New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-31
GIGANTIC UNION PLANNED


-,on I. does large freight. coal and passenger
,.e,,ess out of Cincinnati and through Vir-
-,,ta and West Virginia.
~ THE LAKE SHORE CONSOLIDATION.
p-obablv the same plan Of consolidation will
-, followed out In this road in the Lake
c,ore The Big Four will take over the stock
. nrice 10 he agreed upon. and the road Will
ne under the Big Fours management BY
.h,s as q close traffic and freight agreement is
g, effect. radical saving in operation Will be
oectoS The next step viii be 20 bring the
Ids into he new combination of the Lake
shore and the New-York Central. The Bis Four
e the natural Southern outlet Of the Lake
sho~c and the Chesapeake and Ohio is the nat
NAL ,.nti1uation Of the Bis Four.
How this viii all he effected can he readily
seen. Those who are working with Mr.. Wander
hut who are in sympathy with his plans and
rrov what he is doing. understand perfectly
that this scheme of consolidation cannot he ef-
feoted in a day. a month. or even in a year.
They admit practically the plan Will take two
three or may be four years to consummate.
Things Of this magnitude cannot he done in
day NJ F.. ingalls,. president Of the Big -Four
and the Chesa peake and Ohio has been here
consulting with William X. Vanderbilt all the
week but both are non-committal. The bring
Ohio after consolidation Of the other two lines
&c IN accordance with the plan laid out. but the
corsumnlation of this does not see completion
NJ the work In fact. the theory Of a transconti-
ren.sl line. the dream Of an amalgamation Of
al lines within the prescribed territory, and the
warning into one immense system of all the
lines that now run under various names. but
under one practical directorate. is nearing COM
rlsiion.
xrxT THE CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN.
The next road to fall into line will be the
Chicago and Northwestern. This is. like the
Lake shore and the Big Four. an in-and-out
Vanderbilt property. 1t is the natural western
continuation Of the Lake Shore. Marvin
ruehitt nominaly classed a Vanderbilt
president. is a. the head of this road William
X Vanderbilt Frederick ". Vanderbilt. Chaun-
ce, " Depew and other strong Vanderbilt
agents are on the Board Of Directors 1t viii
take time to consolidate this with the greater
svs-en, ACCOMPLISHED by the consolidation or
the Lake shore. the Network Central. the Big
Four and the Chesapeake and Ohio, but IT will
come The same hands will reach out for the
Union Pacific. For 2 long time there have been
stories afcat that the Vanderbilt interests were
dominant in this road. The truth is that the
Vanderbilt interests can do as they wish With
his line. and they are already planning 10
bring the road into the gigantic combine. The
work Is as clearly mapped out, as concsely
formulated and as cleany accentuated as any
railroad deal ever projected. II Will be effected
a. surely as any ever contemplated, and only
some utterly foreign and unexpected event Will
defeat the plans decided upon
II the mean time there is talk Of consolda'
ZION q the West Shore. the Nickel Plate and the
Michigan Central. This IS still embryonic. Cor
relius Vanderbilt is chairman Of the Board Ct
the lichisan Central, and nothing can be done
until he is heard from. But such will doubtless
b effected in due time.
William K Vanderbilt has entered the man
cal world and the railroad world late. but he
has come with wonderful amount Of energy.
? keen insight into railroad affairs, and intutive
grasp OF conditions His intention is TO carrY
through this mammoth plan Of consolidation
and the men around him who are acting is his
agents feel that he Will accomplish his work
and create for himself a great name ana