The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-03-27
The PennsyIyania Rallroad.

resemble peAr BAIueu bGehos' 4u0 oho ~
Philadelphia on Monday, and again yes
terday, like the one held week ago
presented picture that must have beer
Interesting for the Colonel to look upon
He had an opportunity to take his meas
ure as q great man these days, and te
compare his importance since the shrink
ages Of the panic with the immensity o.
his proportions a few years ago. Tht
panic has been terrible leyeler for al
sorts OF values. IthaS squeezed not only
water but conceit out Of values. No
that we mean that Col. Tom Scott is MOI
smart man (for we believe he ia,
but simply that he was not able to shoo
around the corner with that famous gur
Of his with which he brought down &C
much game Of late years. He could moi
make his railroad policy "long enough
for man and short enough for boy
like the famous suspenders; that is, com
prehensiye enough for an era Of initiation
and conservative enough for a period
shrinkage. He built up magnificent mel
work of feeders and connections for his
great Pennsylyaniatru trunk line, aud had the
panic never occurred he would have lived
| and died the acknowledged railroad king
Of the country. Unfortunately, however,
his arrangements were not Of the patent
self-adjuster sort. They were adopted
for a career Of prosperity, not for adyer.
sity.
At this writing we are not advised as
to what was finally done at the meeting
yesterday, but the discussion had hu.
initiating look for Scott. As showing the
sort Of criticisms that were hesped upon
his management we quote as follows from
the proceedings Of the meeting on Mon
day:
"After the reading Of the committee
report the music began. ueneral Todd
repeated his assault upon the mansge-
ment, and called upon them to rise and
quash the preposterous scheme. Stein.
metz, Chairman, defended the report, and
Potter defended his minority. They were
Joined in defense OF the management by
Postmaster Snowden, when the opposition
was reinforced by Dan Dougherty, orator.
He said that the management made a mis-.
take and let rivalry govern them. They
leased this, that and the other road. There
Is possibility that some Of these con-
Meeting roads were purchased when the
stock was low and stock sold after leasing
to the Pennsylvania Railroad, and the
holders made good thing Of It. The
Wholesale use Of passes is wrong. 1tisin
violation OF the Constitution OF PenusJl.
yania. The system Of free passes, indis-
criminately given, is altogether wrong,
and the stockholders should stamp It out.
The system Of private palace cars Is an.
other wrong. There may be times when
the President OF the road should be re-
uuired to use such q car, but don't see
why when some high official at Washing
ton or some hummer Of a politician wants
TO take journey they should be provided
with palace cara. l understand again
high officials Of the road are in the habit
Of taking parties ofladies to the opera in
New York and frequently freight trains
are moved of to sidings SO that they will
not prevent ladies from getting to New
York in time for the opera"
There was some point in these criti-
cisms, harsh as they were. The special
car business has come to be great nui.
sance. The public pay for all such luIu'
rles, and the fellows who run the politi'
ca! mschines-who have Influence al
| Washington or some State legislature
get the benefit Of them. For instauce
the special car tom scott's private carl
that held the precious person Of Dor
Cameron ran off the track the other day
and only few days before that, it,or some
other special car, was used to convey
Don and his affiancee to Cleveland. Why
should Don Cameron and other sucl
politicians, be hauled about the country
| in palace cars. Is II necessary in order
to secure bis influence at Washington tt
put through some Te1as.Pacidc job
| Such fayoritism smacks Of corruption
and it is, in fact, a p art Of the demorali
z..ion and corruption Of the times. NJ
wonder Tom scot.'s stockholders resen