The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-07-23
The New York Central and the
Pennsylvania Systems to
Combine.
AN ALLIANCE is PROBABLE
Vanaetblli'SHLns Shows Clearly In
The Deal ana a Coal Combine
lSAlso Expected

NEw YORK July a.-rhe rlm,s says:
impsram steps have ju't been takeu In
lho advancement Of an alliance between
tns New york Cvntrai ana Pcnnsylyania
railroad systems. A. President cassat',
Of thr Ponngiyaaa. was a. the New
York crutraa executive ofiices the day
of tho formal yotc for the Boston q A..
bany lcase and suggestive Interest wa
lnlloatrd ghcr,by ~ no signinoancc a..
tachrd 20 ihe fact thu, rrcsiden; Cal.
laway. u tho NcN York Central WIS VIZ.
illng Philadelphia an Official rc,urn cal.
This trip of the New York Crnyra's chief
executive TO the PruasyI,an.a h.adquar.
ters Wa quietly enough conducted
Sir. cinaway ran over go Philadelphia
IRON hls summer home on the New Jtr-
boy shore Ne was expected Buainrfs
Of imponanoo was transacted. The NV
or.oprraayc New YORK crutra- -Pcnnsyi-
vanla policy b now operative PreEdcny
calaway's u.lt IL expo ted TO prae,i.
csliy c.mp.,te thr deai, through waich
william X. yandsrbiAs plans become
dom.nant In u,c entire eastern trunk
rnes. Mr Vanderbilt Is a. business
again Tie has conference with his
,nirr ot san. he has gono over reports
trcsllrg on matters Of laTpc conscl
qurnnc. he has sven no ordcrs lie n
ready q, put extra 5riinary understand
ings INTO operation And TIN GRIP Of
Precedent galloway To Philadelphia
p ao,s an important stress on the Ions de-
vcioparS programme,
Plans have bcon arranged on the pro-
See, of an ar,hraci,e c.ai combine are
somewha, involved IN matters ana rolicy
ilsansed m Philadelphia bu, V can b.
s,atrd upon aushony that the much
nootsi coal deal IS s,tl a god time de
aH ls arrangement, VIII De closed
nearer lyS, New Years man the present
date
And ~, other ,runk line afia.rs DO nt
hang upon {, nor are they Handicapped
10y d,iay Of g. az oaco seemed likely to
be the case
wha, Is Immediately accomplished, s..
.ndvol $50 toward Ibc solution o,
tho grave an;hra ste troubles, bu, "a
otaer ways 8, Is much more important
Two al leav, Of ',hc authra,l,e prorcrd $
are to o,n,c under the control OF New
York Central. l.Pcansylyauia's directors.
The hand OF Mr. Vanderbilt VIII show
clearly In this which It Is agreed. shah
be one OF the frst OF the slgaaoaat cor-
pords,on's moves about to be made
Another Undertaking Is the project OF
tunnel under the North river directly
connecting the New Yoik Central and
Pennsylvania railroad tracks-a tunnel
Nr which II Is intoma,ed, Franchise rights
Already exist a New York Central
Pennsylvania authority speaks OF them
ns "assarVd" The establishments and
use OF such tunnel connecting would BE-
mora than the token or actual alliance
between Inc two greatest OF eastern
hunk anes; Il would signify revolution
IN eastern trunk line tNfic,
New York terminal charges would b.
brought thus to a basis where New York
as an exporting and importing port would
occupy an Advantageous situation never
hIther;o thougnt OF and there would he
the charges OF New England that might
IN scmo way controlled The tunnel pro.
jected by Mr. Vanderbilt would me,t all
those tra.npor;a.fen demands for which
tho Poughkeepsie bridge was theoreii.
oally intended, 1t was President Scott,
OF the Pennsylvania, by the way who
originated the Poughkepsle bridge pro-
ject. Through the use OF such tunnel
New England should have transportation
connections improved incomparatiyely