The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-02-10
MEETING OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE RAJ.

MEETING OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE BAL,
TlMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.
The Board of Directors of the Baltimore and Ohio
hallroad met yesterday. Several matters of i'm
portance were before the Board of which the fol
lowing is a synopsis:
The President called the attention of the Board
to the fact that by the lst of September next the
Orange and Alexandria Railroad would be com
| pleted to Lynchburg, Va, and that the new i'm.
| provement would open to us productive region OF
country, which has heretofore been compeed to
seek other markets than that of this city, and that
in view of the great interest involved he snggastad
the appointment of a committee to memorable Con
gress for the right of way for railway from the
! terminus OF the Washington Branch Boad, through
| the city OF Washington and District of Columbia,
! to some point connecting with the ORANGE and
! Alexandria Road.
| motion was made that a committee be appoint
ed, which was carried unanimously.
The following report was presented, and adopted
| Dy vote OF l6 yeas to nays:
| The Committee on Transportation and Machinery
| respectfully report that, upon examination of the
| system governing travelling upon the road by en-
| poyees, they find
lst. That all employees travelling on the service
OF the Company are furnished with free passes
Zd Ihat the following instructions, which were
based upon the recommendations of the most ex
perienced officers of the Company, made by re-
quest Of the President as properly protective and
equitable to employees under various CONTINGENCIES
were placed In operation on 29th December last,
viz:
L. When an engine is sent from one portion of
the road 20 another, and the men accompanvinp II
are merely charged with its delivery, they NAV he
returned to their place of duty or residence free
z. when an engine breaks down upon its trip.
or at point dlstants from its place of departure
and it, is put into the shop for repairs the men at
tached to it may be returned to their point of de-
parture residence, and also sent back to take
their engine, if necessary-when again in order
free.
3. When train man, or other employee NAV be
taken sick while in the performance of duty dis
tant from his residence, he may be passed home
free.
4. Engine men or others whose families reside in
Baltimore, Tor at any other point not beyond the
terminus OF the Division which they NAV be en-
ployed, when compelled for want of work to fore
go their regular trip, and consequently are subject
10 increased expense, away from home in dull sea
sons, may be allowed to go home free, not oftener
than once in three weeks, provided that not more
than one-third OF the men so LAYING over are per-
mltted this privilege at any one time. And pro
slues lurther that no man shall enjoy it a second
Tune, after having failed to present himself for du-
ty ON his return at the time required.
D. That employees, when travelling for their own
convenience and pleasure allowed to travel on
payment OF nall fare. As uniformly the working
expenses the Road exceed so per cent this charge
is less than the actual average cost to the Compa.
ny.
The Committee therefore regard the existing sys-
tenn as just and udicious, and recommend its main
tainance
The Board acted on the proposition made bv an
agent of the British Government for the transpor-
tatlon OF timber from point about 300 miles up
the road to the city, and closed a contract for
frelghtlng 10000 tons or more during the present
year, the transportation Of which will amount to
100000 "
The President called the attention of the Board
to the condition of the Northwestern Virginia
Railroad, and said that there were twentv-tbren
tunnels on that road not one of which was arched
and that in their present condition they were liable
to accidents which would interrupt the business of
the road to a serious extent if they occurred He
therefore proposed that effort be made 70 induce
the city authorities to appropriate 100000 (the
amount of the interest of the City's first MORTGAGE
bonds, paid annually by the Baltimore and Ohio
company 10 1or the purpose properly arching the
tunnels The Baltimore and Ohio Company
had already advanced over and above the mil
lion and half guaranteed bonds, the sum of
Sl6Zo3Oo IL, and as the city deeply interested
IN the prosperity of the Northwestern road it was
but just that it should make the approximation.
The Baltimore and Ohio road would continue paw
ing the interest on the city bonds, and the Pres-
gent hoped that some arrangement would be made
py which the present contract between the Balti-
more and Ohio and Northwestern railroads would
be modified
The matter was referred to the Finance Commit
tee, with instructions to endeavor to have the CON
tract between the roads modified and the suqpes-
tions of the President carried out
YIN. Il. Bartlett, Esq, offered a resolution to
he eect that Tree passes the road be furnished
to the eX-Presdents of the road and tn the Treas
urer of the Company.
Mr.. Bartlett stated that he knew of an instance
where the Mayor of the city, who is also an ex-
President OF the Company, had been compelled to
pay fare. 1t was courtesy which he deemed due
to him on account of his official position and also
as an ex-President of the road that he should ride
free, and he therefore offered the resolution.
The resolution was passed unanimously
Dr. orr offered series of resolutions which in
nnt OH ofoA thnll
they were tabled by vote of I6 yeas to 9 navs.
The President called the attention of tho board
to a communication which appeared in the DaiIv
Exchange signed K, which charged Discrimination
against the city of Baltimore He stated that a
portion OF some remarks which he made in the Con-
vention at Washington had been quoted but not
correctly. What he had said was that the Com
pany would discriminate in favor of Baltimore
where her geographical position gave her the adj
vantage. The instance in question was not one
where the city of Baltimore had geographical ad-
vantage, and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad had
suffered so long by the action of the Pennsylvania
Central road in carrying freight, which, from posi-
ton, legitimately belonged to the Baltimore and
Ohio road, that the Company compelled in self
defence to make reprisas. He proved by the re-
port OF the Pennsy lvana Central for the year 1857
that almost one-tenth of the receipts of that
road from freight, derived from that which
rightly belonged to the Baltimore and Ohio
Road, but which had been drawn into an unnatural
channel by the low freight tariff of the Pennsyl-
was really not injured by this action of the Balti-
more and Ohio Road. He also referred to the eff
forts of the Northern Railway Companies-to secure
the trade of the Muskingum Valley, and said that
the Baltimore and Ohio Road Disseminated in ia
vor of the city to secure that trade. He spoke at
some length in defence of the policy OF the road
and stated that an agency of the Company had been
opened in the city of Pittsburg, with authority to
open such agencies along the line of the Fort avne
Road, and throughout the Lake country, for the
purpose of bringing the products of those regions
to the city of Baltimore, or at least through it.
The policy of the President was sanctioned by
the Board.
Four of the five agents of the Company, between
this city and Washington, appeared before the
Board, with memorial asking the return of their
former privilege of riding over the road free They
stated that they were the of the warehouses
and buildings at the different stations and that if
the privilege was not restored they would be COM
PEELED to take steps to protect themselves against
what they considered grievance.
memorial was also received from large num-
Der of agents along the Main Stem, asking return
Of the free pass.
The Board did not act on the memorials
The President stated to the Board the character
of the proceedings of the Convention of Railroad
Presidents, VIII ch took place in Washington, and
of their adjournment to meet in New York on the
23d inst.
After the transaction of minor business the Board
adjourned.