The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-08
ULD-VANDERBILT
MoNARcHs OF RAILROADS.
Working Quietly Together and
Achieving Success-What
Genius and Money Can
do-What Next1

Last Thursday morning as announced
by telegraph at the time, VIM. H. Van
derbilt, accompanied by President AL
bert Keep, General Manager Marvin
Hughitt, and Assistant General Super
intendent Wheeler, of the Chicago &
Northwestern, and Mr.. S. H. H. Clark,
general superintendent of the Union
Pacific railroad. left Chicago on a flying
trip to Omaha, via the Northwestern
line. The time made is the fastest On
record, beating Jarret s. Palmer's light
ming train. They made 458 miles in 10
hours and twenty-one minutes, includ-
ing thirty-eight minutes lost IN taking
water and changing engines, making the
actual running time nine hours and
forty-three minutes, or AZ 21-100 miles
per hour. The entire distance from
Chicago to Council Bluffs, 4SS miles,
was accomplished in eleven hours and
forty minutes. By this it will be seen
that William II. is as fond of travelling
rapidly as his father used to be.
Vanderbilt's trip is still the general
topic of conversation in railroad circles,
and all sorts of reasons are assigned for
it. Yet everybody is agreed that he
has secured control of the Chicago &
Northwestern property, and that this
trip is principally made to examine the
road and test its capacity. There is
also a general feeling that he will con-
troll the Chicago & Alton. There are
parties in Chicago, who claim to know
what they talk about, that Vanderbilt
has not bought out these properties for
the purpose Of fighting Gould, and the
show of hostility is simply made to mis-
lead and hide the real object. 1t is assert
edthat Vanderbilt and Gould really mean
to make common game, and that they
intend to join hands and become the
dictators of all the railroad property in
the country. The fact that Mr.. S. II.
II. Clark, general superintendent of the
Union Pacific, accompanied the Van
derbilt party to Council Bluffs certainly
indicates some such thing. 1t is also
stated in this connection that Wander
bilt, in consideration of Gould letting
go the Northwestern, would give up hi
hold on the lake Shore q Michigan
Southern, to be used in connection with
the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, and
Gould would give Vanderbilt an inter-
est in the Union Pacific. This would
make two through routes to the Pacific
Ocean via Chicago-one controlled by
Gould over the Erie, Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern, Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific, and Union Pacific
railroads, and the other controlled by
Vanderbilt yer the New York Central,
Canada Southern, Michigan Central,
Chicago & Northwestern, and Union
Pacific. Then they will also have each
a line to southwestern points to connect
with the Kansas Pacific-one controlled
by Gould over the Erie, Wabash, st.
Louis, Kansas City 6 Northern, and
Hannibal g. st. Joe, and the other con-
trollej by Vanderbilt over the New
York Central, Canada Southern, Mich
igan Central, and Chicago s. Alton.
Such an arrangement would crowd the
Grand Trunk and Great Western into a
corner altogether, and if they would not
dwindle down to local roads merely,
will be compelled to accept any terms
imposed upon them by the Vanderbilt
Gould combination. The Pennsylvania,
Baltimore s. Ohio, Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy, Milwaukee & st. Paul, and
others, would be badly crowded by the
combination. Should such combination
have really been decided upon, the
Pennsylvania, Baltimore IL Ohio, and
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, would
no doubt make a bitter fight before &C
cepting Vanderbilt and Gould's die
tation, and try to establish another line
to the Pacific via the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe and Southern Pacific; and
they also talk of extending the Burling
ton & Missouri River of Nebraska
westward far as Ogden, and thus gel
another outlet. But Vanderbilt and
Gould have much more money than the
other parties, and they will therefore be
able to make a better fight and succeed
in sqpelching the others. There is,
however, one hope left, that the Van
derbilt Gould combination will not have
their ambition grati6ed to become the
railroad d~ictators of the country, and
that will be through the interference Of
the national congress. The fact that
the railroads of the country should al
be controlled by a few eastern magnates
is causing much fear and anxiety, and
there is a general feeling among the
public that no two men in the country
should WELD such immense power and
patronage as would be welded by Goult
and Vanderbilt if the above schemes
were carried out.-Denrer Times.