Show o I Vandorbilts New lvil I I d New York Jan iirhie reported IL I JB I r t of lhi > Fitchburg nillruad lu the FJoaton i k Main riUI I t finds bellfC ninonf romc ulltf 1 way men In ihl city and n I union Vt of tho two companlea would result In U Itt t sharp competition with the IU > ton UcDGro l Albany tlc Vatiilcrblli Intercut effort cl I on the part u i f the last named to ScUru r 1 t11 Uouton Maine mv quit probable I Oinclalft of the anderblU nyUm and i railroad men generally credited th > r LI nlll 1 urt from Uonton to the effect that the I Boston Maine railroad would acquire J the Fltchburjr under u nlnetynlneyoar 1 leas upon I guarantee of G per cent on tbc ll J the stock Before thr Nfw York Cons rC f tral rnit rod Into n tlatlonn to leIthe 1 l s t1 the Boston Vllum rh A qulsltlon Sl00r j of Iln Fit liitui v u i ntMjTfd as n c Jt N1 npIH 1 nnl t V f i n < nf II 1 ct guarantee of 1 per cent upon the stock was made but was refused by the Fitchburg Interests This was subsequently subse-quently raised to 4 1 per cent but noth qucl ty ing was effected Then negotiations were broken oft and the Boston Albany Al-bany lease was entered Into Since that time the Fitchburg which has seen Its Interests jeopardized by this transaction transac-tion has fought the New York Centrals absorption of the Boston Albany and I It Is said that the whole fight was directed I di-rected against the Central with the Idea of making that road take over the Fitchburg upon a 0 per cent basis The Fitchburg which Is said to be powerful I li the State Legislature In Massachusetts Massachu-setts Is credited with being a sort of L doglnthenmnger property and the lease of It by the Boston Maine Is said to be a natural development In the Interest of harmony In the railroad situation situ-ation in New England The Fltchburga fight against the New York Central would not have been successful so the I officials of that road say because Van derbllt was firmly against taking over the property at the price asked The relations between the Boston < fc Maine I and the New York Central have all along been of a friendly character l |