, 1877-02-14
TILE RAILROADS.



The foreign rites adopted by tho representa-.
ttses Of the roads leading East from this city on
I Monday ara not considered fair and equitable
by all tho partics concerned In tho export b1ls.-
! hcss The Baltimore II Ohio and tic pennsyl-
! ran1a pcopfe arc we'll satisfied With tho rates.
nnh think there Is no cause for any ono to find
| fault with the arrangement, md TINT no better
plan Of adjustment could bo devised. OF course
the rates favor Philadelphia and Baltimore
greatly, and the officials Of tho roads leading to
those cities are Justified In being pleased will,
tic arrangement. They cannot bc blamed for
working in the interests Of their roads and
terminal cities. Tho New York roatls do not
E!vc them q trial and SEQ how the thug viii work.
They orc niFail however, that they lnrc ronccdc,l
loo mud, to Philadelphia mud Baltimore. and
that Vanderbilt, after getting to u,iacrstani tho
workings 81 tie arrangement, will reluse to nel-
hero to tho new arrangement. TIC Grand
Trunk AMI other lines leading to Boston ani
Portland, though tley tacit!y gavc their conscnt
TO tho attailgcmcnt, ars dead against It, md
nut ct on ounce of freight Tor export, The
steamship lines fro.n Boston aud New York r.
EauiatG l the arrangement altogether, aud say
roads to make tho rates for them. aIr. Du
Icrncy, Agent Of tho Cunar,l Line, and Mr,
Earl, Agcht OF the Anchor Llnc, STATED ycstcr-
aay tllat they Will not pay tie least attention to
tMs tAkC0 IlaAAG ny tut gNlllOAuAs lucy Link
the railroads hasa enough to DO to run their
own nl!airs without trying to r,ln those uf tho
ttcalnshlr liMes. None Of tho roads were able
TO make eontrnets at the now ratcs yesterday,
those elnrxeu during the past week. 1t be-
comes florc evlttr1It every day that thu rail.
roasls will not bc able to establish foreign
through. rntss; They San make and maintain
rates to tho steamships will bo harder lob
ttaii they have undertaken ever before. fhc
steamship rntes are never uniform; nt 0mc time
they ass low and At another high, Just aceor
yessas to complete d load.
Tho new pUslt,on tho railroads harc lately
taken Inns evidently ncen for tic purpose Of
eueherin4 Vanderbilt and the Northern ru,tls
i..atc by tie trunk lines SOHO tme ago, and
through tho siIoFt-sightcdncss Ut W. It. Van
.lerhltt md his adIutat. j. II. Ruttcr, tho scheme
a ,uS Mnnsn ,as pGS 1eTy S i tho natss
lit:s. not only lsosi1n would suffer crcatfy, but
Chteago nlna New York would also 10 great
losers. 70 There aro NO ss,ch through rates frun,
y; .as ,nanolts Toledo Cincinnati! md
to Philadelphia md Baltimore, and tho shippers
Of tlosc ronts would 10 abfa to export their
t[5sights [ 1t much loEer ratcs than those frotn
o.can rates troi, tle last na,ned seaports, and
after awlrtle most of tho export business would
seek tllnt channel.
1t VIII % remembered that the ontY ftout ttat
Was conceded to Vanderbilt at tllu time tl,c lite
railroad war was brought to close
was that tho ratcs On export l,usi-
nrss should Lo tho sa1nc rln nil tic |
senports. Tho Baltimore mil Pennsylyn,lla 4
people wcro itot satisfied with tho workings of |
this arrangement, as they no longer had an ad- !
vantage over Now York IN tho foreign bllsiness, |
They Claimed that tho stca.nshlp ratcs from !
Philadelphia and Baltimore worc much higher
thAn from Brvton unl New York, and for this
reason they urged thc establishment Of uni
form rafcs 10 European points ria MI the sea-
ports, ~ this gives them thcir former advantage
over New York. That this was the end thoy |
bad Ia View caft best be scct by the following
figures, OH which tho rates established Monday
wcro based. The local rates to The yarIolis
ports, AtNl the ocean ratcs from thusc points, |
'yn5n eMbtttiel by tho various lines, anil then !
he luwcat combined rntcs we're ndoptct, "a fol-
ows. The basis IL on peovisions from Chicago
10 Liverpool at 40 much per 1O0 pounds In gold: