Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-03-04
TIE WAR OF TEE RAILROADS.
There were no new developmei

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and Pennsyly 4nia railroads. The num-
Der ct through passengers by the Bal
/ timors & OHIO to and from the West
twas '.eFy large by all trains, and the
sales at the ticket offices ofthe con,pas
ny in this city were as heavy as pre-
vious days. There were two hundred
and seventy FIVE tickets sold for the
! East in CINCINNATI ON Monday and SAT-
urday last the sales reached q. figure
hardly ever before eqnaled in Chicago.
! On Friday last seventy four passengers
of the afternoon express dined at the
Queen City Hotel; Cumberland, Md.
There were no indications Of a change
in tactics in taking freight from Baltis
more to the West. The agent of the
Pennsylvania Company processes to be
here after freights. and denies that his
company had annulled any absolute
"contracJ" entered into, which of course
it could hardly do. Probably both
companies shy little when rate gets
to too low point, preferring to put the
cap in such a case on its adversary.
Yesterday freEhts were accepted by
both COMPANIES at I'D ,ut the same low
rates rs heretofore, neither having much
the advantage OF the other in this re-
spect.
The Baltimore Sc Ohio steamship
line between Baltimore and New York
is now an established fact. The new
iron steamship George w. Elder, Of
1,500 tons capacity, is now loading in
New York, and will reach here on Fri
day, and sail again next day. The
steamship Richmond, of the same class
as the Elder, will arrive on Monday and
sail the next day. Messrs. Andrews &
Co., Smiths wharf, are the agents OF the
line, and they viii accept local freights
here in connection with the through
traffic from the west. The New York
freight has up to this time been taken
to and frola Norfolk, as the lnterchang
ing point by the steamers of. the Old
Dominion and Boston lines The VIII
liam Lawrence, of the latter line, which
left here yesterday, had large quaint
ty of New York freight. "-
The Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore railroad, recognizing the
claims Of the public, started train
from President street depot, to connect
at Bayview with the train which let
Charles street depot at 1851. There
was goodly number Of passengers by
this train, who came from Washington
and the West, mostly western, for
points North.
NEW YORK WAR NOTES.
| From the New DIRK Times, Feb %.
The passenger agents OF the Balti>
more and Ohio road still claim to be
selling more tickets than ever before
from New York The Baltimore and
Ohio takes freight at any rate it pleas
es, while the New York Central, the
Pennsylvania and the Erie, true to the
compact made in Saratoga, are firm in
maintaining the regular tariff rates. In
this connection meeting was held ON
Monday at 4l3 Broadway, by the gen
eral agents of the lines belonging to the
Saratoga combination, to agree upon a
classification of freight in west bound
business. The gentlemen who took
part in the meeting We're MIR. J. J..
| Gussler, of the Pennsylvania Central !;
Mr.. h. L. Crawford, Of the New York
Central, and Mr. A II. Ward, of the
Erie railroad. But little, if any, bust.
ness of Importance was concluded, and
the meeting was adjourned to meet
again on Tuesday. Before the parties
separated, however, it was decided that
freights were to remain as they were
| An additional evidence OF the determi
nation OF the trunk lines to keep their
regular tariff is evidenced by a Telegram
received by Mr.. Gussler, the New York
general freight agent ofthe Pennsylva-
MIA Central, from MIR II. H. Houston,
the Eastern manager in Philadelphia.
The following is copy.
PHILADELPH1A, Feb. 20, 1a75.-J.L.
Gussler, New Y FORK Superintendent of
Pennsylvania Railroad Lines: The
Pennsylvania railroad people have is
sued positive orders that rates the west
should be maintained. Please see that
none of your people deviate from tariff
prices. H, Ii. HoUsToN,
aaf Eastern Managers.
The New York Sun OF Monday has
the following:
cit is conceded that the Baltimore
and Ohio, with its healthy financial con
dition, can better afford to carry pas
sengers at the cheap rates recently es-
tablished than any of its rivals, all
though it is not asserted that these rate
will yield profit The sale of tickets
by the Baltimore and Ohio road for the
last three or four days have been ex-
ceedingly large, bnt id spite Of this fact
the agents of the other lines say they
are doing their usual business
cit is said that the hotel proprietols
of New York are in negotiation with
the Baltimore and Ohio road to effect
resumption of their sales of tickets.
Some months ago the railroad mana
gers resolved to cut off the hotel ticket
agencies, which were, they thought,
drawing too large commission on their
sales, and since that time hotels have
paid full price for their tickets, selling
them to guests without. profit. 1t is
said that the pending negotiations con-
template resuming the old plan as far as
! Baltimore and Ohio tickets are concern
ed, but with less commission, thus
| practically throwing most of the hotel
patronage into the hands of that corpo-
ration.
The New York Tribune says:
.sThere can be no doubt of the fact
that the unfortunate unpleasantness at
present existing between The Baltimore
and Ohio and Pennsylvania Companies
is exerting baneful effect upon the
trade of this city, particularly in the
line of heavy goods, in that the lover
| freiohts offered To shippers from Balti.