The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-08-26
GOULD'S NEXT MOVE
To Capture the R. G. W. and
Add it to His Vast System.
HE WAS SPRY AS A CRICKET
hushed About Making Long Time Contract,
With Big Ore Producers to Cripple
Competing Lines.

Jay Gould's three day visit to this city
was fraught with mystery.
1t was very nice ruse TO have his
physician along prescribing panaceas for
Lis nervous complaint, while he was rush
Ing about the city as spry as cricket,
visiting this big ore producing firm and
then the other. Even in Wall street Jay
loud seldom takes carriage, for ne and
Sidney Dillon and the other old timers
always ind their legs quick enough to
get there" before the 'smartest'' men on
the street.
But MIR. Gould was so rushed with bust
ness that he discarded his practice and
tooH mack. The local railway agents,
notlclng his rapid movements to and from
.ne ounces OF the great mines were heard
to say
GOULD IS SOLICITING FREIGHT"
And 80 he was.
his Visit to Iintic was made with A. E.
Hyde and Moses Thatcher, the principal
owners OF the Bullion-Beck mines. How
IN an with Gould's interests could find
anything worthy of his consideration in a
lew thousand tons of Bullion Beck ore
puzzled the wise men. Another incident
occurred yesterday that throws a little
ngnt on Gould's scheme. George Arthur
Rice, the proprietor of the Tintic sampliug
works, was accorded long interview with
the richest man in the world.
why did Gould treat with MIR. Rice on
even terms and spend his time and energy
listening to his grievances in freight
rates."
1t did look as il Jay Gould had descended
10 DO the chores of an ordinary, everyday
freight solicitor
But back OF all Of this is Gould scheme.
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time freight contracts with all the large
ore producers, with view TO Gripping the
Rlo Grande Western so as 10 force IFS
stockholders TO sell cut the road to him.
he 1uly appreciates that the time TO sWal-
low up the road is during the present tight
money market, when it may be purchased
al a lower price than it could be had after
the influx OF gold from Europe in return
| Tor the wheat expectation comes in.
Tue Rio Grande Western since it has
Deen oroadguaged has more than divided
toe Utah business with the Union Pacific
Not only mas it taken to itsel: the lions snare
| OF the local business, but 1t il has become a
Keen competitor for the California trade
and is at present doing q tremendous
through trade, solid trains of fruit. blooded
horses and other California products being
frequent transit on it.
When the Atchison road secured the con
ally believed that it was but the first step
to securing the Rio Grande Western to
complete the link. Gould's close relation
with the Santa F'e is well known, and when
ne was about to form an alliance of all
western lines, the Santa Fe was at all
times unit with the Gould lines.
| The Rlo Grande Western is the kew tc
the entire nter-mountaln railway situa-
ton, and Mr.. Gould will not rest until he
secures control of it. With the Missouri
Pacific already IN Colorado and looking for
a Utah connection, the Rio Grande Western
with the Midland already in hand-would
complete the chain to Salt Lake city.
! In an interview in another column, S
h. h. Clark, who is Goulds right hand
man, revives his original scheme of q road
to San Francisco south of the Central Pa
citic
to secure the Rio Grande Western and
build road to the coast independent of the
Central Pacific.
By this scheme the Union Pacific and
Rio Grande Western would unite at Salt
Lake city, delivering all their freight 10
the California road, as indicated.
To secure the Rio Grande, MIR Gould IS
now directing his efforts. War will be
made upon the new line at ali competin z
| points. The Rio Graude Western has
turned out TO be dangerous rival and is
already building a new line into Tintic. 1t
IS sapping the rich freigntage in this city
and running It's fast freight trains through
to the Missouri river ahead of the Union
Pacific
Gould has set out TO capture the road as
a necessary link Tor his trans Missouri sys-
TEN, and he will have 1t at any cost.