New-York tribune., 1902-05-19
PUGET SOUND TO GULF.
K. c. SOUTHERN IN A GREAT
L. =. SCHEME.
NAY LEAD TO \ RUPTURE BETWEEN
HARTMAN AND GOULD INTERESTS
NEW ROUTE TO THE ORIENT.


one road o. ano;her-the Alton being most fire.
cuentIv uauca by the guessers. The latest
report only q .cu days ago, was that it the
Rccl Island which would take over the Kansas
CITY Southern tur this was officially and
rlicirIv denied. Nevertheless the course of the
stock Of late has given Indication that some
change was probably impending which would
advantage the position Of the roads stock
hoidars. and The bonds have also shown a
rising tendency which has not been turned into
a sharp decline in the general market weakness
which has followed the declaration Of the an
-hracite coal strike
The market movement. il is believed in the
Street. reflects the purpose Of me railway sys-
TEN other than the Rock Island 10 absorb the
Kansas CITY Southern. and there is reason for
believing that such purposeJ absorption is part
of a vast plan being worked ouC by the inter
ests controlling the Union Pacific.
The Northern Pacific CONTEXT and corner arose
from the determination OF the Union Pacific
not 10 allow The Burlington. paralleling its own
lines iu larGe measure and also reaching 81.
Pau and Minneapolis TO pass under the joint
control of The Northern Pacific and the Great
Northern. rivals IF the Union Pacific on the
formation Of the Northern Securities Company
last November the Union Pacific party got three
of the fifteen places On the board of directors
and larger proportion Of representation on the
Burlington board. The Northern Securities case
is Wei before the courts, ard if the decision
should 'e adverse The corporations dissolution
must follow. IN such an event il is conceivable
that The arrangement under which, it has been
said. The Union Pacific interests have an equal
voice with the Northern Pacifc-Great Northern
IN the Burlington management might be rer-
minated II might then be desirable for the
Union Pacific itself TO have a line TO Mime
apoIfs and -. Paul as well as to Chicago.
Running from the Gulf Of Mexico to Chicago
and from Chicago westward to Sioux City and
Omaha, is the Illinois Central, property
trollod ly the Union Pacific or Hartman inter
ests. Iu-ersec-inE The western extension of the
Illinois Central IT Fort Dodge. Iowa, the main
line Of the Minneapolis and st. Louis extends
north and south from Minneapolis and St Paul
L Des Moines. This road and the connecting
Iowa Central are controlled by Edwin Hawley,
Ions in the service of the Southern Pacific Com
panv and at present one of its directors and
George Croker whose father was one Of the
original associates Of the late c. p. Huntington
in the original control of the road. a week ago
John Y. Mackay. who in March, 1900. had been
elected the successor Of George Crocker on the
Southern Pacific board. was chosen a fellow
director Of lir. CrOcker in the Minneapolis and
st Louis board. MIR. Mackay is not a railroad
man. IN the past he has confined his business
activities largely 10 the telegraph and TO mining.
Ills election. therefore as a director Of the Min
Street IS OF unusual significance. and as making
il probable that that road which has so often
been reported sold to the Illinois Central. would
rather become in some way part Of n Union Pa
ci1c controlled north and south line.
such line, from St. Paul to the Mexican
Gulf. would he formed by the MINNEAPOLIS and
s.. Louis and the Kansas City Southern. with
the addition Of stretch between Fort Dodge
and omaha. which is spanned by the Illinois
Central. the distance between omaha and Kan
sas city being covered hy the Union Pacific
The Union Pacifcs purchase Of virtual control
Of the Southern Pacific Company in January Of
last wear gave the former system an assured and
PERPETUAL outlet from ogden 10 the Pacific Coast
a. san Francisco It also gave the Union Pa
eifc control Of a great system of railway which.
starting at New-Crleans. the terminus Of the
Illinois Central, tray erses Southern Texas
touching the Rio Grande River, the Mexican
boundary stream. at Eagle Pass and FL Paso.
and on reaching Southern California sweeps
around r1rthwar6 through Los Angeles and
san Francisco 10 Portland. From Portland,
which IS also the Northern Pacific terminus. and
from Spokane On the Great Northern Railway,
and from Butte. Mont. the Oregon Railway
and Navigation Company and the Oregon Short
Line, both controlled by the Union Pacific, make
an interior north and south line to Ogden on
the Union Pacific. whence the Oregon Snort
Lines route 10 Los Angeles, on the Southern
Pacific is being pushed. This extension is being
paTaleled by the road which Senator w. A.
Clark. Of Montana IS building. il is understood
with The cooperation Of the Goulds.
little eastward starting at Orin Junction.
NyO, and extending TO Chevenne. on the Union
Pacific main line. is the Colorado and Southern
Railway. Between Cheyenne ana Greeley, Col,
IS the Union Pacific. and at Greeley the Colorado
and Southern begins again. running through
Denver 10 Fort Worth. Tex. Only two months
ago the fact officially announced that
Edwin Hawley, president Of the Minneapolis and
= LOUIS ana assoc lales whom he would not
name. had bought the control Of the Colorado
and Southern. The turning over Of that
Gol 10 the Union Paclnc would give that road
stlil another north and south binder" as the
Missouri. Kansas and Texas which. coming
south from Kansas City and st. Louis passes
Through Fort Worth 10 Galveston. is controlled
Dy the RocSefelleTs, whose relations with Mr..
Hartman are close and intimate. The rela-
uons of Mr.. Hartman with the Goulds have
also oeen cordial, Mr. Hartman being a director
oi The Denver and. Rio GTande and the Rio
t5rande Western Gould properties. and George
J Gould being a director Of the Union Pacific
southern PaciEc ana Oregon Short Line, as well
as associated With Mr. Hartman in the Alton
ana the kansas City Southern But there
nave Tor some lime been signs of friction be
tween these two powerful interests being
the alliance made by Mir. Gould with Senator
lark Tor building a line in competition with
The Oregon Short Aine south OF Salt Lake CITY
\ more serious menace 10 the business friend
snip between III" two presidents is seen I'm the
S sgIessl'e @ ehess OF tns Gould roads in undertak
x-k heM construction in parts % Texas hereto
iofe regarded as Hartman terrtorv
Duilhe part Of The l'nR absence IF Mr.. Harri-
man man from the city he has been going carefully
49, tis Aie@lcan RAILROADS and a few weeks
ago the formation Of tie Nationaj railroad Of
1eX!eo, owning the Mexcan National and col.
Do,i,rS7 'lS 9igAl,iih International, an
figure ia its management aithoUob NJ Cfoiid
ana President Leeds of the Pool, TeIard aro ,Ts,
Eiaong tlc directors. The Mexican Central tha
other railway system OF IA, ,oy,,,t'it q "a e
Llaz was recently acquired bv II Cav pierce