, 1874-12-17
And Will Act in Harmony with the
Saratoga Combination.
This Explains lis Agreement with the
Atlantic & Great Western.
Withdrawal Of the Suits Against ]. I.
Blair.


TIL NfhlHb oNfN N0"kA@Hft l4elSt
RuMoNs THAT TIE nALT1MnnE / otto uAB
JOINED II.
There romans but littlo doubt that tile war
betwoen The Baltimore j. Ohio 1lailroad aud tho
Barntoga combination has COMO to Ill end.
Everything seonas to iudicata tAat tho Baltimore
l. Ohio haa finally consented. like tho Grand
Trunk, to work in harmony with tho combination.
It did toot rather strange during tho last few
days that although tho combination tnnde aov-
cral declRvo lnovos againat this Road In tho re~
tluction Of ratcs. it remained Inactive and
did uothtng whatever to moet its antagonlats.
The officers OF tho Ioad auaphatioaify deny that
thoy arc In any way In harmony With tho COM
psnation, hut tho Commissioners and other prom
iucnt railroad mun DECLARE that arrangements
havo boon pcrfcctol by Which thls Road as we'll
o. tho Grand Trunk eap bo counted III
tho combination, though neither had actually
signed tho agrcomcttt,
ARRANGEMENT WITH THE ERIE.
4 dispatch from Mansfield, O., pnb.ished
yesterday, stated that arrangements had boon
perfected between tho managers Of tho Baltimore
t. Ohio Ra!lroad and tho Atlautic & Great Vest
cru Kailroal by which tho time~freght md pas
yongera received by tho baltimore j. Ohio HAIL
road In this city and points west will DO trans-
forrcd at Mansfield, md rouch Now York oycr tho
hinaton, aud s.ill cnims to bo ono OF its strong
| est aal,esonta, tho above arrangement could not
llavo possibly boon contaminated unless tho Dalti
n,orc l. Ohio had agreed to abide hy the ru1es Of
decentralization T,o inducemeut to the Baltimore
& Ohio WIS great ono, by tiiR connection it
| vtlt have ouo OF tho shortest lines to Now York
| aH we'll as to Baltimore. This ronl Aas just now
! nlada ....-..-...
OTHER ARRANGEMENTS,
| 1jAf,.r ~ frfN Ntbi%
| Now York Central llailroad at Buffalo.
i contract has just bocn signed betwoen
tho ruauagors Of tho baltimore i Ohio,
osao reoFs ",o,%. 4 WsFssw w. ~. "S to Gsnss qo5a,
rond takos ita Chicago and Western freights for
! Buffalo and tho Now England Staten ovor tho
latter two lines. Tho BALTIMORE l. Ohio connects
with tle Toledo, Pooria 8 Warsaw at Defiance,
meets with tho Canada Southern. which runs In
nl,noat M airline to buffalo. At t,ia place con-
ncctioua can lo mado either With tho Eric or tue
| New York Contral.
tion roads that tic only objection tho Baltimore
| & Ohio mado to tho Saratoga arrangement was
that 1t had 10 other Eastern outlet hut Dalti-
| more and, a. tho road had boon built with Ba!ti'
marc capital, and by 15altmoro mon, It had to
loop Tho rates to that city as low as possible to
ho abto to compete with Now York. The road
Ind in evory other instance adhered to tho agroc-
mont il, fact. 1t Ind hoon.ln favor OF high rates
to every place but Baltimore. The New York
got tho bulk Of Woyterl buaiuess. and hence
war wA8 doclared on the. baltimore Il
| Olno* and the rates reduced not only to
Baltimore, but to oil other ,points. Everybody
Thought that this action by tho combination
would be met with another reduction by tho Bal
tin1oro Il Ohio. Bnt, contrary to general expec-
tation, tho Baltimore Il OHIO refused to conn
down, only adjusting it's tariff to correspond With
tho combination. Although this action looked
yory much l,so back-t1own. nti}i tho nanngors
clnimea that tlloy could meet The combination
batter by making rebates. 1t appears. however,
that rerg few rebnteB or drawbackH hayo boen
n,ndo during tho last few weeks to anYbodY, apd
tlat this statement was only ulndo to direct tho
puhlic from tho main issue. In tho meanwhile
tho mauagors of tic road hold consuleationH with
tho managers OF tho combination roads, and
finally tho alovc-atatnd arrangements we're con-
nnmmated, by which tho Baltimore l. Ohio now
| socnroB connection with Now iork nnd Buffalo,
giving 1t an equal chauco with tho roads no"
leading to tho East. ...-.-
who was interviewed yesterday by q TRIBUNE
reporter i'll rogard to this mattor, statcd that,
though oil tho roads oass OF Chicago wore now
wording jn harmony, DO effort would 10 Jnaoo to
| raiBo tho rateB. Tho late reduction Ind boon
made lesB on account OF tho opposition Of tho
Baltimore Il Ohio than by reaaon OF tbs fact TINT
but l.ttLo freight hnl boon moving laso!y, most
| Of tho cars standing ido OIL the track. Rai!roac
buaiueas had never boon no dull as At present,
|
prospect Of raso III tho rates Of froighta. Mt.
Ws%swortA c!aims that tue combination wna .
necessity to ouablo tho ronds to do away will
certain abuses which could not no abatea
nnloss all tho roads could be rnited
Nearly ovory road in tho country bad boot
losing money during tho ]ast fow mouths, ant
vo1.ld continue to loso money and finally 60
down unless tho people assisted them iu carrying
out tho reforms at whic!, they uiFned.
TWO OTHER rAUMINEST RAILWAY MANAGERS
| well verse1 tn the affairs Of tho combination
Htatod that thero was not the laast doubt sllal
, the Baltimore j. Ohio Nairoad waa acting witb
tho continuation. The compnct at ainusfioit
could not posaibly have been conslmmatod un
. ]oag oitAcr tic Eric had withdrawn from the
coordination or tho Baltimore l. Ohio hsa asrees
to not NTH It and nhiao by lta rules. As tht
managers Of tito Eric declare that tho combinn
tion in at present stronger than ovor, and thu
tney arc still vol satisfied With t. thcre can bt
no doubt that tho Baltimore &c Ohio has CONT
down aud agreed to abide by tho rules Of sh'
J former.