Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1901-05-29

Cassatt, Morgan and Belmont. They
comprise quite one-third the total
railway mileage of tbs United States,
and another third is practically con.
trolled by the remaining five members
of the band of nine already mention
ed.
1t has become imperative that the
eastern and southern roads make also
such connections as shall constitute
at least two transcontinental lines
between the Atlantic and the Pacific.
They controlled all the Atlantic sea-
board and connections with Chicago.
but beyond the latter point their ab
solute influence ceased, and they were
IN "a manner at the mercy of the west
err roads. Then the genius of gen
eralship aud combination possessed
by Magician Morgan was called into
play, aud he discovered way for
uniting his system and that of the
northwest, with a tentative agree
meut pending With those of the mid
die west when he sailed for Europe.
Five great lines, the Great North
eru, Northern Pacific. Union Pacific,
Atchison, Topeka aud Santa Re and
Southern Pacific. connec. be Missis
sippi river with hv Pacific coast In
tuc a.rth~rst lives e mau whose %
MUS for railroad construction ami
manipulation is indispntable He is
popularity known AS jim Hill.
From the humblest beginnings Jim
Hills Great Northern road has grown
to he a vast system over 5000 miles
IN extent. Ii has recently accom-
phshed the feat of absorbing another
equally long, the Northern Pacific.
and Yet more recently of anuexiuy
the Chicago. Burlington and Quincy
system of some 5000 miles. In all
the Hill corporations Include total
of more than $4,000 miles and ex
tending from Chicago aud the great
lakes into the Pacific northwest. -
far as this vast territory is concerned
MIR. Hill can make a trade with ci
ther Morgan or anderbit. or both.
FOR transcOntinental line without a
break. His election to the Erie q,
rectorate seemed to foreshadow un-
ION with that system, which would
result to the mutual benefit of all
concerned.
OF the remaining three lines be-
tween the Mississippi aud the Pacific.
two-the Union Pacific and the Sou
them Pacitic-are securely held by
another man who as railway organ
lzer ranks with Hill, and as tinan
cier with Morgan, vet who has risen
from obscurity to fame within few
years. This man is Mr.. f. H. Har-
riman, whose influence is dominant
IN the Illinois Central, Chicago and
Alton and Oregon Short Lines, be
sides being paramount in the two
great systems already mentioned.
1t may be said that Hartman 5
great successes date from 1898, or
only eight years ago, but today he is
said to control more miles of roads
than and to possess as many million
dollars as the Goulds. The ubiaui-
tons Morgan comes to the fore again
IN another triune combination, this
time composed of Hill, Hartman and
himself, the great bonker furnishing
the capital, it is believed, for some of
the early deals and the others the
roads. Mr.. Coils p. Huntington
called attention to Harriman's execu-
tive ability the year before he died, but
he could not have imagined that not
long after his death this young man
would have control of the great Sou
thern Pacific, which he had been in
strumental in creating. The contro
of this line gave Hartman and hi:
friends complete supremacy, for tn,
road runs not only from New Orlean,
to San Francisco, but easterly from
the latter point to Ogden. where i
meets the western terminal of tn,
Union Pacific This new COLOSSUS
of roads," then, sat astride the trans
continental railway system so neces
sary to the great lines of the east anC
was absolute master of the situation
Now, the kings of the east must trea
with him if they would extend thei