The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-08
Sea to sea-Lakes to Gulf.

By the election yesterday Of J. T..
Harahan, as president Of the Illinois
Central Railroad company to succeed
Stuyvesant Fish, it is believed that E.
81. Hartman has at last realized the
fulfllment Of his plan to control a rail
road line from the Atlantic to the P 1S;i
>fic oceans. In this great plan the Hi
nois Central was the one link missing
to complete line Of track from New
York to San Francisco and Portland,
Ore, from the Great Lakes to the Gulf
Of Mexico, and from the gulf to the,
Pacific again I'll
Until within a few months eastern
terminals Of the Hartman system were
at Kansas City, Omaha and New Or
leans. The first important step in the
direction Of securing the desired outlet
on the Atlantic seaboard for the Union
Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads
is believed to have been taken by Mr..
Hartman several weeks ago, when it
der his conrtol, had taken over control
Of the Baltimore and Ohio by purchase
Of a block Of 10000 shares Of the Bal
tlmore 4 Ohio company, which was sold
by the Pennsylvania Railroad company.
This would give Mr.. Hartman route
from Chicago and St. Louis to Balti-
more and New York. To complete the
ambitious proposition for continuous
line from ocean to ocean, it was neces-
sary only to connect the western termi-
nails of the Baltimore & Ohio with the
eastern terminals of the Southern Pa
cldc and Union Pacific and this pur-,
pose the illinois Central serves amply.
Its line from Omaha to Chicago ties to-
gether the Union Pacific and Baltimore
& Ohio, while the Illinois Central
branch from Chicago to New Orleans
gives the Southern Pacific entrance
into Chicago and the seaboard.
Taken together this system, if uni
fed puts under one control more than
$4,000 miles of track capitalized at
more than $1,700,O0O,O0O. $50
A Stormy Session.
James T. .Harahan, vice president of
the Illinois Central, was elected presi-
dent of the company at a meeting Of
| the board Of directors in this city by
vote of g. to O.. the adherents Of
President Stuyvesant Fish not voting.
The meeting is reported to have been
a stormy one. 2z4
| Shortly before the meeting the eight
directors who voted for Mr.. Harahan
sent letter to President Fish giving
their reasons for refusing to vote for
his reelection 4 ~ -@
| A part charged President Fish with
| having made deal with J. r. Hara-
han. Its truthfulness was instantly de-
Enied and a straight issue Of 'veracity
raised. 5..'= = &
| Hartman Talks. = 3
After the meeting E. II. Hartman
said: ~ ~ &
"This ism my fight. It is a fight
Of the board Of directors and Mr.. Fish.
| I r. In TIL ~
garding the election Of directors at the
annual meeting, only in Difference to
the wishes Of the board. The July
agreement was made primarily to quiet
the public clamor, which was being
raised in the press and to silence the
various recriminations which were be.
ing made in the public prints, as an
outcome Of the contention which had
arisen in the board Of directors. Per.
sonally I had not word to say at to.
days meeting of the board. The
board took no action whatever in re-
gard to the appointment Of any com.
mittee to take charge Of the manage.
ment Of the road .ss.5..:,s.. "a