The evening times., 1898-12-28
STOP-OVER TICKETS
MAY Cause A FIGHq
Pennsylyania's Move Deplored
by the B.o& @.
TALK ABOUT RETALIATION
Hitherto Exclusive Territory IN
vaded in the Controversy.
Privileges Granted Tourists to Visit
Washington Shocks Baltimore
business Circles.
TALK ABOUT RETALIATION

On next Sunday the Pennsylvania Rail-
nounced competition with the Baltimore
and Ohio Company for that particular
passenger business bstween New York,
Philadelphia and Western cities which is
attracted by the last-named road by the
fact that the National Capital is on its
direct line and all through tickets are
good for stop-over privileges here.
On and after New Year Day the Penn
syIvania will permit such of its westbound
passengers as may so desire TO come to
Washington from Philadelphia over the
Philadelphia. Wilmington and Baltimore
road, and the Baltimore and Potomac road,
and go back again by way of the Balti-
more and Potomac and the Northern Cen
tral to Harrisburg, where junction is made
with the Pennsylvania roads main line.
The direct route from New York to the
West is by way of Philadelphia over the
main line through Harrisburg, Tyrone and
Pittsburg While the Pennsylvania people
have not made an open reduction in fare,
the concessions amount to practically the
or later the Baltimore and Ohio Will re-
sort to retaliatory measures that will pro-
duce lively railroad squabble If the
Pennsylvania insists on keeping its deter
mination to invade a territory and extend
privileges which have heretofore been the
exclusive property of the Baltimore and
Ohio corporation.
AS yet, however, no steps on the part
of the latter road looking to the evening
of accounts have been taken, so lar as the
public knows. Mr.. Corbin Studd, of the
Pennsylvania, said this morning that
while it was true that his road would
make a strong bid for some OF the Wash
ington business of the Baltimore and
Ohio he did not anticipate serious trouble
over the action. He could not see how
the Baltimore and Ohio could make any
very serious disturbance when the letter
of Mr. John X. Cowan and Oscar Y. Muir
ray, the receivers of that company, TO the
Interstate Commerce Commission, was
taken into consideration. This document
is dated December 90, 1898, and promises
that the receivers of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company win maintain. on
and after January l, 1899, upon the lines
operated by them, the rates. fares and
charges shown on" the tariffs published
and filed with the commission, as r2Qur r
ed by law
The inference drawn from Mr.. Studd' s
words was that his road had not cut
rates had violated no faith with the Bal
timore and Ohio Company and that they
could not therefore, find excuse for in
augurating a war.
Mr. s. B. Hege was smiling and suave
when approached on the subject Mr.. Hege
represents the passenger department OF the
Baltimore and Ohio in Washington. He
- Ery&,. he erNn
sylvania had no foundation in fact.
Mr. ID. B. Martin, manager of the pas
senger traffic of the Baltimore and Ohio,
whose headquarters are IN Baltimore. said
that while his company did not relish the
new movement of the Pennsylvania in in
PRODUCING WashinstonTstop- lovers, relations
between the passenger department OF the
TWO roads were not strained. There is no
rate war thought of nor is ii likely that
there Will be such a war; tiGonsidering
the aggressive action OF our own line and
all other circumstances In connection with
the passenger situation, observed Mr..
Martin, we are in no position, at TINS
time, to find much fault.
1t is said by others, however, that the
Baltimore and Ohio officials are much more
stirred by the Pennsylvania action than
they are willing to admit and that they
will surely set on foot scheme to make
1t recede from its present determination.
proposition which is being considered is
said to be to make an arrangement with
one of the Niagara Falls lines between New
York and the West TO exchange tickets.
That is, tourist can travel by way of the
Baltimore and Ohio, stop over at Wash
ington and return to New York by way OF
the Falls.
The business people of Baltimore are
said to see trouble ahead for them in this
movxe of the Pennsylvania company. 1t
will take many dollars out of their cof-
fers if it goes through unheeded. and the
Merchants and Manufacturers Association
and the Travellers Protective Association,
of that city, viii put forth a strong effort
to induce both the Pennsylvania and the
Baltimore and Ohio to extend stop over
privileges at that city. The conductors on
the roads can grant this privilege now if
passengers request it. but the Baltimore
merchants have asked that both roads
make feature OF stop-overs for that city
in their time cards and all advertisements.
In the step the Baltimoreans are en-
couraged by the action CT the Pennsylva-
MIA company in allowing stop-over privi-
leges at Philadelphia. The Quakers are
given decided advantage over Baltimore,
and the latter cannot see just why this
should be.