Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-22
George J. Gould May be ousted
From Colorado Fuel & Iren
By Rockefeller
MISSOURI PACIFIC IS HIT.
Wabash Also is Assailed 10 an Effort
To Smash GOuld's Traus.c ontine ntal
Chain Of Lines

| OF taking the control out Of the hands
of the Gould interests.
Those who are I'm position to know
| aver that this Is a direct sequel to the
| proposal of Gould to build the Western
Pacific. Every effort has been brought
! to bear to head of the Western Pa
ciiic project As far as Hartman aud
| his financial associates are concerned
| they have all failed at tho west end Of
! the big system. Now concerted action
! is being made to strike at the keystone
| Of the Gould system. the Missouri Pa
cic. II IT were possible to wrest this
| system from the Gould control the
| other links I'm the rnns-coutincutal
| chain would fan with clatter Under
I such conditions the Denver & Rio
| Grandc would lead from Nowhere to
the Jumping or Junction. The Fnau-
! cial Investor claims that the Rock Isl
| and Is endeayorng 70 get control of tho
! Missouri Pacific.
People have been Inclined IN SCOT at
! the statement that Former President
! Ramsay Of the Wabash is making trou-
| BILE on that road and proposes TO get
| enough proxies 10 carry things over
| Gould's head,
1t has been rmmorcd time aud time
| again of late that John n. Rockefeller
and George Gould have broken,
TWO SEQUELS,
# ia now omphaticaly affirmed that
| such is the case Two important Sc
| ques may now follow. They are.
| Rockefeller viii Dust Gould from the
! control Of the Colorado Fuel & Iron
| company
Rockefeller may extend his Chicago.
| Milwaukee e. st. Paul railroad from
| Chamberlain, $. D., 10 san Francisco
! to fight the Rio Grande- Western Pa
| ciilc combination
In any ease Rockefeller is interested
| in the Hartman lines ana It is 10 ms
Interest to head off the Western Pacific
at any cost.
In discussing the situation the Dom
| Yer Times says:
The ramihcatious of the break be-
tween Rockefeller and Gould ARE innu-
| merable, but iu no other two rs Denver
| and Colorado Interested
Tho report that Rockefeller and
Gould had broken was published sew
crol weeks ago and couhrmatory mes
| fdges Of this report have been published
al over the United states. That the
| break however would effect DcnyD
and Colorado was not general. boz
| licvcd until today by those keepIng a
close watch ON the fight.
The annual meeting Of the Colorado
Fual and iron company viii be held IN
the general Offices Of the company in
this city oct lG, At that meeting It
! VIII be known by the people in general
| If Rockefeller mas Ousted Gould.
Long before the third Monday I'm Oc-
tober, however. those on the inside win
! know the result of the quarrel between
these two great huancicrs f. J.
Hearuc, president of the Colorado Fuel
ana Iron company rs now IN New
York but is expected home the latter
part Of this week aud perhaps he will
be authorized ia give out some official
statement Of the fight but II is not
generally believed that he will do so
REORGANIZED c, =. AND /.
Rockefeller and Gould combined on
numerous railroad propositions to fight
those who were lighting them and the
result included securing control of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron company. The
two men put their own men I'M the
company Gould himself going into the
| directory, while ROcNcfeller's son and
f'IA"liN lti NJ lNhhhN UIAAl MS interests.
The two nuaugiers loaned about Sl5.-
100000 TO the company to carry out
Improvements and tide Il over and
rcdped profit of a few millions apiece
in the settlement of the debt They al
so succeeded I'm thorough veorgan-
lzatlon of the company and the issu-
nce Of millions Of new stock and ap-
pureuty all was harmouy--aud Il was
Gould got mixed up In a fight with
H. H. Hartman, controlling owner m
the Union Pacific system, and y. D.
HiIl the Northern PaclHc-Cirpat
Northorn- Burlington controlling owner.
ana D. Pierpont Morgan and dozen
lesser llghts were drawn iu-
90 the controversy. Rockefellerq
direct interests became lmperilod and
by GOdlds manlpulationS, IL was
charged 10y Rockefeller. Then followed
Gould's Wabash fight aud the ramidca-
tons extended into the United States
Steel company and others Wera
dragged into the controversy.
That IL the merest outline OF the
fight. Rockefeller was hit pretty hard
by Gould and determined ON rctalla-
ton, and Wall stree, firmly believes
That he VIII not stop until he has
forced Gould TO time.
QUESTION or RAILS.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron company
Is the only company IN which the two
are practically owners Gould has
planned 10 get his rails for his various
roads ana particularly for his Western
Pacific, tine extension OF the RIO
| Grande from Salt Lake to san Franz
! cisco, from the Colorado company. He
could save money by it in cost OF ship
meHt and Ia q personal price and what
| even money nc paid out to the company
would naturally find it's way back to
him through H. If Rockefeller can
| shut him out OF the company and fix
a high price on rails he has seriously
| Injured Gould
| Even il Gould goes ahead and builds
the Western Pacific, which is not
doubted he VIII do whatever the cost
ana Rockefeller builds his Milwaukee
road through to the coast, he can crip-
pie Gould again on transcontnental
business most seriously. And H. as re-
ported, the Colorado & Southern is
back Of the Colorado, Wyoming & Ida
no 20 build from Fort Collins which
means Denver 10 a connection with
this Milwaukee extension Rockefeller
can get down into GOud's own terri
tory-the Southwest.
| There rs no doubt II Rockefeller got the
! Colorado Fuel and Iron company IL
would become q part OF United States
Steel which would not be an adyan-
tage 10 Colorado. fact which is
known TO everybody Colorado. how
ever, would not suffer by the Colorado
& Southern Colorado, Wyoming &
Idaho Milwaukee line, but would be
materially benefited as Il would also
have the Rio Graude- Western Pacific.
II would be simply another transcon.
4 tinentol line for Colorado,