The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-07-13
OCEAN TO OCEAN
VIII the Vanderbilt Lines Soon
Reach.

New York, July l2-The Tribune says.
one Of the certaintes Of the not dis
tant futures, in the opinion Of wall street
is tbs establishment of a trans-c 1ttneut-
al railway line under Vanderbilt control.
The Boston and Albany. the New York
Central and the West Shore are the lines
linking New oYrk and Boston, the Frea,
cities Of the eastern seaboard with Buf
falo. and Buffalo Is Joined TO Chicago by
the Lake Shore. the Michigan Central and
the Nickel Plate.
me Chleago and Northwestern which
p pi1cuca4y Vanderbilt road stretches
westward from Chicago 10 Omaha where
- meets the Union Pacific a controlling
interest IN which the Vanderbilts are cred
ited with holding. The western termin,,,
oi the Union Pacific are Granger W.,
ana ogden, Utah ia both points the rosd
connects with the Oregon Short line fr,ro
oFaA6er, the Short line runs north to
huntington, Ore, where It connects WI
the oregon railroad and Navigation line
| extending 70 the Pacific coast AT port
| land and from Ogden a branch Of Inc
snort line goes south 10 Milford TTtao
! from which place the Utah and Paciac
Is oe!n built into California. It is reported
with view Of enabling tho Unon Pa.
enc TO gan entrance nto San Francisco
| AS already said, the Vanderbilts arc M.
| derstood to control both tho Northwestern
ana the Un.on Pacific. But the Union Pa
cine in turn controls the oregon Short lire
and the oregon Short line virtually con.
4 trois the Oregon railway and Navira..sr
company With thees several controls
within controls Wall street argues IL eH
not be beyond the power Of william r.
Vanderbilt 70 realize the ambition VIII .
he Is everywhere believed 10 cherish o.
coalescing these three connecting line,
into a vast system from ocean 10 ocean
While It is well understood that cor
dial understanding exists between thl
New York central and the board manage
ment Of William X. Vanderbilt and th
Pennsylvania under the guidance of ,t
new president A. j. Cassett. this under
standing. extending 20 a development o
plans for a division Of territory in Ne
England and 10 an agreement 10 act 90
gether Ia the maintenance OF rates. n
one now believes, II indeed any one ha
ever believed that a consolidation Of tnes
two great systems. occupying such pan
OF the field east Of Chicago would be ei
fected. As these natural rivals IN bus
ness are working in harmony east of chi
cago so they may by and by. be foun
competing on a basis OF good faith an
mutual regard IA the western couutrl
for rumors are beginning 20 be hear
with Increasing persistence that the Penn
sylvania. like the New York central
|, | contemplating an extension Of rs ln'
/ 70 the Pacific The Atchinson, Topeka en-
Santa Fe is the road which report has {
: VIII DO combined with the Pennsylvani
: 70 form the second transcontinentai sy'
z TEN
A third transc0ntinentai line, il Is d
Z lieved BY not a few observers Of o
Z trend OF railway ownership and afhlA
Z tlons viii some day be formed by the cf
h sondation Of the Baltimore and Ohio. Il
: Great Northern ana the Northern Pacii
but this combinatio mis- thought 20
+ further away than either OF the oth
z two.
b Ruusors are current IN WaA sire
thar the Gouds are about 20 consolida
their southwestern railrOad properui
z The principal story IS 20 the effect IN
the first step viii be he absorption OF 1
= Texas ana Pacific sock BY the Aisso.
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