New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-27
n RAILROAD VAR.

THE NETWORK CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY RE-
DUCEs THE PRICE OF It's IMMIGRANT RATES OF
FARE NEARLY ONE-HALF-THE ERIE AND PENN
sYI.YANIA ROADS MAKE SIMILAR REDUCTIONS.
A discovery startling TO the officers of the
New-YOrk Central and Hudson River Railroad has just
made, and has led TO the withdrawal OF the ticket
agent OF that Company from Castle Garden and the
drcton Of the rates Of fare to immigrants nearly per
cent. The three great railroads to the West-the New
York Central, the Erie, an the Pennsylvania
hitherto divided the transportation Of immigrants
among Them each receiving fair share of the business
The TO all important Western points have been
UNIFORM and the in migrant has had the choice Of ne
without regard to price OF fare The latest uniform
tariff went into effect March l, and printed list
OF fares TO all Western points issued
by the three companies 1t appears that contract
was recently made by the Erie Railway Company with
the Inman. National, Williams 81 Gu.on, White Star,
Anchor and State lines whereby tickets should be sold
European cities for the transportation OF passengers
from NewYork 10 Chicago, the Erie Road, for slO
the rates for tickets sold at this city for Chicago remain
ing as on the printed tariff BY this arrangement all
passengers arriving by these steamship lines were TO be
transferred to the Erie Railway. Whether the 50
each ticket to Chicago went TO the steamship conpa
MES or whether they really made that reduction in rates
is uncertain In the latter they enumerated
in other way, aud the profit TO the Erie Railway
Company resulted IN a monopoly Of all the western
bound immigrants arriving by the six principal steam
ship lines. The steamship companies ordered that all
westward-bound steerage passengers arriving Wed
nesday should be transported by the Erie Railway. Ac
cordngly, reinqushng their through tickets, they
were at provided with Erie Railway tickets TO all
western points. This discovered by the agent
Of the NewYork Central Road aud reported TO the
Office OF the company, and the Vice-President Of the
road thereupon sent the following communication TO
the Commissioners OF Emigration:
10 TIA CoDns0ners Of Emigration Castle Gdrd,n Ne Yorl:
Yesterday from the steamship lines which
habit OF sending Immigrant road that All emran
hereafter BY those lines would be Erie Railway
c0uhrms The for that the Railway
has made contracts tor large proportion Of the grants
ing BY this 1874 aud Pensyvan
having the transportation Of tue Cunari ue eheaAy
business against this Company Under these
less waste OF moaeT 10 proportion Of
the Garden, and have directed withdx therein ~
have TO request that will prohibit Immigrants
port and after this date destined 10 all Western point. against
that been made them
the Of uelets OIL and sfr %
further will be follows Central
River Railroad Company and SeyYok 10
Chicago o. 10 St Louis 20 % 10 Cincinnati 81 10 Omha s
to 81 Paul $40; Milwaukee ST. to Detroit &c. TO Cleveland
places proportion Tickets he obtained
JOINS 81 GIeeng1ohs Yours respectfully
Nfv York, March % ". IL. Y4HDKRBILT, NceFreMdsnt
The New-York Central hoped In this to secure the
business which passing entirely out OF its hands
The former OF the CeutralO To Chicago
N3; 70 ST. Louis, s15 IS 20 Cincinnati tl so; 10 Omaha
s23 SO TO 81 Paul ~; 10 Milwaukee SIS 50 Detroit
sl0 to Cleveland - IS; to Toledo, $40 IS TO Quincy
fs IS: " Kansas city. t Is The Erie and PenDsyIya