The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-01-17
CHICAGO, AND THE ATCHIsON, To-
.PEKA AND SANTA FE r. &.

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/ No country west of the Mississippi
about which We have any information,
gives more reasonable and certain promise
OF early and rich development than that
through. aud toward which the line of
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe road
IS to be pushed. There is certainly no
part of Kansas so. promising to railroad
enterprises as the Southwest. Ard why :?
The moment the road reaches the Arkane
sas river, which it will do within dis
lance of 125 miles from Topeka, it will
intereect the immense present trade in
cattle. hides, furs and Indian goods from
Texas, and the intervening Indian coun-
try, and "bs the sure means of increasing
that trade. within a very brief space of
lime. at least FIVE hundred per cent Fifty
| thousand head of cattle from Texas yearly
is a moderate estimate for the next ten
years. judging from The last two years
actual observations. This trade now goes
to the Union Pacific Eastern Division
Tor its outlet. fo v1a3-Fasss ~.
From the point where the Atchison.
| Topeka and Santa Fe road crosses the
Arkansas river-between the mouth of
the Little Arkansas. where all this Texas
and Southern trade comes--;o the nearest
shipping point on the Uaion Pacific, is
at least 100 miles, or nearly the same dis
lance as to Topeka. Consequently, no
possible contingency can arise by which
the Union Pacific road can obtain this
trade, when the Atchison, Tope ka and
Santa Fe is once, in operation TO that
point.
This Southwestern and Texas trade be
ing only just begun, aud forming as it
does, one Of the very important items iu
the business of the Union Pacific road al
this time. what. may we reasonably ex
pect IL to be in two or three years hence,
with the advantages the CONSTRUCTIVE or
the Atchison. Topeka aud Santa Fe road
will give it?.t aasI 80 -
Il is Eus very reasonable prepa;se that
Whatever tends 10 promote the interest o
the Union Pacific, Eastern Divlsion., viii
prove equally of interest 10 ST. Louis
! And. in a like manner whate yer tends 10
/ promote the interests ofthe Atchisou5 Te
peka and Santa Fs road, will have sm
liar realizing interest in Chicago. In
other words. the Atcbison. Topeka aud
Santa Fe. St: Joe aud Hannibal, and
Chicago. Burlington and Quincy roats
make up one line of road, while the Union
Pacific aud Missouri Pacific make up
another. ST. Louis has said, by her
pushing the U. P. westward to Pond
Creek, thence southwesterly to Ssata Fe
and Albuquerque, that this Immense
Texas trade. Indian trade, and tie great
salt region, were items of no special i'm
portauce to her. Has she not shot the
"arrow beyond the mark when she
so adroitly managed to run completely
around what is to day the most attractive
region of the West "a region having
within its limits salt plain SO By 100
miles In extent, which only needs railway
communication to develops untold tress-
ures which only needs labor and other
means of transportation to be able to sup
ply the world, if necessary. with salt, in
quality and cheapness unprecedented.
Besides the truly wonderous salt plain,
in this region in4xhaustible quantities
Lead tin, iron, and copper are known TO
exist; and. to come extent, gold and sil-
vera region containing. in soil. miner
ais, and other resources, advantages sec
ond TO none other, and al once attractive /;
where capital Invested will yield hand
some returns, and where labor will meet
i with ready remunerative demand.
: The day ia not far distan; when old
Mexico will become part of the dominion
under the Government of the United
! States. It's mineral wealth alone makes
its acquieition desirable and certain. 1t
is to day withou.a rod of railway. The
Government of old Mexico would gladly
give its pledge for money and land 10 aid
Of a railway through its domain to the
Pacific coast. 1t would, indeed, be no
very difficult task to obtain from the old
Mexican Government a charter for
for a railway with an endowment
double in extent, both in money and land
10 that of the Union Pacific.
Who is there so blind as not to com
hpreheLd the immense advantages to ac-
crue from q railway communication with
that country and who cannot see at a
| glance that among all the projected lines
of railway west of the Mississippi, the
Atehison, Topeka aud Santa Fe line is
the only one whose lire points directly to
the Pacific coast through the dominion
of old Mexico? a g-l
l. Il this be true. who aabnot see the di-
rect interest Chicago has in this road
! Take down your map for moment and
examine ills idea Look for Chicago, then
4 Quincy. then Atchison, Topeka, Empcria
I. themouth of the Little Arkansas-scrossIng
the sals piain TO the north bend of the Ca
madam river (wheEe you strike fremont
road, thence crossing the Canadian, KEEP
on in . souihwesteriy direction OF the
boundary of old Mexico then on the Pa
citic coast al the foot of the Gulf of Cali
fornia-or strike the Gull of Guaymas, ne
mater hich-aud then determine il
your own mind if you can, that this i
OF the shortest, most practical, best ant
easiest constructed route to the Pacific
, waters. Then think of what peculiar ad
yantages the route viii have by reason o
: the items before mentioned as to salt an
mineral resources, and as TO what oil
: Mevico would most gladly do In such a
:, enterprise in The way of subsidies. an
!. ask. yourself is this not feasible, tangibl
thing?
al Is it possible that Chicago, Ds.roi
ri Buffalo, New York, and Boston hay
isl been asleep 10 this great interest
AL Let these great cities bat give 10 th
is Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroa
Ie the assistance of their good wishes, Wit
a. such Endorsements as their unbiase
e9l Judgment shall dictate, and before te
re years shall have passed away, all an
sel more than this article coDiemplates vi
ed have become reality Chicago Reput
is ieGn. ef
ir Vermont farmers are disguised vii
ay the lev price of wool and are going inI
Il the dairy business again. Twenty nil