The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-06

Sdld llliSS 10 increase the Cfatta
nooga rates, calling their atten
ton especially tothe fact that til,
sum of the reduced rates which
WEHAvE FORCED THEM
to adopt between Chattanooga an,
Portsmouth and Norfolk via At
lanta and the local rates Ports
mouth and Norfolk to New Yorl
would make the total rate between
Chattanooga and New York onl,
SI3.25 by steamer and Sa3.55 al
rail.
The representatives of the line.
having the monopoly of the sale
of tickets at Chattanooga had evi
IDENTIFY come to the meeting with &
fixed determination to increase
rather than reduce the Chattanoo,
ga rates, making the advent ofthe
Seaboard Air Line into the Chat,
tanooga territory the pretext fol
so doing, and theywould not yield
toeither reason or entreaty. Hav.
ing appealed in vain to our com.
petitors' sense of justice, to their
reason and to their selfish inter.
ests, the question presented to US
was, will You accept this resolu.
tion which reduces the rates over
your line to all points where you
have the power to make the rate,
and gives you equal rates with
your competitors between Chatta-
nooga and points where you have
not the power to make the rate, or
will you abandon the reduction
thus secured and Yet leave your
competitors free to increase the
eastern rates which You are not in
the position to control?
We accepted the resolution, but
in doing so we distinctly stated.
and required the statement to be
recorded in the proceedings of the
meeting, that 1--WE voted aye upon
the adoption of the resolution, not
because the Seaboard Air Line is
in favor of the increase, but simply
because we are compelled to accept
it at certain points where we are
not the initial line"
Under that resolution rates be.
tween Chattanooga and points con.
trolled by the Seaboard Air Line
were reduced as follows:
To Raleigh IS GEMS: to Will
mington. 81; to Weldon. 81 so: to
Henderson, SI.5o; to Norfolk.
Portsmouth, Richmond and Pc.
tersburg, s..
So that there is some compensa.
ton Tor the unjust increase of
rates by our competitors to the
points where they make the rates
The facts, briefly stated, are
that the rates from Chattanooga
were reduced by the Seaboard All
Line to and from all North Carroll.
ma and Virginia points at which
the Seaboard Air Line is the ini
tial line or is in position to fix
rates, and were only increased &c
or from points where the Seaboard
Air Line cannot control the rate;
the opposition Of our competitors
to any reduction ofrates controlled
by them, carrying them so far a.
to ignore combinations of rates via
the Seaboard Air Line, making o
over total than that established
by said competitors over our pro
test. 1t must therefore be eviden,
to every fair and unprecedented
mind that the railroad man quoted
by the News is either density and
culpably ignorant of the facts of
the case, or has maliciouly and
wilfully misrepresented the facts to
the reporter. We agree With this
railroad man" that ait Is an i'm
position on the people of Chatta.
nooga," but it is evident tina his
explanation is dictated by strong
partisan feeling rather than by
calm reason; or can IL be that he Is
mouthing some railroad competi
tor that, having failed in an at
tempt to strangle and bind the
Air Line competition. Is
endeavoring by underhaud dis
honest Misrepresentation to create
in Chattanooga a prejudice against
us because Of something for which
We are not only not responsible,
but which We actually resisted BY
every means within our power
and against which we protested to
the last Such methods are as old
as the hills, but are usually en
ployed only by evil persons to in
Iure the standing of those with
whom they are brought into com.
petition, but are not usually EN-.
ployed Ia reputable business rival.
~. Yours Very Truly,
I. J. Anderson,
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