, 1880-11-21
RAILROADS.
The Coalition Of Vanderbilt and the
Boston People.
They Are Driven into Union in Order to
Checkmate Jay Gould.
Freight Shipments for the Week-The
Western War Nearing an End.


Western War Nearing an End.
CONFINED AGAINST GOULD,
The success which has thus far attended Jay
Goulds railroad operations, and the boldncss
with which he makes combinations and ct,,,sol-
idntions In order to crush out NIL opposition and
nuke himself tha r1llroAd dictator OF the coun-
try, seems ut last 10 have awakened rival mag
mates to the tla1xer that threatens them ff they
allow him to continue to carry Oh his schemes
without opposition.
All the railroud interests opposed to Gould,
1t is understood, have now combined to uct
unitcdly against furtner encruachments by the
bold specuiator, and to put nn emu to his ambi-
thus scheme of debating, the policy OF all the
roads in tho country. dispatch received from
Boston Inst evening Btates that meeting was
held in that city which WIS participated in by
W. H. Vanderbilt, President of the New York
Central. Lake Shore e. Michigan Southern, nnd
Michigan Central; T, Jefferson Coolidge, Presl-
dent of the Atchisor, Topeka s. Santa Fe: and ].
III. Forbes, President Of the Chicago, Burlington
Quincy, ut which it was resolved to unite their
various interests und make common cause
against Gould's railroad combinations. This Is
q most powerful combination and one that fs
ublc to give Gould trouble. The new Vanderbilt
and Boston combination controls far tnore
weulth thun Gould and his syndicate
u1G WALL OE 1ully uUtt u EuECAtuILt MS ALlGtnptS
tor further power and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The
principal cause which ias TT lust resulted in the
combination Of these powerful interests to nuke
common cause agai'lst Gould seems to have
been the iutest scnelne OF Gould for consolidate
i'E tic Union, Centrll, and southern Pucilic
hailrouds. It was feared TINT ths latest scheme
uf Gould wlss to prevent ri.nl lines from KHf1-
ing proper foothod west OF the Missouri River.
the boston syndicates which control the Bur
Etor and A1shs wGPek snta 9nt ~ a
patton in the business frutn that SEC
zion. of the county, and have succeeded
limits. Dy their bold operations in extending
the Atchison, Topeka s Santa Fl to the Pucic
and into Mexico they virtually brought Gou!dto
dependent they would have been ubie after
Jan. i. when the Atchison. Topeka s. Santa FG
and tho Southern Paclilc Rouds form junction
ut Florida Point, Arizona. to shnrc with Could
the Pacific business But the contemplated
consolidation Of the Union and Centrnl p.cinc
interests again threatens to make Gould master
peku s. Santa FG Ut the result OF its junction
with The Southern Pacific until the Atlantic s.
completed, which cannot be accomplished in
less than two years, and by that time Gould's
puwer in California may have grown to such nu
extent Us to cnable him to prevent the couple
francisco. Besides, the step lately taken by
Gould to build lines to Mexico in opposition to
furnished conclusive evidence that he meant to
drive them from the field push them To thu
wall. ~ l1l4l At HCuD!E w luGlI IIltEFCsL3
also, and thus become sole dictator of the en-
tire raiiroad system west OF the Mississippi
River.
They found that in order to make d
succcsssul tight, against so willy and
powerful an adversary and to stop him
btlt, whose wealth added to theirs wnud be more
than sufficient to successfully checkmato Gould
at every point Vanderbilt seems to have be-
come very jealous Of Gould, and he Is. it is be-
licvcd, determined to du all in bis power to ns-
sist in ending bis career as the great American
munIpulations to the Western country Wander
bilt did not seem to care much, but Gould has
lately become quite aKgressiye IN In the
to Detroit, and thence vin the Great Western to
Buffalo, where it can make connection with the
Erie has struck Vanderbilt in sore sport His
Lake Shore Road is now getting the bulk OF the
Wabash business ut Toledo, and the threatened
diversion OF thas business has made him feel
bitter towards Gould The building OF the
Toledo & Northern Indiana, an extension OF the
Lake Shore. scens to have been decided upun
for the purpose ut cheekmatlng the new Detroit
strenuous efforts to secure control Of the Erie,
anh Vanderbilt is doing his utmost to prevent it,
For these REASONS and others be could no longer
scheme after scheme without hndrance and
therefore WIS only txo willing to make common
cause with the Boston people.
EAST-BOUCD FREIGHT TSuIPMESTS.
The east-bound freight movement during the
past week continued very heavy. and the state
ment for the week ending Nov. "a shows still
further increase in shipments. though not as
large rs was anticipated. For the week end
ing Nov. 20 the shipments Of hour, grain, and
provisions by the six Eastern pool lines frum
this city amounted IS 9G} tons, agnnst ~ 36S tons
the week previous,-an increase Of 1856 tons.
The reason that the increase was not larger Is
not because business WIS not offered freely to
the roads, but because the roads were not 4ble
to take any more. Not only are most OF
the roads short Of cars. but many OF
the Eastern ones. and particularly the New York
Central and Baltimore s. Ohio. are 50 blocked
with freight as to greatly embarrass shipments
from this point. There were months last winter
when the roads running east from this city car-
ricu about twice tho amount Of freight
they o at present. hut they are unable to
work to their full capacity now because mn~
York trunk lines, rs they are not onty required |
to take the business from their Western con- |
nectons, but nlso that coming 70 h Eastern luke
ness. however, will coinc to a close py tue ond
Of this week, the enry setting in OF extremely |
cold weather having hnti tho effect. OF
earlier than would otherwise have been the |
case. The trunk lines will therefore soon DO !
Western rail connections, and handle freight
more promptly than they do now Besides, the |
freight movement is unusually heavy just now. !
the freight they can bcf,,re tile advance in |
rites goes into effect which event occurs on the
I'D OF this month. After that date it il believed
that the pressure upon the capacity Of the /
roads will diminish, and that they will |
then BE- able to handle all the freight
business continue, however, tho shippers may |
confidently expect another advance In east |
bound freight rites in less than Il fortnight. |
The following statement shows tho anlnunt Of |
flour, grain, and provisions carried by the va |
rious roads leading Gust from this city for the |
week ending Nov. 20, 1850:
Grain, Frou'sI
Flour, tnns ofItons of Total
bris 2tUUl 2otUth. tons.
Michigan Central. 34.EB! 5,3sGI a,]55 11,lH |
Lake shore. ..... 1S.S:lSI 6,:EG 3.3a5} ll.US0 |
Fort Wayne. I.NsE 1,I25l 5,s30E 9,i.i |
Pan-Hunde .... A1oiE III 3,185f ssh |
baltimore s. Ohio. l,IDI 3,S0lf IGs,E 4.9;6 |
Grand Trunk. 1851 2,;;E.6I 5.gt BIB
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