The Washington times., 1913-08-30
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railroad company of the said nsVlga-
ton and transportation companies; also,
to transmit what, II any, information
he has respecting the intercorporate re-
lations of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company the Philadelphia, Baltimor
and Washington Railroad Comapny, the
Delaware railroad, and the Baltimore,
Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway Com
pany and the Maryland, Delaware and
Virginia Railway Company, and the
control by the three aforementioned
railroads of the two aforementioned
railroads; also to advise the House
whether or not proceedings under the
act of July 2, 1890, to dissolve the. rela-
tions of all OF said companies have
been begun or are contemplated
Secure Against Competition.
their rates to Washington and Balti-
more by the simple process of with
drawing freight delivery they were
perfectly secure, from danger that the
water lines would take their business
away from them. Secure, for the sim
pie and conclusive reason that they
own the water lines.
To what extent this is the case is
straSSgly developed in the report of
the Commissioner of Corporations on
this subject. The New Haven and
Pennsylvania railroads have been lead
era in acquiring the control The
New Haven. through the Eastern
Steamship Corporation, which II con-
trolls, has practically complete mo-
nopolyl Of the lines between New York
and New England. Some of its lines
ply farther south than New York; but
there is no effective competition be-
tween them and the Pennsylvania
railways steamboats, One reason for
this Is that the Pennsylvania is the
ownersof d very large block of stock in
the New Haven railway itself.
Thus it appears that the two great
systems which dominate rail traffic
from the Potomac and Chesapeake re-
gion to Maine are themselves financial
Siamese twins, and that between
them they dominate the only compe-
tition that could be effective in their
region-the steamship lines
New Haven's Water Lines.
The only line from New York direct
In owned by New Haven subsidiary.
the Eastern Steamship Corporation. So
is the only line from New York to Port
land, Me. In the Long Island Sound
traffic, the Commissioner of Corporations
controlled by the New Haven system,
except five companies, with only a few
small boats, and two OF these are con-
trolled by other railroads-one the Gen.
tral Vermont Transportation Company,
a subsidiary of the Central Vermont rail-
way, and the other the Montauk Steam
boat Company Ltd.), controlled by the
Pennsylvania railroad. The New Haven
system, moreover, owns a majority of
the stock OF the Merchants and Miners
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ping merger, operating. among other
services. lines between Boston and Phil
adelphia and between Boston and New
port News. Norfolk, and Baltimore. No
other steamship line operates between
Boston and the ports named
Most of the steamship interests of the
New Haven system are held by an in
termediary holding company the New
England Navigation Company.
Between New York and Norfolk there
is only one steamship line, the Old Do
minion Steamship Company, and a con-
trolling interest in this Is owned by FIVE
railroadsxthe Atlantic Coast Line, the
Southernrrailway. the Seaboard Air
Line. the Chesapeake and Ohio, and the
Norfolk and Western.
Other Railroad Lines.
Between New York and Savannah
there Is only one steamship line, the
Ocean Steamship Company. Of Savan-
nah This Is owned by the Central Of
Georgia railway. control of which is
held by the Illinois Central. About one
fifth of the latter's stock, in rurn, is
owned by the Union Pacific railroad.
Between New York and New Orleans
there is now only one steamship line.
that Of the Southern Pacific Company
which long ago bought up two formerly
competing lines. A working control of
the Southern Pacific Company has for
years been held by the Union Pacific
railroad. but this has recently been de-
clared illegal.
Between New York and Galveston
there are two water lines. One of these
Is a railroad-owned line (Southern Pa,
cincl, while the other. the Mallory Line
Is owned by a shipping consolidation, the
Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies Steam
ship Lines. This consolidation also owns
the Texas City Steamship Company, op-
Grating between New York and Texas