New-York tribune., 1874-11-24
RUMORED RAILROAD COMBINATION.
A NEW ERIE CONNECTION.

A NEW ERIE CONNECllON.
REPORTS OF AN ARRANGEMENT WITH THE BALTI-
MORE AND ONO RAILROAD-ITS PROBABLE
Reports of contemplated arrangement between
the Erie aud the Baltimore and Ohio Railroads by
which the Eric should the tracks of the Chicago
division of the Baltimore and Ohio for its Chicago
freight business have aroused good deal OF interest
among railway men, asst is suggested that any such
arrangement may not cOnduce TO the harmony oil thc
relations of the lines represented in the Saratoga
contract and would be apt to make differences be-
tween the Erie and its present Western connections.
A. c. Rose Agent of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road in this city, told TRIBUNE reporter that nc
had received no information from the President of
the Baltimore and Ohio in regard to an ar
rangement with the Erie, but he had heard
from an officer of the Erie some time
ago that negotiations will be made for the
running of the Erie fast freight lines over the Chi
cago division of the Baltimore and Ohio road He
did not know whether these regulations had been
carried out OF not If they were made, the Erie
freight for Chicago would come over the Atlantic
and Great Western Railway to Mansfield, which Is
on the Lake Erie and Gandusky division Of the Bal
timore and Ohio, the old line running from Newark,
Ohio to Sandusky. A few miles to the north oil
Mansfield, on this division, is Chicago Junction,
where the Chicago division of the Baltimore and
Ohio branches off to Chicago in an air line, dis
tance of about 2GS miles
President Jewett OF the Erie Railway told the
reporter that no arrangement had been concluded
yet and that no details were fixed. The matter mad
been talked Of and lie thought it probable that an
arrangement would be entered upon. There had
been no conference of officers of the two roads
about it, he said, nor was there any day fixed for
such conference. He had received on Saturday q
long telegraphic dispatch from Vice-PreSdent King
of the Baltimore and Ohio, but he declined
to sav what the dispatch contained, and pre-
ferred that the probability of an arrangement be-
tween the two roads should not be published while
the affair was entirely unsettled. lie could not
say at what time the arrangement would go INTO
effect if the negotiations for it were successful
nor when these negotiations would be carried on.
lie said that there was nothing in the Saratoga con-
tract to prevent the Erie from making an arrange
ment for Chicago freight with the Baltimore and
Ohio. The Erie is at liberty to send freight by the
line upon which it make the best terms. Presl~
dent Jewett stated that the Erie now sends only
part of its Chicago freight by the Lake Shore road
and added that the New-York Central would have
no ground for complaint, according to the arrange
ments now existing between the Erie and Central,
if the Erie entered into the relations spoken of with
the Baltimore and Ohio
A prominent officer Of the Ncw-York Central,
when asked his opinion of the effect of such con-
tract between the Erie and Baltimore and Ohio, said
that the matter was TO him. and he was not
prepared to express an opinion on tho subject lie
had not heard that such an arrangement was pro-
jected and was unwilling to speak of the possible
effect on the Saratoga compact He remarked. how
ever that the question would probably be, not what
effect such an arrangement would have on the rea-
tions of the associated trunk lines but what would
be its effect on the relations Of tie Erie Road with
its Western connections.
AN UNFOUNDED sTATEMENT-v1CE-PREsID KING
DENIES THAT THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAIL
ROAD INTENDS TO OBTAIN DOCK ROOM on TIE
HUDSON.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 23.-The attention of John
King it, President OF the Baltimore and Ohio R,il
road Company, called to-day TO the report that his
road had purchased grounds and water front at Pam
rapO station, the NewJersey Central Railroad. He
declared the statement utterly without foundation In
this connection Mr.. King reiterated the declaration made
to your correspondent few days ago to the effect that
the independentne OF the Baltimore and OHIO Road is
built with the design of adding TO the interests and COM
mercia importance Of Baltimore alone The managers
of the road believe the policy points to Baltimore
as it's eastern terminus. and there is not now, and has
not been any intention of obtaining dock the
Hudson.