The New York herald., 1874-08-08
THE SARATOGA SPRINGS.
The Great Railroad Conference
and Its Results.
THE INTERESTS Ass1M11ATED.
Facts About the Various Min
era1 Fountains.

eral Fountains.
SARATOGA. August 9. 1874.
The great railroad assembage which met here
at the Grand Union Hotel contained about all the
really remarkable, nrsr class managers In the
united states. Strange indeed was 1t to see Van
derbilt, SCOTT, Hugh Jewett and John King repre-
senting the four trunk lines OF the country and
long rivals to the last extent In fact opposition
could only go ON while the several railroad sys-
tems were levying on each others territory. The
main light. OF course, was between the Pennsyl-
vania and the Garrett company, the latter to pass
through Maryland to Washington and the South,
the former to build In to Plttsburg and get hold Of
the mighty freight business at that point. Both
were disappointed. Although the Baltimore COM
pany crossed the Allegnanies a second time and
proceeded down the Youghiogheny to Pitts
burg the reights did not leave the old established
route. The Connesvllle road has been q disap-
pOintment to Baltimore.
In the same way the Pennsylvania's intent to
be great Southern line has tailed at three several
points. Building South from Cincinnati, the panic
struck them and stopped work. They began to
extend their Cumberland Valley ROAD down the
Shenandoah Valley, but the Baltimore concern got
the start Of them, and is already at Staunton.
Trying the same thing from Washington City to
Richmond, they got no farther than Quantico and
are suspended there In mid-air, utterly unable to
capture the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Baiti-
more road. So have their designs to run up the
Monongaheia and take the State OF West Virginia
which is one OF Mr.. Garrett's pocket boroughs from
his grasp tailed. They have tapped the Baltimore
and Ohio system at Baltimore, Cumberland and
Martinsburg but have failed at Wheeling and
more vital points. They have struck the New York
Oon< Dvx(po Oh
Erie, Ashtabula and Cleveland. But these many
partial advantages have weakened the central su-
perstition Of this road In mems faith. The Scott
design has been too wide, wild and sptdery for
prudent men to understand its merits. 1t goes BY
double routes to Cincinnati St. Louis and Chicago,
thus rivalling itself-a competitor-running
out rival at the added expense to ITSELF Van
derbilts and Garrett's roads, plain, powerful and
lucid, yet command the conservative Judgment Of
men.
THE ERIE ROAD. 81.
And now we have all these people apparently
coinciding IN the settlement OF the Erie railway
under Hugh T. Jewett. The Erie has been pulled
and hauled between those delectable people, Gold
schmidt and Bschonshetm, Gould and Fisk, until It
has got to be stock manufactory and the terror
both of the street and Of its rivals Wide and wild
in range yet the sratghtest OF all highway to
the great West, and essentially New York cor
poratlon by geography and aim, it seems hard to
see 1t pass into the Presidency Of an ohio man.
Jewett has just passed out Of Congress from
Columbus, Ohio The battle he gave the District
government at Washington will subject him to
equally cool and searching investigation in his
management OF shis great railroad. He is by the
slow growth OF time q man OF prudent judgment
and strong cumulativeness. Cold, austere,
with strong visage and capacity to listen as wen
as to be emphatic, he looks as II he would be the
best President the Erie has ever had.
THE ORIGIN OF THE CONFERENCE.
This conference, which will probably lead to q
long truce both personal and commercial, be-
tween the great belt lines, grew out OF small
local fight between the Philadelphia and Bati-
more roads over the matter OF the passage Of their
trains between Philadelphia and Baltimore. The
Scott interest owned q rather devious line by
Columbia and York to Washington. They could
not make time over this road and finally agreed,
after bitter years OF contention to divide oppor-
tunity and run two full express trains per day
over the short intervening road which neither
owned. About this time Mr.. Garrett, literally worn
out with railroad work, was ordered to Europe for
long stay. He was q man OF powerful intensity
oil character and a long hater. After he departed
his representatives, John King and MI. Keyser
Thomson. who had somewhat of the obstinacy OF
Mr.. Garrett, in coming paciflcay together and
vital Mr.. Scott has an easy. sugges
tive nature, rapidity and despatch, and
Ohio road was and would Continue to be- sove. we.
reign over Its own belt OF country. Rather than
carry on the business Of pursuer OF the legiti-
mate railway over Its own ground he desired to
finish competition at the spot II had come 10 and
proceed no further in a ruihousy anomalous war.
Ohio Railroad has been compelled to seek its con-
federate in the Grand Trunk Of Canada, road
playing dull dummy to the st. Lawrence system.
1t has been The belief of the three great American
systems dhat II .aey conio nen,raIze tne cana;
at last come to spot where fares and frelghts
would be abiding and the current political ferment
against all railroads would cease to annoy them
Tom Scott to act in concert
THE LONG FEUD HAS BEEN SETTLED.
The great Commodore was himself anxious to
reduce the speculative Erie to terms, ana so the
moral despair OF the railroad men. The Baiti-
more road, through its water freight lines, carried
road in America occupies SO commanding an innu-
ence. 1t is far above the needs OF money or in
dorsement, and borrows In Europe at four per
cent q year. 1t Is the only railroad at present
dong any building OF consequence. 1t is building
straight to Chicago from Shelby and from Wheel.
ley Of Virginia to Covington and Salem, and has
just finished It's branch from Lynchburg to Dan
gina. Its bridges at ParkersbnrQ and BeIar are
among the long drawn monuments OF our time.
and ragged p paying tse or no dVdends proyn
cial and disbursement. Its directory have
never watered stock, and therefore have had few
exacttOns TO meet their vast surplus calling for
dividend United states Senator Henry Davis was
formerly brakesman on this road as Tom Scott
was station agent on the Pennsylvania
The United states Hotel, the vastest establish
ment in this world for the entertainments Of man
on equal principles, wil at the end OF the present
season, be supplied with all its gas from It's
private gasometer. Having 5000 burners, 1t pro-
poses to save seventyfve per cent upon the gross
gas bills OF the place.
THR EMPIRE AND CONGRESS SPRINGS
The annual meeting Of the Congress and Empire
Spring Company was held yesterday. This puis-
SAINT concern owns two great springs-the Con-
gress and Empire-cathartc waters land the Con-
gress was never equalled by any cathartic in the
world for pleasant taste, while the Empire neo-