The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-01
Pullman and Wagner Companies
Combine to Prevent Opposition.
FORCE OTHERS TO JOIN
WAGNER OFFICIALS ARE IN
CONTROL OF AFFAIRS.
The New York, New Haven & Hart
ford Has to Abandon a Profitable
Enterprise-The Boston & Maine
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul to
Be Drawn Into the Net.

New York, Oct 31.-The Herald says:
Charles p. Clark. president, and John
NJ. Hall, vice president of the New
/ Robert r. Lincoln president and Mr..
Wicks, vice president of the Pullman
Palace Car company, will meet in this
city for the purpose of arranging for
the turning over of the New Ravens
sleeping and parlQr car service to the
Consolidated Pullman-Wagner com
pany. Up to the present time the New
i Haven company has used its own SER
vice, employing about 10 cars and
making a handsome profit to about
| $235, 600 during the last year. Years ago
it used to manufacture its own parlor
and sleeping cars. but of late years it
has bought them from the Pullman
company.
IN connection with the New Ravens
plan to turn over its sleeping car bust
ness to the consolidated sleeping car
company several very important facts
became known. One of them was that
on the Saturday before the Pullman
Wagner deal was signed the New Ha-
ven railroad directors passed resolu-
tons, copies of which We're sent to both
the Pullman and Wagner companies.
in which it NaS agreed that the New
Haven company would sell out its
sleeping. dining and parlor ear business
to the consolidated company.
Control All Railroads.
1t has now developed that other COM
panies also previously agreed to turn
their parlor car business over to the
Pullman-Wagner company. Railroad
men draw the inference that it was
prior condition of the deal that the
Pullman and Wagner companies should
each use its influence to get control of
as many railroads in the country as
possible with a view to building up a
monopoly and rendering it less possible
for an opposition palace car company
to enter the field.
1t is also noteworthy that j. Pier
pont Morgan was largely instrumental
in persuading the outside companies
to make use of the sleeping cars of the
combination. Not long after the deal it
became known that while the Pullman
company had absorbed the Wagner
company, Mr.. Morgan, Mr.. Vanderbilt
and their friends had, in turn, obtained
control of the Pullman company, and
had at the last moment, prior to max
ing it public. used their influence in per-
suading- so-called independent compan-
les to use the equipment of the Pull
man-Wagner company. Among the
other companies that are expected to
come in are said to be the Boston &
Maine and Chicago, Milwaukee & ST.
Paul companies. a
Turning Down Clark.
Another important incident in connec-
ton with the agreement of the direc-
tors of the New Haven road TO use the
Pullman Wagner cars was the turn |
ing down" of President Clark, who. a
few months ago. had strenuously re-
fused to give up running the companys |
own sleeping and dining cars and allow |
the Pullman company to take charge i
of the service.
When the matter came up on the sec |
ond Saturday in October on the reso- I
luton TO sell out, Mr. Clark was I'M
able to muster votes enough to defeat I
the scheme. and Mr. Morgan's PROPOSE |
ton carried the day. Mr.. Morgan was
backed by William Rockefeller, who /
was recently elected director of tho !
New York Central.
Along the line o. the New Haven road I
Mr.. Clark's defeat is regarded as an in
dication that Messrs Morgan and /
ment of the company, and Mr.. Clarks !
associate, Mr.. Hall, VIII not become |
president when Mr.. Clark retires.
Offered the Presidency.
1t was stated yesterday on trustwor-
win, Jr., president of the Long Island |
railroad, had been offered the presi- |
dency of the New Haven road, and that |
he was likely to accept. Mr.. Baldwin /
went to the Long Island road at the in !
stance of MIR. Rockefeller He used to /
be vice president of the Southern rail-
way, which Mr.. Morgan controls He /
is, therefore, regarded as representing
both of these financiers.
There has been much curiosity as to 1
which corps of officials of the palace
car companies would be dispensed with.
1t was learned yesterday that some of
the leading officials of the companies
would be retained. but that the general !
Offices force of clerks of the Wagner
would be let out All of the
operating staff of the Wagner company
on the road will remain.