Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-11-21


Bulkley alone hung back His objections.
however, were in time withdrawn, and the
parties met in New York to consummate the
plan, the result Of which was written agree.
ment to the effect, that if the post office de-
partment would appropriate 70 per cent
additional compensation, as, in case of
other iirstclass night mail service, the train
should be run. In this agreement there were no
conditions but it was left to be construed as
o.her contracts are made; that is, all the con-
veniences of travel included. Mr.. Twichell,
and Mr.. Blake Immediately started for Wash
ington, and obtained the desratum from the
department; the result was communicated TO
the representatives of The different roads; and
then Mr. Chaplin steps forward and insists as
his ultimatum and as that of the two southern
roads, that no passengers should be carried
Now it is well that Boston should under
| stand precisely how her interests stand III
/ a road TO the building of which she contrl.
| buted so largely and the express object of
! which was 10 aid her trade and commerce.
| The Western road is largely owned by the
state; the state has voice in its direction,
and yet we see a man placed at lis head with
almost despOtic powers, whose object is appar
entity to bend everything to his own interest.
Why was he the one to make this objection to
carrying passengers Because he, with Mr..
Vanderbilt, owns controlling interest in the
Sonnd boats running from Hartford and New
Haven to New York, while his own interest in
the Western road is comparatively small, and
rather than see his personal pecuuiary interest
suffer in one direction, he throws stumbling
blocks in the way OF an enterprise, the advan-
tages Of which we're precisely those contem-
plated in the carrying out OF the great work
over which he is placed as president"
The Springfield Republican denies the cor
rectneSs of this statement, SO tar as relates to
the president of the western railroad, and evil
IDENTITY has the authority OF that gentleman for
the following statement of the case;-
"Thc Western railroad managers do not be-
lieve the train will pay, but since acceding TO
the wishes Of the other roads and the public
to make the experiment, they have done all in
their power TO forward the enterprise, and has
ten its commencement. Mr.. Chaplin, the pres
ldent, has, it is true, interests i'll Sound boats,
but we believe they are not those affected at
all by the through travel between Boston ana
New York. They run on the Hartford and
New Haven routes, and are dependent Oh local
travel and tieights entirely. The train is to
run, and will commence neXt Monday night,
leaving each terminus at about O'Clock,
going by Springfield at l A. NJ. from BOs
ton and , A. NJ from New York, aud reaching
either city about A. NJ. Passengers will also
be carried and sleeping cars will be put upon
the train as soon as they can be manufactured.
The only trouble now is a disputed point about
the rates OF fare, and how it shall be divided
between the 'roads performing the service
and until this is settled, passengers will proba
bly, have to pay the full local fares, which
amount to So, Is between Boston and New
York. The plan OF the roads was to charge
So tor through tickets and OF this the West
orr plgulaI tn itself md no RpStOp and Wnr-
cester 81 60, or l5c less than the local fare be-
tween Boston and Springfield, allowing 10 the
Hartford and New Haven and New York and
New Haven roads SO 40, which is exactly their
local tariff between New York and Springfield
But the New York road refused this, and
claimed that the whole St should be divided
pro rata &C ,ordng to the length OF each road
run, which, as tie local fares on the southern
sections are less than on the eastern for obvi-
GUS reasons, would give to the roads between
New York and Spring field SO 69 or 2Sc more
than they charge for way passengers, and
leave for the roads between Boston and Spring
field but 81 % or 47c less then their way fares.
In other words, the New York and Hartford
roads insisted on receiving 20c more for carry
ing Boston passenger to Springfield than for
carrying a Springfield passenger thther The
proposition Of the Western road was made ear.
ly in the negotiations for the train, and was
supposed to have been accedel to, but has been
at the last moment rejected"
Ii, as the Republican says, the night train
will carry passengers at the local rates of fare,
which amount to only fifteen cents more than
would be charged if an arrangement for
through tickets could be agreed on, there is
no occasion for much public discussion of the
matter. But there ought to be an arrange
ment for tickets that will take passengers
through in the same cars, at reasonable
rate.