The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-06-18
THE COMING CONFLICT
Between the Two Pacifics and the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railroad.
From the Kansas City Tlme:.

From the Kansas City Tirnes.
The approaching general conference
of the officials Of the Kansas Pacific,
Union Pacific. Denver Pacific, Colo
RADIO Central. the Rio Grande, and
their branch lines at Denver, has given
rise to many rumors and conjectures
concerning the future. The confer
ence will meet on or about the 10Th
inst. and will be presided over BY Jay
Gould and Sidney Dillon. At this
meeting the future line Of policy AMI
the changes upon the various lines Of
railroads in the Gould combination
will be made known.
Mr.. Jay Gould was in Kansas City
yesterday, and passed through OH his
way to Chicago. Mr.. T. +. Oakes, SUI
perintendent Of the Kansas Pacific. has
gone west to arrange for coming changes
III the new system Of railroads. While
here Mr.. Gould minated tn a promi-
nent official Of the Kansas Pacific that
he had become convinced, from care
ful examination of the business Of the
several roads and the condition Of az
fairs in Colorado, that Kansas City
was the best point for the general
headquarters of the two Pacific roads.
While he did hot positively announce
IN intention of transferring the Omaha
offices to Kansas city, he implied that
event in his conversation. This official
expressed the opinion that the confer
ence to be held in Denver next week
would result in the transfer Of the
Omaha Offices to Kansas City.
MIR. Gould. as well as the other
principal officers of the consolidated
roads, realize the fact that they have
commenced war Of more than orlin-
ary magnitude in summarily shut
ting the Atchison. Topeka Il Santa Fe
railroad Ou, of Denver. To success
fully compete with the Atchison, To-
peka X Santa Fe road, the general
headquarters must be located as near
as possible to the fountain of competi-
tion. and that is ut Kansas City. There
is no doubt whatever. but what the
Santa E'e road will build an extension
Of its line from Pueblo to Denver.
Not to do So would he to comple,y sur
render Of all the best trade of Coiorad"
to the Gould combination. With Il
through line to Denver and another
through the Grand Canon INTO the
heart of the Rocky Mountains, and Il
through line to Santa Fee via Trinidad,
the Santa Fe road will prove a strong
competitor for the trade Of Colorado
and New Mexico. In order to compete
successfully with this formidable rival.
the Pacific roads will be obliged to
make Kansas city the base of opera
tions. This is the general opinion ex-
pressed by well informed railroad Of
icials. Connecting with three lines of
railroad to Chicago and three to ST.
Louis. the Atchison. Topeka Il Santa
Fe road can laugh at the one solitary
line on the Northern route, especially
when it l. taken INTO consideration
that the little narrow guage (the Rio
Grande, Is liable to snow blocka,les for
months with only few inches If snow
on the track. The amount of snow
which blockades narrow gauge train
ON the Divide" south Of Denver,
would give no Inconvenience to q stand-
ard gauge train.
The managers of the Pacific roads
perceive the advantages the Santa F.
road will have in the struggle To begin
with, and they realize the necessity Of
having their headquarters where they
can successfully compete for the st.
Louis and Kansas City trade. There
can be no doubt whatever that the
coming conflict between these two great
railroad combinations will be one of
the fercest and most stubbornly con-
tested of any vet fought To make a
successful struggle. Mr. Gould will he
obliged to make Kansas City the gen.
eral headquarters. Omaha is too far
away from the center Of business for
the principal Offices. Kansas City will
inevitably become the grand central
hub Of the great railroad system Of the
New West.