New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-20
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THF NEWJERSEY EXPRESS VAR REVIVED
PROSPECT OF LONG LITIGATION OVER THE
LATEST MOVE BY THE UNITED STATES
EXPRESS COMPANY

Asbury Park n j., Dec. 10 (opeciaD.-The hot
fight between the Adams Express Company ana tho
United States Express Company, which starred mere
last June has assumed new compile atons which may
result In long and spirited struggle IN the courts
between these two corporations. The Adams Express
Company enjoyed a monopoly Of tho express business
throughout this section OF the coast for upward OF
thirty years In May the Central Railroad Company
of NewJersey leased the right TO carry express mat
ter over all its lines to the Unitcd o'a'es hAP'cs'
Company This lease covered the Long Branch D'-
vision and the old Sandy Hook route OF the New'Jer
sey Southern Railway down through sea Bright ana
Monmouth Beach to Long Branch, and from Red Bank
across the state Bay Side, on the Delaware RIVER
some distance below Philadelphia Ihis threw ihe
Adams Express Company of the Central hais running
over the New-York and Long Branch Railroad.
John Hoey who succeeded william Il Dinsmore as
president Of the Adams Express Company, at once
began making arrangements to retain the business lot
his company. The United States Express Company
equipped all offices along the coast In good style
Mr. Hoey sent down handsome wagons and
horses for each town, and for the first time in its his
tory the coast had frstclass express service. The
Adams Express Company sends its packages down
the coast the Pennsylvania Railroad trains. The
Adams Company still controlled the express business
over both railroad routes between New York and Phil
adephla The managers Of the United States Express
Company decided to run fast trains over the Central
Railroad Of NewJersey and the NewYOrk and Long
Branch Railroad to Red Bank, and thence to Bav side
over the New-Jersey Southern Railway tracks.
swift steamer carried the express parcels from Bay
Side to Philadelphia.
This route was abandoned this week, as 1t was found
that 1t took too long send express goods by such
a roundabout way The United states Express Com
pany now sends It's packages to Philadelphia as
special freight In sealed from New-York. After
car is filed It is sealed and the car Is attached 10
one of the fast passenger trains Of the Central Rail
road Of New-Jersey, reaching Philadelphia by way Of
Bound Brook and Trenton. hen the cars reach their
destination they are opened and the packages which
came as freight once become express matter and
as such are delivered by the wagons Of the United
states Express Company The movement OF the
Adams Express Company officials is being anxously
awaited as the latter corporation has the exclusive
right TO carry express matter the Bound Brook
route between New-York and Philadelphia 1t is
known that the Adams people have been for several
days busiy engaged in arranging their plans so as TO
prevent the carriage of the packages OF the United
states Company over that route The fight will be
warm one and the litigation will be expensive.
Down here on the coast the war between the two
companies goes merry on The charges for pack
ages forwarded between the coast towns and New
York are far the rates that were in focc when
the Adams Express Company had exclusive rights
here. So heavily have the rates been cut that big
here and delivered by the express companies
for less money than they used TO pay for the hegnt
alone. This has resulted In decided falling on IN
the freight receipts of the NewY0rk and Long branch
Railroad Company, which IS operated BY tho Penn
sylvania Rallrt adj and the Central Railroad OF New
Jersey