The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-02
HOLLAND" DISCUSSES
RAILWAY PROJECTS
AND SHERMAN LAW

New York, Jan. 2.-some time In
February the orand Central tsrmiuai,
In the heart Of New York city. will BIZ
ready for occupancy. There may DO
some delay. for the city OF New York
10 procrastinatinE tho execution OF II,
part OF the agreement. This IL to DO
81 ~ more than local consequence.
rival and departure Of trains to And
from almost all parts Of the United
states. at least north Of the Ohio
river. The people Of tho west are
realiy az greatly concerned in this
monumental work 40 are those Of Nc v
= ORR city: The undertaking repre-
more than . hundred million dollars.
IT also reflects the wonderful triumph
OF men OF science. George WestinE-
mouse contributed. by his brainwork,
10 the success Of this undertaking.
william J. Wiigus. who designed ana
stretching from Canada under the De-
troit river to Detroit, worked out the
original problems which the electro
ncat!on OF this system had created.
science In the Held Of physics and Of
chemistry mas made wonderful origin
~ contrlouttons to this world. When
the electrtfcation Of the approaches
TO the Grand Central station, apron.
mately ten miles. there was no APP
paratus by means Of which this com.
mand could be obeyed. Science was
Ha1,eo a2on to solve original prob
s ms m and It has again triumphed.
1ected by William H. Newman, for.
merly president OF the New York Cen
traI system and now ono Of the board
1I olrectors, has worked III a plan
ny which. through the utilization OF
tne real estate which adjoins this
oy the New York Central which viii
go far toward paying the interest
upon the cost of construction and
may furnish a fund by which the obi.
gauons ultimately will be liquidated.
mazins as is this great semipublic
work and almost nwe inspiring as tho
visible demonstration Of the architec.
ture and engineering is, nevertheless.
1t probably will not be comparable, at
least from certain points Of view, with
another colossal work which the @
|ecutive officers OF tho New York Cen.
trail systems are now planning. This
WORK. when completed. should favor
no small part Of the northwest, and
also New York state, and, to some
extent. New England.
The Greatest Consolidation.
o~ceaslonally. In the past year or
the purpose Of the New York Central
managefent to bring within one COM
pany. as far as possible. all Of the
various railroad properties which are
'c~olloquially distinguished by the name
o. me Vanderbilt systems. 1t is now
possible to report that these hints
trail management has q plan Of that
kin under consideration. It is not
tentative the sense that these ex.
ecutive offcers wonder whether or
not some plan may be devised which
would be regarded as expedient. The
purchase Is direct. It IL characterizeI
books Of finance or Of constructive
railway undertaking to bring all af
the so-called Vanderbilt properties
into the immediate and not collateral
Vanderbilt railway family this will be
done.
ao The =a4If s.S lie: h ne, =, ia are ;..rpen-
cepting so far as Fpractical railway
operation Is concerned. which we're
encountered when the New York Gem
trail was commanded by the legisla-
ture to abandon steam energy and
to substitute electric energy for the
naulins OF trains to and from the
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at least ten miles. These dimcuities
presented problems for science to
solve. They were visible and con-
crete. But when the proposition In
volved the consolidation into one corr
poration Of the various railway -
perties identified by the name Of Van
derbilt a thousand and one difficulties
are presented.
Expand Like Leaves OF a Fan.
The Vanderbilt properties, so called,
are representa- by - New York Cen
trail and Hudson River lines, the Har.
lem railroad. the West Shore, and a
line running from a central point Of
New York state southerly into Penn
sylvania, there connecting with tho
coal fields Of mid Pennsylvania. These
are the chief properties owned by the
New York Central east Of the .-eat
lakes. This company, however, is in
Darcticall lily perpetual control Of tho
Rome. Watertown and Ogdensburg
railway system. and possesses. with
the New Haven railroad. oint owner
ship Of the Rutland railway system. |
The Eanderbilts also control. through
a lease. the first railroad built from ,
the Atlantic seaboard to the Hudson