The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

CiLc.uuau Gazette.
The purchase Of the Atlantic,
Mississippi & Ohio Railroad by
Clarence II. Clark means a great
LeaI more than buying a railroad
in this case MIR. Clark is only an
other name for the Louisville 4
Nashville Railway Company, and
the fact ofthe 4, NJ. & Q. road
passing under the control Of that
corporation will disturb very much
The well laid plans Of some other
transportation companies, and per-
maps radically change the impor-
tance Of the little giants Of the
South into Lillipuputians. 1t does
not matter at this time whether the
L. & n. c. Company can afford to
buv a line 50 remote from its system
or not, OF whether this may or not
be the 'last feather" ." The fact that
it is so controlled is sufficient to
change Col Coles great highway
and through car line to q very in
significant factor in determining the
! course Of trade. Possibly, too, Gin
.innati and her great railroad may
have reason to regret that a cor
pOTatiOn other than the l.. & n. did
not buy the outlet to the East and
Northeast from North Gerogia and
East Tennessee. With the control
Of the A, NJ. & O. in the hands of
the l.. & n, Coles system is as COM
pIetely cut off at Bristol as the South
ern ever was at Chattanooga, and in
placing a tollgate at Bristol the l..
Il n. virtually says to the Southern
Pay my price or stay out. The
Southern has been a strong COM
petitor of the Chesapeake and Ohio
for the Virginia and North Carolina
business, and has had the co-opera-
ton of the E. T., V. & G. Road
which was up to this sale on friend
lv terms with the A, NJ. & O. In
fact, the one was simply the con-
tinuation of the other. But now
the new A, NJ & O. management
can and doubtless will place arbi-
traries on every pound Of business
coming out of Cincinnati destined
for the Richmond territory. OF
course the L. & N. will cheerfully
forward all business offered by the
E. T., V. & G. Company, but it will be
upon terms ofits own making, which
will be arbitrary without a doubt,
for, aside from the advantage held
by the L. & n. as to stragetic posi-
ion, there exists no good feeling
between Col. Cole and the J.. 4 n.
people. The recent disclosures in
The courts at Nashville, growing out
Of the Chattanooga and st. Louis
Railroad suits, widened the breach
beyond healing. Naturally, then,
Col Cole need not expect any con
cessions from the L. & n. 1t would
not be surprising, in fact, ifthe +.
T., V. & q. road were a part Of the
Z. & n. system before next winter.
However, be that as it may, one
thing is certain-Col Cole IS just
now bottled up at Bristol. What
viii be the effect Of all this upon the
Southern? ? We will suppose, of
course, that the L. & n. will exert a
mighty influence in the councils of
the E. T., V. & G. Now the Ken
lucky Central and the H. & n. have
agreed to jointly operate line from
Livingston to Knoxville. The latter
road will have the most say in the
matter without a doubt. If that be
so, no. sane man suppOses that the
L. & n, or X. G.. either, for that
matter, viii permit a pound Of
freight to be shipped to East Tennes-
See. or east thereof, via the Cincin-
natl Southern AS a matter ofcom-
plilnent they might, but as a matter
Of strict railroad common sense busi-
ness not an ounce will the Southern
carry: besides the distance will be
so much shortened between the
Richmond territory that the new
route will not only name the rates,
but because of the great saving Of
time get the business In other
words, the Southern's route would
have a haul CT about 175 more miles
at rates fixed by the Short Line,
and with all the hinderances that
can be invented placed in its way