The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-06-16
FfSKsS VANDERBILT FIGHT.
H0w BosTON rs TAPPING THE VEINS
OF THE METROPOLIS.

Col. Fisirs story-Bis Love for Ne- York
He IL Determined TO Protect Gotham lie
Claims to he n Descendant Of Nnrra-
e.ssett Chicf-ssys that Vanderbilt Gave
Spotted Tail n Free Pass.
A Sun reporter called on Col. Fisk at his office
yester day. srd found that energetic gentleman hard
al work IN hin mutiisrious efairs. Observing that
there were about a score OF persons In the ante
room waiting a chance to deploy on the Colonel,
our reporter at once precipitated an interview by
| saying:
"Colonei, what ia the real point OF the row bo-
tween you Eric people and Commodore Wander
bilt 7"
Col fisk-The Commodore wants to Discriminate
AGAINST New York. That's what's the matter He
| goes in Tor
BosroN AGAINST SEw roRk,
and we won't stand It.
Reporter-What do you mean by discriminating
against New yorkf III
Col. Fisk-why. he wants 10 charge passenger as
much for going to Chicago, Cincinnsti o.. LOUIS
any other place on the west~ard routes nom New
York from Boston. That Ia mot mir to New York
10 Is if3 miles further rom Boston to Cincinnati
than II Is from New York 70 Cincinnati, and there Ia
no reason why New Yorker or stranger going
| or shipung goods from New York should have TO
pay fare or pay trerht on that 143 miles whicl he
doesn't travel for the sole purpose Of giving Boston
an even chance with this metropolis on freighs and
passengers.
Reportcr-why docs the Commodore attempt 10
mnintain such IN untenable pcsitionf -
Col. Tisk-ne Is so dependent ON Vow Eneiand
| something for tire Eastern roads. or course he
makes something by discriminating against New
love Christian principle you may he OF that.
| There's money in Il somehow for the Commodore,
| or he'd never do II.
ANOTHER POINT.
Reporter-Ie there anv other point'
Col Fisk-Yes: We claim that passengers shall he
| ticketed through from the West and southnest to
Boston just ~ cheap BY way Of New York by A.
banv. Put here again the Commodore discrninates
against New York Everybody knows that the great
to visii New York aud Eisiern people going West
| and Southwest always want to pass through New
| York. New York IL the greatest card on this con-
| tinent Everybody wants 10 come here to see our
Great shops hotels, bankers, merchants, editors,
publishers. Broadway, the Central Park, tic Twelve
| Temptations, and 80 on. The smartcst men aud
PRErrIEsr WOMEN
| m the Western Hemisphere are to he found in New
| York and We claim that travellers TO and rom
the East ana the West, and to and from the North
enst and the southW est, shall he tcketed through
New York at the same rates that theS can 70 through
| Albany.
Reocrter-what are you going to do about it
| Col Ftsk-we are going to base our passenger
and ireirht tariffs on actual Distances II they
rharge 500 from Boston to Chiccago. will Charge
sls from New York To Chicago. In any case, there
shall he no discrimination against New York. Toe
| Commodore now WANTS New Workers 20 nav the fare
| of Bustouinns AM II II we're not for us he would
| soon insist not oniy on Now Yorkers paving their
fafe, but that they should Keep them over night
| also.
now BOSTON kucuRss NEW YorN.
Reportcr-Any other points,
Col. Firk-Ies. The LEGISLATURE Of Massachu-
sets during IL present session repealed tie dollar
| aud "a half tax on Immigrants certain conditions
nnd now, II nm Immigrant goes west from Boston
within forty eight hours after his arrival he has 10
| ryno tax. A. this purt the tax IL $2.JO a head
This tact IL made use OF in Germany and elsewhere
In Europe TO indnce euigrants to land In Boston IN
preference 20 New York, ard they assured, an
additional induccment, that the fare from Boston 10
| ue IVES. il no IN ore than IL n from New York We
are not going TO stand that Ii il no use to try tr
make the immigrants understand that the 81 80 tnN
levied IN them NJ this rort il Tor their owl rood and
used to their interests and secure suct
OF thcm A. may be disabled or III comfortable
maintenance for five wears from the dste Of their
rival ~ teen hundred or 80 OF them Wards
island all the time under TIVE care Of doctors and
rursss and eating food md wearinr clothes supplied
| by regrs OF THIS ~ money. Int thev can't under
stand taat, while they veil and hearty At home;
md 90 thew viii hc rot on hY way OF BOSTON. Tnis
hurts NeW York 1nd ~ eur hncs OF travel, and. 80
| jig ~ We car rntp, n, we shit. not allow any dis
crimiuition AGAINST New York Ia r-tes of fare aud
Re1urter-I have heard the Commodore has been
rather unwoll since yeste rd1y; have YOU any idea
| what ais himf
| Col. FYsk throwing imselS aok in his cushioned
chair, and roaring with laughIor)-Well, yos the
Commodore has had rather
| 4 BiG SCARE
m him for the let four-and-twentY hours. lie was
made " believe that ! had bribed Spotted Tail to
scalp him, and the poor Oil fellow was so frightened
| u
momeier ~ d6Eres In the shade. The Commodore
was led to believe tlis TIE more readily, rs he
knows / am a diaeendant Of King PHILIP, the re
now cd NarraSinsett Ohef. Knowing my roya
| aboriginal lineage. tire Commodore readily under
stood That Spotted Tnil aud would naturally sym
patl ize Nth each other and that the Ogaala chief
tan would he OHlS too happy to taSe scalp for his
Naragansett hrotner Aftor sweltering In tn,
clothes basket tiu he reached the consistency an,
condition Of a Iir'b irger cheese he hit upon the
straiegem Of sendinr Spotted Tail and all his com
rades free passes MI his railroads. In order
suuder our suDnosed entente ooritdEe.
| Repnrtor-Thai Is rather rough joke on tn,
Conn odure.
Col. Fisk-Yes. it was rather rough. They m,d
him believe that
SPOTTED TAIL WOULD HAVE WENT ron ms SCALP
only he was IN doubt whether wanted II taken of
above or below the carr, and only waiting iii b,
got definite instructions on that point. Anothe
ting that annOys the Commodore II tile fret that
| Mr.. Lane, director Of tie Erie Road, arrived iron
Euroue this morning In the 81. Laurent, with nine
teen Jauanese In his suite. Lane. who speaks Oh,
native Japanese well he does Euglish and eve I
better as general thing, has negotiated a ,roat,
4 with the lycoon, which requires all the japanese
i travel and freight to come over the kre Road Thi
| t-aid the Colonel VITA rolcKing laugh), Is a biz
| thing for Lane.
Roporter-what does the Commodore say about
~
Col Fisk-say TO whom To the Japanese
| What tho devil he saw He don't speak In,
| hnguage, In fact. he don't speak ANYTHING but 1
| Staten Island dialect OF tie English language.
dcUutation ot lahics coming in nj this Junctnrt
| port Of missionaries In the Puniaub our reporter
| kn. mat \ tIe Colonel pulcd out his mock etb1ok