New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-24

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| the mall on blackboard wagon bag. Leadville
thousand Inhabitants The mail takes four or five
wagons The must still carry 1t for the old price.
The ninue he proposes 1t so1ebody yells a lob. and
that ends H. Only the most exceptional cases ever get
ree because the Government is by law made rigid and
washington to-day without money 10 replace their worn
ope VINO VIII never get dollar but whose eases les
government Is literally q vale Of tears"
| A United States Senator with whom I was talking
recently about the pension granted daughter OF John
| Tyler said to me: "The Government already pays
pension. to John Tyer's widow. She Is this
daughters stepinother She has given the
daughter any benefit OF the pension We seriously de-
bated whether we would not take away part OF the
wdoWs pension ut the same time we gave one 10 tne
daSnier ought to have been done for lesson TO
small III It's treatment OF the families OF its great men,
Congressman George West, OF Ballston. tells me
that he owns $1,000 of spruce timber land from
winch lie gathers wood pulp for his paper mills.
The presence here OF what is Familiarity known as
Cullom's Committee Interstate Commerce has given
rise to great deal of railroad talk Senator Cullom
himself gave this illustration of TIE Inequalities of
the present railroad tariffs: have farmer friend
| near my home at Springfield who owns two farms.
Each farm is about twenty-five miles from springfield
One oa the line OF the Ohio and Mississippi the other
on the Illinois Central lie had lot OF on each
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was up, around the forty point An agent Of the Bat
and Ohio road which the Ohio and Mississippi Is
leeer offered him OryOne cents for the corn on the
IL would have 10 90 twenty five miles OF Illinois
Central timex TO begin with ON the other lot he would
only oher thirty-yo cents, though was twenty-hVo
miles on It's way to Baltimore, and fifty miles nearer
the agent SAID Am we get out Of the Centra feed Is
clear 4 an THIS corn down here Is ourc anyway
Senator Plat, OF Connecticut, is OF those clear
healed NowEnglanders who look at all things with
Judicial GOODNESS that Is at first exasperatng TO nervous
people. but aferward soliily reassurng He said to
me: " This railroad problem Is much complicated with
the labor question our people have become disturbed
on the hand by professional labor rcforners who
make living by their clap trap talk, and on the other
by long haired ratonas who pedde beer and socialism
together The great masses OF the people are right at
heart They only need to he connsellel ana advised
Alright. Tho railroads furnish material FOR the cheap
orators to excite aud nsead their hearers The public
generally crtciSes severely All accumulation OF wealth,
whethe. through railroads or otherwise. But oVery
fellow Of those critics is aching to get little OF tue same
wealth Tho dream OF tue millions is to get rich IN
tweycmOnh. Tue trouble Il tnat they all want To live
during This twelve month just AZ IL their fortunes were
made"
John Fitch, the former Register OF Bankruptcy, asked
mo II realized how much the railroad depression was
costing this country Why" SAID he it Is cutting of
incomes. shutting up shops and stores cutting down
wages turning OH hands In every direction. My father
ef' enough NnwYork Central stock to furnish me
comp etency But where the dividends have fallen
20. went up Albany the other day. The distance Is
ll3 miles and the fare Is ~ G5-te more than cent
a mile. Tank OF III Theirs two coaches and
smoker. partly full, and two palace cars, the occupants
~ which would have had plenty OF room In one. mat
train didn't pay expenses cutting OF rales 10 Bot wal
business daes back ~ tnat To tho disturbance OF the
tariff. That IA the prime difficulty American workmen
out of employment American industries are suher-
Ing. In the railroads all the evils eliminate"
Judge Stevenson Burke Cleveland vice president Of
the Toledo IIucklug Valley and Columbus Railroad has
been here tno conducting the negotiations by
which the Ohio Central and the Hooking Valley are
merged In one management About that consolidation
lac said 10 me: It apparent necessity to put
stop competition Freight aud passenger rates
hal beon run low that could make any money.
II Il good thing for both roads Money will be saved In
many Ways The difference in rolling stock required
under tho Joint management Will mako "a difference
amounting TO 100000 interest annually Then we
shall have the expense OF maintaining separate
Offices yard, aud dcpots at Ioedo when WAS consh,r-
able Another crai Item win bo the difference IN having
only Que Organization. where formerly therc were two
II great deal Of money 20 maintain railroad
otrAhlkatiun In tanrles rents, book Keeping ETC.
happened 10 mention James McIIenrys name TO
Judge Burke. when he sail: "McHenry Is In a sense
crazy on railroad management lie thinks every rail-
should be independent OF every othor that 1t
shond charge prices that VIII rcmnnorate its share
holders on their Investment. regardless OF what other
rolls may charge Ilo utterly ignores the practicaby
~ such course under system There Is only ono
way by which It could be brought about which by law
AS Il done In England There isn't railroad In England
law. Tho result Is that In long periods OF time, the
dividends paid will vary fraction OF
one per cent. In this country tho only remedy Is III
pooling. Mr. MclIenrys idea Is that railroad Il like
hotel and that it, business will depend on It's peculiar
advantages and management for the comfort OF guests.
That only true In part TO passenger traffic. When
f. comes 70 freight It docsn', figure at all The
who has got wheat send to the seaboar doesn't
pcayune whether the road which 1t is transported
Is managed well III. Any one OF them can lay his
wheat down whsro he wants Il. Tho question with him
Ighic4t. Pooling law may ObNide the rulnOuS de-
preston in frcghts aud fires but nothing else in
the way OF rcmrdy. There should be law against the
paralcing 81 lines. Why, here Ia the Lake shore which
was the finest corporation IN the country, reduced to
condition where It cannot pay dividend ana Is not
likely 10 pay for long time to come Just 10y the con
The public cry about waterlne stock u mere cry why
tho boy who H. growing up to manhood ana Is worth
thirty t IL tho law ot growth. IL Is the same with
business 81 every class. Experience growth ahu hSe
count In everything olse-why shouldn't thoy count In
ralro4dp
Ex Congressman g. 4. Everett. OF Cleveland. who
married tho daughter OF j. IL. Vale the promoter OF
the Western Union Telegraph Company, was here
recently to seo his fathcr-n-aw OF to Europe. When
/ asked him about Ohio politics no said the prospects
were n Republican victory rs marked tho carly
days after the war II makes tlo difference who Is
nominated for Governor" said Mr. Everett, 50 he Is a
good and true. We shall carry tho state by huye
old time majority"
was astonsho1 in talking with Frank A. Cofran.
who represents the Fabyan, Twin Mountain, Mt
Pleasant aud Crawford Houses Mt the White Mountains.
10 learn how many people go up into that region every
summer and how many hotels have sprung up for ther
accommodation. In round numbers, 12,OcO people
can be taken care OF without trouble in tho hotels OF the
Whto Mountains" said Mr.. COfran. Bethlehem &C
commodities 600; Francona, 600; Lisbon and Sugar
Ul 600; IAttleton 900; the Profile and Fumo Houses
700; our four houses l450 Joerson 200; Lancaster
300; Whiteneld 1905 summit, 200; White Mountain |
House. 100; Con way Jackson and East Side places.
1000 That il $50 In round numbers 10000 Guests
average stay OF two weeks, that III season OF ton
weeks which Is harvest We could serve 10000 peo-
pie / think that is little high for what actually come.
Ihe railroad receipts show that about 10000 people