The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-10
TROUBLE OVER THE TROOPS.
x,yprBBILT OFE1oERs TACKLE TIE
or4RTERM4STER-G GENERAL.

,..v Fail to Break tho Contract or the
.,,o.Scem. to Have Been n Deal BE-
,., iii. Alton and Rome Roads--May-
=. !, WAS IA HUFF and the Central Didn't
,.r, Much After Ali--Rniirond Notos.
,,r,,2, was raised yesterday over tho con-
.,,,f fine Chicago and Alton to carry the
,,ot,,d srtr, troops to-day from Sackett's
n".,,nr. y. T.. to Arizona. The New York Cen
,.'I wos not at all pleased with being made an
a,.s,,.y Il, the transactions Of u railroad that
NJ. h,ycotting. especially since the Alton peo
~, sec,n,d to- glnnt over its apparent advan-
,y,r the Central. which Is one OF the only
..,, ro,,Is that are really keeping up the boy
colt. u,.,
Th, Dunrtcrmastcr-G General was not a little
surnrscd when two officers OF tho New YORK
r,r,r,l and Wagner Palace Car Company do
.oondl upon him in the Army building and
,ricd their best to break up tho arrangements.
Thc Quartcrmaster-Gr General had Just finished
row with the Alton agent, whom he berated
,or going back On his promise to furnish the
.r,ous with through accommodations for tho
.ntire distance. That was one Of the speciflca-
lions which all tho bidders were expected to
comply with.
Th, uua,termaster-t} General didn't like It at
ali when tho Alton people informed him that
N, troors would have to be dumped out at
rhraro and bo transferred like immigrants to
,nth,r rn,t of tho city. He thought at first that
h,could iorco the New York Central to allow
,hstroops go through over that road In through
.srs to their destination. When tho Wander
oIt people showed UP. he found out that not
on,y would the Central not prorato with the
Alton and send the troops In through cars. but
The Wagner com pany took part also and would
NOT let any Of its cars 60 over the Alton. The
Wagner company is q Vanderbilt concern.
This was ,ll that tho Central officers could
accomplish: they couldn't get the Quarter
master General to throw out tho Atoms bid.
Tho Alton insisted on its rights. and 1t shid
that il was not its fnult TINT tho troops could
not 20 through without change. 1t had made
such AN agreement with the Rome. Water
town and OrdensburR Railroad. so it thought
and all the other companies had agreed 10
allow the Alton through service. Ill. Il;
Right here Is an interesting point. Wnie LIP u
likely to provoke some comment among fSli ,.
rnal men. H. as the Alton pe9ple, claim tn1 an95
ct through to Chicago without change. 1t
looks Rome road which Is , ISnsfI o by
IT, S1w s" tk tstTa into tor b t The Rome
road extends only t. suspension Bridge; !. ana h
il order to land it, passengers IN bunslo " nas
thrHuGh t;ck"ts Hvtr tho Central. without con Gn
smtn the HITTER 1qi INK a. ,JI lis f"i fu pro
rurI,Gr. \, company undertakes to issue
reduced 'atn- vera connection at rrduGea
r, urls "xSs + nS rno Is te eot son
sidrr.,! participant in the reduced rates IN
On the other hand. the Rome. WATERFOWL
aud Dsd"nshuis did moi sign tho agreement
e ,oyco;. the Alton, but railroad men agree
that It's general passenger agent knew vel
wh%"t sns . sandi the Msw a9Tk
"v'! division ot the Central on contract
with tho ton. \ man who is acquainted with
tn: It" aK. tnd yrSfe .an iob person who
helped t" max" the deal says that the present
troubI" with tn, Central was anticipated. but
n YR "s %a hs rome 1sSd
horto chicago on one coupon. At that point
"k H Ssm through S tho rest t Of the way from
Chicago to their destination. In this way the
technical difficulty Of the Centrars dealing
though ii it would still seem to be helping the
-" But this presupposes that the Alton and
cure the troops. to carry them through without
change O. train and the1 in order to free , ths
SrSisss is ina5lity to meet the reay%TT ;S
. ts wy ,S.t q the case it is barely pos,
very bitterly object to the Rome roads
carrying the troops. OF course it is necessary.
about 1t. But, after all. revenue Is moro I'M
Eortant than The boycott principle. The main
thing, is to get the business. and | guess that
the Central will not discipline the officer OF
the Rome road who seemed to compro-
The Alton people claim that the troops will
60 through all right to-day and they will not
huy tn IN ke IN Walanl Cnnnl aithar