Show Latent Railway Combine Gossip New York Jan liAn Important railroad rail-road conference has been in progress in this city for the last two days at the WaldorfAstoria says the Tribune M 13 Tngally president of the Big Four and Chesapeake Ohio systems Henry Fink president of the Norfolk Western West-ern and A 1 Cassatt president of the i Pennsylvania system have all been in I attendance John K Cowan president of the niUtlmorf Ohio Is also said to I have boon prcjjent One important matter mat-ter dlspoHfd of was the rate for hauling coal for the coining year hut this is said to have been only an Incident of the meeting I For some time It has been known that tho VandeblltMorgan Interests were In control of the Hig Four and the Chesapeake Chesa-peake 8 Ohio There have been persistent I persist-ent runiorb too regarding a combination I combina-tion between the Pennsylvania and tho Baltimore Ohio systems and of these two roads with the Vanderbilt systems A man usually well Informed said that he had be < n girn to understand that In the near future a great combination would br effected and that the following follow-ing roads would be In It The Boston Maine Maine Central New York New Haven riartford and the Boston Albany now controlled by the New York Central these roads practically covering the field of New England Besides Be-sides these the speaker named the Pennsylvania the Baltimore it Ohio the Chesapeake S Ohio the Big Four I the Norfolk t Western and the New York Central system including the I Lake Shore and Michigan Southern and the Michigan Central as uoll as the Nlckol 1 Plate and West < < Shoie I |