, 1875-02-12
C0MMON CARRIERS.
Representatives Of tho Boston & Albany
Road Before q Logisla-
tive Committee.
Answers to the Charge Of Discrimination
Against Boston,.


Earnings Of Western Roads for January.
BOSTON T. ALBANY.
srtrfdt Dhpakch 10 The Ch,cnao IttbHnt.
BosroS, Feb. 11.-Tilo Legislative Committee
on aHtltoada Ind hearing to-day on tho order
offcrod by Mr.. Frederick 1foBely, cf Doston, to
inquire whether the Boston h Albany Railroad Ia
furnishing freight facilities and charges 80 a.
not to discriminate against the City Of nnatou,
and to Inquire whether tho stnto DIRECTORS OF
said Road have naado their ANNUAL roport as re-
qlirod by law.
V'co-prestdent lincoln represented tho Boston
t ALBANY 1tailroad, and br. Bartlett said the
Commercial Exchange aud tho Hoard Of Trade
lad appointed Commissioners to appear.
atr. ]. Il. Locke said the difficulty with tho
grain trado was tho luck Of guarantee Of weight.
a% ~ess was so Ten Fl ha m sa wsgI I yh hshe o
placed before the railroad officers, but
nothing was done The harm dono 10 the
boston trade ia aonetlmos verT groat, as, when
s sf@ Of r put mrdsb 11 1 nt They hsxe
tho elevators. The cure for both the over.
!oading aud shortage Ia to guarantee
tic, 3eight, which is done to certain
parties, bns not to the trado ~ whole.
10 lay down corn at to oentB less than in Bos-
ton. Tho rates as published are 5 cents moro to
boston than to Now York, and the road adleros
to tho pnblihhod ratos. while New York always
Hllown Mt: Bliss, tho boston & Albany Road
Manager. but the difficulty was the parties who
EoI tho "cutn rates waro unwilling to aeata
tue tue ,nass taess -. Tho noston e albany Noud
ineH. but asked so much for carrying given
amount, which tleavcs all the "cutting 7" to be
DOM With tho otler linas West. In regard to
tho discrimination IN favor Of Portland, boston
1,ntt nh
through to Portland mud having them stopped at
Boston, for they could thou make cents on tho
hundred. It coatB moro to lay grain down hero
for home consumption than It doos In New York.
Alr. Catvln VI. Winch, Of Cutting, Winch, i
Co., said bis firm had abandoned tie grain busi-
uess OIL account OF tho refusal of tic roaJ to
guarantee tho amount Of grain. There WAS no
intlucement to make advances On bills Of ladng
shipper receives bill Of hiding Tor cor
tain 4nAntity mora or loss, aud drawB on tic
merchant hern for 1t at 10 much pog bualct. but
IN 70 many cases Ind there beon shortage that
llia firm rofuaed to continue Tho business.
Atr. ]. i. Paul narrated tho difficulties he had
encountered in tho lumber trade. He turned lis
trade to New York, atld there made handsome
ptott on it, II freight eau 90 through boston
for cents less than 1t costs to stop in DoHton,
Mr.. shulnway, of tho Bay State Sugar Rctln-
cry, stated TINT ho shipped ~ per cent Of their
freight over tho Boston T. Albany. Il per cent
oyor the Vermont Central / Grand Trunk, aud
33 pnr cent over tho EEie. This was because Of
tho lgh rate Of chargeR Of tho Do4ton i Al
tany. Tlis morning ho lad beop offered freight
10 cents hundred leHs than what tho Boston j.
Albany uould tnkn.
Fice-Presllcnt Lincoln, being called unon.
said ho had ITO .1oubt that the sbortago, ETC., wa
much exaggerated. ue beloved tie grail, was
coming regularly, and the Committee wond be
SURPRISED to SEQ how regular. He was willing to
jtfa In cF,,1I1 1,o, ti0f %r,
have tho board Of Trado or Exchange
appoint nun to weigh tho grain ut
tho elevator. uo said the roud had reduced the
sxpenae Of transporting freight mud passengers
1cniod that my Guaranteed bills OF hiding lad
been giyon to any oiio. IEo said they had nettod
cases OF ahortaga whom satisfied that 1t
was from lcakaGo & from any reason
road had boon putting in tsack-soaes at every
important point, 30 TINT all grain ia thus
weighed, except that which goes into elevator,
when It is weighed. DusineBH heretofore has
III Albany. but lo doubted the power Of tho road
to onfotco any road aa to quantity. Tho rouls OWL
shares III tho through linos, 40 much pro-rata
for tho miles Of Zach road. They would recos-
nizo contract luade by MI agent ut thoBo
lpos. 1n regard to shortage, he had no doubt
they could arrange that with lilo New York Cou-
trail by noans of tler elevator at Buffalo. The
Now York Central lad absolutely refused to
kAR4 A1lkGo AuA I64HGGu " JUL EtH4GR
special blla Of ladlng Of miacellanoous freight
from tue WoBt.
Tle heasing WAS adjourned TIL tomorrow
THE WESTERN ROADS,
The representatives Of tho roads west Of Chi
caao held another meeting yesterday AFTERNOON,
at the Grand Pacific HOTEL Mr. J. Q. Mcs1ulliu,
0oncral Superintendent of tic Chicago Il Alton
Railroad, In tho olair. and Mr.. A. G. Bird, Gen.
cral Freight Agout Of tho st.. Louis, KapBas City
d Northern Railroad acting as Secretary.
The ob1oct OF tha mcetlng was to fix ratoB for
poiuts wcst Of the Mississippi River. Horcto-
fore tho practice las boon to prorato from New
York to Kansas City and other Missouri
lliver points. making tho through rites
from New York to Kansaa City but littIe abuve
those from Chicago. An agreement was made
to Missouri ltlver points shall be subject to the
following arbitrary ratest from S.. Louis, Lot.
iaala, hannibal, Quincy, Burlington, and DAY.
enpar. to Kansas City. Atc!iinson, Loayenaprth,
1T. Joseph. Eaat Nabfaska CITY, r'attanaouti,
and Council Bluffs, first class. "a cents, second
clasH, 49'ceuts; third class, IS oonta; fourtt,
eass, % cents special claaH, q conts; elass a,
It was also agreed that the 1ooal-t.eir rates
from chicago to Miesourt-1llycr points Bllh Il DO
70 cents on first class, Is cents On sccond and
tllrd class, and 10 cents On fourth class, Lin her
than tho rates that may be charged from 1T.
Louls, An agreement was nlso made that on
iron pIoduots. such a. railroad-iron, plg-ison,
oar--wllects, spikea, and splices, and hard
coal, the dii1ereuc0 sllall bo but $40 q car
above the, rates charged from St. Louis. This
action placas Chicago merchants aud uplu-
fao.urcrs on All equality with st. Louis NOR
chants. giSiug tho hitter i'm advantage over the
former, az tie rates from the Beaboard to st.
Louis ara ut least AZ hgh II not higher, than the
difference that lias been established It M'as
further agreed that the rates from Chicago md
st. Louis to Council Bluffs should DO tho same,
No changes In tarin ratios troln Chicago Or 1t.
Louis wore mRdo.
THE FREIGHT QUESTION. ..
The freight war IL at an end, and peace rcira.s
suprone In tho councils Of tho General Fre!tgl,t
Agents. After numborlesa Intellectual atteu pts
tim Freight Agents Of ali tho linea loading f. pln
this city agreed to adopt tho tariH suggested by
tho baltimore i Oi.lo Railroad and p.etlyod