New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-19
Railroad Copsolid atioa.
We copy this from the Louisville Lcdye

We copy this from the Louisville Ledger
Did our readers ever think Of the rapid
process of consolidation land the tendency
to its still further increase) OF the different
railroads of the country. Look at few
facts in this connection. First take the line
from New York to Chicago, known as the
Vanderbilt Line. Originally, these were in
the order named hereafter Inc HUDSON
River, the Albany and Schenectady, Troy
and Schenectady. Utica and Schenectady,
Utica and Rome. Rome and Syracuse, SYRIA
c,lse and Rochester, Syracusepand Rochester
via Auburn, Rochester and Batavia, BATAVIA
and Buffalo, Rochester, 1IOckpOrt and Ma
CARA Falls, Rochester and Ontario, Lock
port and Buffalo. All these roads are nov
under one company called The New YORK
Central and Hudson River Railroad Com
pany." Then going West from Buffalo,
there were the Buffalo and State Line,
State Line and Erie, Erie and Lake
Shore. Cleveland, PAinsville and Ashta-
bula, Cleveland and Sandusky, san
dusky and Toledo. Cleveland and To-
ledo Air Line, Michigan Southern, North
ern Indiana, Goshen Air Line. All Of these
now from Buffalo to Chicago are known AS
1.-The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
Railroad Company" presided over by
Horace +. Clark, who is the son-in-law Of
Vanderbilt. Hence this route is known AS
the ''Nandrrbilt route Next comes the
Erie" route. This is composed of the Erie
railway. with the Atlantic and Great
Western railroad from Salamanca. New
York. to Dayton, Ohio, and the Cincinnati.
Hamilton and Dayton. or that portion lsiXty
miles, from Cincinnati to Dayton, leased by
the Erie railway; thus giving broad
gauge route of $50 miles from New York to
Cincinnati. and with the branches to Canaan
daigua. New York, Rochester, Buffalo and
Niagara Falls makes total OF nearly
1900 miles under one management. Next
in latitudinal order comes the Pennsyl-
vania railroad. 1t is hard to tell ex-
actly what this road actually owns.
But she either owns, leases, OF controls,
as follows: The original or main road
from Philadelphia to pittsburg. the Phila-
delphia aud Erie Pittsburg. Fort Wayne
and Chicago: Pittshmrg. Columbus and ST.
Louis with its leased lines. which embrace
the Little Miami, giving it control
to Cincinnati; the Columbus and Indiana
Central, with the Logansport route, giving
it two lines t"Chicago: the Ierre Haute and
St. Louis (the new route by \andalia). Civ
ing it line to ST. Louis. Besides these,
she either controls. VI has good understand
ing with numhcrless roads to other import
ant points The Jacksonville railroad con-
meets with her both at Indianapolis and at
indianapolis aud at Cambridge City for
Louisville business, while the Cincinnati
Short Line does the same thing at Cincin-
natl via the Little MAN; railroad, etc. But
this is not all The officers OF this company
are almost ubiquitous in their business rela
lions. One day we hear that they are about
to get control OF all the lines that connect
them with New York, viz: The "Allentown
Line" Central New Jersey. and Camden and
Amboy. The next day we find Mr.. Scott,
their first vice president, is one OF the lessees
of the company who lease the Georgia
State road. and before We have time to study
and digest the motive that induces this
business connection, 10. and behold. he
has crossed both the Mississippi and Mis-
souri, rivers and is the president of the
Pacific. Their president, j. Edgar Thomp-
son. is equally ubiquitous. He Is not only
the president Of the Pennsylvania Central,
the Philadelphia and Erie. but he is in our
own State. the president of the American
Contract Company. and lessee OF the Evans
vile. Henderson and Nashville Railroad.
Without being. or intending to be inyidious.
We can not help saying that no one of these
four trans-continental lines has bcen or Is
being managed with more ability than this
road. The last OF the roads with which we
have to do i'll this connection Is the BaltI-
more and Ohio This road. though not so
noisy III its management as some, nor so
startling with sudden developments is
equally "a power III the land with the
oluti Inftt. II. perhaps, 10 LAolc sliIetlS
governed by its president, without help
from It's other general officers, than either Of
the others, not excepting the Vanderbilt
route.
President Garrett is very selfreliant. and
though safe is AS bold as necessary. He Is
ably seconded by his vice-presldent John
King. Jr. This road has been equally far
reaching. Aside fl ON its main line it has a
branch to Washington. Parkersburg branch,
and one OF two small branches. 1t has
leased. also. the Central Ohio railroad to
Columbus. Ohio the Sandusky. Mansfield
and Newark to Sandusky, Ohio; the Pitts
burg aud Connells,ille railroad, and its
Vice President. Mr.. King. is President of the
Marietta and Cincinnati road. So that this
road actually controls some 1900 miles Of
railway. These facts being promised, We
begin to see what rapid strides are being
made toward the establishment of great
railroad combinations, to say nothing OF
mnnopolies or oligarchies, with these bases.
1t takes but slight prescience, however. to
see that ere long these combinations will
either control this government. or the gov
eminent will OF necessity be obliged to
more directly govern them