New-York tribune., 1869-02-25

dvarfed ont of their importance but every road III
the West however insignificant ten or evfn dep nrp
years ago isnow of consequence as paIt o. ~ s With
tIoir Connections now stand as follows: me NoW
YorI, Central gets TO Cleveland by the Lake onuio
Road and to Chicago by the Cievelana anu ta;ana
The line TO Chicago is unbroken and unless o anu
moyement of Gould upon the Michigan oon.ues.t ~ ~
should weaken IT, nn6Scn IL Is SSc line No from Toledo, via
SnrinC6eld This line appears on the MAPS y, as @ .t'
Toledo Wabash and western the Great we Me9iSam Ram
and the Chicago Alton and 81. Louis. Before Dell'
Smith snapped it, it had another route from Cieve-
Land 10 ST. Louis but now its ilo via Bellefontaine
20 tbe Cleveland Columbus and Cincinnati anI
the Bellefontane roads. The Erie has Iglse o. "
the Ohio and Mississippi, by which II reaches b,; &
the Atlantic and Great Western and the ROADS leasc
by the latter Road. The Atlantic a4q Great t9'et eh
carries the line from Salamanca 70 o3;nrnpafi
Hamilton and DAYTON Road to CINCINNATI; Cs Inis
lease is made nominally to the Atlantic ana Nreds Is
Western-the latter being leased 10 tho io ~ ior or
~ the line or as feeders, the Hamilton aud Eaioh'
the Dayton and Michigan and tho Cincnnatl. IIcn- @
mond and Chicago RoaGs The PennsyyatI,a te most
trail with the connections il now has IS th9 i9se To
extensive Railroad Corporation in the woli9 ~, 1mo
Pan Handle line reaches from Pittsburgh TO Ioli.I I'M
bus and from Columbus 1t gets to CnelnnaIl Dy ,nS
| Little Miami. which has leased the Columbus ana
Xenia Road. with the understanding tnat @ qn p Sitb
shall beeased to the Pennsylvania Inc pen on'ish
which are the Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw
Railroad, the section between koghhH'PIhls hH Pfhs
Columbus, Chicago and Indiana central. :, ihis %
feeder may soon receive another branch from f9oila
to Rock Island, and Will surely nave one 70 9hS
tom The Pennsylvania Central and Ben eI!h are
| also the principal owners of the indianapolis anu
Vincennes and the CAIRO and VjnGennes roads winch
form the most direct line to Caro- Inc me % w8Is son on
| be in running order. The pennsylvania Ceh,Ia 70
also negotiating for the Cincinnati Indianapolis ard
Lafayette Road, but what will come OF TINS, remains
10 be seen; while it is said the Erie now ready TO
fight out the battle for the possession OF the Fits
burgh, Fort Wayne aud Chicago Road.
| THE PRESENT STATE OF THE CoNlEsi-fACIS AND
In their recent onnial report the managers Of the
PENNSYLVANIA Central make no auslon 10 tie IIIlS
bnrgh Fort WAYNE and Chicago Road, but ailude
| In tho Panhandle line as their main western con-
nection From this it is inferred that no arrange.
ment has been made between theso IpaIs, oo, or -
| made at all is of such a nominal character
| as to be deemed unworthy OF mention. Under inc
| legislation procured by Gen. CaSs the Ere canh9t
ga possession of the road Tor three years irous1
Board Of Directors elected by the Stockholders ana
then possibly subject 10 fifty years lease 10 the
| Pennsylvania Central But then It Is Asserted thLt
| Jay Gould and Gen. Cass had an interview III New
4 York last week and that negotiations are pehdihg
10 lay down a third rail from Mansfield west TO give
the Erie what it wants.a broad gauge route 10 C
| copo The importance OF f" interviews III Ncw-lOfk
may be illustrated by the fact, that about tho Same
time that Gen. Cass aud JAY Gould were etea teting
i'm this city, the Hon. Thomas A. scott wee ffesluCht
of the Pennsylvania Railroad was at the 81 NlchO-
| las uuietlv eating his dinner in the dnlng-rOom
| above, while Gen. Cuss smoking his cigar IN tho
reading-rcom below. Put these things together, ana
| they amount To nothing except in the eyes oi me
Western press, but III the mean tine, with the Bait-
| more and Ohio Road at Cincinnati BY their lease OF
the Cincinnati and Marietta Vanderbilt Is endeaF.
oring To gct there alEo 10 bring up the other ank OF
| the two great inside monopOhes. EYen now the war
| Is not ended.
| After great battle i'm modern warfare the news
papers are filed with the cards of citizens ana the
explanations of soldiers sort Of clearing away OF
the debris before the next onset So too IN TINS war
of the railroad giants Already Ben. Smith ~ ont m
| "A card denying that there any other cOllsldeIa-
tion or understanding in the leases 10 the PennsYya
MIA Central than the advantages both parties expect
10 reap from their arrangement. Cen Cas- has writ
ten letter 20 David FOy saying that Roy biil ia
! tie Pennsylvania Legislature giving stockholders ~
railroad corporations the rgni 10 vote by proxy ls
framed in The interest NJ Wall pumbefs ana roy
IetOrts by declaring that tasss bal was. aitGr al
only an attempt to leglaato board Ol dlItci9Is mo
office against the viii Of The Stockholders AMI not III
| the interest of anyone beside Ohio has taken al
vantage Of the u To pass bill III tho lower House
| of the Legislature allowing foreign cOrpyrauonh 10
lease railroad property IN the state the Illinois Leg
slaturc Is engaged with schemes to construct iail
roads aud every village in the West u busy with air
| line projects. NcW-AlDDy wants road TO 81 ;0uis,
| which 10 10 be " a link ~ great railroad cham ana
| at once takes down the map and draws "a magnificent
| line on paper Nearly all the other towns have han
similar aspirations, but 10 WAS not until ihe fth-
| road kings began 10 gobblc up their lines that
| they learned 10 appreciate fully the beauty and
truth OF that good old nursery tale of the Silver Six
| pence.