Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-07-07
RATE WAR PROBABLE.
rhe b. & o. Preoipitates Fight Among
fhe Trunk TInea

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the Trunk Lines.
NEW YORK, July The railroads in
the Trunk Line Association, like some
sporting people, are wondering whether
there is going to be & fight or not.
Some OF the roads have been training for
a big bout over freight rates for some time.
The Baltimore and Ohio was the fret to
come forward with fve.cent cut on grain
from Chicago to Baltimore ard Philadel-
phia. This was announced on Wednes-
dav. Regulations Of the Trunk Line AS
sociatiou require that when a road reduces
its rates il shall give five days notice, so
that this cut will 90 into effect Monday.
The regular tariff on grain from Chicago
to the seaboard is % cents a hundred
weight. The Baltimore and Ohio is snx-
ious to do the business st 20 cents. This
calls Tor one OF two things-a settlement
Of some sort or a general unsheathing Of
knives and cutting of rates.
There is no lack of talk about other
roads making cuts to meet the drop OF the
Baltimore and Ohio. There came from
Chicago a dispatch which said that the
Pennsylvania had met the cut By making
a scent reduction, not only on Philadel-
mia and Baltimore, hut on New York,
Boston and all New England rates, and
that the Lake Shore would meet this.
Another dispatch from st. Louis said that
President Ingalls, had authorized a cut Of
two cents under the Baltimore and ONO
in the grain rates on the Consolidated Bee
Line and Big Four This dispatch was
denied by General Manager Laying, OF the
West Shore, who is also Vice President Of
the Big Four and Bee Line Combination.
He said he had information from Mr In-
CALLS that no such action had been taken,
and the reported reduction was positively
denied.
f. Il. Kingsbury, the Eastern Superin-
tendent and General Freight Agent Of the
I PENNSYLVANIA road, had not heard that the
company had made a scent cut. he hsd
no information on the subject, but he did
not think the report was true. He knew
/ that no cut had been put into effect. That
could not be done without giving five days
notice. II. J. HaydeD, Second Vice Presi-
dent Of the New York Central, said that
bis road had made no cut and would not
until after meeting at which the matter
could be discussed. Samuel FELTON,, Of the
Erie, telegraphed Mr.. Hayden that the
Lrie had MAIDS no cut, and suggested that
q meeting be called.
Commissioner Fink had nothing to say
about the rate cutting other than that he
had called meeting of the Executive
Committee for next Wednesday, at which
the matter would he taken up. Mr.. Fink
is booked to sail for Europe on that day.
A meeting has been called for Monday TO
select a Commissioner to fill his place for
the time being and 10 ore seems TO have
any definite knowledge "a TO who the man
selected to fill this fine $4,000 place will
be. The Trunk Line Presidents themselves
90 not seem 10 be in harmony on this
point. At the meeting at which Mr.
Fink's resignation was accepted, President
Roberts asked the other presidents for seq
gestions. Not one was offered.
"If the Pennsylvania has started in to
meet the Baltimore and Ohio cut" said
an official Of one of the trunk lines, THAT
will end IT, President Mayer, OF the B. d
O., will find that he cannot hold out
against the Pennsylvania. Besides, the
stockholders are becoming every day more
important factors in the management OF
railroads. They have had ell they want
OF these rate WITS.
The New York, Ontario and Western
will not meet the cut, so President Fowler
said. 1--WE would rather give up what
grain business we havs than make cut.
There would be no profit in it." he added.