The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-09-03
CHEsAPEAKB q OHIO RA1LwAY-
The yandsrbiits- Absorption OF the
Ohio g Mississippi.

The yaneerbiits- Absorption Of the
Ohio e. Mississippi
The Washington Post, Of he 29tn, fur
nishes the following important informa-
ton which. if true, gives promise or
greatly Increased business for the z. q "
railway, ard d future OF great posi-
bilities i will be read with interest by
all whosfeei concerned for the develop
inent Of the country tributary to TINS
important line aud the success Of the
road itself The POST says
For several years the business OF tiis a mesa
f1.aasi,,l in ysel,jnetoil. and has now reached
such PROPORTIONS that the once OF the seheial
passenger agent viii be transferred ~ olls cat.
todav from cincinnati. This IS ali lmpoftanb
move, and will not Only faclutale tfie Wolh VI
the oce and the convenience =. ~. "a 9, 1919
public, but VIII be important 70 ttis rfAllFoae u
terasts centered here. Speaking Of the subject
yesterday Mr. Charles K. i'ishop, EASTERN soh-
eraI passenger agent, said az,
General Passenger agent H. W Fuller, with
his entire staff, nufnbefin aboaJ Iofty men,
will reach Washington tohiolr0w viii a,r;ya
They come on a special tram, anu GHi arrive
here at G:25 following lnimSdlately psninu u 81
No.2 Rooms III the small building foufpee t
and G. streets have been secured, ana the fufnl-
ture brought from Cincinnati VIII be moved INTO
them immediately >.
Mr. Fuller Comes here TO stay pecHliSS II mas
been shown that Washington is the prorer place
for the general passenger az ents Office OF This
road, which has not recognized ', isshlaSso - IL
should have done i'll the past ~. rudiet s y a
splendid gentleman an has good force OF men
Of course those WHO are married VIII BRING Gheir
families witt 6'iem regard IL as q iliosC eAcei-
lent inos aH sic part OF the foad.
A ruJUor originating in Cincinnati is 10 tne ei
feet that t.l< Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad has
at last secui "a control of the Ohio ana Mlsslsslp
pi. the most direct route from CINCINNATI TO et.
Louis ana the great Southwest, and passes
through section Tricky populated and
wealthy. The ruinor circulated was Lhat The
English owners OF the ONO anq Mississippi had
not been satisfied with the management OF the
road by President Bernard and were eager TO
be relieved of the big per cent interest deDb OF
the road; the Baltimore and ONO southern road
had made an effort to secure the Ohio ana Mis-
sissippi but that President Ingalls,, OF the Ches
apeaks and 0hio, had hastened to London I'M
meadlatefy.
What was actually done was NOT known, but
on Monday it was said The Ohio ami Mississippi
officials at Cincinnati had received cable dis
patches from London directing them TO divert \
to the CAesape ake and OHIO road all the Eastern
business possible, and freight agents, both gen
eral and local, had been instructed to use the
the Big Four roads a. if they were one and the I
same. Though Cincinnati officials denied
knowledge of what had occurred, they admitted /
that either the. Chesapeake and Ohio had obtain
ed absolute control of this ONO and MISSISSIPPI (
or had arranged a long time traffic arrangement |
Mr. Bishop was asked regarding the rumor |
but said chat he knew nothing about it certainly.
1t was known that the Vanderbilt policy was
20 buy out competing lines Heretofore by the I
gone to st. Louis by way of indianapolis The /
Ohio and mississippi route was f1ftyfour miles !
shorter. If the deal had been made it would
give the CheSa peake and Ohio the most direct I
route from the coast to the Southwest by way of 4
st. Louis, in addition to the most direct route to
tue Northwest. which it had through Chicago by .
tlmOre and Ohio has been using the 0hi0 and .
route to st. Louis.