, 1859-03-24

3nfpst;ee .vas naroo+-o+e3 4ba onen;o1 ,f 4ba
Hannibal aud St Jo,enh Railroad nrr..ntea |
another termination In the sontb tn rernetuate
their power. Hence a determination va. ea,1v |
and clearly manifest at the BufFaio Convention |
by Southern gentlemen to secure an advantage
on the time card. or not to be parties to it,
This advantage was snnpht bv A late hour Of |
starting from New York and long time to run
to Chicago. thus defeating connpctinp at HIM.
nibal via. Chicago, or throwing the train twelve
hours out of time. The frat move was made
before the roll of tho Conycntion WINS made
or eycn commenced IN delcoote she making of
card. for which ne all we're assembled. to a
committee often persons. This was resisted md
the committee was increased to II. The same
persistence in the evident design was percepti-
BILE in the committee. The New York Central
Road said it would hare to take the train when
it shon1d he bnonoh+ IN +ber The Hudson
River "m "must start At "a If m nrcount of thcir
Montreal business vr;rh mnst on at that hour
and they could not ufford to run an additional
train at "a n" The Pennsrlyania Central
md Baltimore md Chin send their Messengers
out by Camden and Ambov. whose train leayes
NY. at sA. Mn. The Y. md Eric preferred
for the reason TINT II did not wish to rive
r;val a Inter hour of sta,t;nc. The Southern
argument Was TINT Hudson River might run
second train or start Mt A. N. and kill the
time "a that Southern cou1d overtake the North
ern l;nes Mt common no;n4s Hudson River rc-
n1;ed they were mt in n condition TO rim I,
second train: that the expense would be epor-
could surely ioin the PENNSYLVANIA Central ind
hire train oycr So miles to PHILADELPHIA better
than Hudson River could unaided bear the cx-
pcnse of IN extra traiu l44 miles. Although
much more was suid, and delar had, the argu-
ulent is fairly given abovc. On the question Of
forty hours running time to Chicago while they
were willing 10 take thirty-six and scren to New
York from Chicago there was no argument Of.
fcred as there can be none of INV strength or
logical yulue. The Committee finally reported
GA. II. out Of New York, 80 hours to Chicago,
Hero an effort was made by the South to cues
ton the integrity of the appointment Of the
committee, but while they failed in impeaching
the fairness Of the President, the Convention
accorded to them m addition of five to the COM
Alllce "Hose na1ueS tHey suggested ~ tueCualr,
and the report was rccommitted. By very
close votes in the committee thus enlarged, the
time Of starting was changed to o'clock 4. IT.,
and sundry other changes made. The time be.
tween New York and Buffalo was agreed to By
New ork md Eric and New + ork Central to be
lG hours on first train and II On ed and Sd train.
The Chairman was instructed to report that New
$nIf ff,N III %n& &kn
action Of the Hudson River. If the Hudson
River brought them the train from A. II.
starting they must take it. When the commit
tee reported, it had been ascertained tllat Hud-
son River would start ut A. NJ, whcreupon
the Southern gentlemen moved to lay the report
Of the committee upon the table, with the pro-
mise that if the Convention responded aye to
+ al who wished to start nt 4. II. to make d
time table at that time or any future day, and
those who wished 10 start at to have the same
right The Northern and Southern interests by
yoteof u to laid the report on the table, and
then the Southern gentlemen were not permitted,
they attempted, to avoid the other motion, viz:
to grant leave to make the card us proposed.
--~"|e was E54a"s%A3 AAA AIAE n lAI l 4Gs-
dent Of the Baltimore and Ohio presented
Pf4htfA notice calling great number of South
crn roads to meet at Columbus on the Esd inst,
to make card. This notice had been printed
the day previous, Us they privately admitted.
showing that !. determination to 20 out of the
Convention had been deliberatcly formed the
first day of the session, unless they could con-
troll it. 4 notice was afterwards handed to the
Clair, calling all roads who wished 10 mite in
making time card from the City Of New York
to the West. Northwest and Southwest tn meet
at Buffalo that day, 1onr pronos;tion in r..
gard TO freichts was Offered by Southern pen-
tlemcn. embodvinp the ob;ect;onab1e feat,,res in
regard tn Gilman ,rb;c1, hovc baer ,,;m,dr.-+-
ed upon in this nancr wh;c,, hv thc ef;rt of tho
NORTH. was referred IN thc f,onoro, Fra;c,,+
Agents then nrpsent Representatives oe roaas
constituting tie Northern lines crccnt from Sc,v
York and Erie Road met ,t t,,e flo,cn3on 13o,sc
as requested at 5 O'Clock Of Friday and arranged
the time card as published to leave New York
ut six o'clock a. NJ, and run to Chicago in "
hours, but taking the same timc-1C hours to
run to Buffalo as previously agreed between
Mcssrs Corning and Moran and in other re-
spccts substantially rc-enact1ne tie time table
previously tabled in convention On motion Of
the Southern Roads, This time table takes cc.
feet on the 4th Of Aprl. and is understood that