New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-22
TIE WESTERN GRlT TRAFFIC.

Chicago dispatches tell Of great RAILWAY
operation which is represented rs Hkel! "
he of the utmost consequence to New-lorh.
The statement is that Philip ID. Armour VIII"
Marshall Field and Norman Il. Rcam, mas Sc
cured complete control of the Baltimore ana
Ohio KajlrOad with j. j. Hill. president Oh 'he
Great Northern to take charge of the prac''c'i
MANAGEMENT and operation of the line ana I'D
support the enterprise with the traihc OF HIS
LONG Western route. The Baltimore ana ohlo j.
To he ouerated rs Chicago road ana on "esi-
ern methods the accounts say, ana there -
added a reference to President HIS dream Oh
having road from the Atlantic to the racine
entirely controlled by Western men.
II Is natural for men to infer that such IN
onoratIon might end in transferring n conShi-
cradle grain business from Ncw-lork 10 bai'l-
more on more close examination, however
il NAV appear that all the parties concerned
will he likely in the future. as In the past 10
bo looking ont for other than Baltimore IN
forests i'm the main. If the Chicago capitalists
who are said TO be enlisted in this enterprise
had no other business in the world except me
shining of grain and had no interest in rail-
WAYS cycept such rs they may recently nave
hourht in thc Baltimore and Ohio. nor any
business enterprises or concerns in any Eastern
CITY oxccpt Baltimore and If the grain trade
of Chicago were conducted not as business
70 make money but as n hospital for lame
Transforming interests. these speclIlations might
have more weight.
When Mr. Letter held moro wheat than he
could take care Of. and was compelled to bar
cain himself for its shipment to Europe. he
made the best contracts he could with various
chi m
q, them were with the Baltimore and ONO
Ru. n great many others were not and II may
he supposed that any other Chicago operator
who gets into similar trouble. having vastly
moro grain than hc can afford TO carry. VIII
negotiate for its export by Canada route 4
Boston route. a Ncw-York route "A Baltimore
routn or even n \cw-OrcanS route. wherever
no can got the best terms Most of tho grain
busincss Is not done I'm exactly that way. ana
vet tho BUYERS at tho East or in Liverpool also
make their contracts for shipment just where
they can get the best terms. II part Of tho hrS-
ness goes TO Boston or to Baltimore instead OF
York. II IS not because some capitalist ut
either end Of the line wants 70 build mp one
CITY rather than another, but because he wants
10 I'll his own pocket
rndoub,edy much business has been lost by
New YORK through comparative lhilul' ~ WV"
petition with other shipping points. Everybody
knows that certain 81 the charges NJ THIS port
affect the traffic injurlously. Everybody knows
that ccrtnin combinations NJ this point hinder
free competition for traffic which other cities
are striving with all their might 10 GET. whl"
II seems as ~ II was not particularly me inter
cs, ~ ANYBODY NJ New York 10 fight for the
welfare ~ this city. II In tho future anybody
can get better rates In the exporting OF grain
hv The baltimore and Ohio. and by lines 10
Europe through Baltimore. than no can get ny
railroads entering New York or steamship lines
from this city. grain will 60 by the Baltimore
route The buying Of railroad by great Chi
cago capitalists means that they intend 70 'r7
IN make money. and a. the railroad has not
been under that obligation hitherto. but mas
been managed FOR some tim" ns bankrupt
concern Nv n receiver natural Inference ~
that II possibly may not be prepared TO carry
freight quite as cheaply in the future as II has
in the past.