The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1873-09-12
The Contest between the Baltimore and
Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroads.

In reference to the reports in circulation
concerning the competition between the Bal
timore and Ohio and the Pennsylvania Rail
road Companies, the New York Journal Of
Commerce has the following:
A statement has been going the rounds of
the press in other cities to the effect that the
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Railroad Company had contracted with the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company to give the
latter exclusive right to connect trains over
the road between Philadelphia and Baltimore.
The drift of such n movement will be under
stood as against the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company, between which company
and the Pennsylvania company there is a
fierce contest for the passenger and freight
trade south. But there is no truth in the
statement. Trains run regularly from here
York and Washington by the way of the
Baltimore and Potomac, or the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, between Baltimore and
Washington, as the passenger may prefer
The two trains from here are started out be-
hind the same engine, and the Baltimore and
Ohio Company letaches its part of the train
at Baltimore, taking it through Baltimore,
by horse power and thence as usual, while
the rest OF the train is taken by the Penn
syvania company's locomotives through the
Baltimore and Potomac tunnel and thence to
Washington on the Baltimore and Potomac
road. The morning train from here is diyi-
ded at Wilmington.
In view of the bitterness with which the
Scott and Garrett railroad quarrel has been
connected it is not improbable that Scott will
reach some understanding with the Philadel
pba, Wilmington and Baltimore people and
secure some exclusive privileges. The result
of that would be to drive Garrett into soutl
New Jersey for his New York connection
with Baltimore The New Jersey Southern
railroad will probably be completed to Balti
more by the middle of October, and will b.
connected in any event with the Batimor,
and Ohio railroad. But the latter company
intends building road all the way from Bal
timorc to New York through Maryland, Del
aware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey TIL
sharper the competition between the railroad
the better it is for the public; and building
the New Jersey Southern railroad has al
ready put the price of fare to Philadelphia
down from $685. to Ss.25 per passenger
n n The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany has just completed its branches of tn
through line to New Orleans (the Pedmon
Air Line) and will now send passengers fror
New York to New Orleans in siXty-si
hours without change of cars.
The above, coming from the New Yorl
Journal Of Commerce, an authority general
well posted in railroad affairs, is calcula tie
to strengthen the belefthat the time is nc
very far distant when our county will /
blessed with railroad facilities. Whcthe
the project inaugurated near Towsontow
is an Independent enterprise or not, we hay
not the slightest doubt that the rivalry be
tween the great corporations named in th
above article, will, sooner or later, comp
one OF the other OF them to purchase the lin
already c>mmencel OF build one of the
own.