Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-06-17
.RAlLRoAD WAR.

A representative of a New York
paper on Wednesday interviewed Mr.
H. ] Jewett, president Of the New
York and Erie railroad, with view of
ascertaining the truth of the rumors
that the meeting of tho presidents of
the Central and the Pennsylvania rail
roads on Tuesday had reference to
negotiating for a settlement Of the
differences between the Pennsylvania
and the Baltimore and Ohio roads.
Mr.. Jewett stated that the meeting
was for no such purpose, but pertained
to other railroad business His opin-
ion was that the controversy between
the Baltimore and Ohio and Pennsyl.
vauia roads could only be settled by
the exhaustion ofboth parties to 1t, and
he thought they are both pretty nearly
exhausted now, 1t was possible the
war was begun and carried on mainly
because of bitter personal feelings be-
tween Mr.. Garrett and Mr. Scott,
though he did not think either of them
would willfully dissipate the property
Of their roads On account of personal
pique or spite, but still such was the
effect of their course. He said both
iisavowed personal feeling, still it re-
mains that personal feelings are at tie
bottom of the fight. This he consid-
cred foolish. They are not only hurt
ing their own roads, but all others.
While they are exhausting themselves
to the point of a settlement, they are
exhausting other roads to an almost
equal degree Mr.. Jewett declared
that the rates at which freights were
being carried between Chicago and
New York were unremuneratlve, and
said that SO dull is it, in fact, that even
if-the old rates prevailed, there is not
enough doing to enable the roads to
make any money.
Mr.. w. H. Vanderbilt, vice-pres
ident of the New York Central, stated
Oh Wednesday that the conference had
no connection with the dispute be
tween the presidents of the Pennsyl-
vania and the Baltimore and Ohio rails
roads, nor with the rates charged in
consequence of that dispute. The con
ference held on Tuesday was With re-.
gard to special rate, applicable only
to the lines represented, and in which
the public at large had no interest
He had no knowledge of any measures
which would tend toward a meeting
between Colonel Scott and President
Garrett for the purpose of arranging
terms as basis for a compromise be.
tween them. That matter was not
brought up at the conference. The
position in which Colonel Scott had
been placed, through the failure Of
President Garrett to carry out what
Vice President King had agreed to do,
would hardly bear out the idea that
Colonel Scott would make any advance
toward such compromise. Mr.. Van
derbilt thought that the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company was the great
est loser by the conflict He dis
credited the report Of a projected new
trunk line, to run between Pittsburg,
Chicago and the West, in connection
with the Baltimore and Ohio railroad,
and said there was no business, either
from the East or West, to support the
present railroads, let alone any new
enterprise.
At the Portsm outh, Rhode Island,
coal tz1ines, Friday evening, Robert L.
Casey shot his wife, killing her Instant
ly, and then shot himself, and will
probably die. 1t is reported that
Casey recently returned from long alb
sence III Colorado, and found his wife
had been unfaithful