Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-18
A STRUGGLE FOR FREIGHT
The Chesapeake and Ohio and the Traffic As
so9atiou.
Competition on Exports and Imports
in9 Terminals at New York City.

The Chesapeake and Ohio and Big Four
railroad companies. through President In
gals, who is at the head OF the two lines, Is
about to withdraw the representative Of
those corporations in the Joint Traffic As
ISOLATION at New York.
The news, which so far is not known out
side OF very limited circle of high rail-
read officials, was, when first learned by
them. regarded with feelings of consterna-
ton, as 1t was thought that President In
gals action. II carried out, would result in
destroying the Joint Traffic Association, as
the withdrawal Of the Big Four and Chesa-
peake and Ohio would take away from the
organization one Of its principal supports,
and bring its usefulness as a preserver of
rates to an end.
What the Change L..
Within a day or two. however, it has
been found that it is simply the representa-
tive of President ingalls, who is to leave
New York, and that his place will be sup
Piled by some other official of Mr.. ingalls,
system. while the reason for the course Of
the latter. as stated. is said to be that 1t
mas become necessary, on account Of the
recent developments in the transportation
business of the south and west for q num-
per OF the existing lines to place in more
sentatives in the Joint Traffic Association
those who have heretofore been located at
the headquarters of that organization II
they would prevent President Spencer of
q she Southern, PRESIDENT Huntington of the
Southern Pacific. President Smith of the
Louisville and Nashville, and a very few
oiher railway presidents from securing nv
lne energetic means being employed the
srea,er part OF the import and export
freight business which heretofore has nass-
ed through New York and other eastern
ports. where the Chesapeake and Ohio. Big
-FOUR and other roads east of Chicago have
their terminals.
Mr. W. p. Walker, jr. is The nresa,t
representative Of the Big Four and Chesa.
peake and Ohio railroad companies in the
JOINT Traffic Association. He is regarded
ny rilircld men generally as one Of the
aDleSt traffic managers I'm the United Sta ta.
and one who can take care OF his road
IN the matter of securing freight, and II
was as a recognition Of his distinguished
services to the roads over which Mr.. In
gals presides that he was seIec, ted tn sue
coed Mr. Oscar @. Murray, when the lat
ter left the service Of the Big Four to be-
come co-ret eiver with Mr. Cowen of the
Baltimore and Ohio.
Too Much Work.
Mr.. Murray WIS the representative of
Mr.. ingalls, roads in the Joint Traffic AS
ISOLATION from the time of its organization
until the period of his appointment to his
present place with the Baltimore and Ohio,
and Mr.. Walker was the freight traffic
manager Of the Chesapeake and Ohio
" hen Mr.. Murray became receiver for
the Baltimore and Ohio he retained his
former position on the Chesapeake and
Ohio. At the same time MIR E. F. Cost
was made general freight agent of the
Big Four, and Mr.. Whitaker was made
assistant traffic manager of the Cbesa :
peake and Ohio.
The story goes now that to handle the
Chesapeake and Ohio traffic and 10 at
tend to his duties in the board of managers
IN the Joint Traffic Association is more
work than Mr.. Walker can do and tina I
Mr.. Ingalls, has decided to make Mr. Wal
ker general freight manager of the Bal
timore and Ohio
1t was at first planned to make Mr. Wal
ker traffic manager OF both the Big Four
and Chesapeake and Ohio. but Mr. Cost
has. 1t is stated, made such an efficient
general freight agent that the plan was
abandoned. Mr.. Walker is making all his
ARRANGEMENTS for removing his family from
New York the first of the new year.
The Export Tramc.
1t has become absolutely necessary for
the Chesapeake and Ohio to take steps to
Keep its export traffic. upon which il MAIN
iy depends for its revenues. from going
elsewhere, and which are now said to be
seriously threatened by competing lines,
WHICH center at Savannah. Charleston,
brunswick, New Orleans and Galveston
1t is also stated that the company in
tends also to develop the coal traffic much
more fully than ii has yet done. There is
very fine quality of steam and smoke
less coal in the New river and Kanawha
valleys of West Virginia, in the carrying
of which the Chesapeake and Ohio has
practically monopoly, although tn. Nor
FOLK and Western has tapped the same re-
gion.
The Chesapeake and Ohio follows the
ridge elevation from the New Kanawha
and Ohio rivers 10 Cincinnati. and the
grade is so great that one of its engines
can easily haul sixty loaded coal cars 10 a
train into Cincinnati. and it is said that
they can haul more loaded cars into that
city with one locomotive than empties
out.
The recent demand for grain from Eu-
rope has resulted in better business for the
Chesapeake and Ohio, as they nave extern
sive terminals at Newport News, their
ocean port of shipment.
The Usual Promise.