Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-20
GoulD's LATEST Ac0Ul-
SirIeR.

it is reported that Jay Gould
has.purshased a majority Of the :
stock oftho Louisyills and Nash 1
vile railroad which has control
of about two thousand miles OF
road in thu Southern states
He 10 in q fair way TO obtain
possession of the most Of the
leading railroads ia the South.
1t was stated soma tins ago
that he had in contemplation
tho purchasing Of the Illinois
Central railroad aud the diffc-
rcnt lines under its control but
il he has accomplished anything
in that direction the public has
not been informed. The stock
in that road 10 owned by q few
men who are very wealthy and
are not likely to sell at figures
which Gould would be willing
to offer.
II Gould lives many years
longer and has his accustomed
good luck, a majority OF the rail
road lines of the United States
will DO owned by him and in the
absence OF any law to the con.
trary he can make people pay
whatever he pleases for freights
and passenger rates. That will
be atromendous power to place
in the hands Of any one man and
thoughtful and intelligent peo-
plc may well be alarmed at the
danger which 10 threatening
them. No just-minded man wish
es 10 do the railroad magnates
any wrong or to cripple them in
any Legitimate business enter
prise but they must not be al
to make extortioDate
charges and injure the people.
No one will object to Mr.. Gould
and other railroad Kings max
ing a fair profit upon their in
vestments and they should be
Satisfied with that.
The following special dispatch
from Now York to the Chicago
Tribune gives an account of
Mr.. Gonlds' movement to get
possession of the Louisville and
Nashville road: The differences
that have arisen between Jay
Gould and the men who control
the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia Railroad system
have given rise to negotiations
which, it is thought, will soon
put Nj Gould in control Of the
Louisville and Nashville road
and the Central Railroad of
Georgia. The last named road
is said to he in the hands of
persons who are also interested
in the Louisville and Nashville.
1t is well known that MIR. Gould
was disappointed by the failure
of tho negotiations to connect
the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia with his southwes
tern system. His determine
ton to make some connection
that would give his south wes-
tern system an outletto the sea-
board was apparently not aband
oncd in consequence of his fail
ure to do business with the
Seney-Thomas Brice party.
During the last few days an un-
derstanding has been reached
whereby Mr.. Gould and bis
etaunch friend, Russell Sage,
are to be elected directors of
the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad Company. The cleo
ton Of President Baldwin, of
the Louisville aud Nashville, a
director OF the Western Union
to-day shows the close friendly
relations existing between him
ana the nan who controls the
telegraph company. Tho Cen
trail system of Georgia is the
only rival of the Richmond and
Danville Railroad system. If
Mr. Gould should succeed in
obtaining possession of this sys-
TEN il viii give him a seaboard
outlet for his great southwest
ern system. Col. William g..
Raoul, president of the Central
Railroad of Georgia. has been
in this city until within a very
few days, and it is said that he
had various consultations with
Mr.. Gould.
Mr.. j. Massie on last Sunday
had his left leg broken at the
ankle joint, by An Indian pony.
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