Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-02-19
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RAILROAD NEWS.
what Northern Pacific Officials Say About
an Allegon Big Deal.

what Northern Pacific Officials Say About
an Ailegoa Big Deal.
PHILADELPHIA, February 15.-A ru-
NOR was in circulation yesterday that the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company had in
contemplation the purchase of the Balti-
more aud OHIO Railroad.
CHARLES B. Wright, President Of the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company, and
now a director of the sam company, was
interviewed lsst night at his residence in
this city, and, when asked es to the proba-
BILE origin OF the above rumor, said
"Since the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company have acquired the spacious term
inal properties of the Wisconsin Central
Railroad, at Chicago, there are rumors that
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, which
runs to Chicago, may avail themselves Of
participating in these terminals, which are
now controlled by the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company. This has probably
given Use 20 other rumoTs. Il is expectei
that various roads entering Chiclgo will
also participate in the use Of the terminal
in getting iutO Chicsgo, go that the rental
paid to The Wisconsin Central Railroad
Company will be very light TO each Of the
railroads availiDg themselves Of its faclli-
ties"
A New York dispatch says: Dispatches
from the west yesterday announced, on
what wa quoted az high authority, that
movement wss on foot by which the North
ern Pacific Railroad Company was to se-
cure control of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad system. Such an aquieition
would give the Northern Pacific Company
A complete trsnscou tinentsl line By the
use OF it's lately aCq1ired control of the
Wisconsin Central road. 1t was not pOs-
sible TO obtain from officers Of the Northern
Pacific Company iu this city any cor firms'
lion of the big ecSen C1tiiaed in the dis
matches, but there were no out-aDd-out
denials. From sources practically official,
however, there came statements and ad-
missions which 20 q gncd way toward in
dorsine the Western announcement. O1e
officer of TIE Northern Pacific road said
that 80 far nothing like the big deal sug.
eested has been accomplished" but when
pressed to tell whether or not such pro
iect was in view, he practically admitted
that il was being worked up.
This Northern Pacific officer pointed
ont Whist be called the manifold sdvau-
tsOesu OF the control of the B q o by the
Northera Pacific. "It was no new dis
covarv - ne said "Mr. Willard hsd Gl-
WAYS been awake to the opportunities in
il. and" it was added suggesiively, "the
present owners of B. 4 o. SECURITIES were
not jisinclined to sell cut 8. fair price. 7"
Every representative railroad msn con-
suited regarding the report OF the big deal
declared that il wss in 10 wise improbs-
bic. 1t is exactly in The line Of the policy
which Il is known hss been mapped ous by
Mr.. Willard. Il would at oacs make him
the leading railIoal magnste Of the county.
II would, moreover, ba just such "a ac-
complishment ss would vastly rebound to
his credit as a great irancisr and would
add immessurably to bis prestige abroad.
Further than this, it world be OF stupen-
dous ADVANTAGE TO the Northern Psclhe
property, and, by appreeiating the value
of all the Northern Pacific securities,
vould strengthen Mr.. Villard's grssp upon
the confidence Of the security owners.
A most important fsct bearing upon me
probability of the report ia the immense
amount of money at Mr.. Villard,s com
mand. He has practically untoid mil,
lions al his disposal, snd 1t is suspected
that when the $50, ,OO0. 600 bond was
lately su.horiz ID by the Northern tacne
directors, Willard had even then bis eye
upon this big Bait more.and oa.o deA.