New-York tribune., 1876-12-18
VII v,xpEnnllT's s,rrsrAcrroN


w.u. yASpRGBIII's SATISFACTION.
TRInrsE reporter carei on HhIm Ii. Nand'roil' ~
his resdance yesterday afternoon anu obt'iheu fo"
him the following statement In regard 10 ihe r"'o'1
war and It's termination: There has always eASleu
ncr.tot,rcp - said sir Vanderbilt "a dEerrnce ~ the
,, h rates ~ freight from tho to the seaooard.
which WA, based on the distance In mics that the freight
as carried and which ~ course largely ~ lA''t 'I
PHILADELPHIA and Baltimore, particularly th' hl''r' in'
difference amounted favor Of Baltimore over l'f"
20 10 PER cent from Chicagoi II pr cent ron n ~.
Iou.. per cent from Indianapolis; u per ght ll"il
ousyillc and - per from Cinc'unnn The eiIc't
of tBi, wH-. you can PLAINLY "cr tht Iy1 u,' H ~
nuur Intended tor eHp"fialinh ''ib "e ''' i ~ "a 80,
tor, nj much lOEcr n;uTu than thry cpnld Or laid
down in NevYork. Ihs anauEcmrut ron,,uu,1 I'D
force until 30 h'raln' hph.'nt l',l ~ ''t A., IN f
portanrc were foot m Baltimore anI In"H'.l .lha '"
Inc establishment o hurs 10 EUROPE Tor ihc pMpG" ni
iniIrr tire position of New-Hork Us a port Of
export, nnd We then den'naeI th" & .T iI',s ,ts
saurtp N,w-Y York, Phladclphia, aud Baltimore lhi'
the oprotug lines refused l1 .',, We 81 ,' , KIN Iiir
cont iuUaHCc oi the ofcf1min 'I'n ~ ''L i"'o,' 49,,
~ isuc the var began. Nc reduced 0ut rates until
th,y ~" ,iIar reductions Below tnis point We
IN NOT ear. tn co "a at rate neither "" n"i they
1 Ia ar however to cqualize the small difference
rf,ycon rs al thIt rate we gave private Irhae "a
ast March, when the war bcgin several attempts nave
brrn made w bring about S,tIeient' nHi We Heih't
zoo nor Would agree terms except thOso when
l'''y' ~ Lavc sHrrralcd entirely The AKA. cement
nirb was made yesterday makes the rates ON 4 itght
onrr tbau mat Int uded fOr local consumption INC Same
10 tIc larel cities and CONSIDER the FtHtit 10 G o5
mic of rates Yesterday 70 Incorporate h mat agreement
bnt objected n cOhsisuieu Iiat .h"'ter ~ IT,ti,
matter of prncplo-nOt how much the fftlghIs should
h int That whatever the figures they must bc aS low To
SyVork s 10 any other place. In addition Ia this, the
te- an local freight from thc West lo BaltlWuro nave
m I'm" 81 mSew.York rates all poiats - Line with
Cucgo ana IL uCr ccut from all points on INC WIN
ST. LOUIS and no other reductions. Ils mahgs inc , Gii,
fcncc 40 small - 10 prevent the rcshpmenl OF rtEhlS
To- Sew-York from Baltimore except at loss Ihs was
moi the -c with "a per cent reduction 80 lat Ifoui
@ O ronccs,on having been made Dy Us, every point
w6ieh we made We have gained for New-fork'"
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE SETTLEMENT
An exra,lroad official, who has had many years expo
rescs In railroad operations said yesterday tat he had
corc,uly considered the salient points in tho agreement
f the trunk nes he had arrived at the conclusion
na, tnara VIVA 10 material difference between II and
that made by the same parties last March, which
u Vanderbilt found IL necessary TO break
up 40 days aiterward, when he withdrew
trou all combinations in order 10 save
bi traffic The clause providing for uniform rates on
tbroual bills Of ladng, while making discrimination IN
favor OF Baltimore and Philadelphia on shipments III
ENDED for local use absurd its face 10 any one
who was at all acquainted with transportation matters
In the first place, he said 1t was Impossible to know
xbether eertan shipment was made for home oOnsump
ton or a foreign market; as, for instance the Ba!
more and ohio COMPANY @ requires thHt an gram
Elevator Mt Baltimore, after which lt VIII
be impossible TO know where u.in a gwen con con,
i
uossbe TO it's ultimate dest aton would be
hund impraccaDlc after having charged one price for
TanspoT1atlon Baltimore or Philadelphia, to collect
anotber Under such Arrangements all through bills
~ Iadng would be discontinued and grain would
he hed 10 the seabOard and then rshpped 10 It's des
tnatio But the rates all through bills OF lading
haye been since last March over the different
trunk lines, except In certain eases IN when the new
! York Central has cut under tho other lines, Thls
| mas been true OF tho shipment Of salt
| frnm Europe TO Chicago and St LOUIS the
rates on which have been from 10 TO ~ cents per 100
nniuIs from which ligheragc AT New1Ork and bridge
Tolls at ~ Louis must be deducted. The only difference
then n appears, between tue present agreement and
hai of Last sprng consists In the clause adding "Oter
American ports 10 the hs', To which equal rates
shaD be charged by the several lines, the value OF
| ynich Is not enough 20 be worth estimating
! A singie carload OF grain weighs about
| "a 900 pounds, the freight on which, at 80 cents
Dr 100 pounds amounts O y72 The deduction III layOr
~ BilrinOre-i3 per cent-leavea 80 80 on each car
load or nearly II 900 every 100 carloads Of grain in
favor of shpment made 10 that port Mr. Vanderbilt made
mn effort last Spring TO regain his lost business but lie
failed every point. He then thought 70 bud up his
busineAs cutting rpes, and working independently OF
ts other lines but in this he also failed The new
pact cannot sixty days, and n II should last long
during that time he would ceranly lose more business
than in any consecutive sixty days during the past year