Ebook Reply of John W. Garrett, President of the Baltimore and Ohio R. R. Co; To William H. Vanderbilt, President of the New York Central and Hudson River R. R. Co

On August 10th last, the "New York Tribune" published, under the head of "Railroad Interests - Mr. Vanderbilt on rates - He speaks his mind freely - The position of the Central - Matters that must be settled before the war can end" - a series of statements made by President Wm. H.Vanderbilt, in which was contained a most gratuitous and unjust attack upon the Balto. & Ohio R. R. Co. On the 12th of August President Garrett stated, in a dispatch published by the Associated Press, that his attention had been called to this publication, and, as several days had elapsed without any correction having been made, he assumed that President Vanderbilt accepted the responsibility of having made the statements; that those in reference to the Baltimore & Ohio Co. were absolutely contrary to fact, and that, in view of the importance of the subject, he would, after obtaining the necessary statistics, present the case through the press in a manner which would cause the public to understand the history of the course of the New York Central Co.

The developments, since that period, of the policy and "methods" of the New York Central & Hudson River R. R. Co., and of the roads controlled by President Vanderbilt, have produced such grave and needless losses to the railroad interests of the country, and such derangements of its business affairs, that the requirement is absolute for the statements now submitted.

The last meeting of the Presidents of the Trunk Lines was held at the office of Commissioner Fink, in New York, on June 16th and 17th 1881.