Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-25
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Washington d. c. April 20--The
recent launching of the largest
freight carrying steamship in the
void from New England yard
io the carrying trade of the orient,
Under the American flag, Is an event
Il ar-reachlng significance. II VIII
b remembered that only d few months
w In published interview James
J Hill, that seer Of the railroad and
freight carrying development Of West
+ On America declared in a published
lierylew that the old struggle en-
gased in by so many fnanciers from the
time Of Henry Willard and Jay Cooke
70 that Of the Hartman syndicate for a
rafscontlnental railroad from ocean to
ssan was an irldescent dream.
What was the result Of the thought ex-
Pressed In that interview? 1t became
EVIDENT very soon.
Ii a few weeks thereafter the freight
aHyng vessels Of the Great Northern
Namshlp company which had been
slllsd to carry the through freight Of
~ treat Northern and the Northern
n'hc railroads from Duluth to Buffalo,
y The Great Lakes, had passed from
saae' the control of Mr.. Hill and had
w laken over by the Eastern coal
1n|ng roads, namely the Delaware
~ LAekaWanna, the Lehigh Valley,
w lhelr allied interests. Behind this
usls'er there was, OF course, an ade-
Wv reason, as there is behind all
wv movements in the carrying trade
ht world
e9sh Hi and his friends purchased
W barlIngton system in order to get
wv ehleago, he naturally supposed
-A ne would get fair share of the
s-'.fss OF the trunk lines from Buffa-
sNs" YORK and other Eastern points
~ through shipment 10 the Pacific
Az ~ ne was soon disappointed in this
w. w. ana upon investigation OF the rea-
% was plainly told that these east
III Nuss namely the Nickel Plate.
aN shore Michigan Central, and
a mainly controlled by the Van
s'slls' ga not propose to patronlze a
r ,s sno was Injuring their business by
,.0hg freight on the lakes at cheap
ni'.tD e'~een Buffalo and Chicago and
M. Ivy D. " he wished to secure any of
~, ,e'eht for transcontinental ship
~ s ne Was Informed that he must
-. OF the cheap lake freight busl-
|a,s.'" oice As the Vanderbilt roads
H. Vohupiled about IS per cent Of
c., .Ivush business tributary to the
~ Lake sorts from Buffalo 10 Chi
|r, un, very soon became evident to
tr. h s that the coon would have to
| ~, uo . out Of the persimmon tree
Yltn 49,. ue uarkey drew a bead upon
:, '''h Gus little shot gun.
49,, result is that j. j. Hill is no
III ~. ~ 9he general lake freight carry
|nf,~o''sge ana that a transcontinental
So, ravaa appears TO be IAN irldescent
|H,1in had not this been done. the
|itl"s.' ~ interests would have secured
| N ,rs.1aY Per cent Of all transcontinen-
|trs,N IRON the lake ports for their
hi "a Snu southern railway systems
NJ y steamship allies OF the Pacific.
|tarai ghhsy lvania system does not
| Grss," lne freight situation In the
|.dsio 'SSe ports, such as Cleveland,
eisrs - hunalo' Sandusky, as It only
|Ntcss ",ln through branch roads and
|isB N. Consequently the Vanderbilts
vac Key to the situation.
H'LL'S CHANGE OF POLICY.
H. 81 result Of this change IN the
|soa, WI HUI has directed the at
ban , a. the railway and political
s,o,h ou',l centers in Washington.
| b, han ,,''i : Phase Of the situation that
hr,.o. N being every day discussed
interest WIN d great
Nm, ias, and future Of the Hm-
NV ,soinulnation was discussed by
Ifaiv t,.olillnent railroad man not
H b,s,so me Great Northern secure
~ res IN private conversation
~ L. Ivy, IN a way which cannot
h 10 ~ ICY Interesting and lnsiruc-
Z CONT. people az large throughout
sas en- For obvious reasons. his
III ~ a,'i,ot be published. but the
'O'ee of his statements can