New-York tribune., 1900-01-12
ANOTHER UNION PLAN.
TALK OF POSSIBLE LEASE OF PART
OF THE DELAWARE AND HUDSON.
RAILWAY MEN DISCUSS THE POSI-
PTTTT-y OF THE CrN-7-PCT or,
THE NEW-HAVEN.

BILITY OF THE CONTROL OF
THE NEw-HAvEN
he possibility of the control Of the New
York. New-Haven and Hartford Railroad pass
ing to the New-Tork Central vas a chief topic
Of discussion in railway circles yesterday, and
the return Of ". K Vanderbilt frol his Medi-
terraneaH cruise two months hence Il ay be
matter Of more than ordinary interest 10 the
stockholders Of the New-Haven road. The at
torney for one Of the roads entering New-York
holding confidential relations with the Central
said last night:
1t II mas been known for the last three or four
weeks that the feeling between some Of the New
more cor@iaI 49, - Ira a. peope le-7 D@loiL-e @
open quarrel over the question of the division Of the
which is now being renodeIIed and Mr. Wander
Dill was exceedingly annoyed for a time al the
07claS II claiming terminal accommodation in The
now almost forgotten, and with its passing there
ANA alganati6n Of the Two sv-srG-1e = i,9irers4
vozII9 y e name lo-1ay An per cent guarantee
freight rates On the New-aren system are SO high
inat many southern New-England manufacturers
are becoming dissatisfied. one of the principal
sols, t n my opInloE X hy 50 many cotton mills
Of proportion the services rendered. by the New
.e Lor... Ne"-ttaven and Hartford company. These
freight tariff schedule Would io1bfs he as soIa@ 5g@
Dy the New-Haven road Win iov-sr oe siI I
aFpend. & I4e Central IS the only system that could
MHet2er or not il could afford 70 guarantee per
probably the best Judge guarantee 6J lF a1 =
traI Would mean fulhment Of the pledge and
worry from 1utlre
Another amalgamation scheme which nav
claim the attention OF MT. Vanderbilt. if. as re-
ported. he has extensive plans along this linz
for the year 1900. is the purchase or lease or
the Delaware and Hudson Railroad between
<4IDany and Montreal It is said by those who
profess TO know something about Mr. Wander
ol1 5 desires and purposes that he would like
: 10 secure the northern end of the Delaware and
Hudson system at no distant day. but it is also
said that ne would probably be averse TO tax
ing IN the whole system. as the Central would
nave little use for the middle OF Iba1v a05
9usQuehanna, division or for that part OF the
system extending from the main line of the
Erie ar LanesbOrO, Penn. 70 Scranton and
W likes barre The Delaware and Hudson is es-
sehLIaiiy coal road, and does not figure in the
A -ILA me SITUATION While II is extremely
valuable property, II IS not believed TO possess
a Whole, many attractions for the Central
pL-claIs outside OF that part OF IL which would
give the Central direct route TO Montreal Ao
cOTQlng TO the opinion Of aIperipr-ad observers
Who have watched the tendency to ar7algsr7sra
railway systems. the Central viii not take hold
or the Delaware and Hudson al all unless there
should come a time when IL would appear feast
be 20 divide the latter system on the lines in
GIcalsu- II such an arrangement should be per
1ecJed, the Erie would be likely 20 acquire the
I4ldoIe section Of the Delaware and Hudson. as
LL1F ERE now sends a large share Of its New
E-lsland passenger and freight traffic over the
Delaware and Hudson. which has 4 connection
with the Erie at Bingharuton.
The New-York Central now reaches Montreal
by the Mohawk and Malone road controlled by
II. which extends from Herkimer. On the main
70 Malone and thence by the ST. Lawrence and
Adirondack also controlled by the Central 70
would be.