, 1879-03-31
TEE RAILROADS.
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST NEW
YORK.

The Special Legislative Committee appointed
by the Now York Lcgts1aturcto Investigate the
alleged discrimination in railroad rates against
the City Of Now York held It's first meeting At
Albany last Wednesday. The following gentle
men appeared III behalf Of tho Chambcro Of Com
1ncFce OF New York: jackson 8. Schultz, r.
Van valkcnburg, r. 3. Thurber, md Jacob
Wopder The Board Of Trade and Trnnsporta-
ton of New York was represented BY A. u.
Miller, II. X. Miller, John F. Henry, Darwin Il.
JAMES, Simon Sterne, and B. T. Baker. George
". Lime appeared f0r the board OF Irnde,
Chauncoy ". Depcw svas present In the Interest
OF the New York Central Railroad. AfE. de-
pew said privately thut tile railroads would
wait tui tho Indictment was all made, and then
would reply In dcta!l md present tostfin0ny re-
Eardsng the several chnrgcs. The first witness
was Mr.. ThuTbcr, who read paper concluding
as follows:
Upon the shoroughne's OF your Investigation. &C.
penls, In great measure. the commercial and In.
lustria1 welfare Of the entire community. 1t IL
porfaf1ce. or ono which affords Wider scopo for
patient, statesnan'ke inseattgatian. We venture
t. sves n the that ,tS s t%e M s
exhaustive one. and that II any additional powers
arc required for that purpose, they may b. con-
senbly. For your convenience we rccnptniate be-
low sonle Of tne points which seoms to us to be
worthy Or tnsehtig"ti9n:
cnr1y freight for citizens Of other states, and sso
for cltlxcns Of other countries, a lower rates than
tus The s'tSens II Nsw fo.k -. s,,,,
Navcn special prlytlcRet and rates ont Of proper
tlon 70 thoss CHARGED The public IN general.
unncccsar,iv ~ hioh bv II. mnnycmsnca ~ suh
sidjsry otrantzations csIpned. Or ,gncl have tte
cilcci. 70 dopete tic revenue Of tha roads before
thuy reach stockholdcrs, Including the effect Of
thu nractlcu inown a. tho ''watering Of stock Of
capitalization of snrplas earnings" md to
what ,s!i s1teSt these nfaseticcs hayS obtained.
+; Whether 1, ias rights Of stoekhodeFa arc adc"
qnatoWt! p,,1at p.1toetGa. -. .A..,,,.,,.
~ ~ IT, "iic h,c rd,1 h5n an
to rranizntons exnreirinr t.Test nnhic }nursjos5
like that Of operating publjo HIGHWAYS; fnciIdinv
undar this head tho arranging Of fFc!rh tariffs and
clnsslheatlons; the effect OF the pooling system;
the different rates charged on New York fiolghts
n1 compeEca Win qtAer aea6onId citics sud thetr
enGSt tne saeSt e OF pfessnt aosai ta'ins nGon t'o
v ;,a oEs as,s sso so
n ~, sn y ~ H. @
;oct ~ may annnas worthy n ntent"n for ihc nn1.
i1use Of fully eluctdatinr II. >es 'N'
rr-spcaker eloan tfescrIbcd the nrostrot,on of
,hn milling interssts of 0swcrn. a,,n sstd ihut
u vnm;I shnTfiv hn rn;ne,s n ,'Sarsin,~asinn IT,,
rat.s was mt stnnnrd i Hin5s ~ i'nc;,oas ~
tnr' annkn ut lin ioss al tradn of Hnr,stsr
tMro,,vh rajfn6aj i7isrrfminntfnn' q y FastEnsn
sm!d tGs lMmI,sr iniercsts of hibanv ras s,,tYr.
t~. frnm tr iisrrIs,tnation TEnmo.J T1ttic
~ to1tu,rn cn,,nfninnl ~ 4hn s1acrt,ntna.ions,
u,a,ln nTa!Sst liz mix Z tntarests ~ nr.nro
f;m,ntv' n,,slpsr III" rror.sdj,@s m.r,sin Il
Jau,ss' Of tho Board Of Frade apef Transnartn"
tinm ps'eI III 1iocnent II indicotnr ~ wbat;nmght ~
H., H., s",nc ~ ~" invn.t1n,6, npr ~ so
no,nts ~ r. s,,rSs.ts @ a-e liz fSlfnwnr. oos -''o
TI,n hf.tnrg nf raifrnati ccainttnn il tr,. a+ota
tawr liz r5a"i ~ abananmcu4 ~ Ill., s9at" na. ~
s"."islI, thh comsas ~ sah .a,,5,.ont
mi ,Eo cnrsco,,"noss tiut nvn nw% ,harntrn.n
ia ~ r,r,nnr raf"tI,n ~ ia roiIrnoI -
Tia nnhlIe Ara railroads nui,jic finhwsps: an NJ
Il ~ nrn 1a nrnn3ss tpt 1ovasn hiGt,,vaus n
~ ~ NY uso ps'ueiv'11n, tiat NuseiA AAAHays