| Show I ULTIMATUM TOGO LOS I Must Surrender Wabash and Wheeling Wheel-ing Lake Erie Systems Philadelphia Sept 23The Inquirer will say tomorrow A J Cassott president of tho Pennsylvania Railroad company has demanded of George Gould the surrender sur-render of the Wanash railway system and tho Wheeling < Lako Eric at a price which will net a profit tQ the Goulds under un-der threat of cutting off tho whole of the Western Union telegraph lines from tho entlro Pennsylvania system as well as from tho Vanclerblll lines which havo apjrofid to the dvak This Is a threat that means a war great Qr than any Ihnt has even taKcn place In this country and Is comparable only with that of the Beech Creek and South Penn in lS5 which resulted In the abandonment aban-donment of thes lines except as built which were swallowed up by the Vander bills and the Pennsylvania The penally means that tho Western Union will suffer the greatest blow In Its history and will lose many of Its prollt sinlo lines which will be turned over to Its great rival the Postal Telegraph company com-pany This ultimatum means more than any other railway deal In the history of tho country Itls believed that the Goulds will accede to the agreement and that tho Pennsylvania will not only add nearly 3X0 miles to its trackage but will also get rid of a rival for the Carnegie steel business which Is the largest factor In tho whole matter resulting from a contract made by Mr Carnegie with the Vheclinjc Lake Erie before time United States Steel corporation was formed and to carry out which tho Goulds were trying to build a line Into Plttsburg S |
