New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-19

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The vanderbilt-Erie fight appears TO- have
been reduee1 to . war Of words, and the
representatives Of each road seem TO con.
tent themselves with strongly expressed
views Of the othef,s responsibility and
claims to considefation on the score Of
veracity. Each contend that they are the
champions Of public interests, and that in
the successful result Of their endeavors, the
best interests of tho ong-suffering travel.
ing and shipping community will be vindi-
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. Our reporter visited Commodore vanoer-
bilt ct his residence yesterday, when the fol.
lowing colloQuy took place: /,
Reporter Are there any new develops
ments in the so-called railroad war, Com.
cSOmnodOrs: Railroad war. what's that ,
h Ss"aet.9 heard Ts Of s1y @ ,.s have been
full Of accounts Of battles. between the
Central Road ana the Erie, and some GORE.
spondencc between NE Vice President of
the Central and Colonel Fisk has been pub.
lDhed. "a. sgUss fA-ht.si@ ETeifetG
Commodore: Oh yes, I understand all
that. There was q letter notifying those
chaps that they couldn't use the buffalo and
Niagara road any more, because they
couldn't behave themselves and stick to
their agreements, and out of that they are
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road war; but it's nothing but a puff for
them, that's what It's intended for. Rut we
don't pay any attention to them; it would
be beneath ne to have row with them.
You see, my son, there are some disreputa-
BILE fellows around this town who have got
hold Of railroad somehow or another, and
are trying to run it. Nobody knows any.
thing about It or cares anything for it.
They saw they had to bring the thing up.
talked about "war" they'd Matched up
with the Central, 30 o. to make folks think
that it amounted to something; but there's
nothing in it. nothing in il. Ns~ykr
Reporter: The Erie people say that you
cut down your freight rates lately. and that
It was done with the intention Of affecting
their interests. s.i&5ci# sftdH -Ea2
Commodore: No such thing; we put down
the rates because We are contented with
email profits; we pay our stockholders eight
per cent dividend, and when we can do that
we've got enough; il we 90 over that, down
90 thesrAtes; but it made them Erie fellows
equeal, We came down to the same rates
they were running AZ, and no one would 60
near them; they can't do any business when
We both run AZ the same prices; we pay our
stockholders, too, but they don't pay any
body, and the consequence is that Central
stock is at par and Erie twenty-five. ,
Reporter: Then why should they squeal?
1t you both run at the came rates, and you
pay anybody, they should be contented;
what becomes of their money! lal
Commodore: HIM; well, don't know;
they can keep 1t, that's sure, and / rather
think from what have heard about them
that they must steal 1t. ll'lE.-1.. lf..11 y
Reporter: They say that you control the
Lake Shore line and will not allow them to
use that line, though they have an agree
ment with it. 49, -,
Commodore: I don't know anything
about 1t. The Lake LiHe folks are all hon
est, and run the Central, but the Erie fel-
lows are squealing about it, amt they?
Ihey can't do anything, nobody III trust
them, the Central has all the traffic, and
they nave got none. and before long they'll
After some conversation. our reporter
finding that 1t was impossible to get sny
facts relative 10 the war, left the Commo.
dore and proceeded to the Grand Opera
House in search of Fisk, Gould and General
information. of So Etcs|t,1 80
The Colonel and Mr.. Gould were closetsa
together, and in answer to our renorter,s
question as to whether there was anvthine
new, replied there was not; that thew were
IN this manner acting e they always had :
made a raid upon them, and they had only
protected themselves.
Reporter: But Vanderbilt GAYS that he
never heard OF any war except from the
newspaper reports, and be says you got
those up to puff your road. r.
Fisk: How would that do it,
Reporter: Why. according to his theory,
anything that will bring your road in con
tact with his lends to yours an air of re.
spectabiiity to which it could in no Other
way attain, r-t,. 81. --...
Fisk: What! he or his road lend respec-
liability to US? Why he never had any, and
two rainy days or bad week would burst
up bis whole concern-road, individuals and
Reporter: don't know about that: be
says he is doing flourishihg business; that
he put his rates down because he was
making over eight per cent, which he paws
his stockholders, and which he thinks il
enough.
Gould: Doing q fourishing business, is
he2 We carry more passengers than he
does, and more freight than he ever did.
Fisk: Yes. and as for paying his stock
holders, well he might; he's only got one to
pay, AMI that is himself
Reporter: But he says you don't do even
that.
Fisk: That's so; we can't until he sends
back the SIS, 900, 600 he took out of the Erie
treasury when he left. If he'll give us tina,
Well expend every dollar in dividends. he
talks about US. and here we've had our doors
beseiged for the last three days by his rele-
tives, trying to effect settlement of the
affair amicably; while he says himself per-
sonally there is no war going on. tell
you what think I'll do. Red Cloud and
Spotted Tail are in Washington now; they
own all the real estate between the ter
minus Of the Erie Road and the setting sun.
guess I'll buy the right OF way, and start
broad gauge, douhle-track road to the sun.
set. and you'll see Vanderbilt running 9 cat.
tie train there the next day, with the en-
CINE on fire, the brakes broken of. and his
rater sixty-two and q half cents lower than
Reporter: Good dav oeuNnr,au