Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-06-17
Railroad War.


We have hitherto only had the
Ekirmishinr Of railroad war In this
State. Tho clouds are gathering for
tho purpose of making this battle
field Of no ordinary Importance
Jown lays in the direct pathway to
the Pacific const. Three lines Of
road cnnnectirg the Mississippi with
the Missouri are completed and
trsversed. and whilst these are Iowa
roads in name they are the mere in
etrumcnts Of unscrupulnus men Of
New York I'm the furtherence Of their
road IL " law an Iowa road so far a.
iss terminus Ia concerned. M declared
nv President Lincnlr's Proclamation
regarding the establishment of the
eastern terminus, but it too has he.
come q shuttle cock in the hands of
sharp. shrRwd. unprincipled manip-
ulaturs and what We were for time
proud TO cali n great achievement has
drlfted into the hands of men who
will use 1t for their purpose, and not
for the benefit Of tho nation which
really built 1t.
The intelligence comes that Van
feIhilt aud Fisk have locked swords
ARE now at haynnet length in the
effort t. control the main lines across
iowa. This condition If things IL an
inevitahleneressity- that they should
transfer their war to our ground
They have failed in New York IN
crushing each other. So far rs the
New York and Hudson River and
the Erie were concerned they were
Obliged to agree to n truce within
New York territory, but 1t became
apparent, during the progress Of the
contest, that Erie was not paying ex-
penscs on its local traffic and hence
II become absolutely necessary to
fight continuously for its western
connections, the Michigan Central
and Atlantic and Great Western. A
bomb-sheli was thrown into Erie by
the English bond holders Of Erie
and the Great Western: This was a
Vanderbilt move. The Great West
sTr being In the hands Of Receiver.
IL was easy to obtain the direction
that the first threeNdivisions connect.
ing il with Erie lie sold. This put it
into the power of Vanderbilt to bid
for itand he has 80 Ear succeeded that
Fisk and Gould are scared. The
next move was Vanderhilt's refusal
TO recognize the tickets sold by west
srn officers through on the Erie.
How do such things affect us in
Iowa? 1t emharrasses traffic and
travel. II virtually cuts us off from
rights which We enjoy 10y virtue of
legislature, grants and other import
ant and valuable ilnmunities, granted
by this and other States east of us.
More than that, it is the entering
wedge 10 more serious consequences.
The Erie once cut of fruni her west
ern connections, it giver Vanderbilt
the control of the intervening terri.
tory. His war is against the Penn
sylyania Central IA well. The repu-
diation of the terms Of their former
settlement has ptN the western roads
I'm antagonism 10 the Erie and virtu
silly shut it ana the Pennsylvania
Central out of through arrangements.
The New York Central then IL on the
high road to mercply of Iowa traf,
nc. 1t Is In course Of securing not
only theae roads but the Urion Pa
cific. Vanderbilt boasts that Ire has
hundred millions to back him
Fisk is equally loud in his boasts.
We shall then, il their claim 10 inn
menFe resources Of wealth be true, he
between their contenfing fires, and
subject To their defeats or successes.
Iowa roads. those traversing the State
from east 10 west, will he managed i'm
the interests Of the contendiDs fac
tt1ns. ..e. .....
II IL be true that the I'M nense COM
bination spoken Of is on foot aud that
this State Is to be made the scene OF
the expenditure of two hundred mil
lion of dollars TO crafty the ambition
sf one man or to secure the defeat Of
another the people of Iowa will yei
come TO renlze more fully what NIL
this war lie about. We await the re-.
suit.
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