Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-14
END OF THE RATE WAR.
A TRUCE BETWEEN THE RIVAL
LINES UNTIL DECEMBER 2.

Tariff Rates to be Restored To-Day in
Obedience to President EmersOn's
Order-HOw the Western and Atlantic
Has Been Effected by the Fight--An In
crease in Passenger Earnfngs-PresI-
dent Browns Views of the situstion.
The passenger rate war between the
Central and Western and Atlantic and
the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroads will, in obedience TO the order of
President Emerson, Of the Southern Pas
senger Agents committee, published in
the NEWS yesterday. terminate at 7
O'Clock this morning. The announcement
yesterday that rates were to be restored
caused something of a stir in railroad
circles. 1t was not wholly unexpected, as
1t was known that an effort was to be made
10 bring about an amicable adjustment
General Passenger Agent Whitehead, OF
the Central, Is on his way from New York
and will reach home this morning. Presi-
dent Brown, of the Western and Atlantic,
upon being asked in Atlanta il he con-
sldered the matter definitely settled, said:
ut is settled until Dec. ., which is the
period covered by Mr.. Emerson's order,
and 1t terminates it permanently so far as
TINS company is concerned, if the other
roads at interest will continue to main
tam rates after December 2"
suppose the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia line should refuse to carry
out the terms Of Mr.. EmersOn's decision
al the meeting in December?"
"Mr. Emerson decision is only of force
until Dec. ,, but if they should refuse to
maintain rates after that time, we should
then return to the position we now occu-
py.'
President Brown says the passenger
earnings of the Western and Atlantic
were better for the months OF September
and October, while the war was raging,
than they were for either May, June, July
or August, and were decidedly better
than thev were during two OF these
months. In accounting tor this, he says
the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
has not been able TO hurt the Western and
Atlantlc's business at any but three
pOlntS-ChattanOoea Dalton and Rome.
But we made enough on our East Ten
nessee business by our Office at Knox
VILE" added Mr.. Brown, ''to more than
compensate US for our losses at the points
above mentioned. The East Tennessee
authorities have for long time refused
to sell our tickets from Dalton to Atlanta
in Knoxville and the other stations
along the line of their road in
East Tennessee, or to sell through
tickets over the Western and Atlantic.
In other words, they VIII only sell
ticket over their own line. When we
established our office there we bought
their local to our line and then sold
tickets IN every direction passing over
our line. Some we sold so low as to
make scarcely anything on the ticket.
/ Others we sold at price that paid us
very well, and all the business we got was
that much clear made as we would not
have received dime Of it if we had not
had an agency at Knoxville"
"You not only sold tickets in various
directions as is generally understood, but
you cut their rates on almost all their
lines?"
Eyes, we cut their rate from East Ten
nessee over all the Central system. We
cut their rate to Kansas City and the
West, we greatly damaged their business
to Texas, and we had just commenced a
system that would have very seriously
injured their business from CHATTANOOGA
to Selma, MONTGOMERY and other points
in Alabama