Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-07-26
The Baltimore aud ohio u litrOnd
and tile Through Route from
Washington 20 New York.

and the Through Route From
Washington 20 New York.
We print elsewhere an extract from the
Star, explaining how the
Baltimore Il Ohio Railroad has been left
out in the cold by the avoidance of the
threaten ed war between the P. w. u b.
and the Pennsylvania Central roads, and
stating that in consequence Of this the
Baltim oreSS Ohio Company had Joined
hands with Jay Gould, for the new land
and water route across this peninsula and
New Jersey, from Baltimore to New York
We greatly doubt il this be true to the
extent stated by the Star, at least we
were positively assured that that company
had no interest In the scheme by a promi-
nent official of the Baltimore & Ohio
Ra ilroad Company, in a conversation we
had with him on last Saturday, but he
ne vertheless displayed a warm interest in
1t and seemed very confident of Its sue
cess as freight route.
The Baltimore 4 Ohio people do not
conceal the fact that they are not pleased
with the turn affairs have taken con-
corning the through passenger travel
They say that the neutrality" of the
Philadelphia Wilmington & Baltimore
Company cannot have any result greatly
differing from active partisanship for the
Pennsylvania Company since the latte
company controls the New York end of
the route and the sale Of tickets there,
and It will sell all its tickets good
to carry passengers through the tunnel
and over the Baltimore d Potomac road.
During the short time this new ''air'line"
has been maintained, the Pennsylvania
Company had developed its policy OF
forcing travel over its own rails by not
only selling all tickets over the new
route, but by even changing on the cars
tickets which were intended to carry peo-
pie the old way. These tactics, so far as
the P. W. u B. are concerned, will now
be at an end, but the official with whom
we talked, had no doubt that they would
be.continucd so far as the b. d o. we're
concerned.
The Baltimore & Qhio people also fee.
as though position Of perfect neutrality
W. not the position their Con apy had
some reason to expect from the P, W. Il
B., Company. "we have brought them
IS an enormous amount ofthrough freight
'always, and without what W, brought
"them their through freight betweel
Baltimore and Philadelphia would BE-
"worth little" said tho gentleman al
ready mentioned, and he added, though
'we have been frequently impoftuned t.
edo so we have always refused to assist in
building a road from here to Philadel
"phis." IN response TO this we asked
him point blank If their company was
not behind this scheme to build a new
road from Baltimore to some point neal
oxford, "a, and be declared positivel!
that they have nothing 10 dc
with it and expressed the opinion tina
there was no great amount of capital be
hind it.
Our interview was with one of tn
general officers of the B. * @. Company
who stated that he merely expressed hi
own opinions aud did not speak olliciall.
for the company in any sense. Our i'm
preston derived from somewhat length.
and pleasant conversation with the gen
tleman was, that tine Baltimore Il Obi
Company felt as though they mad 10.
this trick in the long game they wer
playing with the Pennsylvania Contra
Company, and were ready for time t
accept the situation of losing a larg
portion of the through passenger tray,
and bide their time. That they look I
the Jay Gould scheme with interest as
new through freight route was Quit
evident, and the map showing It was on
very familiar to the officer with whol
we conyersed. Their field for Ggh
ing their great opponent Is howeye
the West, and they are ow
strengthening their own road and that
the Cincinnati & Marietta Company so {
to soon make this the shortest lin
/ from Philadelphia TO Cincinnati and
! Louis, and they are building a new roa
which will make Baltimore as near
, Chicago as New York is. There is the
chosen ground for their fight rather tbs
in the East, but possibly Mr.. Garrett ma
come home so invigorated by his Eur
pean trip as to offer battle all along Il
line. Tbs fight will 20 on, the on
question in doubt is whether any battl
will take place IN this part Of tie countr