Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-11-13
And the same day he sent the follow
ing order to the superintendent of his

900 BROADWAY, NEW DIRK,
November Sd, 1878.
F. C. WHITE, ESQ, Superintendent of
the Harlem Extension Railroad Co.:
Dear Sir-I have made personal and
written application to the Delaware and
Hudson Canal Company, in regard to
the excessive and discriminating rates
charged on freights from their roads,
that is shipped over our road, and also
in regard to the closing up the Troy and
Bennington railroad, and am unable to
obtain any satisfaction, or even an ans
swer to my communication.
w. We have but one course open to us
(unless we resort to tedious Htigatlon)
and that is to charge the Delaware and
Hudson Canal Company for the trans
portation of their cars over our track
south of the Rutland depot.
You will after the receipt OF this,
charge for the transportation OF each
car and engine over our track, to
or from any point north of Wallingford
ten dollars, which you will observe is
only equal to the charge to us from
West Rutland, in excess of their local
rates. aa- u.,,a..
We do not wish to have the engines
of the Delaware and Hudson Canal COM
pany run over our tracks by their en-
gineers, as they have proved 1t is not
safe to run the engines OF more than
one company over the same road, and
we are now under contract with the les
sees of the Rutland railroad that they
may run over our track in Rutland. Ii
the Delaware aud Hudson Canal COM
pany wish to transport engines over our
track, you can haul them at the rate
above stated.
/ have informed the President of the
Delaware and Hudson Canal company
that we have given you these instruc-
tons. ,-----.-
If the Delaware and Hudson Canal
company desire to make any arrange
ments different from the existing one,
YOU NAV refer them to MIR. William But
Ter Duncan and myself, and we shall at
all times be ready to make an equitable
arrangement in regard to business over
both roads. Very truly yours,
...--...-.-... T. w. PARK.
This brought about the blockade of
the track leading from the depot in this
village to the car shops, engine houses
and coal yards of the Delaware
% Hudson company south of the
depot, where the same passes over
the lands of the Harlem Exten-
sion company, an account of which was
given in the HERALD at the time. On
Sunday the Delaware 81 Hudson COM
pany laid new track to their buildings
and property owe the lands of the Cen
trail Vermont company, and run their
cars over it on Sunday night and Mon
day SO as to use their property, but yes
terday the authorities of the Central no.
titled them that this track must be i'm
mediately taken up, and it was done as
soon as they could run their engines and
cars out of their houses. The cars and
locomotives of the Delaware s. Hudson
company now occupy a side track of the
the Rutland Railroad company that has
been temporarily assigned them for
that purpose. ....<5
The management of the Harlem Ex-
tension having been transferred to the
Central Vermont company, as stated in
another column, complieates this diff
Guilty still further, and as the discrimin-
alton complained of is against both roads
their interest is naturally united in pro-
curing relief. We cannot quite see
where this matter is going to end, and we
are not prepared to express any opinion
on the merits of the controversy. We
have heard rumor that the Delaware
and Hudson company, are about to APP
ply to the courts for an injunction
against any interference with their free
.ingress and egress to and from their
property.
This will raise an issue for the Court of
Chancery to deal with. On the other
hand it is claimed that this is only the
first move in the game to distroy the
discrimination complained of, and if it
is not successful they have other cards
in their hand that cannot be beat. We
hope that these difficulties will soon be
settled, and that all determinations
against particular localities and roads
will some way be discontinued. All high
rates have to be paid by the people, and
if any road has a monopoly by which
they can Cypress the people, we will
cry out against it wherever we see it. In
this case we can express no opinion of
whether the remedy by blockade is
proper one for the wrong of which com
plant is made, as we have not given the
subject that careful attention in all its
bearings which should be given to a
question of this kind before approving
or condemning either side, and further,
we have not been able to obtain anything
official from the Delaware and Hudson
company, to get their side of the story.
If Mr.. Park is right in his position, we
do not see why the Central cannot apply
the same remedy against the Delaware
and Hudson company in running on
their road bed from Center. Rutland to
the depots in this village. Let us have
peace.