Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-07-24
SELECT READiN G.
AMERICAN RAILWAY KINGS.
SCOTT, GARRETT, GOULD.

| SCOTT, GARRETT, GOULD.
! THE GRANDEUR OF THEIR SCHEMES AND
! CONFLICTS-SOUTHERN ROUTES AND
| |CoNNEcTIONS-AC oMPENDIOUS HISTORY
| OFRAILROADING IN THE UNITED STATES.
| from the New York Journal of Commerce.l
The railroad routes south-being the
| g Piedmont Route, the sCoast. Route"
and the s'Great Southern Mail Route"
have systematized matters SO that they
now make the trip to New Orleans in
seventy four hours. 1t is interesting
to look into this subject, now that
travel from the South to this city is SO
great, and see what is doing to com
plete our connections in that quarter
The men who are battling for the
mastery in that direction are Messrs.
Thomas A. Scott, John w Garrett,
and Jay Could 1t is difficult to sspa-
rate the work from the men, so first
we take
ri4.. THOMAS A SCOTT,
Of the Pennsylvania railroad. Starting
from New York we have Mr.. SCOTS
connections through to New Orleans
They are made up by the Camden and
Amboy, and nearl y all across, or part.
across, the Jersey railroads that point
southerly from here. In going to New
Orleans over this line there were until
recently eleven changes of cars These
were at Washington, Aqua creek,
Richmond, Petersburg, Weldon, Wilm-
ington IN. O. Kingsville, Augusta,
Atlanta, Montgomery, and Mobile.
Now there are ouly two, and in about
three weeks, when the Atlantic road is
to be finished, the trip between New
York and New Orleans will be accom-
plished without single change of cars
Strenuous efforts have for years been
made to get through connection under
one ownership between New York and
Washington. The war came between
the time when railroads began their
great career of success and the time they
got under full sail During that period
the prosperous North and West hurried
them along, while the depressed South
suffered in the railroad line as well as
other lines of business When the war
closed there were northern competitors
that looked sonthward, and il appears
that Dir. Scott stepped forward
MORE BOLDLY THAN THE REST. ~
He built, leased, and bought, and
succeeded south of Washington till
now he owns, or rather the Pennsyl-
yania road owns, or has leased route
and branches to New Orleans, except
the route from Aqua creek to Rich
mona eighty one miles,, and from Mo
bile to New Orleans $40 miles" The
former belongs to the Richmond, Fred
ericksburg and Potomac Company, who
own the Chesapeake Bay steamers, and
the latter to tho Morgans, who own the
Gulf steamers. Both, these are making
money, and will not sell out or perpet-
ually lease to Scott By passing a free
railroad law at the next session of the
Virginia Legislature he hopes to cir
cuhavent the Bay line people and build
a connection between Aqua creek and
.Richmond. Mr. John NJ. Robinson,
General William Malone, and Mr.. N.
L. McCready, representing in Virginia
the Bay Line of steamers and Rich
mond, fredericksburg and Potomac
railroad, the Atlantic and Mississippi
consolidated line, and the Old Do
minion Steamship Company, are
FIGHTING SCOTT AND FAvoRING GARRETT
As for the Mobile and New Orleans
road, the Morgans will not sell it. The
route is in continuous marsh, and it
would not pay Scott to build there as
long as he can rent the Morgan road at
anything like reasonable figure. There
is no connection through to New Or
leans owned by one company. The
Pennsylvania Central comes nearer
that than any other. In addition, the
GreatSouthern Mail route and the Coast
| line both run considerable distance
over the Pennsylvania Company's lines,
and could be stopped by refusal Of the
I latter 10 let them ruin after the end Of