Litchfield enquirer., 1869-08-19
The Railroad War.


 yIIa 1o The fight between the Erie party under Vs' James'Flsk and the Vanderbilt party, un.
 der one Ramsay, for the possession of the -i. Albany ana Susquehannah railroad, has at
 last been terminated by Gov. Hoffman, who
 has taken military possession of the road. eIse u While the judicial authority was busy ma.
 king war, the military authority y,interfered ov bendJm bend Jmade peace. It seems a very queer bess weyIofsettling legal questions to order out
 the militia. but in the chaos of injdhctions sslteiand ooupterrinjunctions receivers and an- HEN Hreeefvers, noFders and disorders, allowed
 by the practice of the New York Courts, aHn5here! seemed no other way of avoiding Sa" bloodshed.7 T o.i 9ii 2is~ 1ao4 oio aa .,ec1 The cause of all this disturbance is this j 2. New York isdivided into two great rail:
 road parties; the Erie interest, mi der Gould sz.,, and Fisk; the Central. Harlem, Hudson aiW RyeE, Sc. under Vanderbilt Each party
 owns it's Judges, it's State Senators, and it's tGDolAssemblymen and if if the military authori- -Hb bty isite be invoked hereafter, ioaesor the
 other will soon own Governor .aaIn this, HoitnOonfict not only are the interests of the
 Stockholders Tdisregarded, but all appear.
 ance of decency, even, is thrown aside From aI sathehst legislature,o Fisk and Gould pro-
 cured the passage of . bill in effect con- tinping them in office as directors of the 1aos Efis Company far ye years longer, and
 securing their ascendany for at least two -vsa sorthree years whatever might be the de- Vsas ssirss of thestockholdersl q The conduct of
 these monopoliesey resembles the 9un., sGidsiseupul6us politics of the last days of the 'S" Roman republic, rather than anything to
 be found in the more decent practices of ssean6 government In fact, Jas
 Fisk. Jr. is perfect railway Cataline, with ..x such modern explosive conveniences tasd -ors ssteam, nitro ,glycerine. Barnard, t&c I s,I
 That something must be done with the -nBaI sgraspipg, grinding and lawless monopolies idsgo into which our railroad companies seem to
 effast Consolidating, is becoming very ey-, i1.sq idsnts That all our railroads should be purchased by State or National authority,
 at the public expense, as was suggested by nsiata athasf North American Review some time
 since, will scarcely suit the popular taste
 The American mind is full of just dis }; Sviy . of any increase Of ofgovernmenta in
 reference. hW We cannot but think thatsle- ,; .gislative jobbery and corruption would be- os.i.ns come more rife than ever. Reasoning from
 the analogy of the common road, the bur- ni denIof repair and of construction of rail- -Sssnss ssjosd6twould be thrown on the communi-
 ties through which they run, allowing the oi traI publN to run engines and trains over them a: 5. ,s5 o51at will There are grave and apparently
 insurmountable objections however, to fl ss. any plan of public railroading; but If the losr baamonopo polists do not soon mend their ways, 1a sf they may waltesup the morning after ''frs soms eIecticn, with no ways to mend :f5s
 'hoiiEI9qo 1saaL a1 c4a.s.,s ..-.---.--fe m 6ae 'Ga sqmse@r Our metrepslitan cotemporaryjt the ssSaAgo Bridgeport Ftumsr, with habitual good nff a 10