The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-03-21
BAITIMoRE AND OHIO RAILROAD.
Monthly Meeting of the Board orDiree
tOrs--.Important Reductions I'm the


monthly Meeting orthe Board OrDirec'
tOrS...ImpOrtant Reductions I'm the
Rates OF Coal. az
The regular monthly meeting of the
Directors of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company took place yester-
day at their Office, Camden Station, the
President, j. w. Garrett, Esq, presid-
ing.
The Committee of transportation re-
commended for the adoption of the
Board the following resolution, which
was unanimously adopted: tia@
Resolred. That the charge on hay and straw
as made by The General Freight TaItH OF tue
Company, which took effect on the lht OF Oc;
tober, iSa, he modified SO as TO permit hay and
straw, when loaded on heavy goods, TO be
charged at their actual weight only atioufth'
class rates, Instead OF double actual weight, as
shall all be from one conSgnor to one con-
signte md the car shall pay with the hay OF
straw and the heavy gSodb a. tier eapSstS pTSPeI
OF the car. at fourth-clnss rates
1t was stated that the action in regard
othe tariff for hay and straw wonld
furnish material facilities and adyanta-
ges to farmers and others upon the line
of the road, and increase the supplies OF
these articles for consumption in Balu-
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The same committee also reported a
resolution reducing the rate on the
transportation of coal from Cumber-
land and Piedmont to Baltimore 20
cents per ton, and from Newburg, fair-
mont and Clarksburg one dollar per
ton; also, a corresponding reduction OF
way rates for coal upon the road and
branches, all of which take eIlect on lne
18th instant. q
In connection with this subject, the
President stated that, whilst general
decline had taken place in the prices OF
the necessaries of life, and it was rea-
sonable to anticipate that the expenses
of the road would be, at no distant day,
materially reduced, in connection with
the cost Of labor and of materials, yet,
UP to this time, no deductions had been
made in the rates of labor, and the de-
duction recommended in the tariff,
would leave tigure-namely, $500
three dollars) per ton from Cumber-
land toS the Locust Point wharves,
which, with the present actual large
expenses of the Company, would notbe
remunGrative. 80
The President stated that whilst it
was satisfactory to note that the busi-
ness in coal, thus far, for the current
wear, had been largely in excess OF the
quantity transported during the cores
ponding period of the preceding year,
yet, that in view of the great adVanta-
ges to the community, in aiding the
manufacturing and other interests, and
promoting satisfactory results with the
Steamship and other enterprises which
would be benefited by this action, he
advised the deduction.
He informed the Board that he was
advised that the Pennsylvania Railway
Company had reduced its rates, for q
similar distance, 75 cents per ton, until
the first of May; the officers of that
Company stating, however, their bel1et
that the condition of the markets by
that time would justify an advance of
the rates on this traffic, their apprehen-
sion also being that the reduced figures
would not produce proper net results
for their company. H
Ohio Company, with its double track
and largely increased facilities of loco
motives and cars, was to accomplish a
very laEe business, the important re-
duction made in the tariff, it was hoped
would lead TO results, which, in view of
all the circumstances surrounding the
subject, would prove satisfactory.
The President also called attention 70
the fact that the rate on gas coal would
be reduced one dollar per ton, and as
the Gil v of Baltimore would be furnished
with gus coal quite as cheap or more
economically than any city upon the
seaboard, the Gas Company would
doubtless be thus enabled to reduce the
price of this article to the consumer.
1t would also be noted that the rate
per ton per mile charged, would con-
tinue to he materially less than that
charged by the Reading, Northern Cen
tral and other leading roads, after their
recent or proposed reductions.
Notwithstanding the costly character
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
with its severe grades and curves, the
people of Baltimore, and those obtain
ing coal from this port, VIII continue TO
have the advantage of most modererate
and economical comparative prices for
their supplies of semi-bituminous and
After some further discussion, the re-
port of the committee was adopted, and
the reduced rates stated will be placed
in operation on and after Monday next.
The usual routine business was trans
acted, and the Board adjourned.