, 1877-12-15
TILE RAILROADS..
CT. LOUIS On THE f:1IICAtiO, ALTON
d. KAN9AS CRY ROAD.

- f,rrsS nv TFTE f.1iIfHf;fe. ALTON
~ d KANSAS cry ROAD.
r,,,,~', = si,nr re,,j i. ,,c,ctn,ocd IN
The t"'cas, :" n''o' noa" 70 -, "e.t'"''.,.n ,, ;"
ru.h stn construction OF lta western branei
from Mexico to Kanaas CITY making direct
een, t1c ~ r,nuts, Kapsas f,nv 4 Northern.
line u Nv ~, -.o'' ~ ~.
From tnc eAa'actet VI eaa u'a.as =. ..s ."s
rad, and afnpc resources nt Ito disposat there
=. -u.hr,l to complctEun,
- pa s,,n ,,,,f,r ~ tbt. hroncb w,,1 o,vc IN
luz .'"'F .,,". -. 80.
Cbea0o o'lece conHcet'or' shosteF' 1,oso
nv she has Jet enjoyed with oil that vast cnu,-
a,cc ", which gathers trou, Tho Immense area Of
ns't tys.t sn, anr,,fwcst tn lin ccntra, sts,ton
the "est az. ooa."".ss ~ s.o su"s'M 'sa.4o"
ihst from this centre roads arc pnshtne ou. like
.hs leaves Of fan, and extending themselves
~ M to,,o,r lin march 1T ctv1tzal,on. md tn hcn
!e,..t, - t,,.,,,os. IN lin mo- or.-tnr ,,1
mining regions beyond. Hitherto We have Ind
a.lsttt advantage Of Chicago on this side Of
r.ns,. t,ity. having two solvent. wclt-cnuInpctl
.,,.nnro;, ro,,,x h, mrs tro,1, ~ mr.
tna "c"',.s"ussu ,',, @ 'o1os " sa'.5 A@uo ~ oa'
doors' "h'ie eh'eaao nus oeen compelled to
Depend on disconnected and rams'lacklc corpo-
,,t,onr, most Of them In the hands Of Receivers,
Hi beyond Kansas Cisy tlscrp 10 fatr field aud
NJ fnyor. Tllo kansas Faclf'c, tho Atchison,
Topeka II Santa Fe. the lca7cnwortl,, Law
,snrn q Ualyeston, the Missouri River, Fort
Srntt & Cult Roads receive freight and rasspn.
rcrs with sublime imparttalIty, md deliver
them with equal Indifference olko to St. f.nuls
.r to Chicago. They have neither Interest nor
sfaliop past Of Knt1sas City, which, is tho pivot
IN whIrh the trade hinges, tho key which ppeus
n cluscs fhe door. Hitherto wo hare held tho
tey, and before NO loso possession of It Il ia
mn,ti, whlle sstttlftur tho situation. To find out
.~tIl hn, ,~hG 1.os
r,nnccton which is now reasonably nss,tFcd.
There Is M tangcr a,,y such thing ~ studying
rsttroadts situation or resources a. n separate
maltcr Evtn tl.o Grcatest railroad In the cnul,-
try Ia merely d pnrt of still Ercntcr syAtcn,.
lid the business Of road Is determined less ly
It, own Efforts than by it's relation to tho system
ii which It forms q part and tho position
Il is able tn command. The rites and
and OF tue Kansas C,ty 4 Northern
orc determined, not bv the terms on which they
src willing to do business. but On tue terms
Witch tic stronger roads Enst OF ua utG
|aborcl at disadvantage because at It's Eastern
door tt his been brought in contact with in
tcrcsts which wcrc indifferent, IL not hostile.
Tic Oh!o & Miasiss!upl Road Is controlled by the
DaitImorc q OHIO. which llas as strong MI In
tetcst III Its Chicago branch a. in lts st. Louis
terminus. Tue Pennsylvania Company fIas. fur
some inscrutal,lc reason, starved aud Injured its
st. Louis connections to build up its Chicago
connections. The Toledo, Wabash 1, Western
urcfers IL do business by wny OF Hannibal ral tier
Than St. Louis. Tbs Chicago & Alton is Gill;
caRu road Mile for milo vt. Louis las always
been dfscrimtnated against, md In the matter Of
ral!ronll faclIittos C1lcngo enjoys advantages
which nre beyond cur reach, anl which there Is
no |mlnct1!sto prospect of our obtaining.
Accordingly. when VIC coirie to study th[s new
bra,,clI, wo must look ut it not as an isolated
enterprise making it's own terms, but aa an ex-
isnsion Of compact and solid system, agatnst
kI,t, ~ Il, ~ nria In or nover hpa,, oTin ~,
compete witt, success. II NC want to know how
Il will work, VIC have only to turn back aud r.
Gill tho results OF tho extension OF the Missouri
Kansas d Texas Road, which diverted from tta
ru,poso road lcsIeuc,l as 1T. Louis road, and
]eft st. Louis on d s!1o-track. st. Louis has
ttartcd two roails for tho great, Southwest, tho
id Southwcat Brunch and The Missouri, Kansaa
4 Texas, and while tho Southwest Uranrl,
ttonpcI ut tho State line. md run into bank.
Fuptcy In an attempt to swallow its parent, the
Missouri, Kansas s roxaa was destined to bc
tomc Chicago road NJ soon n8 It scc,lrctl 3
ft1 II