The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-14
WHAT THEY WERE AFTER
MR. INMAN UNFOLDS SOME MOEE
OF Nh. GoULD's PLANS


tenn What the Combine is Trying tc
Settle-It May be Savannah-A Com
binat.on for an Entrance Into New
York and Philadelphia Under Con
sideration.
While Mr.. Gould and Mr.. Dillon were
pleased with the Georgia Central and the
country through which IL passed aud the
generous hospitality Of moot Of the people,
they were particularly interested with the
idea OF utilizing It as an Atlantic or easter 4
section Of a southern transcontinental sys-
TEN which would include the Missouri Pa
ciiic and the Union Pacific railroads.
1T is not yet determined which would be
the eastern terminal Of the proposed trans
continental system" said Mr.. 1nraaD, but
there are two or three points available to
our lines on the Atlantic coast. For in
stance, we can start from West Point, where
the Richmond aud DanYille railroad has a
commodious water front and good shipping
facilities, thence we can 20 over the Rich
mond and Danville and the East Tennessee,
virginia aud Georgia, to Memphis, where
we strike the Missouri Pacific railroad,
| thence over that line to the Pacific coast
Again. Savannah could be made the ter
minus. This point is reached by our
Georgia Central division. At Savannah
| we have over a mile Of water front, with
| good docks, warehouses aud terminal facili-
ties. Mr. Gould told me only yesterday
that he considered the Savannah terminals
and water front alone worth more than
$4,000 900, or, as be put it, as worth the en-
tire capital stock of the Georgia Central
railroad, which is $7.500.0O0 We already
take freight from New York by our steam
ship line, reship it at Savannah, thsn
carry It by rail over the Georgia
Central to Greenville, Miss, where we zap
the Missouri Pac tic, and thence to the
Union Pacific. We already carry good
| deal of freight by this line to and from Kan
sas City. We expect TO put on a regular
train very shortly to run from Atlanta to
Little Rock, Ark, which we will reach over
| the IRON Mountain division Of the Missouri
Pacific. little Rock isia great distributing
point In that section, and with a regular
train we shall obtain sour share of traffic
from that souree.n MPsf
.vr a. 81 x ,ctosE ARRAyGEMENr.
While Mr., Inman would not say in pre- =
else terms what the arrangement between
his Richmond Terminal system and Mr..
Gould's roads would be- he admitted that it
would be O very close, one and would add
very largely toithe earnings Of both. The
fact that Q regular train from Atlanta to
Little Aoeksgeuld soon be established was
Indicative OF the preRr being made for a
general consolidation Of interests between
them.
But what win be of more immediate in-
terest to the city Of New York is the Rich
mond Terminals avowed intention of a
New York city terminus. Heretofore it
has terminated short Off at the Pennsyl-
vania depot in Washington, and any New
York business it had was carried on over
the Pennsylvania road from that point. 1t
has long desired to run through trains
from New York or Jersey City TO Atlanta
| and New Orleans, and has endeavored to
secure the right OF way over the Pennsyl-
vania road, but without success, notwitkl
standing the close business and generally
friendly relations Of the two companies.
The Pennsylvania railroad gives both the
Chesapeake and Ohio and the Atlantic
Coast railroads through train rights over
| its road into New York. The former road
is direct competitor of the Pennsylvania at
| certain points.
Mr.. Inman complains that his road is
| charged local rates from Washington to
| New York over the Pennsylvania, and he
can make no satisfactory arrangements
| with it on that score, nor can he even run a
New Orleans sleeping>car from New York.
I'VE control S,700 miles Of southern
roads, says Mr.. Inman, land our business
with New York is not only large in itself i,
but constantly increasing We can no
| longer be confined as to our New York bust
ness as we have been, and have been seek
| ing other outlets from Washington. We
| have been offered the facilities we require
| by other lines, and unless the PennsylYania
will grant us as good terms as it does
| the other two roads we shall certainly be
compelled to take advantage Of the offers
made to u.s."
HIT AT THE "PENNsY.n
Mr.. Inman declined to say what the other
| lines he referred to as making the offer
| were, but glance az the map indicates the
Baltimore and Ohio and its connections, the
Reading and the Jersey Central. Gen.
| Thomas and Senator Calvin S. Brice, both
| OF whom are largely interested in the Rich,
mond Terminal, have become stockholders
in the Baltimore and Ohio road, and it is
understood that they could bring the two
roads into accord. With this line open to
| it the Richmond Terminal would be prac-
tically independent OF the great Pennsylya-
| MIA corporation
Mr.. lnman expressed the hope that the
Richmond Terminal company could make
such arrangements that it could use to ad-
vantage not only the facilities which the
| Pennsylyania road granted, but the accom-
modations offered abyol the other lines, in
which, case the southern system would have
| a donble terminus OF, New York
| Ipsspcaking on this subject director of
the Riehnond Terminal admitted yesterday
that arrangements were being made for a
| New York extsdsion Of their lines but de-
clined TO say over what road.
| AnAunfettered entrance TO New York by
way OF the Richmond Terminal, and either
the Pennsylvaniao r tbs Baltimore and Ohio
would be, it Is said, the contamination Of
| Mr.. Gouids aong cherished plans, since he
has never been satisfied to have his Missouri
| Pacific system cutoff from New York. ex-
cept by connections over roads that he could
not or would not control, aud Which we're
inimical to him aud his interests. The Rich
| moud Terminal is the key to the situation.
| With his plans, as outlined, in practicable
| shape, he will be independent of all the
other roads, and will be in command of a
trans continental line with magnificent ia
| cilities.
THE NORTHERN COMBINATION.
Mr.. Gould's full plan includes entrance
| into Philadelphia and New York, besides a
combination of roads north of the Ohio
river. atfording entranos into Chicago,
Pittsburg, and western New York, and a
| series of routes north and south. This is
the reason why President Roberts of the
Pennsylvania system was disturbed by jay
Gould's trip south and challenged the Gould
Inman party to get the Pennsylvania into
hole. Mr.. Goulds combination will be
| the biggest kind of competitor TO the
Pennsylvania railroad, paralleling it, sur
rounding it, aud crossing it again and
again