The evening world., 1888-06-27
AN EXPRESS WAR.
How the Adams and the United States Com
panIea Fight in New Jerney.

HOW the Adams and the United States Com
pauies Fight In New jersey.
LONG BRANCH, June 2.-The Adams Express
Company and the United States Express Company
are engaged In q bitter nght over the express busi-
ness OF the northern portion OF the New Jersey sea
coast. The ngnt 10 such Q hot one that the rates
have been cut from 80 to so per cent, and the end
Is not yet ut hand. The Adams Express Company
had the monopoly Of the business throughout this
section OF the New Jersey coast for nearly thirty
yearh Blk or seven weeks ago the Central Rail-
road OF New jersey signed q Q ,ntract which gave
the United States Express Company the exclus.v Q
right " N" express BUSINESS o, or It's lines. includ-
rail- i rom S Kew fS YORK ana sp aG ing s sraasG RI Ms,'S a, al IL
New jersey. The latter road runs to Long Branch
PpsI1y ~ boat anq partly " rail Il pssses
Monmouth Beach, Atlantlcvlle and North Long
Branch.
John Hoey. the General Manager and Treasurer
and VINO recently became It's Presiuent, has lived
here over thirty years ana Is one Of the heaviest
move made BY the rival Of his COMPANY, and a.
once began arranging TO keep his Old customers.
me New New Y9rs and Long UTanes Railroad, which
through South Annoy, Malawan,M iduietown, RED
bank, Long Branch, West End, Eiberou, Deal Beach
this SIDE of Point Pleasant City, has ueen oper.l d
Jointly since Jan. o 1882, BY the Pennsylvania
Each ROAD furnis les one.hsir Of the train seryic,.
A longtime contract gives the Adams Express
Company tns ri{n. 70 ship express matter over all
OF tue most liberal KIND. He has sent down 10 ali
pS,1 nam nan lSs sa, I new nor; ss. and u wasoa Ts,, Here
Is has twenty. A route has been esiablIsned from
Loag sr ,nch up through North Long Branch, At:
over the bridge through Rnmson Blur ana
Town the humson road; The wagons run
delivered M nnicklv M nv The I1ntf al
STATES Express Company. which reaches most OF
the territory py trains. Mr., Ioev has leased .
on Broadway and has ntteI It up nicely. The
United STATE. kAprsss Company has leased the
Ali Of Inc Adams Express goods are CARRIED BY the
Penusylvania kailroad. Such Immense quantities
are carried tnst the trains are frequently delayed
mere Tor ten or nteen minutes while the express
Al Asbury Park Inc Adams Express Company has
neigh, Of tSs season las, SUMNER. The On dealers ,Ie
are piVen such liberal and special terms that they
can have their goods sent down cheaper by Express
psny has thoroughly equipped its Offices siong the
coast. The nght grows stronger every day, and II
promises to be one Of the biggest OF the kind
General Supt Topping, Of the United States Ex-
PR = So Comply 81, Sas not seem a. al 1,s;urssi oyer
waged down GU the Jersey seAcoast.
81 don't wondeI, ne said, ''that Mr.. Hoey
wagons Of our company bringing goods rgStTmto
ns own place at Hollywood; but there 10 no per-
sonaliiy In the matter with US We have simply
secured Q contract wi.h The jersey Central that the
Adams has had Tor = great many years, and we
propose TO do our business whether the Adams
likes II or not
1--WE did not start In to cut rates. and there has
been no public reduction made In the tariff sched.
ule II We have reliable information, however,
that the Adams 10 cutting rates, II ID pretty certain
that The UnWed States can meet any reduction.
Another thug, We DON'T have ~ ask for any
Adams bus ness. II comes 10 us without the AK
ing. That's all l have 10 say about It."