Morning journal and courier., 1894-06-02
A RAILROAD STORY

From bO6SOn ADOut N0SV II ast \ IahAs
 on the Consolidated which Will
 Raise Mischief With Competing
 Roads-The Story Not CorrOborated
 at Railroad Headquarters in New
 Haven.
 The Boston dispatch given below con- cernirg projected new fast trains between New York and Boston on the Consolidated road is not corroborated by leading off cials of the Consolidated road here, who say there Is nothing in it-that there Is nothing in the facts of the case to support the story:
 BOSTON, June The Transcript to- night says: The N. Y., N. H. & H. road Is, according to inside authority, preparing to strengthen it's fast train service between Boston and New York. This is in spite of the depre $. .ion and constant curtailment on the part of its rivals. This move is an- other play in the intention with which the Consolidated road Is credited-of control ling the entire passenger traffic between l Boston and New York. In view of the l condition of business the addition of one or two fast trains ever the Shore Line is naturally interpreted as direct drive at the Boston and Albany road, especially as rumor has 1t that the new fast trains, when they come, will leave at 1 aud pm. Such l an arrangement, es far as the o'clock train ! Is concerned, would be almost repetition l of the Consolidated road's move against the New England when the time of the New
 Haven's 3 p. m. train was changed to o'clock without apparent reason except tc gain large share of business which had
 previously gone over the New England or
 the train leaving at the latter hour. It fl an actual fact that the Consolidated roaG
 has reduced the traffic on this New Egg
 to be run at loss. Having
 killed the 12 noon and 7 p. m. trainI
 over the New England and other wise dis
 posed of that rival effsctuslly the big Con
 necticut corporation is ready to pay it
 respects to the Boston and Albany, whicl
 is vastly better placed to give tussls. Un
 fortunately, however, the Boston and Al
 bsny, like the New England Is without
 fighting man at the head of affairs, ant
 President Bliss' policy of late has bee,
 such as to give the Consolidated increasinj
 advantages. This was particularly show ! when the Boston and Albany took off it
 12 o'clock train between Boston and Ney
 York because 1t failed to pay for fez
 weeks. The lack of courage seems to indi
 cate that the p. m the only really fas
 train remaining on the Springfield line
 may be abandoned when the Consolidate,
 road puts on train over the Shore Line 8
 that hour. For years the Albany roa has been straighrening its curves an ! eliminating it's grade crossings until it nov , has admittedly ss fine a roadbed as can b
 found in the country, and it could essil
 run a fye-hour train. In connection wit
 this it Is worthy of remark that some 0
 the directors do not agree with Mr. Bliss
 President Bliss management met wit
 very general commendation until yea ago, when his policy of invariable re trenchment became strongly apparent. Of course the Consolidated road has bee II quiet in its preparations, but after the leg
 islature has sdj djourned the plans are ez pected to take more definite shape. A
 one business man expresses it, "the came ] has got his head inside the tent" It , said that the new train outlined by th Consolidated to leave at 4 p. n. will mak I the run in five hours as does the "Ba ) l State Limited" leaving at 10 8. m., again the six hour train over the Boston & A 7 bsny. The Bay State Limited, in spite ( , I the fears expressed, has proved the mot
 profitable train between the two cities. Rr
 nor has it, too, that another five hou
 train will be put on, leaving at D. m. Thi l it is understood, will not supersede the o'clock afternoon express, which make the run in six hours and half. Ths train could be dispatched a few minute latsr, as in the case of the 1908 m. da express since the Bay State Limited WE } established. It is said, also, that the 3 l l m. Shore Lins express will not be dit turbed, nor the p. m. Gilt Edge, both ( which are six-hour trains. The ne' ) trains projected are of the greatest in portancs, not to Worcester, Springfel and Hartford, but to all intermedia, } ! points which serve as feeders, owing { the convenient day train service.