Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-30
In the futur4fefer to it in order to learn
how neaEssTect the prediction is.
ANOTHER THEORY.

ztr. Gould In Mexico IN View of Cob
bling Up the Mexican Central.
The object of Mr.. Gould's visit to
Texas and Mexico has been the subject
of rs much comment and speculation in
the leading cities north as It has been in
Texas, and while nothing authoritative
could be got hold of up the country, il
was generally understood that he was
not down here for his health. Chicago,
particularly has been somewhat exercised
over the trip, and many are the theories
INDUCED in there as TO the object of it.
It is now believed that one Of the objects
was the purpose of the Mexican Central
road with which he could strike O heavy
blow to the Atchison system.
A recent Communication from Chicago
on this subject says that the secret is out
as to the reason the Missouri Pacific has
refused to Cooperate either in
any move to advance rates
or to form western rail-
road association. Nothing confirmatory
has been, or probably will be heard
from Gould himself, but little by little
enough facts have come out TO convince
the Chicago railroad men that Gould is
after the Mexican Central road. Gould
has now been in Mexico for over a
month. He has gone over every mile
of the Mexicon Central road, and knows
its physical features and the resources
from which it draws its earnings, as
well as he does those of the Missouri
Pacific. During all this time, and for
some time before, the Missouri Pacific
has acted in way perfectly incompre-
hensible to its competitors. Without
giving any reason it has repeatedly
overridden the trans-Missouri associa-
ton rules, and has refused, or more
often, entirely ignored every request
either to join in raising rates or form
ing an association. 1t has likewise never
given publicly any reason for extending
the passenger decentralization to Denver.
Recently almost every member of
the old passenger association
known as the Western States 6ssoci-
alton, has written in VAIN for
the Missouri Pacific o reasons for refus-
ing to aid in reforming the association.
The whole thing is explained when it is
known that several syndicates have been
negotiating with the Mexican Central
people, and that Gould wanted to scare
off speculative capital until he had q
chance to see whether the plum was
worth the picking. His investigations
are said to have been satisfactory, and
the deal for the transfer of the Mexican
Central TO the Missouri Pacific is COM
pleted. This will cut the Atchison en-
tirely off from Mexican traffic, as the
Missouri Pacific will refuse to pro rate at
FL Paso, as the Atchison has at Kansas
City.
To corroborate the above, Chairman
Walker of the Interstate commerce rail-
way association, and President Gable of
the Rock Island, returned to-day from
New York, and both we're encouraged
over the outlook. While nothing appears
on ttte surface to indicate that there is
saCmove to combine for the purpose OF
Re- establishing the old rates, it is
known, however, that Gould telegraphed
TO Chicago to-day, proposing conditions
for general settlement, but after a
close conference between Walker and
Cable and President Miller of the st.
Paul, each of them was as mum as an
oyster.