The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-09-24
IMPORTANT MOVEMENT
BY e. n. Hartman indicating Deter
mination to Find Sea Board
Outlet BY Route Leased
Resistance.

: transc0ntinental lines. Such move
ment was foreshadowed in The Blu
Y letin some weeks ago; but the sus
J gestion that the Hartman lines nigh
seek to reach the gulf via the Hi
nois Central is not credited in rail-
road circles, because of the wei
} known antagonism between Harrl
man and hose who control the Hi
nois Central The belief is that Har
riman will find some other route t
the gulf, in which Cairo will have al
important place The story as print
ed yesterday follows;
ataraltral. lists rs rs rs TSTSSTS
, The character Of some Of the com
ment from Eastern financial railroad
centers indicates that Z. H. Hartman
has succeeded in getting control OF
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad and
its owned and operated properties
making in connection with his Union
and Southern Pacific lines, a great
transcontinental railroad with tide.
water connections at New York.
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Norfolk,
Va, on the Atlantic side, and at san
Francisco and Portland on the Pacific
side.
This plan is complete save for the
ESQ miles between St Louis and Kan
sas City, which Harriman's friends
believe he can easily acquire
st Louis is interested in the sue
cess of the Hartman transcontinen
al plan in the same degree thatt is
al plan in the Gould transconti-
mental scheme now nearing compile.
ton Harriman's Union Pacific in
the way of business, would be the
first transcontinen' al group under |
one management and control though /
it would not be a perfected singly |
operated transcontinental railroad |
But it would give the distinction of i
r@,es 80 Hartman /
roads until such time as the Wander
bilts complete the Chicago e North |
western to the Pacific coast or
Gould finishes extensions of the West
ern Pacifics or until Hill and Morgan /
unite the northern lines of he North
ern Securities group and the Erie.
Free Bridge Plan Attracts Hartman.
In st. Louis it is believed that the
of new free railroad
bridge, with the extensive building of
freight and passenger terminals NORTH
of Washington Avenue, has induced
Hartman too plan a tran continental
line through ST Louis, Cincinnati.
Pitsburg, Baltimore Philadelphia to
New York, and ii is the illnatursd
snarl coming from Eastern cities tina
are influenced by Chicago sentiment
that prompts the bel ei that Hartman
has been succe sful
New York-Chicago transcontiucntal \
railroad managers have declared that
The Il & 0. would bring nothing to
Union Pacific in he way of business
Probably not, if the B. & O. were To n
continue to route all of its Western 4
merchandise and steel product from
he Pittsburg and Southwest by way q
IF the b. 4 o. old line through Chi
,aeo.
In 81 Louis and west of he Mis-
sis ippi river. il is generally believed h
hat sentiment will not locate the
first transcontinental System. and 80
ong a. the Pennsylvania railroad
finds no oppol tunity TO keep pace
vi h the New York Central and Hill
interests through Chicago to the Paci.
ic Coast II may be set down that il
will be in the front rank in the trans
proposition through 81. l.
-ouis or any other feasible gatewav
cross the Mississippi.
The l. c. Deal That Failed
It was not until after Hartman !
allied TO get control Of the Illinois
central'- at Omaha Chicago line.
which, meeting the old main line of
he Illinois Central at Freeport Ill.,. \,
would here give Union Pacific all If
he advantages of the Gulf connection
at Stuyvesant docks in New Or
cans that Hartman turned his atten-
lion toward the sweep Of Atlantic
.eaboarl from New York tu Norfolk.
a.
If he still has Influence In 1llnoie
'entr3l H. can make the Gulf coast
on favorable term with
Illinois Central AT 81 Louis through a
afro. quicker route than over tho l.
iowa line Of the Illinois Central l.
rom Omaha to Frcepori and then
.uuth- This is especially true when
{ is considered that the purpose In
'icw is 10 use. not the main line Of I
Union Pacific between Omaha and :
Cheyenne. but the old Kansas Pacific /
rom Denver TO Kansas City. thence /
b St. Louis II
As to the link between Kansas City
md St Louis. il is nor likely that the
influence Of the Burlington. operating
ointly with the Chicago a. Alton. ,
he line Of the lat or road between ,
he two cities. will give Hartman any
in That direction / ,
lore than likely the influence Of the
lock Island or Yoakum interests
.Culd be toward an ARR e, ust
he Ecek Island 81 Loms kansas
ity line which is new. not q long
ne and could stand the fncrea ed Q