The Washington critic., 1888-09-05
OVER THE READING TRACKS.
An Agreement with the II. & GA Goo,
Thing for Both.

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Thing for Both.
An agreement has according TO the
Baltimore American, to all intcnts and
purposes, been madc between the Balti-
moro ~ Ohio Railroad and the Reading
Railroad for the through route from the
West to Baltimore, Philadelphia and New
York. Even when the agreement for
through trains over the Reading is com
plctcd it will be q couple of weeks be-
fore the plan could go into effect" said
Third Vice President Lord yesterday
The contemplated changes would ncccs-
state . complete alteration in our schcd-
ule and also changes in the Reading. All
changes in trains would require two
weeks notice, and so changes decided
upon this Sunday could not go into cf-
feet until Sunday two weeks"
The principal subject now to he set
tied between the roads, and the ono on
which the through business hinges is
TO get the b. * q. trains over the
Reading road with the least possible
interference with the business of the
| Reading COnTDnnv The schedules
have TO be examined to determine at
what hour it would be the most con-
| venicnt for the Reading to allow the
Bl ~ y. trains through Philadelphia
| The greatest trouble lies in getting the
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mont to Wayne Juhction-a stretch of
track that is always crowded with coal
trains.
When the arrangements are COM
! pleted, the new vcstibule trains will
start from New York This feature
brought up the question of recognizing
the tripartite traffic contract made two
years ago, which was never approved
by the Reading receivers.
The tripartitc agreement was made in
the summer of 1886. and was singcd
| by President Garrett for the DultS-
more IL Ohio, President Gowen for the
| Reading, and President Little for the
! Central Railroad of New Jersey Ii was
very broad in its terms, providing that
the three roads should he used as one
through line, and each road was to pro-
vide cars prCpoitionatc to the mileage
it enjoyed, or to pay the company that
should furnish them. The receipts were
| TO be divided on u pro-rata basis. with
the exception that the Now Jersey Cen
tral, in consideration of having only a
short haul and being terminal line as
well, should receive an allowance for
| furnishing terminal facilities.
The Baltimore and Ohio, on its part,
agreed that during the term of the agree
mcnt-000 years il would not build an
independent line between Bound Brook
md New York. 1t further agreed that for
n period OF two years II would send all
freight over the Jersey CcntraPs lines to
Jersey City, and for six years it would
send all express and passenger trains to
Jersey City; but after the expiration of
the times stipulated, the freight and
passenger traffic could go over to Staten
Island.
The business that will go to the Read
ing through the alliance is estimated at
II large amount When the Baltimore
and Ohio ran its trains over the Penn
| sylvania, before the Philadelphia cX-
tension was built, the gross traffic be-
tween Philadelphia and New York
amounted to about S1,500,000 per an
mum. Within the last year or two,
owing to the lack of connections, it has
been very small, indeed. AS the COM
pany win throw all the business it can
over the line in order TO make the Phil
adelphia branch show profit and to
| support the extensive terminals on Sta
ten Island, the belief is, that in the
next few years the business will in
crease several times over the old
| amount.