, 1874-12-12
RAILROAD NEWS.
Tho Fight Against the Bnlti-
more & Ohio.
Possible Reduction Of Wages Of
Railroad Employees.
THE NEW WAR.
TFT- IF@F VfFFtH : :
cf1E BALTIMORE OHIO AND TIL SARATOGA uoa1-


rHE BALTIMORE OHIO AND TIL SARATOGA CON-
B1SAr1oS.
Tho announcement in yoHterdny'a tribune
Tint tho Saratoga combination Ind loc!nroa WAT
against tho Baltimore & Ohio Railroad has
;ausod mich excitement III railway a''d p1snoss
sircloB. The move was entirely unexpected, MS
the belief lad gained grouua that the comoina-
Hon Ind eiyon up tho fight and. had not THO
Grand Trrnh nj the last moment boon induced
10 JON, this belief would probably haso boon
verified hcforo now. All tho efforts OF the conf
bincd roads would llayo bcun ncutfa'l2eu with III
independent road OIL tho extreme north and au-
p,hor on the extreme aouth. Ileroforo such
l,crculcan efforts woro mndo by Wander
bit aid Scott ~ induce either Quo
Or tho other Of thcso roada to become party to
lin ngreonlcnt, Had the Baltimore Il Ohio
ioi,,cI tlIo combination but little 1,otice would
kayo becn takou Of tho Grand Trunk HALLWAY,
us this load aloae cou!a nave accomplished 1ne
ration was 10 ges tho Baltimore t. Ohio into it,
Lccul,sc by throwing out its branches all oEor
tho VcAt it WIS faht becoming II formidable RI
f!ct that tho Baltimore l. Ohio had mora naoat's
than all TIM Now York ronle combined. md That
il could afford TO carry fregts at such low rates,
especially to baltimore. Us 10 scrIouBly c'i|'-
Ea Nov a York nhmoven aud aa,, its ro"as; d. As As
INDUCED to como III, tho Grand Trunk was Of,
fercd such Inducements TINT 1t flnaliy consented
to join the combination Aa Stated yesterday,
tho baltimore & Ohio was virtually q PARTY to
tho agroemcnt. 1t Ind agreed to every nloasuro
Of tho combination. 1t Ind abolished ConlniiH-
Hioucrs and free passes and dld not oven object
to high rates. to New fu1l, Ililladolpla. Boston.
and othcr places: In iact, it nSea n'Gn Iates u
to Baltimore. This was tho only point which
tho Baltimore T. Ohio would not aecc5o to.
Tho managers claimed Tint they Ind bni't tho
ccaso Division to bil1 up ptc nt91e' ~ tis' ,"nd "n
bcins owucd bs tho Baltimorcana they cAred
mora for tho grcattoBs Of their city tttRn Tor
dividends Tho combination rouds, with their
compete with this line otl1crwiao taan BY indnc-
inS it to mako tho rates just as l4igl aB tho othor
li1lcs.
Tie New York roads could not allow tho Balti-
more d Ohio to tenain master OF tho bltlht, jill
without singlo effort. It was evident tliat THIS
roal was striving TO diroct tho Western trado
away from Now York TO Baltimore. This caIam-
ity to Now York had to be nvc'ted, and tho only
alternative for tho Now York roads was to wage
tic 'Sis; People D of ''' this city vii for
Tho rates adopted by tho combination Yesterday
are as low rs those Of last summer, when tAera
was considerable competition from tho various
stoa,nboat-iincs. aud there is probability that
they will bo male still lover before tho hght ID
over
Tic baltimore & Ohio announced yosterday
that its ra:os will for tho present, be tho aa.no
rs thouo of tho combination. This action liaa
caused considerable SURPRISE as 1t Was geiIorally
expected that this road would mako its fatea to
Baltimore still lower than those Of tho combna.
tion. by this it must however, not be inferred
that tho Baltimore j. OHIO has given up tho fight.
On tho contrary, 1t is we'll understood that this
road now Intends to 'naugnrate 90 differ.
tic Saratoga agreement, tho roads that
ggnod it ara not allowed to make drawhacEs or
rebatca on 1reghts, but tho baltimore y Ohio
being independent, cnn 10 al it pleagcs, although
it had promised that, in case it should DO set
alone by tho combination, it would net 1 :, mako
robates or drawbacks on frcights. While the
tariff OF this road is apparently tho eame now ns
TINT Of the combination. stu 1t IL VOL under
moro rates us to Leave tho baltimore Il Ohio still
in tue most favorable poutiou. What tho com-
bncd roads will now do in regard to tlis 1natter
is stiIr q mysory. Something Aa5 to 10 done to
meet tho adversary. bnt whether 1t will bo d
modification Of tho rnle prohibiting fobates, ot
whether the tariff will be made still lower, will
bo developed in n day or two.
THE ArIoNSEy-GESEnAL OF NEW YORK.
Vanderbilt mud Jowett, two OF tho leaders Of
tho Saratoga combination, lnyo JUS, encountered
another eucnlY, which may, in gloat moisture,
help the Baltimore t. Ohio to carry OF tho VIC
tory. This now cueuy IL tho Attorney General
Of Now York, who Las Just brought SUIT against tho
ortorrd into A combination contrary to tho iawE
~ ~, Sta,o oS Nav yorl. Tho uas,agers Of
thosn ~ sn1 rf,s hnuoycr cla,n TINT ths slit vii
mt n1'y Meet tD tho continuation ia tho leaht The
law under which tho Atsornov-Ocncra brought
.s t tsa n,..t n,,rnoun ~ ;vn~ to;r o,ines. I'M
~ 80 .no rolnnt conhmntnn was mt fnr flIo mr.
.'ao no ~ ~ J;r;i;nr ~ comhin,nr arytlIinr,
pose fnc+ ~ "'it"s ~ ia ~ mt scon.h,nnti9n
80 ~ II, !, ia ,ncre1r n cauJot1eration Of various
ronI. ,for ti,o unrioso of carryi,1e out certain
-oSorn,a M ,nI tn maintn;n nnforin rgtcs.
shnd " Ia continuation ho nbIo in Weather thu
utsrm md s,,cccssfn,]y yanouyh iis adyorsarieg.
tn rafnr,ns tint vii bo iuaruratoa viii astou
~. tt'a mnrinns fila commission and frec-pnss
s,,'' tss .o ra nrooav y;nlntot hv ucnrly aIl tho
ncs v'a1 md T. now COMICS tho nowu from Now Tori,
that Inc can,bineI trunii lines have held another
eotlhE ior sI9 ~ ro.,,et;on ;n tho wo"cs
nesfIsty ies| " ~ ~ u'1"1N5 '"S''SA 49, No0
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