New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-09
ADVANTAGES OF THE AMALGAMAT1ON
4 NEw.HAvEN OFFICIAL TELLS WHY HIS COM
PANY FOUGHT THE OLD COLONY.

Ncw.ITavcn, reb epcciaphn official OF the
Consolidated road makes this statement regarding
the purchase OF the Old Colony:
Tho Ncw.IIavcn Company possesses the only feasible
rail entrance from New -Fngand and into the city OF
but at ~ the, eastern termni 1t supplies
facilities for sCporate competing Boston lines, SO mat
t,cc practically three independent routes over IT,
rail. DO ton each demanding the b@t facilities and
each insisting that II, rivals shall benefits In
which does not participate.
Tho rail travel between Boston and New-Yoik alone f.
OF sufficient volume to warrant the present express
tain service fOurtSea tains each way daily ana the
two re .ently added limited trains, which carry few
Others through passengers make return OF revenue
barely the OF their OPERATION
To 20 on therefore, providing two or thte ADDITIONAL
rars over the Different Boston routes whenever tber" i
fca,on FOR tie addition Of has become too Great
upon all tho lines aud it l. apparent to the new
Haven management that the con"'an'ly Increasing pup
tie demand for better and faster service leiwee Boston
and Ncw.York can he successfully met only oy 'uch
consolidation a. 10, interests with those " one OF Us
Eoson connections will result In an increase OF ta'
combined rc,enac and in ability 10 supply its Gus
TONERS benefits dcri,abc from single instead oi
q divided management Of the through service
In considering with which Boston line this union coula
o. most adyantl scouy made the NcwEngland road was
BE- wholly ineligible for the reason that the New
road already possesses the most direct route 10 New
York from thirteen most mpo:tlnt places upon the
Newytncland's line, latter could therefore con
tribute h,tc traffic to the united interest that the Ne"
Haven read does already satisfactorily acecnmo'
cNccllcntly managed and oquiplTu Boston 'iu
Albany road ntchangcs with the Ncw-llavcn az -FOUR I'M
por,ant junction points large amount Of valuable uam'
and the, form IN exceptionally favorable Boston ana New"
York Inc bu has arctcr and more important
traffic relations with Western connections OF Albany III
which the New Haven road hrs practically no interest,"
The New.Iayn Management therefore turned us attention
IN the third Of It's allies the Old Colony, Win
vhih 4, connects Providence (only f'ry-ionr me'
from Dostopy and with which IL already nerchanges the
arcer r,on OF ia Boston fc cht and passenger ta'hc
Thu on Colony has about coo miles Of railroad ana oper'
ate, large fleet passenger and freight steamers pe'
tvco, Fall River. Newport and NcwBcdford ana New
yort carrying very larc proportion OF the hrousn 'c
hcyccn New. York and Boston and points In Eastern He"-
rncand It's tonc kindred 10 that OF The New'a''h
-,,l and the present interchange. which Is very largo
and valuable can BY joint management he greatly Increased
an nc IN more satisfactorily public convenience oho NJ
| tho sam, time augment the Joint revenue.
The Ncw.IIavcns interest in the Providence ana sion.
pgou steamship Company can also he so nned or am"
with like interests the Old Colony In the Fan hN'r
nc az IN rroduc, beneficial results One OF the hrst pun
m bcnc1ts likely to result from the amalcanatioh VIII DC
tho shortening Of time Of mor OF the Shofe Linz
oxprcss trains between New York and Boston, am WIN
c conueton OF the double tracking now under way on
e Nov london division and Of the improvements aranscl
- \. proyldencr the whole Shore Line service VIII DC
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