Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-31

Iowa Central ............... 5o'
chesapeake & Ohio ............ l'S4'
Chicago K Alton ..,............ 99'
Toledo. ST. Louis d Western -. 9Sl
Hooking Valley ................ 34'
Toledo & Ohio Central ......... All
Missouri. Kansas & Texas ......2.79(
Operated by the NJ X & T. -. 27'
Total ffawley control ........7, 49,
A Wizard OF Success
The first real control attributed to
Mr.. Hawley was the Minneapolis &
St. Louis in 1895. The road then ran
|only from Minneapolis TO Albert Lea
The Rock Island continued the re-
mainder of the route to the south
west and northwest 1t ran through
"a profitable country in Minnesota and
1t had excellent connections to Chi
cage and st. louis 1t had been a
football for years until Hawiey got
It and made it earn dividends. A
few years later he came into con-
troll of the Iowa Central, a Russell
Sage property that never had had
anything except debts. although IL too
ran through first-class section. Rus
sell Sage is said to have smiled when
he induced Hawley to buy it. Since
those days Mr.. Hawley has given the
railroad men many jolts. He has
acquired the Chesapeake & Ohio and
q very large interest, according 10
recent infornations. in the Chicago,
Cincinnati & Louisville. a direct line
between Cincinnati and Chicago. He
and his friends have bought large
blocks OF the reads bonds and other
securities and doubtless will do with
il what he and they have done with
other second class" properties, 2
term used In Wall street because the
Chicago. Cincinnati & Louisville is In
the hands of a receiver. The road
needs equipment and repairs and all
sorts of fixing up. but 1t gives the
Hawiey syndicate line from Norfolk
to Chicago When railroad magnates
talk about Hawley's purchase OF IL
they never smile in ridics1e. They re-
member that he paid only 2ih millions
for the decrepit Colorado 4 Southern,
improved 1t and in ten years had IT
paying dividends-and sold 1t for II
Millions. Also they realize that moth
ing can keep Hawley and his friends
from the Pacific slope, because Haw-
ley now controls in addition to all
the eastern lines. the Chicago 4 Alton,
which has developed wonderfully in
recuperatiye powers; the Toledo. st.
Louis & Western. known as the Glover
Leaf; he is as important part OF the
Western Pacific as is George Gould
and as strong in the Rock Island as
Mr.. Hartman was. and goodness only
knows how strong now since Mr..
death; he and his associ-
ates own the Missouri, Kansas AZ
Teyas-the Kafy-and are declared 10
have made at east a traffic arrange
ment with tae Kansas City, Mexico Il
Orient. which will take their business
to the Pacific Ocean.
Furthermore. they are expected TO
build a connecting link in the Mime
apots & st. Louis which will give
Kansas City another direct line TO St
Paul and Minneapolis.
The Man Himself.
These transactions haTr amazed
Wal street the more because no one
knows Just who is behind Hawley.
The crowd knows that the syndicate
must represent vast wealth because
Of the power il YIELDS. RI is certain
that Hawley and James J. Hin are
fast friends and that might prestsge
in creation. Theodore p
shonts. thomas 2. Ryan. Paul Morton,
Speyer 4 Co. Fisk & Robinson and
others mighty In money matter in
New York; Henry Walters In Bait