The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-09-03

and for some unaccountable reason
halt was called on the work In view
of the many stories afioat, even this
has its bearing to indicate that the
Illinois Central Is not asleep and Is
watching developments.
The Tennessean sees In the new
movement a renewal of the Hill-Har-
riman fight. That paper says:
while f. II. Hartman is making
the fight OF his life regainlng the shat
tered strength which has enabled him
to win countless laurels in the forum
of finance, James ]. Hill, his nemesis
looking toward the southeast, has
welded the connection which viii
open an altogether new. avenne tf
traffic from the Atlantic seaboard tC
Puget Sound.
This great artery will descend via
Nashville, through the Tennessee Ger
trial, and will AFFORD untold benefits
to the grain dealers OF this city
Yesterdays Tennesseean related the
fact of the Tennessee Central's shoot
ing an arm from Hopkinsville to Pa
ducah, and printed the various opin-
ions which have been held by prom
inent men and observers of such mat.
tiers. But yesterday the rumors took
concrete form when George A. Clark
general manager of the Tennessee
Central, admitted that the Hopkins
Vile aducah line will be construct.
ed. Another statement that puts the
seal of fnslity on the mater Is that
the Burlington route, Hills big pipe
line in the Mississippi valley. creep
ing down from Herrin, H.. to MetroI
oils. ILL.,. just across the Ohio river
from Paducah. Hin could not have
any other object than that of meeting
the Tennessee Central at Paducah
for all other lines there are controll-
ed by forces inimicable to him.
ITO the outside world this means a
great shortening OF distances diagon-
ally across the United States. To
Nashville, to Tennessee and 10 Ken
lucky IT means that there will be an
quickening of business and
a lively scramble on the part of
freight agents for shipments. Above
all. IL will eventually result in re
vision downward in the railroad tar
iffs OF that territory.
But to James ]. Hill and the sick
man of Arden II means only another
crisis in the ceaseless battle that has
long ragged between the two rail-
road kings. Hill, the man with an
has long been an enemy
of Hartman, the strong arm genius
Hill has sought his ends through the
points OF least resistance, and has
generally gotten there. Hartman
has been just the opposite and stands
without parallel in annals of Ameri-
can commerce as the human bull dog
the man who broke down everything
that stood in his path and rode trium
plant to his goal amid the plaudIts
OF the nation"
The Nashville American, which was
badly "scooped" by both the Tennes-
sean and the Banner on the T. c. ex-
tension. says ii is all newspaper
dream" Editorially the American
remarks:
Col. James j. Hill says that there
is nothing in the story. locally print
ed yesterday. about his lines seeking
connection through the south. OF
Col Hill may not know as
much about It as the newspaper boys
but most folks will give his state
ments more credence than they Will
those of the newspaper men.
For ourselves. we should like toI
see the empire builder of the north
west turn his eyes and his locomotives
southwark His great rival Mr.. e
II. Hartman. has come into the south
10 the south's profit, and why not
Col. Hill? There are golden oppor-
tunities south OF the Mason and Dix
on line. All they need IL for men
like Hill and Herman to take ad-