New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-11
THE RAILROAD CONTEST.

THE RAILROAD CONTEST
onr,r ,uep.r1oS TO ArBANY-MR. BUTTER SPEAKS
FOR THE NYw-YoRK CENTRAL
lyRoM TnE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT oF THE TRIBUNE
ALBANY, March 1O.-The boom OF the
railroads against the Hepburn DISCRIMINATION OIL
enrious and notable departure from their Orme' o'"
oss NJ combating adverse legislation Formerly inc
,., LAWYERS that they could employ we're sent here
20 aopesr before committees. and sKlin 'VV
hvtsts were nut 10 work to secure the purchasaoe
votes Now thfv appeal directly to the people ana set
IN motion all the machinery OF popular agitation on
ster petitions, and monster delegations 10 Albany
These have proved very efHcacious In wrinsing
from the Legislature laws curtaIpg 'ne
power of corporations, and why should hot '"o
guns be turned the other way Accordingly stream
Of kilograms poured out from The offices Of the railway
companies in New-YOrk City addressed 20 inc re-
ceiyors of special rates in every pace along
the lines Of the railways, informing them tha'
the Legislature about to pass bill abohsnhg Suc
rates and that tins should happen the railways "ouu
he cogpelcd 10 return 20 the Old hXed system OF rates
As there are 5000 persons in this state VINO ENJOY
special railway rates, ana as they are almost hVar"oP
men OF wealth ana high position IN Their seVetai co"
rnun.ties II may readily be imagined tha' theSe
teleyiams from NewYork sent thrih OF interest re-
garding the Discrimination bill through the eommerolal
world That they came hockiug down to Albany by tne
hundreds filing it, hotels they nave mol oeen ME"
for many years very natural
The Assembly Committee on Railroads has only one
member III its ranks has personal knowledge OF the
system Of special rates, but the committee
nevertheless was obviously impressed by the rep
resentations made them OF the magnitude OF
the interests affected by the b and Of the need OF con
.,der,pg its provisions with extraordinary care Last
evening after the committee meeting the merchants ana
manufacture mingled with the members Oh TIC
Legislature in the hotels, and AT great lensth ga
planned 10 them the business dicV ties ibey "o0ha''
10 encounter If the special rates were abolished Inc
manufacturers said that they would have to leave
the State and the grain buyers narrated how
their business had been built up by the sp'-
cial rates Many of the manufacturers
threatened that they would cast inc Yole OF al ,bi
emplo, Is next Fail against the polucai parry t
should them responsible Tor the PASSAGE ~ '"o
The Assembly Railroad Committee continued her
Investigation Regarding the bill TINS atrln"oI Iu,N
occupied the Assembly Oa'',It I'm nanuf cfurprs
The was again crowded WIN inau,u, No
merchants and railroad men ai'u"a-" -s"ett
waterway The railroad men were alone exam urd.
James H. Ruticr General Freight Accent, 'no .h'nCe4
Cieorge r. Blanchard aud exJuGge s.ipInan for ne
Eric Pathway. M. Rutter was the trst speaHeI', ne
made long argument IN tue course al Wuch Lt 'ti''
,, ne n'l If Pbjadrn6ia and Baltimore and The rail
road, leading OF those cities 10 make rates 10 points
siate ~ nm canada even fhll axe wholly nDpraccahe
10 our own iObbers aud manufacturers aud 20 use c
roads M Tins state Thus apprOpraiin2 oF elatts
commerce so tie New-York city iobbcr, me interior
yhreatSred pv this bill which at the came tire Wouo
60 sbacle me roads render them poWrricSs' 10
Yfotec rlther themselves or the communities on Wnch
ebev cn.td for PATRONAGE Where there TWO or more
routes be- any two gwen points tue longer u
rnutps viii be forced ont Of that business me NtW-
Work Central has Two lles, rom syracuse W h'-utsto
and from syracuse TO BlaVla or BUftuo Inc new any
nost direct line say onpfoNrth shorter IMAM me ou
line Irc3l tariffs IN the state under us ul, mus "o
m proportion the rates on long aus ID OF Iron
The Hesi which are over short line n Tor any reason
fhe Central chooses nd part of s through BUSINESS
Temporarily even, the OLD lne 10 womb hcces-lae
revision OF tars % every point on thar bfahch EQUIV
seut TO a reduction 81 . per cent in order 70 pro or
tion rates. II would then appear that me central was
charging as much for fifteen miles 3uSporla on the
new line ii charged 0r twenty n los on ihe GA iuo
sng m terms OF the bill would be again violated
should TINS bin become aV We VIII see ON Saie over
run with drummers OF j0bpcrs from other oaes b.t1u
wonld take hand for 70 can reach our L"- ana IRE
stat 10, roads wholly dependent Of ana un&utc DF
ms bill The only road ~ the state when lhis il can
touch f,ilv rs he Central and Hudson adj while ihose
road which are interstate Wi he ielt IN poritlon
Central. aud generally 10 the -Joobne u"oe OF Tue
Etate. A.
Tne b generally ana the penalty finally prohibt the
rajr sadie from encouraging or assisting manu- a DreIs
II l. impossible tuat the railroads can make the car
load unit ana az the same uine carry the
80 aud sJnn Tor the glass manufacturer tle Huin-
her for the fuTniturcmaker, the ed ior tne OH manu-
factnrcr the material for the builder OF reapis nov
ers and tpreshng machines, at rates low enough 10 en-
sbe them to manu- with any prom 70 yes
N the came terms must be gwen 10 every man WHO may
make onc single shipmeut -, ~, ..,,. 80.
rise og any Judgment whatever Every I1lclPie OF
RECOMMENDATION established by necessity ann eApetInce
ssuftcriv ignored. Hud as "a prOmntnt uct4OpOH'ah
loarual has said d" it Is difficult TO Judge"