Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1902-05-17
THE OCEAN COMBINATION.
Vastness of the New Steamship
Scheme Outlined.

VaSrneSS or The new SIeamSn1P
Scheme Outlined.
The announcement the other after
noon of the combination of six steam
ship lines-the White Star, Dominion,
Leyland, Atlantic Transport, American
and Red Star-under the direction Of J..
Pierpont Morgan was much discussed
recently, says the New York Tribune.
The organization Of the proposed CON-
pany was planned on such a large
scale that few people outside Of the
financial interests Immediately con
cerned were able fully to appreciate the
boIdness of the scheme. The total ton
mage of the fleets included in the COM
bination is S4O,O77. OF this the Domin,
ion contributes 1910 tons and the Red
Star 1G7,173
The Dominion line has a route to
Boston and another to Montreal in the
open season and Portland, Me-, in win
ter. At Boston it connects with the
Boston and Albany railroad, a part of
the New York Central system. AT
Montreal it connects with the Canadian
Pacific, which has a transcOntinental
railway line to Vancouver and a steam
ship line from Vancouver to the orient,
and both at Portland and Montreal it
connects with the Grand Trunk rail
way Of Canada, which extends to Chi
eagO. All the other steamship lines in
the new combination have New York
as a western terminus. Here they con-
meet with the Pennsylvania railroad,
with which the International Naviga
ton company, operating the American
and Red Star lines, has close relations;
with the Erie, controlled by the Nor
gan interests; with the New York Cen
trail, controlled by interests always
reckoned as friendly to the Morgan
party, and with the Baltimore and
Ohio, which is controlled by the Penn
sylvania railroad company, but which
reaches New York over the tracks OF
the Reading and the Central Railroad
of New Jersey, both Morgan roads.
These four trunk lines go to Ch1ca-
go, whence the Burlington, controlled
by the Hill-Morgan and Harriman-Un-
ion Pacific groups, extends to st. Paul
and Minneapolis. From the Twin Cit
les the Great Northern and the North
ern Pacific both operated in the Nor
gan interest, stretch westward to the
sea, the Great Northern at Seattle con-
Meeting with it's own line of steamers
to Japan and China. Other routes
westward from Chicago are the IN
ion Pacific, a Harriman-S Standard Oil
road, extending to San Francisco,
whence the Pacific service Of the
White Star line is operated. and the
Atchison, in the board Of which is a
member of the firm of J. P. Morgan &
Co., while the Rock Island, now domi-
mated by First National bank inter-
ests, touches Denver on the west and,
according to report, is planning exten-
sion to the coast.
The Red Star line also has a route
terminating at Philadelphia and the
Atlantic Transport line at Baltimore,
at both of which cities connection is
had with the Pennsylvania and the
Baltimore and Ohio. The Leyland
line goes to New Orleans, as well as
to New York, Boston and Portland,
and at New Orleans it connects for
the west with the Southern Pacific,
Hartman property, and for the north
and west with the Illinois Central, also
under Hartman control, and the Lou
isville and Nashville. now under the
sole control of Mr.. Morgan, At New
Orleans also is the terminus Of the
Texas and Pacific, which as part Of
the Missouri Pacific system gives di-
rect route as far west as Salt Lake |
City and Ogden.