The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-01
PRESIDENT GARRETT
or the baltimore q Ohio Road, Ileplie
to VRnderbIIt'a Letter.

vi Nue IlWltllHuFb a OHlu NUFut hepleN
TO vandcrbIIrs Letter.
NEW YoRK, September 8O.--President
Garrett, Of the baltimore & Ohio railroad,
has made public his reply to President
Vanderbilt, Of the New York Central rail.
road. President Garrett says Instead
Of the B. 4 O. railroad cutting oil every
one hundred pounds in order to get even
eight per cent OF the New York business,
as Vanderbilt has stated, It is shown that
cranipered and restricted as II has been
with other companies paying larger rebates
to the merchants of Now York, the mer.
chants Of the south and southwest ind
the west find II to their interest to use this
route Tor the benefit OF their trnde and OF
the commerce OF New York and the
commerce tic country. The managers Of
the d. 4 o. Company say TINT II the direct
and valuable facilities Of the Baltimore 4
Ohio road, (nOre direct and more valuable
In many cases, for the reason II penetrates
more tllan any other line,) could be fairly
and properly used by the merchants Of
New York instead Of light per cent, twen.
iy.fiye per cent OF the business OF New
York would be commanded by that route
President Vanderbilt says: "Wliat right
has the baltimore 4 Ohio TO any New
York business at all2 i is not q
New York road, and Is not
entitled 10 any oil tile business
The roads TO Baltimore and Philadelphia
ilaye built up these ports Mt tile expense OF
this city. Il is about time mn end was put
to It, On the same theory, what right has
tile New York Central Toad 70 any Boston
businessp The New York Centrdl, In he
same sense, Is not Boston road, The
Baltimore 4 Ohio road terminates at llalti.
moro, 1856 miles from New York, and has
direct connecting roads between Baltimore
anl New York. The New York Central 4
| Hudson Riyer road terminates NJ the Hud.
son River, md II Ras the Boston 4 Albany
road for 20l miles 10 reach Boston,
whilst the Baltimore \ OHIO reaches
directly through It's own lines many points
Of great Importance and centres
Of trade IN the West which the
New York Central does not reach
IM ia own lines ahqll any one
S1estion the RIGHT Of the New York t,aplral
| road to do business at Pittsburgh. or Colum'
bus qt Cincinnati or Louisville or st
Louis, OF my Of the numerous. points which
lie New York Central toad aqes not even
profess to reach by the Gey York peBtral
lines? "But roads " Baltimore and TO
Philadelphia" said President Vanderbilt,
"hayp built up those ports at the expense
OF Tia city"
How lite Is This statement2 Look at
the marvellous optlenCc and progress ot the
metropolis Of the new world kGY York.
But isit 10 be the only city in the United
States that lsto prosper and progressi Are
States and cities, south and southwest aud
vest TO depend on one city, the great city
! Of Maullattan 1slahd2 Vanderbilt says:
GNfy Central rpal Is perfectly satls.
fed with things As they are" We
afe tloinga great deal Of WORK ahl getting
ouf inOney, Tie Central can hold its Own
ii both freight and passenger business, itof
fled, aud when the people GET t.eg q this
thing they ean come Y me; RaSs a.I t9
Of this statement7 Il means, III 2ugh othet
lines may fail u make money, and ,thai
at even low prices, will the aggregate local
and other trade 0t The commend ot the
New York Central, that line will be pEOS
porous amid the disaster oi other CoiDpa'
nies.
Thus lie practically endorses the wisdom
and foresight Of those capitalists who have
determined to build q parallel line from
New York to Buffalo and the West. Sure.
4 " President Vanderbilt has not so deluded
himself rs 10 believe that his efforts to pre-
vent The consttuciion ol . Hgal line 10 the
New York Central road are Ia the iDtefesl
Of the people 81 The State oi New York Of
the merchants Di New York city. What
New York wants is 4 jtpe parallel to the
New York EenJfal-Bhat tho county
wahlsis parallel road to The New Vol
Central II any line bas pogp tbtopet