| Show JAY GOULDS POOL The Chances for its Formation Not So Flattering TEE XIGGER IS THE WOODPILE The Prospects for Silver Lcsislation The Purchase of the Twenty Millions Surplus Probable The Boise Railroad OMAHA Dee 13Spccial telegram to THE HEIIALD The chances for Jay Goulds pool were more Haltering a week acothan they are today The more Goulds plan is considered the more tho conservative conserva-tive western presidents become convinced that there is a colored individual in Jay Goulds woodpile His placing tho Union Pacific under the same general management manage-ment a the Missouri Pacific has made them suspicious and several of them have come to tho conclusion that the Union Pacific Pa-cific is to bomjlked dry in the interest of the Missouri Pacific and when that object has been accomplished by Gould ho will again drop his interest in the Union Pacific Pa-cific Another thing that created an impression im-pression tluit Jay Gould is animated by the best of motives in urging the formation forma-tion of a trust or pool i his acquiring a large i not controlling con-trolling interest in tie Richmond terminal By this acquisition Gould secures se-cures a connection with bis Missouri Pa ciic at Cairo Ills and Arkansas Cit which will enable him to direct the bulk of the Missouri Pacifics through freight from points west of Missouri river via the abovenamed points The proposed pool is not to extend west of St Louis and conse 4 Jentr all freight for Goulds Missouri Pacific direct via Cairo and Arkansas City and the Richmond terminal will be outside out-side of tho pool and at the same time ho i 1 demand a largo proportion of the traffic in the pool although he proposescto put but little business in it He not only proposes t keep all the traffic the Mis sean Pacific commands out of the pool bj sending it via Cairo and Arkansas City but expects t get a full proportion of the traffic commanded by the Missouri Pacifics competitors For this reason it is probable that a pooling proposition will not go through but that instead another gentlemens agree mont will be adopted which is to cover al the existing western associations with aboard a-board of arbitration which is to decide al disputed qnestions and the decisions which they give shall be final |
