Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-31
New Ravens Property Turned Over
to Pullman-Wagne Company,
MADE s2a5ooO LAST YEAR.
Other Companies Previously Agreed
10 Turn rboir parlor Car fiusinc-s
over 10 puiiman- wagner Go.

The New York Herald today rays.
Charles 4. Clark president and John
81. Hail. president " the Sew
York. Now Haven q Hartford. aud
Robert r. Lincoln. president. ana Mr.
Wicks. vioc.prcaldlnt. of The pullman
Palace Car company. will meet today
In this city Tor the purpose " arranging
for the turning over N the Ncwiinvcn'H
sleeping and parior car service Co the
Consolidated Pullman Wagner COM
pany. ~ 10 the present time the Sow
Haven company las used its own sore
vice. employing about 10 ears ana
making u handsome prunt amounting
70 about SEAS 900 during the last year.
Years ago % used 90 manufacture ln
own pnfior md sleeping cars. but N
late ycnra u hnn bought them from the
Pullman company.
plan 60 turn over lta sleeping car huHi-
ness 10 the Consolidated Sleeping clr
company, several very important facts
became known. one % them was that
On the Saturday before the Pullman
Wagner deal was signed. tho Ncw iln-
ven railroad directors passed reaolu-
tlOnr, copies OF which were sent tu both
the Pullman and Wagner companies. loo
which it was agreed that the New To.
ven company would sell out lta dining
ana parlor car business 60 the
Consolidated company
II has now developed that other COM
panleH also previously agreed 90 turn
their pniior cur business over 20 the
Pullman Wagner company. Railroad
men draw fhe Inference that 10 was
"A prior condition % tho deal that the
Pullman ana Wagner companies should
each use ~ influence. with view to
building W a monopoly and render
Zoe O.
palace car company 10 enter the ncld
II ~ also noteworthy tho j. picrpont
Morgan was largely Instrumental la
peraundlnE the outside" companies 20
make uae u the sleeping cars NJ the
combination. Not long after the deal
u became known that while the Pull
man company had absorbed the WuF-
ner company. Mt Morgan. Mr. Wander
hilt and their friends had iu turn OBJ
tanned control ~ the Pullman company
ana had. az the last moment. prior 60
making it public. used their influence
IN prraundinE n0-CHllod independent
companies 90 use the equipment % the
Putnam Wagner cumpnuy. Among the
other companies that are expected 90
come IN ufr said 10 be- the Boston a
Maine and Chicago. Milwaukee a 80.
Paul railroads.
Another Important Incident In con.
ncctnn with the agreement of the DE-
rtctorr OF the New Haven road 90 use
the Pullman Wagner cars. was the
turning down" nf prHlldent CLARK.
who. Few months ago. had strenuous
~ refused 20 give up running Tie COM
pany'a own sleeping ana dining cars
and allow the Pullman company go take
charEe o. the service.
When the matter came up, on the
second Saturday Ia October, on the rrH-
olution 20 sell out, Mr, CLARK WuH un-
able 10 muster votes enough Co defeat
the scheme and Mr. Morgan's proposi-
tlon carried the day. ar. Morgan wnn
backed BY VIM. Rockefeller. who was
recently elected director VI the Now
York General.
Along the line Of tho New Haven
road Mr.. Cinrk'H defeat ~ regarded
a. an indication that MeaarB. Morgan
and Rockefeller are supreme In man
agement OF the company, and Mr..
Clnrka associate, Mr, Hall, viii not
become president whom Mr. CLARK re-
tires.
IL was stated yesterday on trust.
worthy authority that Wm.H BALDWIN.
Jr,, president Of the Long Island ui-
road. had been offered the presidency
OF the New Haven road. and that ho
90 the Long Island road no the Instance
% Mr. Rockefeller lie used 60 be
.prealdent of tho Southern railway
which Mr Morgan controls, He lH.
therefore regarded a. representing both
OF those innnrlcra
There has been much curiosity na TO
which corps or officials ~ the palace
car companies would b. diapcncod with.
II was learned yesterday that some Of
the leading officials OF tho companies
would be retained, but that the general
office force Of clerks Of the Wagner
company would be let out. an OF the
operating stan OF the Wagner company
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