The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-08
BIG MAGNATES DISAGREE.
A Fight Between Hill and Hartman
Railroad Interests.
MORGAN ALSO SEEMS TO Be lNyOL WE'D
rres'oent OF the Great Northern Appears
to Have Grown Oeploraby Fractions
and Wants to Retahate.

! FROM all accounts there now exists a
| nerce antagonism between the Hartman
anu Morgan railroad interests and IL he
gins TO look like there is going to be a
prolonged and desperate struggle for the
supremacy James j, HILL president of the
treat Northern railroad. appears to have
stirred up the strife In an effort Ia get
wen with Mr.. Hartman for wrestling the
control of the Northern Pacific from him
ana If any hostile move is made Inv the
Hartman faction at the Forthcoming An.
hual meeting Of Northern Pacific stock.
Holders Mr.. Hill, backed by Morgan. # IL
believed, will take 1t as declaration OF
war and VIII strike out from the shoulder
by reducing rates to and from all com.
petltive Union Pacific points
President Hill seems to pay little attep.
tion to the community of interest pro
vision that there should be no new no Ids
Quilt into territory already covered by
way of the allied lines. During the last
few weeks he has already started number
OF new railroad enterprises most of wnirn
are into Union Pacinc territory. This is
also take to indlcate that relations be.
tween Hi and Hartman hay, nuaIn he.
come strained, that another open n.lt be-
tween the two giant rairoai ma Snates
may break ont in the near future, and tnlt
hill is putting up entertainments to meet
the enemy When the time comes
MI. Hlll, as Is well known, Is the righ
hand man OF j. Pierpont Morgan, and he
was IN Chicago a few days ago, return.
IN conference with Mr.. Morgan While
In Chicago Mr.. Hin must have dropped
some Slgmhcant ordinations, for almost
every newspaper In the city issued the
next morning contained articles upon the
subject Of the Morgan Hill Harrlmin con.
troVersy phat were apparently written only
on substantial Information.
The Chronicle gives MIR, Hill himself as
us authority aud states; He said there
were no radical plans for the merger OF
me three synilGates, Burlington, Great
Northern and Northern Pacific but th1t
the properties would be operated conser,.
atively and economically. In way to pio
duee the greatest revenue
Ihore Is little doubt that the three lines
VIII soon be put under traffic direc orship
similar TO the plan followed by the South
efn, T. Mon Pacific and other roads OF thp
the Morgan Hin roads undoubtedly will
nave his headquarters In Chicago and re-
port to Mr.. Morgan and Mr.. Hin "a New
10 rk, for the latter now has residence
The following is from the Inter Ocean:
~ Is no longer a secret that Mr.. Hin is
dG e erl!d to rct9liote for the treatment
lington deal. Mr.. AIN spent vast sum of
money in futile attempt to secure control
of the Northern Pacific. He was also forccl
- la lLlhhl 10 pay an tNlIhNdEuNt HflGN
for the Burlington Now II is asserted TINT
Mr Hill is determined to help W. a. CLARK
70 put his line through from Ogden to Los
Angeles, to fight the Southern Pacific, md
that Mr.. Hill Will also build lines In tn,
territory which has been. practically monop
Oiled BY the Union taclhc."
The Record Herald contained the fellow
ing:
There is no question that the Burnt.
ton, Northern Pacific and Great Northe II
merger VIII soon ne n fact James j. Hill
of \Fts tf,.rY
IN Chicago Yesterday and conferred with
President Harris Of the Burlington ana
other railroad mon and hnancers II Is
not known inst how. FIR into details the
has gone, hut there is little donbt thu
the three systems viii he placed under one
traffic manager, following the plan o the
Of thn llrrlmnn sNn1lcnte "