Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-07-12

intellectual gatherings as any man in that tele6
1nd mis- optnionts cherished as q proVefb." Tb,ie
scott combines the dash and steady executive abi-
~ tor new enterprises, and Gould's lean footstep
caves its imprint on Wall street.. SSarrstt ~.
4uietiy ~ his Office. He is q man OF powarfnl
aeEye. whose large brain is supported by an az
sIaoromary phynque and 2l0 pounda of Aesh. BE
slots and plans and executes, but his conservatives
mens ~ when get y opposition to such an
ect'ye a Scott little slow for the location.
he erected solid base for the great fortune he
gathered about him, and his stock rnb thaIr
aands in glee as the big dividends come rollin9in.
But when Mr.. Scott doomed up, he had foe11an
unnecessarily aroused his energies t0their utmost
tnQ tne great connections and improvements hs
should long ago have made have ali been made
since they Decams an absolute necessity to the
preservation OF the riches that centered in his COM
pany. 1t will take HIM year or two To do what he
anally determined upon; and In the meantIme
Sco.I nus ieaped as greyhound upon the scene tu
airy on share OF the honoTs and profits that
Garrett might have borne alone. The Washing
on branch OF the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
arrIed soldiers end supplies enough during the
var TO make great corporation wealthy aud the
s8uiar business was so much more profit Garrett
ought on all railroad schemes between those ctiaa
y holding them In the MARYLAND LealsIa ure iii
Forney's party tshsd up the Baltimore ana Poto-
oac charter aB above described Then Scott went
n 70 wctoIytlu he ran his first train of the New
York and Washington line on Sunday last and the
oMpptltlOH - AOW III U6hu OhtntsL.
Taere is q company in Baltimore known as the
Union Line Of Ralway.A II owns tunnel, nearly
omplessd, around the city, and expected either
Jarrett Scott and in fact botn to use it, to et
shem over to the Phlsdelphia, Wilmington and
5altiniUre Railroad depot. Garrett has built his
rsight lIue to depot at the Warehouse on
Locust Point, aud will ferry them across TO Cam
con. Scott intended 10 build an Immense eleva-
or on the Canton Company's properly and give a
Baltimore outlet to bus road there. But he seems
Othin. the Canton Company wants too much
money for the place, aud, this sPhiladelpnin. Will
nInEton aud B Biltimore Company having turned
decidedly pleasant, face toward Garrett. Scott
las about deteTm ned to use the road he owns
from the Washington connection to New York,
md avoid both the Canton and the Wllnnln gton'
companies. For along time Mr. Garrett was In
Ion6t whether he would secure the Wilmington
road in his interests. It seemed as If the company
wanted to treat with Scott, but they agreed ar
last to treat with both alike and carry the cars Of
sther at an equal rate. Scott at last demurred to
MIS- and having road OF his own around grew
independent and used 1t. The Wilmington road
must now stick to Garrett; and to Scott's local
station freight. And just here arises another in
1eresting feature. Mr.. Garrett has good oppor.
tunity and the disposition to use the New Jersey
southern Road, between Baltimore and New
York, owned by the Jay Gould party Then he
las franchise that will let his CON. .any ulI the
way trom Baltimore into Jersey City. tis prob
able that he wall build this road in a short time
and thus give w three competing lines Of railroad
6etwsen New YORK, Philadslphia, Baltimore and
Washington. south Of Washington, the Robin
son, Manone aud McOEeady parties are all work
ing hnnd-inglove with Garrett or for his interest
as against Scott and the probabilities are that it
wil not be long before the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company will own OF co9trol through
southern connection, and thus give two bitterly
competing lines south Of Washington to New Or
leans. Ar, Garrett is working around Washing
ton from Bladensburg, viii connect the tOrango
and Alaxandria Read along the Valley Of Ylr-
ginia, and By tie, East Tennessee and ,YITginla
RoadS and others That N Will d 1,asa 6r Scbn-
struOt, he will get into New orlsanA