Show BATTLE OF GIANTS IN RAILROAD WAR W VA A Alliance Alance of Gould and Fish FisI I Means Much to Eastern Capitalists i HARRIMAN SEES PURPOSE Old Rivals Evenly Matched I Will Wil Bring Millions Into Bitter Biter Conflict Now ow York March farch 12 12 Fishs Fish's election to today a at SL St St Louis as af n n a L director of or the Gould's Goulds I oll Pacific Pa Pa- chic clie railway Is Interpreted In Wall Wallstreet ral I street tret as the opening of or tho the greatest L railroad war ever r e fought fOIght In this conn conn- cOln- cOln tr try Fish Is the tho thC bitterest enemy of ar 13 B II it In the tho financial world today today to to- to- to day and his alliance with wih George Georg Gould Could at a time when hen the railroad rivalry rl between HarrIman and Gould GouldIn In the West cst Is atly blU bluer r Is beJ believed believed be be- J vl to mark the 01 beginning l of ot r a n I struggle for supremacy which will wi Involve In In- In volvo volve millions ii I ions with the ti-allic ti in wih business S from th the coast as nM a prize It I is Icel likely It to lo be le a light fight to tin the finish for hack back of oC It all ni lies HeR more than thai tho the impetus of business competition Aside from the desire tot for retaliation t ton on the part parl of Gould Goult for tor the freezing I out of the Gould Could lines by 3 afier his acquisition of oC the Southern 1 Pacific there is the Intense haired I between ht riman Haniman and Fish which 1 will wi be bt Injected into Inlo every pha phase o o of C tw th the light fight t fend dates back haek long before 3 ejection eton of f PI Fish h front from tho hi 3 I Illinois Central presidency pr and ant In Involves involves In- In the Ut very foundations of New Net NewYork York society It I Is said to tu have be begun begun hC- hC gun when Mrs Stuyvesant Fish u snubbed members of the lie Harriman family antI and ant used et the po powerful in influences in- in of tf her social domination ti to i block thou thou- ambition among the Four r Hundred According to 10 the story tOI that thatIs ha t Is Is told in the it tw Fifth FiCh avenue di awing rooms Harriman iman never nevel forgave 1 Mrs 1 Fishs Fish's affront and anti his removal of Fish 1 from the lie Illinois Central Is raid al to hay havo lavo I been I largely I Impelled b by v a desire e lre to for I revenge I cI 4 etI 1 of t Ml i b It I did not nol end the feud fetid however for it was voluntarily that Harriman 1 publicly a accused eu I Fish during th the re recent rc- rc cent hearing of or the II Interstate Commerce Com Coni mErc merce meree Commission here re of juggling the Illinois Central funds and grossly V mismanaging the road Now that Fish Is in a a place of ot power pawet among the tho anti anti- ont ont- Harriman forces It I is anticipated l tha t the h he will wl u use It to pay bal back Harriman Ia I when whenever ver the opportunity presents a Itself Goulds Gould's alliance alance with wih Fish In view vies V of these circumstances Is of vast Importance Im Im- to the formers former's railroad as as- When hen Goul Goulds Gould's s 's Western asa a Pacific Is completed to tho the Pacific Ct C caa coast t next nExt hc car he will will- wl have a coato coas coa coast t to coast system of railroads with i which to light Harriman His vas vast t chain of roads now connects all al the th C great grent traffic centers of the middle e west with outlets In th the Atlantic seaboard sea board at Baltimore and on the gulf gui C at Galveston and New ew e Orleans With tho the Western Vestern Pacific these thea C roads will wl comprise a great transcontinental system that will wl rival thu the C Harriman lines at almost every Important Important Im Im- point and anti It i is not doubted ii In InVal InWall a Walt Wall Val street sheet that when this gigantic giganti gigantc C transportation machine Is perfected It will wl be placed by Gould under tb the absolute management managEment of Fish Gould Li has long had faith in Fishs Fish's y as a D railroad executive and while Fish Fisi ri Is at present only a a Missouri C director It I is believed that he soon will willbe wil wilbe I be elected to t tho the presidency or tb tho a general management of or not only ti the Missouri Pacific but of o all al the tho big Gould roads Chuli Clarke to 4 Ho Be It I was waR only yesterday that lint an announcement an- an announcement was made that Charles S I. I 1 Clarke vice president and general manager of th the Missouri Pacific would bo be removed fd by Gould and Itis It ItIs ItIs Is expected that Fish will wi step into his place within n a n short time line and assume as ns- sume full ful executive e control With Ith this cola colossal sal weapon wealon at hl his c command and Goulds Gould's natural rah an anta antagonism tug i nisin a against Harriman backing him him up UI the effect on the railroad situation ton throughout is obvious George Georgo J. J Gould last night while not specifically denying an any such purpose pur pur- pose hose said Id Mr Fish has bent ben obtained b by the Missouri Pacific because it I was believed his wide experience in Sn railroad rail nih rai- rai road operation and his well velh wel known high ability for Cor that work would ho bo boan hoan hoan an extremely valuable asset for Cor that corn company pany I have hav known Mr lr Fish for man many s. added addel Mr fr Gould He Heas was as a friend of my father who esteemed him a as a railroad mini mim When ho he re relinquished vu- vu 10 his ollice olce In the Illinois Central I thought It I an excellent thing fOI for the Missouri Pacific to lo obtain his services es He lie was elected lo to the board hoard of oC directors of the road b by tho the stockholders stockholders stock stock- halters holders of or the company at their an annual nn- nn nual m mooting In iii Si St Louis Juls lola today and later laler will wi bo be elected a member of or the executive committee of or the ro road roath d' d Does that mean eventually e he will wl become president of the Missouri Pacific Pa Pa- cHic Mr 11 Gould was waR asked Not necessarily rl was tho the reply It I Is well wel known In railroad circles that Fish stands slants very cry close to to President President President dent Roosevelt who is one of his oldest old old- est eat et Iler personal onal friends and greatest admirers ad ad- As the practical head of the Gould railroads Mr Fish undoubtedly undoubted undoubted- ly 1 will wi be the tr first t big railroad man to model his lila policy to to conform with the tho Presidents President's views In respect to to the proper conduct and management ment andIn and ani andIn In t every very way to to give l 11 ocular demonstration demon demon- lemon lemon- stratton that what harriman Hariman says Ea's cannot can cannot not bo he accomplished can he be perform performed per per- I form formed el eda A per per-I Mr r. r Fish is an operating railroad Titan rhan of more mare than 25 years experience He lie le Is conversant with all the Harriman Harriman Harri Harri- man mait methods and is peculiarly fitted to light fight that magnate and his railroad JUO projects When hen the news of Mr Fishes Fishe's electon elec- elec tion ton to the Gould lines Jnes burst burt over Wall Wallstreet al I street today It I was believed th the move meant that the Goulds had obtained the lie backing imel of powerful banking In- In crests The rhe name of a u certain firm which has his financed tl railroads at t home and abroad was sus mentioned as ns being behind Mr Iuli- 11 FI Fish h In hl his Itis entry Into Inlo Iho tho Missouri i Pacific That firm however a fW Interest In Mr Fish or In Inthe Inthe inthe the Gould lines Tho rho next common view v of or the Gould Fish alliance so far Cur as Ul financiers are arc concerned Is 18 that the lie Gould lines s II hn have been transferred camp from the Rockefeller to lo the llor Morgan al I. f y |