, 1860-07-27
4 Esnnd Cup d'Etut ia Railroad Ar,
fairk-aSold Strike for Western ,Frade.

| lCofrefrncence # tie New York TlntsI
! BALTIMORE, Monday, July ., le6-P.A
great railroad n,anenser has been On hand
for some time past, which involves four of the
largest raiswa. CONCERNS III our country, except
| ing, perhaps. the New York Central and Illinois
Central. The history of this scheme has not
yet found its way into the public prints. 1
| venture, therefore, to give brief foseshadow.
! ing aud outline Of 1t.
| Some weeks ago it was discovered that sud.
den demand had sprung up for stock shares Of
the Northern Csntral r tiiw ~, running, a. you
are aware, from Baltimore to York, Harr,sburch
and Sunbury. connecting with various other
roads direrli6g in every direction. This work,
for two ars pas:, isas been ia rather bad re-
pute. having gotten out Of order considerably.
snhlect1ng it /" accidents. Now. however, an
GLAD to announce, it il in fine repair, doing IN
excellent business, ind altogether free from
casualties.
It was ascertained that parties long connected
with, and III the interests Of the Baltimore and
Ohio Company, were purchasing the stock
shares Of this work to q large amount. This
active aud sudden demand caueed them to adj
vance from the very low figure Of $l50l6 to
Sa25oGSs3 per share. The par vatue IL $50
Why so decided demand aud advance, become
an ANXIOUS inquiry. Penetrating further into
the mystery, II Fas ascertained that an arrange.
'nent had been effected between the Peunsylva-
MIA md Ohio Central roads, by which the tacili.
tes OF these two works should be blended.
thereby diverting the tonnage trade aud truyef
81 the Central Ohio from the Baltimore und
Ohio, whose inte1ests had been almost identical
toy many years The Effect, therefore. Of such
connection :ust tend not only to divert the
tr,,,- -"d travel Of the great West from Ualti-
more to Pbilau...'h hut to reduce the revenue
Of our Bsltimore and Un,v r"1d
To head off or o.set this deleterious .~aaspir-
acy, Mt. Gsrsett, President of the Baltimore +,
and Ohio, with bis proverbial Sapolsonic ssgac.
its, hasing anticipated what was eom,pg, wisely
plated the corp d'tkdk to get control Of the |
Northern Central. Hence tue sudden demand |
fer, mud rise in its atockI enough Of which |
iearp, has already beea procured to effect the |
desired object, which is to 50 blend the inter- |
ests, powers and facilities or advantages Of both
concerns as to foil the Penusyttanis Company !
in their hirtation with the Central Ohio, In COM
petition for Western trade. Hon, simon Cam
eron and luis especial friends, by purchasing
largely Of etock two years ago, got con,rol o. |
the Northern Central. Ar. Camerou's brother
il ow director in it, and his brother. in. law,
Gen. Warford. Superintendent, Chief Engineer,
etc. The policy to which have alluded above
is, to SECURE an entirely new directory ut the
ensuing stoek-boldera' election next fall, and
thus pluce the Northern Central aud Baltimore
and Ohio Companies IN unity OF interests, rath-
er than Competing works, as they now are.
We thus ind the Baltimore and Ohio With a
basis OF g.. 900 900, the North.
ern Central with a capital Of S, 900 900, the
Central. with capital OF, proba.
bly,, SEQ 900 0oV, nil. the Central Ohio, perhaps
& ooO0v or Il, 900 900, unitea ~ ~. grand con.
Eest. ar. Garrett haripE the stroures, pa,.,. !
Fies. the biggestpi1e, and perfect Napoleon in
II management, have no doubt he will eventually
triumph.