New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-14

TION-FISK PROPOSES 10 BUILD n bhVAD
GAUGE, DOUBLE TRACK ROAD FROM HE
TERMINUS OF ERIE TO THE SETTING SUM-"
The Vanderbilt-Efie fight appears to have
been reduced to war Of words and the representatives
OF each road seem 10 content themselves with strongly
expressed views Of the others responsibility and claims
TO consideration the Of veracity Each contend
they the champions Of public interests ana tha
in the result OF their endeavor the best inter
OF the ongsuiering travelling and shipping coinmu
nifty will be indicated.
Our reporter visited Commodore Vanderbilt at MS resi-
dence yesterday, whom the following cOlloquy took
place
Reporter-Are there any new Developments III the So
called railroad war, Commodoref
Commodore-Railroad war, what's that / haven't
heard Of any
Reporter-The papers, OF Iare nave or ac-
counts Of battles between the Central Road and the Ere
and some correspondence between the Vice President OF
the Central and Col Fisk has been published.
COMMUNICABLE yes, understand all tnau There
was letter notifying those chaps that they couldn't
the Buffalo and Niagara Road any MORE because they
cOuldnt behave themselves and stick TO their agree
ments and out that they getting up newspaper
accounts OF railroad war but it's nothing but pun
for them that's what it's intended for. But dOnt
pay any attention to them 1t would be beneath us to
have with them. You see my son, there are some
disrepuabe fellows around this town who have got hod
OF railroad somehow another and are trying 10 run
II. Nobody knows anything about t or cares anything
for it, They they had got to bring the tag up ana
to make little respectable they talked about war
they'd Matched mp with the Central as 10 make folks
think that 1t amounted TO something but there's hothg
ReporteThe Erie people say that you cut It'd do tE
your freight rates lately, and that 10 was done WIN e
| Intention Of affecting their interests.
Conmodore-No such thing; we put down the rates
stockholders eight per dividend, and when we can
do that we've got enough If we 90 oyer that down go
down to the rates they were running at and
would 90 near them; they can't DO any busihesS
holders d too but they don't pay anybody and the
sequence is that Central stock Is at par and Erie o.
run at the same rates and you pay eight per cent
dividend and they don't pay anybody, they should be
Commodore" H'in weil don't know; they can keep
it, that's sure, and | rather think from what have
Reporter-Thcy say that You control the Lake Shore
line will not allow them to that line though they
Commodore-I don't know anything about it. The Lake
Line folks all honest and run the Central but the
| Erie fellows squealing about il, amt they They
can't do anything nobody trust hem the Central has
all the traffic. and they have got none and before long
After further conversation, reporter finding
that impossible to get any facts relative to the
war; left the Commodore and proceeded 10 the Grand
Opera House in search of Fisk Could and general lnor
| nation.
| The Colonel and Mr.. Could closeted together
and in answer to reporters question to whether
were in This matter acting az they always had upon the
defensive that Vanderbilt had made raid upon them,
| and they had only protected themselves.
RepOrter-Bu Vanderbilt says that he never heard or
any except from the newspaper reports and he says
| you got those up 70 puff your Road.
| Fisk-IOw would that do IL
Reportcr-Why according to his theory, anything that
will bring your road In contact with his lends TO yours
air Of Responsibility TO which 1t could IN no other way
| attain.
Fisk-What! he his road lend responsibility TO us
Why he had any, and two rainy days or bad week
would up his whole conventional individuals and
| all.
Rep0rter-I don't know about that he says he doing
hOIrishing business that he put his rates down be-
he making eight per cent which he his
| stockholders, and which he thinks IL enough.
| GOud-DOng a hOurishing business, Is hel We carry
more passengers than he does and freight than he
| ever did.
Fisk-Yes, and for paying his stockholders, well
he might he's only got one 10 pay and that is himself
RrpOrter-But he says you don't do even that
| Fisk-That's can't until he sends back the
S0OOOO0 he took ont Of the Erie treasury when he left
II he'll give that, Wen expend every dollar in diyi
dends He talks about and here We've had doors
ged for the last three days by his relatives trying
| to effect IA settlement Of the affair amcably while he
says himself personally there is going tell
what think IN do Red Cloud and Spotted Tail are in
Washington they all the real estate between
the terminus Of the Erie Road and the setting sun.
guess I'll buy the right OF way and start broad gauge
double track road to the sunset aud you'll see Vanderbilt
running cattle train there the next day, with the
engine fire. the brakes broken OF, and his rates ".
| cents lower than mine.
| RcpOrter-GOod day. gentlemen.
| ChOrus-CoOd day.