
were somewhat pointed and spicy. The New
York Central interest was for fast time as the
only way of competing with the Pittsburgh and
New York at 6 A. NJ, taking 35 hours to chi
cago, and another leaving at P. NJ, and run
ming to Chicago in 81 hours. This was carried
in committee Is to l-Messrs. Moran and Du-
rand excused from voting. A motion that
the report be indefinitely postponed was lost,
7 to 8, Mr.. Moran not voting. The failure to
agree on common time for the New York
Central and Pennsylvania Central to Chicago,
seems to have broken the back of the eombina
ton, for dispatch yesterday to the Herald an
nounces the unanimous adoption of resolu-
ton for every line to fix its own Time Table;
and that Moran, of the New York and Erie,
says he will never hereafter be party to any
compact whatever.
The Buffalo Express states that the N. Y.
Central has been busy all winter making con-
tracts throughout the West at any price, and
now insists upon putting on a fast train to run
between New York and Buffalo in IL hours
Mr.. Moran declares that if this policy prevails
he will put the fare down to SIS on the New
York AMI Erie. No reduction of fare on the
Central is resolved on, the Company trusting to
the increased speed, &c, to make up for the
reduction by the New York and Erie.
A number of steamboat men were present,
lockers on The Buffalo Courier says so far as
The Buffalo and Cleveland Line is concerned,
We have it from head quarters that the steam
ITS City of Buffalo and Western Metropolis
lave been chartered to run between Buffalo |
-1 ci4--4l-41 tIo P-esent aeAsoa, end thar dooLs
It both ports have been secured. The Courier
dds:
In conversation with several of the Presidents |
# Western Roads, we learned that they all IA
Tor the Steamboat line. The New York Cen
raj is also in favor of running the Steamers,
'eheving that every inducement must be offered
o the public to draw travel this way, much of
which is being diverted to the Southern routes
The opposition comes from the South Shore,
buffalo to Cleveland, who threaten to put on
pecial train, and from the Great Western and
dichigan Central, who propose TO retaliate by
unning the Detroit boats and putting fares
own.
The Toledo line it is certain will not be run.
The running of the Buffalo and Detroit
teamers depends partly upon whether the
;leveland line is brought out, and the result
Till not be known until after the meeting of the
'oard of Directors Of the Michigan Central,
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