Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-12-10
GOULD Will
SPEND MONEY
The Sum of S5O,OOO,0OO
For Improvements.
IN LARGE EXTENSION WORK
He Hopes to Have the Greatest
Railroad System
IN ALL THE UNITED STATES
Wants Four Outlets to the Pacific
Ocean.

New York. Dec. 9-The Gould
policy of railroad extension is assum.
ing extraordinary proportions and il
Is indicative of determination on
the part of George J. Gould and his
associates to control absolutely all the
important outlets Of the railway sys.
TENS that have been long dominated
by the Gould millions. 1t Is no ex-
ageration TO say that $50, 600, 600 will
scarcely cover all of the new construc-
tion and improvements planned for
the Gould lines in the east and in the
southwest
While vigorously pushing the ex-
tension Of the Wabash system east
ward to the Atlantic coast, the
Goulds have been steadily expanding
and strengthening their great south
western system, which is composed of
half dozen strong and Independent
lines. George J. GOuld's operations
in the west are significant just now
because Of the alleged strained rela-
tiuns between HIM and +. H. Harri-
man. Although Mr.. Gould is u mem
ber of the executive committee of the
Union Pacific railroad, Of which Mr..
Hartman is the controlling power,
plans are developing rapidly in the
direction OF making the Missouri
Pacific system more independent and
l,S.
have at least four outlets to the Pa
citic coast.
That George Gould has made an
alliance with the Kansas City, Mexico
and Orient railroad is frankly admit
ted. and Mr. Gould's election as IA
director of this new road is evidence
that. he purposes TO have voice in
its management IL Is not expected,
however, that the Missouri Pacific
will rely on this projected transcon-
tincntal line for its outlets to tho
Pacific coast Through his control
of the Denver and Rio Grande system,
Nr. Gould has advantageous connec.
tions with both the Central Pacific
and the Oregon Short Line giving
Missouri Pacific trains access to the
San Francisco and the Northern Pacific
ports. The benefits to the Gould sys.
TEN of the Kansas City, Mexico and
Orient alliance will increase as the
traffic of the new port Stillwell on
the western coast of Mexico develops.
Public attention has been called
within the past few days 10 an addi-
tional railroad enterprise in which
the Goulds are said to be interested
\ corporation entitled the Colorado,
Arizona and Gulf Railroad Company
is forming in Colorado for the pur-
Pose of building standard gauge
line from Crede, Colo, 10 San Pedro
harbor, on the Pacific coast. The
last named port Is also the objective
point Of the new railroad Of which
senator ". A Clark Of Montana, 10
the projecting and principal owner.
The principal railroad will furnish
a western outlet and q feeder to the
Missouri Pacific and the Denver and
Rio Grande systems.
About so, 00o, 900. is to be expended
o eXie. siOns and betterment Of the
Gould railroad properties in the state
of Texas A large part Of this work
II practically completed. and the In
ternational aud Great Northern,
which is owned by the Goulds,
already reaches every important ship
ping point III the state.
The completion of Mr. Gould's
plans will see him at the head Of the
largest railroad system in the United
States
New York. Dec 9. Dispatches
from Denver state that George Gould
las purchased 3, 900. 600 of the $50
40. 600 bond issue 70 the Denver
Northwestern and Pacific Erailroad
company. Construction on this line
vas commenced a month ago, and it
1vsIH oxttapd frorr Dauvar m Salt