, 1874-02-26
RAILROAD NEWS.


TIE BALTIMORE onlo
Tho Managers Of tho Baltimore L Ohio Rail
road hnvo decided to eatabal, limo OF vessels
bntweon thiH city and sandupky,, Ohio, whoro
stoy connect with thoir own liuo to baltimore
AID othor Eastorn citioa. 13y this arrangement
they will DO able to successfully compete with
ell othor frcight linos until thor extension from
Deshor, Ohio, to this city is completed.
Our citizens aro therefore assured OF continued
olloap froight-rato to tho East.
THE NEW ORLEANS LINE.
Nj through trains for New Orloans hayo loft
break on tho Atisasappi Oonsral kailroad Mr.
MITCHELL tho Superintendent Of The Illinois Con-
tral Railroad, who has just arrived here from
Now orl9ansI says that heavy fet,.atorn,s had
2asV'sa Ehs last ~se Causing 'un freshes S0.
nearly nil the atrcnma ana rivers: Tho
Tallahassee River which is croaaed by tho
Missisaippi Central at Waterford. MiaH.. .aroso
foot Of tho track. Tho rivor IL rapidly falling,
and a largo force Of mon has 1,oeu boon set to
work to repair the damage: hfr. Mitchell
thinks tint through trains will leave again by
| Tho Paris Il Decatur Railroad, which crossos
| tho Illinois Central Railroad Ut Arcoa, and Inns,
until lately mado ita Eastern terminus At Paria,
Terro Hauto, eounoetiag with the Terra Hauta
& indianapolis and other roads at that point.
It La now running two passenger lraius daily be-
| twoon Terro Haute and Dccattlr.
l ANNUAL MEETING.
Tho Stockholders Of tho Chicago, Burlington
| & Quincy Railroad held thoir nnt1unl 1naoting
yesterday at tho office Of tho Company, at tho
| corner Of Randolph atroot and Michigan avenue.
CONNECTION.
In An article In The TRIBUNE yesterday, CIV.
Ing summary Of tho report Of the preaidont Of
the 1llinois Central Road. 1t was stated that tho
net earnings Of the roaa woro sa27, ,ooo' whilo it
should hayo said that thas WIS the increased net
s"A' ,5ses96 9Ss ''1' AA' '8'' Df'' LOT 1918
UNION PACIFIC FREIGHT TROUBLES.
10 Tho Editor er Tie chteaoo 3T}Dune: 'o' 1 LUZ
SIN: II tho Chrletlau statesmen who expired
last year Of too much "divdcnd" and othor
$1,000 dividends Of the Union Pacific Railway,
thov would probably 800 that itB prcBont Gem
oral Freight Agent would do tho Company the
most good on tho retired list. Up to tho prosont
month tho freight interests Of tile road went
wo)l enough, because they ran in tho rut Of q
monopoly; and any follow can run monopoly,
1t runs itself. But now that its "pool" with
ts hs e3 f Of h1s %antas rR g 45 lis x aansss
tation Of 1000 milos about the sumo compon-
sation aB the links tint mako up the re-
1nalning 5000 miles OF tho tranH-eontnontal limo
nll aggregate. And our Omnha papers encourage
laying Rn embargo upon tho commerce the atty
thrivos on. Let Us inquire If there bo any JUS
tico III this roads refusal to pro.rate on through
froights with tue Chicago OF othor roads. T.,
J The choek OF tho Union Pacitlc, in continuing
to ask Of lines working with it crumbs Of cllarity
mud the fat slicos Of freighting in DONATION. prob.
ably comes Of it's having boon born boggar and
, thief. Of the first years Of ita mendscacy and
piilago having boon publicly excused to give It
oxiatenco. mud OF Ice having crooked its lne like
O. cradc-Bnnth, to multiply its miles, and tloreby
, tho bulk Of tho Governments mileage bonds. at
tho rate Of from $4,000 to s4e.oJo per milo
0 Aluoat any one bogotton OF such rotten parent.
ago would Btlll, whom grown, insist Oh ooyoting
Its neighbors freight profits.
. This 1,000-milo fraud has always had moro pot
Chicago md San francisco than tho connecting
lines either east or west Of 1t. It accomplished
O this feat by pooling itB earnings Oh through
froights with tho Paciho Mnil Steamship Lint, -
water against tho other roads uniting to form tho
:, trAngcoutinental line. But the Pacific Mail
having concluded to do all its pooling i'll salt
water, tue Union Pacific is loft out in tho cold.
roasou Why thoy should pay the Union Pacific
moro per milo for hauling ton of freight than
they themselves receive for doing the Hue m d9 %lth
At leaAt equal opood anu safety. Il VIII 20 Kept
- In Wow that tho price OF through frolghtB bo.
j.. tween ocenn-shoros il largely regulated BY
water-compcttion and the cost Of wator-car.
riage. Therefore, oach section OF the over
T., land line cannot establish rates for itself. but
|
10 tions Of tho united line: and thus whatever the
r Union paclo has taken aboyots pro-rota proper.
" ton by "pooling With Paeitic Mail has beer
N deduction from the pro-ratas Of tho @ otho1 g,
~ roads. It has boon Brown, Jones, and smitt
B. working together in q graVol-pit ut por-dleu
J. aggregate Of &c, OF which Jonos has poeGotod
[u IS, aud Brown aud Smith 41.60 each, as better
ID than nothing,-Jones having his pa, assured b'
~ an opposition gang whether ho worked or not.
II But to Mr. Yining's rusty mud only argument
~ for still asking IA unequal division OF aggre
ty gate esrniugs lie says tbat hs liuo lies among
hils hat there arc gaaaes n;eenan nnt
m road to trayel, which tho eamo it coat grea
- deal to build. Thonco ho arguos the good roads
i. running woat from Chicago ought to be plucket
h to increase tho profits OF hia poor road. And
c this plea ho puts in tho face Of bis Suporintcud
~ ~ ons'a boast that lis road is operated on I
70 70 less percentage Of earnings por mill
t. thau any other road in tho country; and II
y, tho face of tho fact that it's lougth Of liu.
N n is at loast ona-uftl moro than necessity 70
- os,iros, or than honesty would lavo made it. In
ill this world thoro arc just threo other follow
a. who approve the LOGIC OF THIS Union Pacific
y prodigy: tho three Railway CommiHHionors o
,a your State, whose schedules Heom to navanct
frclght-rates III direct ratio to tho poverty IN
- capacity, slow time, and rough track OF tht
,d roads they sock to regulate tic poorer roat
~ ~ is run, tho bottor tho rates allowed for run
e, rio tendency of this yining froightdoctrne
- in practice would bo to degrade tho character O
all good roads, and thereby adyauco the rates .
all roads as faBt ~ their degradation coutu y
secured. II tho Union Pacific is not i'll a condi
tion to carry at tho samo rates and make t. th
vt same profits as do uomo other roads, let th
Company put t IN tat condition. Or De sat,sSt 4
Of with less profits. Not 81! men can nuke 'u'
same profit ou tho samo work no moro can q!
railroads.
But, oven for tho very thin reason rendered b.
~ ~ Mr. Vnng, facts afford no foundation OF evel
lty equal thinness. Tue disadvantage of nainerou
at up. grades on his liuo ia partially compensate
ug bY down-grades Of equal distance, and more thai
II. overcome by its only nominal oxponao for fue
~ mining oil its coal by the side OF its track
~ from the land Government gave 1t. Tho equiv
ny moutp Of road arc, OF course, part Of tho cos
Of operating it. And, II the coHt Of operating
~ road Ia to bo made tho measure Of it's contpeHa