The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-06
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROADS
{ ss. CONTROL oFfTHE$B. AND o. 4.
"a Ks. From the Baltimore SUM-

The movement which has been start
lSed in West Virginia to loosen the hold
of the PennsylFanl Railroad Company
upon the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
sias one that concerns the city. OF Bal
5$tin1ore even more nearly than it does
5the, mining Sand other interests of
West Virginia. While the principal
rail roads In the State. are operated .un-
--.tler$M aryland charters and gridirons
the Stntea the Important roads are
dominated by the Pennsylvania Rail-
y road Company which ia a foreign cor.
sSporation and has never Interested it.
4 self ecially in the development Of
this, tate nor in actively promoting
{ the commerce of this city. Indeed. 1t
has been manifest that its control over
the ailroads,of the Eastern Shore and
OF the teamboat lines on the C:,esa-
i peake has been used to. discriminate
against Baltimore in favor OF Phila-
3delphint which Is its own home city.
For q long period of years the Penn
\ sylyanial company has been making its
upon the Legislature OF Ma.
rpiand and upon the Mayor and City
sncil; of Baltimore, and the. fayors it
4 llaa asked have never. been denied.
When the control OF the only great
Maryland ailroa,l went into tae hands
sof the Pennsylvanla company and the
Hartman interests, and John X. Cow.
Ter, who had rehabilitated It and put it
Ss Upon Its feet, was oisted from the
OF the Baltimore and Ohio,
Baltimore city Il received one OF the
fsseYeresta blows ever inflicted upon 1t
In Its whole history. ,.
The charge now made by the West
Virginia people Is that. In order to
cripple "a rival road. the Pennsylvania
Influence in the Baltimore and Ohio
directorate has 4 perslstenly blocked
: improvements on, the, Maryland road, !
and has prevented 1T securing the;
Il proper facilities to handle the freight
Ito Baltimore that Is, offered. The soft
coal on the line. Of the Pennsylvania
Y road 5is5 of quality inferior to that OF
Maryland and West Virginia. In order
IA to- give that inferior coal market in
nreference.to the better coal OF the
baltimore and Ohio territory the
freight rates on Georges Creek coal
q We're made higher, as Is believed. by
Il the Pennsylvania Influence. The In
~ erstate Commerce. Commission right
Led that Wrong, and now it Is said that
"a more drastic method OF preventing
iEEcompet has been devised. by
,crfrpltnE the Baltimore and Ohio so
that 1t cannot haul the West Virginia
and MARYLAND coal In competition with
that OF: Pennsylvania. y
i v The Pennsylvania Railroad directors
s Of The 1 Baltimore and OHIO Railroad
Gompany sit Is reported. point to the
record to dis ?rove this charge. rhere-
fore, ! 4 there Is to be n Congressional
Investigation, it shonld go. beyond the
issrecord XIV
OF, all the intolerable abuses from
(which the people OF this country have
suffered ut the hands OF the. trusts and
ombires the most intulernble has
been the choking Of competition by
buying the stock Of rival companies.
That was the method used by the SUI.
EElrs TRUST to destroy the sugar refining
n business HI Baltimore and elsewhere.
sssIt was the means by{ which the Stand,
ard OH Comps my ruined its co mneti-