The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-10-10
TELEGRAPHIC
Vanderbilt Talks About Rail-
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New York, civilian z. VaLder-
bilt, in an interview, says he will reyer
allow the "Niekle-plate," New York,
Chicago snd st. Louis Rsilrosd 10 come
into his depot. BE said the road is ex
travagantly but poorly built and
equipped, and expresses such supreme
contempt for its management and claims,
that he shows plainly the bitterness which
its existence has aroused in him, and his
fear of its successful competition. He
says his limited express trains do not
pay, and that they are not run for the
accommodation of the dear public, but
that the New York Central is forced to
run them by the Pennsylvania road. He
says though thu Michigan Central has
not earned dividend for over year it
is in fine shape for the future. He pays
q warm compliment to,the managers Of
the Northwestern road, Hughitt, Keep
and Laying, and considered it the best
managed road in the country. His eau
tIous talk gives color TO the report which
comes by specials from New York this
morning, tnAe he is trying with Sidney
Dillon to arrange consolidated trans
continental railroad route 10 the coast.
1t is remarked in this connection that
for two years past the Union Pa
cifc has contemplated an lndes
pendent route TO the Poetic Coast and
some months since began the construc-
ton Of the Oregon Short Line, with. the
ultimate intent Of extending the road to
the coast. More recently arrangements
have been perfected for second line
from Utah through Nevada TO San Fran
cisco and Southern California. An in
dependent opening for the Union Pacific
to the western coast has become in q
manner Imperative, and the necessity for
&C ion now being taken, is made more
plain ss the condition OF the Central
Pacific is developed. Closer relation
than thatnow existing between the two
roads will never pe made so long as the
Union Pacific remains in control of It's
present managers, but in locking out for
more substantial support at The western
terminus. its officials nave not lost sight
OF the importance of strong alliance to
the coGstward. The Vanderbilt system
proper consists of tie most directly
connected roads from this city to CHI
csgo, with an otfshoot over the g. @. g..
IL l. to he Mississippi River and ST..
Louis. The personal management Of
these roads owns large interest 10 CHI
cago and Northwes tern, and he recently
purchased control of the Chicago, Min
neapolis and Omaha roads, and these be-
ing under the controlling interest of
Vanderbilt may very properly now be
considered portion of the New York
Central system, 10 be worked in unison
from this city to Omaha and points in
the northwest. The recent acquisition OF
the Hannibal and St. Joseph road, with
the Wabash system, will facilitate con-
nection with the @. G. G. 81 1. a COM
bination Of these roads with the'Uniou
Pacific Ii highly probable, as soon as the
latter road shall complete its extension tc
the Pacific Coast, If they do not precede
that event. There are strong indications
that VandeEbilt's interest in the UHiol
Pacific extension is not passive, but j;
likely to assume direct activity, and re-
suit In a close com binatlon of the several
great corporations for the control of tht
trans-continentsl trade.