Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-26
SENEY SYNDICATE.
A New Railroad Syndicate Coming 10
tile FrOnt-A Powerful Cembi-
nation that Controls
Over Four Thousand Miles OF Road and
Owns Twenty Thousand Acres
OF Rich Mineral Lands.

the New York, Chicago and st. Louis rail-
road by any passenger car was made to-day,
when an inspection was made by q small
party OF gentlemen interested IN the road.
The members OF the party were: Calvin s..
Brice, vice-president; Dan. P. Eells, director
Lewis Williams, general manager; 81. L.
Terrell, general counsel; ]. A. Latcha, chief
engineer; II. L. Morrill,. superintendent of
construction, and half dozen others. The
party got aboard at the crossing OF the Cleve-
land and Pittsburg track in this city, the
limit to which rails have been laid, at 80
o'clock in the morning, and rode to Cou-
neaut, on the Ohio and Pennsylvania, and
distant sixty-fve miles from Cleveland.
During the trip your correspondent Mt, while
in conversation with a member OF the party
(any one of whom will readily be accepted
as sufficient authority secured some facts
which show that the New York, Chicago and
ST. Louis railway is but part (about one
fourth of the great system OF railways that
is to be operated by the syndicate owning it.
The leading and moving members OF this
syndicate are: George |. Seney, John F. Mar
tin, A. A. Lowe Bros, E. III. K. Lyman,
A. W. White, Walstoa II. Brown, r. T. Will
son, OF New York; c. r. Cum mings, W. B.
Howard, OF Chicago; John S. Newberry, Jas
Mcmillan, OF Detroit; Dan p. Eells John
Rockefeller, II. NJ. Flagler, II. B. Payne,
H. L. Terrell, of Cleveland; General Sam
Thomas, Charles Foster, of Columbus; Calvin
S. Brice. OF Lima. Ohio; Colonel E. w. Cole,
of Nashville; C. NJ. McGhee, of Knoxville
VT. Walters, of Baltimore. This syndicate
now controls n total of four thousand two
hundr ed and fifty miles Of railroad, and owns
twenty thousand acres OF the richest lands in
the country. The roads may be divided into
four distinct systems. The systems are COM
posed of the New York, Chicago and st.
Louis, the Peoria, Decatur and Evansville,
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trail, and the Virginia, Tennessee and Geor-
gia railroads, forming one Of the most COM
prehensive and widespread systems in the
country.
The first is the road now being completed,
the New York, Chicago and st. Louis, reach
ing from Buffalo to Chicago, a distance of
five hundred and twenty-one miles. During
the coming year this road will be extended
from Valparaiso, Indiana, TO Joliet, Illinois,
and will there make an alliance with the
Chicago, Pekin and Southwestern, now in
operation. This latter line will also be ex-
tended during the same time to Hannibal
and Quincy, and from there direct connection
will be made with h ansas City and all points
southwes', by means of the Hannibal and
St. Joe. At Chicago, the New York, Chicago
and St. Louis will make connection with the
Milwaukee and St. Paul for the Northwest.
A close alliance has also been made with tho
will be made with the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western extension, now nearly
com pleted, with the Erie, and the New York,
West Shore and Buffalo. These roads, SO
Joined, will form continuous line across the
continent, connecting New York with Port
land, Oregon.
By order of the syndicate, the Pullman
company are now building at Chicago
special outfit of palace, sleeping and hotel
hffh to h. fha
continental line from New York to Portland.
They are to be OF special style and distin-
guished from the other cars now in use, and
negotiations are now in progress by which
the New York, Chicago and st. Louis will
receive another connection with the Pitts
burg and Western, now building from Pitts
burg to Youngstown. The purpose is 10
extend the latter line to Cleveland. The ex-
act plan for this has not yet been adopted.
At Fort WAYNE and Eel River Junction the
New York, Chicago and St. Louis makes a
connection with the Wabash and St. Louis
Pacific, for St. Louis and Gould's entire
Southwestern system, with which intimate
business relations have been established. X.
c. Cummins is also president of the Peoria,
Dec1tnr and Evansville, with two hundred
aud nifty miles OF road in operation, and the
Lake Erie and Western, with three hundred
and eighty-fve miles of road. The Peoria,
through Kentucky and joined to the South
ern system. The Lake Erie and Western is
also to be extended during the year from
Muncie to Indianapolis and Bloomington to
Peoria. This will ioiu the two roads and
place them practically in one system. The
Ohio Central has just completed consolida.
ton with the Atlantic and Northwestern OF
West Virginia, and has thereby scared lines
extending from Toledo and Columbus through
. ha
river. 1t will cross the Ohio at Point Pleas
ant, and will thence continue up the Kanawha
valley through Charleston TO the kanawha
Falls, forming junction with the Chesa-
peake and Ohio, and passing through the
center OF the coke and coal fields, OF which
the company owns ten thousand acres
in fee. The entire line from Corning to
Charleston will be completed during the
summer. Messrs. A. A. Lowe & Bros,
prominent members of the syndicate, are
large owners in the New River coke region,
and have now in operation on their lands
fourteen hundred coke ovens, the coke from
which compares on equal terms with the
region. The consolidated COM
pany, known as the Ohio Central, is also ex-
elusive owner Of the Ohio Central coal prop
erty OF about thirteen thousand acres in
Perry and Athens counties, Ohio, on which
the company ia now working twelve mines,
with capacity of putting out two million
tOus per aunum.
The fourth division of the grand system
owned by the Seney syndicate is located in
in the South, and il now known as the Nir-
GINA, East Tennessee and Georgia Air Line,
aud lis composed Of the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia railway, fourteen hun
dred and fifty three miles; Norfolk and West
ern and branches, four hundred and ninety
eight miles; Shenandoah Valley, two hun
dred and thirty mine miles-total, two thou
sand one hundred and ninety miles. These
roads, consolidated, are now operated under
one grand management. The roads
extend from Hagerstown, Maryland,
to Memphis; FROM Chattanooga to
Brunswick, on the Atlantic and to Meridian,
the lines dividing 1t Rome,
Georgia. 1t also has line to Norfolk, Nir-
ginia. A contract has b en- made with the
Louisville add Nashville and Great South
ern for the use of the line from Calera to
New Orleans, and one with c. P. Hunting.
ton for junction with the Kentucky Central
division, by which access is had 10 Cincin-
natl by short line.