The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-08
JfY GOULD'S VISIT.
Much Interest Felt, as 1t May Mean Consoh-
datiou.

Continued interest is being felt in Mr.. Gould's
Southern trip, as it is thought lac desires TO
bring about an alliance between the Richmond
Terminal and his own roads A special from
baltimore gives some color 20 the reports OF the
proposed deal. 1t y an open secret uiht ~ ~
since the CARROTS let go their hold on the IT.
GINA Midland eight years ago, Tue coinpa.S nl'
suffered more or less in facilities for southern
traffic ,o,u,tlf.
extension and the alliance with ltadlns anu
Jersey Central, the Baltimore and ONO p92pie'
il is said. began making oyertdres 70 the hlch-
mOnd Terminal syndicate Tor petteI tIalhc ~
ranpemeuts for through freight TO the Souih
from New York PHILADELPHIA and Western points.
The Pennsy lyania, however, stepped III dhl pre-
vented the arrangement Nhen ileaiIfIt
Mayer began shaping new ana 9roadei poti, ~
for the Baltimore and Ohio, he determined 10
secure new Southern connections. III Is learned
that the Baltimore and ONO Will soon De on A.
equal footing IN the south as IA 'is We, ~, IN
the new deal ara the Baltimore and ono the
Reading Jersey Central, Richmond Terminal
and Louisville and Nashville.
WHAT GENERAL RossER SAYS.
General Rosser is quoted az saying: The
Baltimore and Ohio railroad should De EXTENDED
from Lexington, Va, south through the IRON
ores OF Tazewell and Russell counties INTO tho
coalields of Wise. III this were done the stoch
of the Valley branch would become ycly valua-
be and the rich country developed by TINS ex-
tension. a. wei. as the vast region traNersed hy
the Louisville and Nashville railroad WIN
which IL WOnid connect III WISE county, would
become tributary to Baltimore
In reply to the statement OF the New lofk sun
that President Roberts, OF tine Pennsylvania
railroad. said that: NJ.
more and Ohio people, who have gone south TO
fix mp things, have notion that they are gong
10 get control OF the situation and put the Penn
sylvania railroad III hole, they are sadly inis-
taken.'n
President Roberts says: II never made shy
such remark as that to any living being. and l
have had no such thought. You can deny that
as strongly as you can. as IL is utter falsehood
made ont Of the whole cloth" Mr.. Roberts
even intimated that stronger language could be
appropriately used.
sPEcULATIoSs AS TO GoULDs PLANS.
A prominent Richmond capitalist said to a
TlsIFs reporter yesterday that Jay Gould was
not man to wear his heart on his sleeve to be
pecked at by jackdaws, and that for that rea-
son il was impossible to tell what his Southern
trip really meant. lie said, however that be
thought Mr.. Gould was only looking over his IN
terests in the South.
Another prominent man said that if Mr.. Gould
wanted TO invest in southern railroads he could
not see that IL WAS anybodys business.
Mr.. W. b. Ryder superintendent of the Rich
mOnd and Danyille. has returned from the
and Danyie party, including JAY Gould. Mr..
Gould asked Mr.. Ryder many questions
about Richmond. He wanted to know about
Richmond in a general way, and about Rich
mond's commercial statistics in particular.
Among other things Mr.. Gould asked about
Richmond street car lines, and whether or not
they were paying