The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-03
KINGS OF rail Way WORLD
Battle FOR SUPREMACY
vanderbilt and Morgan Seek the overthrow {
Hartman and GOu!d.
viii Secure the Union Pacific Possible and May Take
the AtchiSon

= entered into a close alliance two years
I ago never had such need to stand
shoulder to SHOULDER as they have to-
/ DAY ~ IS believed they are acting in
I close harmony in the matter OF the
( control Of the Union Pacinc and Archi-
e1Eay Need Atehison.
"d the enormoasl buying of Union
Z Pacific has secured control Of that
property in the interests Of the North
( western, New York Central and per
haps 81 Paul there is. no necessity for
contrUiling the AtcnisOn, but if the
CnioE Fa-iffc7 has been lost to GOUId-and
Hartman, the heavy accumulation of
AtchiSOn today would indicatesI hat the
( company is needed as an Outlet TO the
racing for both the pennsylvania and
Vanderbilt lines.
There is another serious side to the
hgHt. The Pennsylvania has been try
ing to prevents the entrance o. the
Gould lines into Pittsburg. A recent
alspatch from thai els stated that the
W heellng q Lake Erie would not be 50
extended but that the Pennsylvania
would allow Mr. Gould favorable track
age rights over the Baltimore &, Ohio.
it IS Officially stated today that this
oner viii not be accepted, but the
Wheeling road VIII be extended into
viii directly benefit both the wabash
ana the Missouri Pacific, giving them
a large steel and iron E0nnage Mr..
Carnegie, before selling out to the steel
trust made a. contract TO deliver vast
amount OF his tonnage, aggTegaEing
more tan ] 000, GOO tons q. year to the
Wheeling road. AIF. Carnegie was him
self TO build an independent line to tide
Wate-, presumably Baltimore. he is
said 70 have made an offer for the
Western Maryland road. Now, Il is
asserted Mr. Gould intends TO carry out
the same pan i'm order to prepare for
any fight that he may have with the
PENNSYLVANIA and Vanderbilt people.
MI Gould hiss further irritated Wil-
liam x. Vanderbilt by planning an ex-
tension to the Wheeling road to the
vicinity Of Cleveland When the new
Ink OF the WABASH in northern Indiana
and Ohio s. built, the Gould system
VIII have a direct line from Cleveland
to Chicago, DaraIleIing the Lake Shore
an the way.
Hartman Backs Gould.
Mr.. Gould's plans are furthered by
the backlog Of NJ Harrm man and StUy-
vesant Fish. who are the leading fac
tors in the Illinois Central The Illinois
Central has direct line from Chicago
to Sioux City and Omaha, furnishing
2, connection with the Union Pacific at
the latter point
Several persons recalled today the
surprise that was expressed two years
ago when the Illinois Central au-
nOunced it's intention to build into
omaha 1T was thought at that time
that the Illinois Central, a Hartman
read, Eouid sooner or later supplant
the Northwestern as the eastern outlet
Of Che Union Pacific. northern division.
while the Missouri Pacific is the outlet
for the Kansas division OF heeUniOn
Pacific
II the Gould and Hartman faction
win the. contest for the control of the
Union Pacific, the plans referred to
two years 80 would seem 70 be pros
phetic. a. L il would appear that
0Iessrs Gould and Harriman began
mapping out their Great scheme a long
time ago"