, 1881-10-01


and Philadelphia have takpn place, 70 TINT
tho aggregate receipts Of New York hnyo |
been seriously damaged, atlA great Eaiiis |
have been made hy Baltimore and PhIlatlc'-
plia. IL will 10 we'll for thoso Interested tn
examine Into these wars Ot rntcs whether
the New Ynrk canals and tho tratlo Of New
York have been benefited by tltc policy Of
President Vanderbilt ulitler consideration.
Thu lbi{ttciUllsnuYs Of this breaking down
Of rates 10 NJ, ttireinuMcrnttye standard is
shown very distinctly by statistics IN regard
10 tennn9e ard ieye"Me fras' through traffic
over the four trunk lines during tho
months OF July and Angnst, compared
with The corresponding months Of Inst year.
The revenue lost iii two nullt!ls Is s., OIL .lE,
'i!is decrease Is nctunlly of mt earnings.
ald Mt the sumo rate woul,l be for one year
S1a,5l0b1o. Tim Baltimore & Ohio Company
llas et,nln.on sense, Justice, antt experience,
amt Tito interests of tho people whom 1t rol,'
rcscnts rs tho basis Of its policy. 1t llas also
tho interests Of Its shareholders 10 protect.
President Vanderbilt will Il,al that he must
yiel,i. not to the Presidents of thu trunk
| lines, hut to
r,tE PRINCIPLES Of COMMON sExsE
md common justice, a,id tins MD II, rcstor-
| ing II reasonable prosperity to tho railways Ut
tho country cuni,rctcd will, tho through
business, especially ut the Vest, mid ceasc
| 10 think that assertions about the Interests
of Nuw York. bnsgt upon empty dcfllssons.
will control Interests Of such magnitude
nia Importance rs these embraced by the
trunk.1nes Of tho United States alM! their
connections. As llns been repeatedly ac-
n,o,.aty,.ted, tho baltimore 4 Ottn and tho
Pennsylvania Railroad Companies. In Ton.
uectfou with their respective tcrttfn cnre-
| f,,It. S.fyr f,f al
| Interests, and, rs Now York itself Is deeply
| allied with tie tras,stnrtatiut Of traffic by
these powerful organizations, tho nnsoI1si'l
position taken by President Vanderbilt 1n
suying, What need II there Ut II conference !:
'rl,cro IL t,Uthng to confer about. Thu whr
III rates: ki,,,w If uu wnr. anl lighting
uol,odyp-is apparent. lie has shown tint
railway manager Ut his grcnt wealth anu
power Is
4 pASGhnocs FACTOR
In damaging lleedlssly tho leading interests
aid Industries Of tile country, mud thai tn0.
WHEN hu knows he can agree 10 nl'd re-
establish proper rates, ur, II fo cannot uRrte,
tt,at with tho organization already elfected
hn eatl refer any aftl!cuities of rates or dis
tr!hutlon uf business to nrbltrators Of skill,
experience, nnl lionor, AMI thus nrrangc Mt
once to Join the other railroad managers Ut
I
ness, Justice, nlul Eu0d saltse III CONNECTION
with MI tho great Interests affected by the
establishment Ut Il jultfciuus ami suitable
railway tHsif, nsssl thus withdraw frail Ills
isuatctl position, which lle ll,.1st tsow surely
perceive can BIZ fruitful Of nu g1oll, but OILY
Uf linrnl."
PROTECTING THEIR INTERESTS.
The Wut,usIi n1lsi tho Burlington Railroads
tr.ts fTap
tn connecting liuts TINT oll a'ltt after Oct. |,
1881, the following rutes will goyar1 OIL h..sf
ness received from connecting lines distant
tn, through, or bsyoI,l Burlington, keokuk
Quincy, ur Hannibal: When ,lcstlled II
Indian Territory, Texas, or Missouri il1se
, points (ISa1lsRs City. st. lbseptl, Atclilson
Leayenwort!, or Council l!tntra) nlla beyntN
they will continue to prO-rAtc NJ heretofore
When destined to interior paiats III Nils
souri,, Iowa, or IlIinDis tluy will decline Il
pro-ruto under my circumstances. but tie
lnut,u their full turl!f rates from tho potlt n
! witch such business tenclles tteir resprctfy.
lines. ,.
l When destined to Burlington, keoklii
. Quincy, or Hannibal (propcr) they will nc
eept II pro ratc. provided always that III
proposition allowed then, Is nut less linn TIL
= following maximum rate from chlcaeo t
|
D First Glass, II CENTS; scco,ltt class, IL cc,,ts
third class, lB CENTS; fourth cfASs. II CENTS
c!nss \, II sellts; n'ass D y sets; Slass
IL Ss'1ts; class D. ~ Scntf lumber Il ce,nt Gan,'
= Fr0ln other c0lnert!l1s points proportional
Il charges vii bu exsclcd.
Q Vn hnsLneSs coming from points , usn
y viii bu understood Tint tla! nUoye-'ia!,le
minimum Oll class y will npnIy to isfIh ci:s:
. an.! thu minimum on class u tu sixth clsss.
s This nctlon RENDERS IT necessary for tn
"A l,ontls t0iscVntnlv tlle pr1,ctlce ot tsraug
~ 10 billing tn Burlington. keoknh, Quincy. 4
~ IIa,slfhni, except ~ freight deStine.l to to-
IS t!,ese rtasls hayc been instructed =, taks Il
II thronxll nahlfe6t|, and rebllt vt the rr0pnE
. tion ot tl,e rates sa,aet, provided SMet. sAte
:, agu undo III accordance With tllu nbovo rate
Is quotcd, vii bo il, il cases strictly crfurcet
k. 'rhe Burlington md WaE,lsli lsGatls llis
nj tken tllts ncItoll OIL account Of tho war lID'
hnlng carrls.i ~ hetwee'a Ill.,. to Eastern trl,
l lur nnsttrn ratUs, aud ronlls charge What the
tss ~ - r. FL ,{ia,, !',st y 11o!iaE 5;i ~
fsf0 6asf, "ai Woaj,i In hSyo p"tS to giye @ ap tic
prollts 10. help alol'g tue Eastera lite
h Thu two Western roada tlleref1re liavo q
1t cldul u cllnrgo minimum arbitrary mt
'a figures. IN this wny they will Eet Il sia
10 profit oil the business they 10 atnl cal lou
s' i!wou tho i;astera ilgi1t with LESS coilcei
Ut tiia Eastur, freight war s iiot Srttle.l sou
~ ~. likely TINT ali other Western inps wl!l +!
Nv low tle eXan,pls of tl,e burlington md !, " !.
'e- Nrsturll lileg are much lsas now than TIL
NJ werU 1T this tln,a lust yenr, nlNl hut few
nj Them can n.Iortl to lake, ualt ~ tho fight
w. ". Tween tic EaSltrlt rnAtls wltttnul e1ltll1Et
| inn tl,o - u StF