Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1880-12-18
COMyrUNICATED.
JOHNSON n. CAMDEN AND B. d
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quire INTO the charges for freight and
travel of the 3. & o. r. r. Our OBJ
ject is to let the people see the doings
Of Mr.. Camden and b. & 0. X. K.
is.
MI. Epson, a citizen of Parkersburg,
appeared before the committee, ana after
being duly sworn, deposes as follows:
| am a citizen of ParkcrSburg, west
Virginia; am the manager of the Com,
mercial Oil Company, buying, selling ana
dealing in oil.
We get our oil from Volcano, bringing
it over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad;
from Laurel junction and Petroleum,
either of those points to Parkersburg, the
freight on the barrel of oil Is ut present
81 1-2 cents, including the freight on the
barrel out.
The principal fault we have to find with
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad freight
is, that they change their rates suddenly,
for instance, we got the rate OF freight
from Parkersburg to Baltimore, which
they gave us 1t 50 ID cents per barrel !;
we made our contracts to deliver several
thousand barrels in Baltimore for export,
and before we had shipped five hundred
barrels they raised the rate to Sl.3o, and
then q few days afterward, without no
tice to us. increased it TO Sl.15; we had
agreed TO deliver the oil at the rate they
first gave us, 50 l-2 cents per barrel, and
have been compelled TO lose the difference
between 50 - cts. and l.35 and Sl.Io;
this occurred about year ago; the pres
ent rate of freight on oil from Parkers-
burg to Baltimore is SLIP l-2 per barrel.
We could increase our business largely
If the rate of freight was reasonable, say
continued at the present rate, so that we
could know what to depend on; their
changing of freights has destroyed our
export business, which before this was
very large.
A barrel of oil is estimated to weigh
$50 pounds.
understand that the Camden Consol-
idated Oil Company has the advantage
over other shippers of oil, in the fact that
they probably get rebate on all oil they
ship, amounting to, perhaps, 90 cts. per
barrel; we don't know this to be TACT,
only for the reason that they. paying the
same price for oil rs we do, are enabled to
sell the oil in Baltimore below what it
costs us; and il is 4 matter OF general
comment that the managers OF the Bait.
and Ohio Railroad Company haye been,
if they are not now, connected with the
Camden Consolidated Oil Company, and
| think this is the reason of the change OF
freight from 50 - cts. to $l.1J per bar
rel, in order to deprive us Of doing any
business in the exporting line; am well
satisfied that the managers of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company are
acting in the Camden Consolidated Oil
Company's interest in discriminating
against us and other shippers.
The productions of the oil regions OF
West Virginia amount to 700 barrels per
day.
And further the deponent sayeth not.
in. Camden, President of the Cam
den Consolidated Oil Company appeared
before the Committee and after being du-
ly sworn deposcs as follows:
By Chairman ID. ID. Johnson.
l.Q.-What is the rate of freight that
you pay upon oil transported for your
Company by the Baltimore ~ Ohio Rail-
road Company from this place to Balti-
more?
A.-$l.75 per barrel, is, believe, the
tariff rate of the Baltimore q Ohio Kali
road.
2.Q.-Does the B. & o. Company grant
your Company any further rebate, i'll the
rate of freights: If so, what is it?
A.-The arrangement between the B.
& o. Railroad Company and ourselves,
affects our private interests, and it might
be to our disadvantage to answer that
question, which at present decline to
answer.
And further deponcnt sayeth not.
John +. Vinal, in addition to what he
has already stated, desires to further
state:
That he is informed that since the first
day Of Sept. 1873, there has been issued
from the headquarters of the Il. d y. X.
X. Company at Baltimore, Nd, orders
directing its Agents at Parkersburg, w.
Va, to transport Lubricating oil over the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from Park
ersburg te Baltimore for Sc l-2 cents per
barrel for tire Camden Consolidated Oil
Company, but this is not an open rate :;
outsiders arestill charged SLIP IL per
barrel; thus makinga discrimination and
difference of twemty-six cents per barrel,
between the Camden Consolidated Oil
Company and all outsiders.
SHOOTING AFFAIR AND DEATH.-lt
will be remembered that last July Jacob
Teller, merchant OF Paw Paw, w. Va,
had an alteration with Newton Lar
gent, during which he was dangerously
stabbed by the latter, but recovered.
Last Thursday the two men had anoth-
or difficulty at Zeller's store at Paw
Paw, in the course OF which Largent
was roughly handled it is said, by Eel
Ter, assisted by another man. Largent
then LETT, but returned afterwards, and
started to enter the store, when Ieller
fred with a shot gun aud seven buck
shot entered Largents arm, SCATTERING
the muscles badly, and some of the shot
took effect in the breast near The heart.
Zcller and Frank Childers, young man
who was with him when the shooting
occurred, were arrested. Largent died
on Saturday last, the 11th instant. lie
was about thirty three years old and IN
married; was farm hand, and been i'll
numerous difficulties. 1t is claimed Eel
Ter acted in self-defense in doing the
shooting, as he and Largent had had
previous difficulty on the same day. and
Largent was entering Zelier's store, tits
said, with the intention Of attacking
lin when the fatal shot was fred. Eel
Ter, who was arrested for the shooting,
has been admitted to $500 bail, and
Frank Childers, who was with Zeller
when the shooting occurred, 10 500.
ENTERPRISE IN WEST VIRGINIA.
West Virginia is railroad crazy. Char
ters for seven new railroads have been
issued at Wheeling within a few weeks
past. Among these are the Baltimore,
Cincinnati and Western railroad, alrea-
dy mentioned; the Big Sandy and Great