St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-13
THE RAILROADS.
The Baltimore & Ohio Road Shut
Off from the New York
Lines.
The Rock Island Determined to Main.
tain Its Present System of
Passenger Traffic.
Wall Street Gossip of the B. G. O.-Commis.
siOner Fink will not
Resign,

The Baltimore & Ohio Wfthdraacs From,
Al Passenger Pools
Mr.. Robert Garrett proposes to make q
fight with the Pennsylvania road in regard
to the Baltimore & Ohio being shut of from
the New York lines, and will not give I'D
Eithout a struggle. He has written letter
to Isaac Hinckley, president of the Philadel-
phia, Wilmington d Baltimore road, in
which he expresses regr ct at the action OF
the Pennsylvania road, and condemns it as
wrong. He further says that if this course
is persevered in ''your company will be held
responsible for all the consequences of the
violation of its contract with this company
and for its breach of those corporate duties
which have been imposed upon it by law.
More than oue-half of your company's line
of railway between Baltimore and Philadel-
phia is located in Maryland, and was built
and is now operated under charters granted
by the state. It is not possible that the
Pennsylvania Railroad company can succeed
or will be permitted to succeed in placing in
this state distractions in the way of travel or
traffic between Baltimore and New York,
which may happen to come by or be intended
for the lines Of this company"
Mr. Garrett also sent a letter to Mr.. Albert
Fink missioner, New York, in which,
after reviewing the action taken by the Penn
sylvania, he says:
While we regard the proposed action as ar
bitrary and in violation of the existing agree
ment between the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
company and the Pennsylvania Railroad
company, and propose to hold both the Phil
adelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore and
Pennsylva MIA RAILROAD companies to their
strict legal responsibilities, nevertheless, rec
ognizing the fact that pending the establish
| ment of our rights an attempt to force pas
sengers over the line between Baltimore and
New York would result IN great inconven-
fence to the public, this company is COM
PEELED to withdraw from New York ard Phil
adelphia passenger business on and after
October IL, the date fixed by the notice, as it
would now be unreInun erative to do this
business under the onerous terms and con-
ditions attempted 10 be imposed by the Penn
| sylvania Railroad company.
This necessitates the withdrawal of this
| company from all passenger pools, as its po-
sition therein cannot besproperly and equita-
bly, maintained withodtsp participation in the
New York and Philadelphia traffic.
Notice is, therefore, hereby given of such
withdrawal on and after October IL next.
This com pany strongly deprecates the neces-
sity for this action, and in withdraw
ing desires to reiterate the position which it
has always taken and adhered to strictly,
that the greatest safety for the railway prop
critics of the country Is TO be found in the
formation and strict maintainence of the
pools, both passenger and freight, on basis
fair alike to the public and the railways
! Irrespective of what the result of the pres
ent ill-considered and unwarranted action oil
the Pennsylvania road may be, this company
will continue to pursue the same conserva-
tive policy that it has in the past, and will bt
ready at any time whenever the interests Of
all parties concerned can be conserved
| thereby to form and maintain equitable pool:
for the protection of all the interests in
volved, with high penalties for violation o.
their provisions.