The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-08-13
EXPRESSIVE,
The Crue Inwardness ofth" Irouh'"
Between the Adams Express fo"-
pany and the Ii. d q. Road.

Notice was given the public some days
since that The business OF the 9daus EG-
press Company had been taken on tbe
Baltimore and Ohio road. Just how tins
had been brought about, whether BY the
voluntary withdrawal OF the EApfes-
Company. or BY ejectinent by the Bait
more and Ohio, did not fully appear.
There WAS II flavor OF the former IN lGo
statement of the Express Company, aud
an intimation of the latter III the 40
Advancement OF the Baltimore and Ohio.
Whatever might be the cause, there was
n general feeling of surprise, as the
Adams Express Company and Baiti.
more and OHIO road had been associated
nearly ever since the existence otthIsr
the, oldest road IN !hc country.
But Mr.. Alfred Gather, the manager OF
the western division of the Express Com
panys tusine :, gives the following Is n
true solution OF the difference between the
company and the road, which u no
doubt true one:
The necessities imposed by our com
petition in regard 20 time and prompt de
livery have compelled Us 10 end all OF
our competitive business by the Pennsyl-
wanna road, and in order, rs L suppose, 10
force US TO send proportion OF that mat
ter by the Baltimore and ONO road line,
they, on the first of January last, adj
vanced the guarantee TO be made by us,
as | have already intimated, TO nearly
double what had before been required OF
US. The idea being TO compel US TO pat
business on their line not legitimate To II,
and the result was that we were forced
to withdraw. We were obliged to con-
tnue TO send our through business TO
and from the East by the Penn yivsnia
road, from the fact that that road made
much quicker time than the Baltimore
and Ohio, and its trains also arrived IN
better time for delivery. In fact we were
obliged to send by the Pennsylvania, or
be unable to compete with the other
companies i'll point OF time between com
petitve points, so We protested, ana
asked for reduction. The officials OF
the company promised to consider the
subject. The matter ran on ior several
months, and nothing was done, we,
meanwhile, paying the exorbltsnt rates
demanded, though At large loss to the
Express company. We then again pro
tested. Then there were more prom
ises; but to cut long story short, the
first of July came, and we were still do
lDg business over the road a. the same
ruinous rates and there WAS no show Tor
any action in the matter. Then we visit
ed Mr.. Garrett and again presented the
subject, stating the facts TO him 10 the
fullest possible manner, he promised TO
consider the question, and that whstever
action was decided upon would date from
July LIST. The month passed, however,
aud nothing WIS done. We then con
suited among ourselves and decided to
wait no longer for the promised adjust
ment and SO gave notice OF Our with.
drawai. That is the story i'll substance,
and, l believe, covers sll the points The
railroad companies have always charged
Us high rates, and we have been Obliged
to carry bulky matter winch did not pay
us profit mainly to fill up the pace
which they require Us to pay for and
thus get something back upon it. This,
however, we have always dOEe willingly
without complaining, but when it came
to doubling up the figure, especially upon
road which has but little local business
for US and on which we could not handle
our through business, we felt tina. We
could not i'll justice 70 ourselves submit
to 1t"