Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-13
A COLOSSAL RAILROAD SYSTEM.

That Which Jay Gould Now Controls-He
Now Proposes to Fight the New York
Central and Pennsylvania System.
NEW YORK, Feb. 13.-The Sun pub
fishes the full particulars of Jay Goulds
scheme for a colossal railroad system.
Mr.. Gould's full plan includes entrance
into Philadelphia and New York, be-
sides combination of roads north of
the Ohio, affording entrance in Chicago,
Pittsburg, and western New York, and
q 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. Mr. Gould's
combination will be the biggest kind of
a competitor to the Pennsylvania rail
road, paralleling it, surrounding it,
and crossing it again and again.
Mr.. Gould has secured an option on
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. This
was done very quietly through Mr.. In
man. The Richmond Terminal secured
a large interest in the Baltimore and
Ohio last June, when E. r. Bacon, rep
resenting a mysterious syndicate, ac-
quired controlling interest in the road
by pooling with the Garrett family.
President Mayer represents the CARROTS,
and his consent must have been on-
tained before Mr.. Gould got the option,
for the parties in control agreed to
stand together for a period of three
years. Probably the original syndicate
has not changed since last June 1t
then included Messrs. Ingnan, Thomas.
and Price, of the Richmand Terminal;
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the Baltimore and Ohio, and Pittsburg
and Western, various persons interested
in Reading, and some in Northern Pa
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All but the last of these are in line
with Mr. Gould's consolidation scheme.
Messrs. Brice and Thomas are acting as
lieutenants of Mr.. Gould and MIR. Inman
in perpAsting the establishment OF a
strong alliance Of roads north of the
Ohio river. The Baltimore and Ohio has
recently been credited with much enter
prise in building extensions and buying
up roads in Ohio and Pennsylvania, but
no one suspected that Mr.. Gould might
be back of it all and was figuring to
make first class road between New
York and Chicago which would hold its
own against the Pennsylvania and the
New York Central.
Wednesday the public got an inkling
of the truth when it was said that Mr..
Brice was likely to acquire the Monon
route The Monon will furnish good
supplement to the Lake Erie and West
ern, giving the latter an entrance into
Chicago and taking it into Cincinnati
and Louisville. At the same time it
will give the Richmond Terminal and
the Louisville and Nashville a direct
line to Chicago.
The acquisition of the Pittsburg and
Western by the Baltimore and Ohio,
which was announced last week, puts
the latter on an equality with the
Pennsylvania road in western Pennsyl
vania, besides shortening the Baltimore
and Ohio's road to Chicago. Appear
ances point to the Baltimore and Ohio
acquiring the Western New York and
Pennsylvania road, which meets the
Pittsburg and Western and let the Bal
timore and Ohio in New York with all
the other trunk lines.
These deals north of the Ohio river
will make the Gould-Inman position
impregnable in competing with the
PENNSYLVANIA and the New York Cen
tral.
The negotiations with the Louisville
and Nashville and Richmond Terminal
are slumbering for the present, in view
of the attitude of the Tennessee legisla-
ture, but of the intent of the two com
panies to work in harmony there is not
the slightest doubt,
1t is said on good authority that the
connecting link between the Richmond
and Danville and the Baltimore and
Ohio will be built as soon as possible.
Until then the through passenger con-
nection of the two systems will not be
made. Mr.. Gould's complete scheme is
to bring all the important lines in the
territory south of the Union Pacific and
Pennsylvania systems into harmonious
whole, with friendly understanding as
to rates and division of business. Mr..
Gould counted upon much opposition,
and he attempted nothing until he had a
full understanding with c, p. Hunting
ton and John II. Inman.