, 1879-05-21
Belief that Could ''i and Vanderbilt
Are Working Con"
jointly.
u,. ,1istortuncs of Detroit, and
' tte Mistakes Made by
Her CitizcnH.
,,.crv,ew with Gould at
~ 81, Louis---Tl1e F7oosac
Tunnel.
., xou Developments In the War on
~ East-Dotnl Freigllts.
r.,tlmony Taken In the Wontern
Union Litigation.
1vS0CrNT sDIJ1.9.

INNOCENT SOULS.
~, onc ycat aGo TIE TnEnuSF, tn comment
- n,oc thc p,1retnso Of tho Michigan Central
s n'asn,d by Vanderbilt, stated that the change
n@ ..o management Of that road would be OF no
=, t,s.s, In Detroit, as Vanderbilt wnlld only
a.nt hi, own interest uliu not those 1t the
.,,,. throuch which tho road pnsscs. ~Dut the
E' n.,,oit p,pers would not hvsicyo 1t. They
's.n,.d burrah for Vanderbilt AMI they felt
.0stn,td that he would usu hEs Immense wcnth
,on,ve ,hetr town tho Empire City Of tho West.
Su, ts.tecly year hns PASSED, anl they have
.ornd out that they have been sa0ly mistaken.
NV they ray that Mr.. Vanderbilt Is tho
.,s.n,A man on the Continent, mud not ft to
,,s m They can hnrdiy find strong. enough
i,n.rscc IN wh!cl, To dcnounce HIN. AMI still
v,n1.tbIlt las only done what might have been
,.n+cstd from him yoaF ago. In deciding to
tu,d tunnel at Stony Island, Instead Of build
Inr i bridge Detroit, l,e simply consulted hts
md interests. Tic found It would ba to his
h,neft TO hayo the cross|lig there, md con-
,toueptty he decided 10 hare It tllcru. Now, ia
an,r to revenge themselves upon Vanderbilt,
III, Dctto!tcrs nre doing u.rir hest to jump
ftpu, The frying -pan Into thc fire by getting
I.y Gould to take care Of their interests.
FIR mouths the Detroit papers havo been
b11rd With articles cnlling upon tho Wabash,
nav controlled by Gould, to extend Hts line to
that dts. They set forth In glowing language
ths uaopy benefits tllat wol,ld come To It II Do
iro,t Eere u,atle It's terminus. Anu Of course
,hc Wabash did not object to all this wholesale
,l,ertlslng, at,l took 1t all unlltnchngly. Whom
11r1f far. RI @e>I&
tee Of prominent cittzcns Of Detroit wont therc
tu,ec whether he really meant to rush to tlleIr
rescue. They offered to give him entrance Into
lie ei.r aud FREQ dooot grounds II he would cx-
trpd tho Wabash to Detroit, md wo,tld
discriminate III IN. 1nyor o. q his road agains.
eune. but they felt rather cres.fal1en
xbep tlry heard (iould's reply. lie snhl
that 1t you'll ho no grcnt object for him to cx-
lend The Wabash to Detroit unless the citizens
Of that ctr wuud put tlIclr hnnds dccp in sl.elr
rockets anil pay hin about Us much as' It would
knows Of a raundabout route. tue Tnle,lu Il
Inn A,hor, which would connect Tic Wabash
Nth t'sr Canada roads, and which could bo lad
for 4 song.
Nuw, !! Tint delegation had oeon from Chicago
,liry would simply have told Gould to 20 to
tuuld get along without llim. Tlcy would havo
them any better thln Vanderbilt dbl
Bu! aqt 20 with .lc Detroit CotamIttce. They,
*sns homo discouraged soinewhat, 1t |. true,
but btll full Of hopes TINT tiould would hclr
then fight Vanderbilt, md they forthwith IT,
lusd prunuHciamcnto calling uDon tlle pcoplt
of their city TO raise tic nlul'ry which should
tnnt1s Gould tu build thu extension itu,n To-
lido tn DetruIt. It Is not likely t1.t t!ln people
q Detfalt Will not be fouttah enough to aQua1-
&C. &c., tKr 9d' %oqTsr y ;yc' " 5fsklesf l9aener
ps . q s,f e tens Il M i wpd no, e q no orf
iae Lake sIinro 4 Michigan Southern.
tnn]c aud send lhs through b,,sincss
r. Toledo. Az for the Grand Trunk anu Great
Western working 1T hnrmony with tho Wnbns'l
ais simply prcnosicn'ua. The natural outlet
ot'htse rpA's is Chicago, a,l'l they ca1not ever,
:1reet 4. tnurh tron Gou'ts's Wabash ~ from
sa'es that Gould :.utt Vanderbilt arc Id har-
aons, slld tl4at they aro working jointly 10 bc.
e'sNe The d!ctatora Of the American fairoud
sr.sen from tho Atinutir to tl,e pa-
dac, and that the ruuds III their way
nust be forced into sublEiaslou. II De-
nos does not want to 'dwi,lle down
. merely local Btatton, It must act differently
e, lual w'Int It 1aa done heretofore. Instead Of
.ar'@,nE a%as their money upon Gould. they
f' E1l,. a1a tho f'reat Western nr.I Grand Trunk
!allHals til securing Chicago outlets, A,tl they
~! ave a good llnca ns thev could wish. 1t
! saMlsfsto1d tl,at tito urinctml object Of VAN
1rtIei,s rI present trip Ia to get control OF tile
nI,at Mfste1n ntid II he should sucrocd in this
T.! iustai I would bo still worso oil than It now s.
.t14e Detrs'1tera spend llIGtr mouay tu prevent
"a! aae !eoIsunma1ion Of this scheme, anl help the
toaa 70 relnHin independent, 1t will l11p their
hhtsfesl; far more tim III extension OF tlle VA
pasa 10 Detroit could possibly do.