, 1879-08-05
Still Another Line to the Pacific
Coast,
The Atcllisou, Topeka & Santa 70 Gofne
Across the Continent.
It Will Run to Guaymas, In Mexico, Oh
tho Gulf Of California.
The Southern Patlne to Build from ihe Rio 8raude
Il Eagls ram, Thue Connecting With 3
Road from Galrtstsu.
The Kansas City Passenger Agreement
Not satiafaotory to tbs Chicago
Roads.

Auo Aaue$%a O4tt AaSsausoA ts61
Not eatiafaoto1y to the Chicago
Roads.
THE NEW ROUTE TO THE PACIFIC.
sr+ttal corrr.pond<nrr Of Thf Trhuns.
SARATOGA, N. T., AuE. 2.-Yesecrdsy l met
one OF tlfc Boston ma1natcs oil the Atchlsonf
Topeka IL Santa re I,at'roatl on the balcony of
tho unt{ea States l1utel, where such maEuates
as Mr. Forbes. Of the Chicago, Burlington u
Quincy. Vanderbilt; sir, Dcvercux, Of the At
ianttc l. Great Western; and John Newell, Of
TIC Lake-stosc, generally copgrcFnte. This
Boston nagu0tc Is hapr5. he was surrounded
By sevsra1 Boston capitalists, who were also
happy. In his hant the n1agustc held letter
from Thomas Ntckrrson, the rich President Of
the .atcitaou. Topcku 4 Santa Fe Road.
"Why utn tccltng 20 Welt" he asked.
stYcs," repeated, "whY arc nil you Dos"
tontans 10 l.appy1'
"Wcll, Ell, II Ia hecausc Roatou hos made
good many million dollars during The last year
through tllc Increase Ia ynlue ot our road. You
know the Atct,fson, Topeka i eantn Fo Road Is
owned IN Boston. Well. VIZ lave gone on build.
Ing tho Hanta Fc Koad at the rats Of about
mile day far the last Tcar. During that t1sno
business Inns stscFcascA.-yts, doubled,-Hnd the
value Vi cur original stock has Increased ton
fold. a year as1 half ago tho ssock Of our
Atchlson, Topeka s. Santa Fo Road was worth
10 centa on dollar. md now It Is worth eleven
times as much. 1t ia up to liz, and none for
sale at that. Why, wo've got men In Bpston
who wcre worth hundred thousand dollars
that arc now worth million, 1ust through the
advance In this Stock" ..
"Dut 1t IL not for s7lo In New York. The
Atcllison, Topeka Il santa Fe is not In the
stuck. .l,sss," suggested.
mo; It ia all owned in Boston. by men who
dou't want to sell 1t. We arc going 10 build tho
road clear across the Continent, aud the owners
ot It tavo got tha monur to do It, We don't
want any appropriation, like Tom Scott,--no
rAllylnE aroruu tho Eng,-no cagfc,-but solta
road-bcd down through Snw Mexico, Arizona,
a,rtl old Mexivn,. to the Paci1e OcuAu, ...'
''llow far west have you got the truck laldf"
aslsrd.
"Wcl, you know Pueblo has i'cen our point
for sosno Tint; but now wenro moving On Santa
| lie. Yus, 40 are pushing dunn Iuto New Mex.
leo. We fatt oft new branch from, Ia Junta
to 'Titnpas, 1sou spruss, uhd Eatlc, to Tr'aldad'
where ullr rars are now runnniE." +.
"Dn y0n intend tn 70 farther south and west
than 1rin!dadl" l asked.
"Yes, s.r. 1t has now been decided, and uc'vc
| gut thu money to do it,-lmt IL, 10 10 straight
9n down to sa1!ta r. A9sn,anYsau;;, =, anu then On
'sAnh frusn there whcref
"Well, ttiry all think We arc to strike Hunt
| inEton's md 6tahfutd's Southern tCalfornla)
pars a. uusso nnt ~ a wS are g3.ns
fto, along The Nouorn River To uuaymas, on the
| tnlf OF California. We havc just rot pern,s-
sim from the Max!can Government 70 do It.
contiurntal Pacific Rat1roul. Our roal will he
e,ttrely independent Of the unlou Pacific or Juy
,"Bat the southern Pacific h4s, always expect
I'd to loin Tie Ats's!son. Topuka d snnta fc,"
"Yrs, that was tho old idea; but we find tint
| VIZ have GOT tnuro n,opeY than they harc,--su
We proposc to maae them our feeder, Instead Of
branch, md will let them bs the San Francisco
| connectop.'
"Tlien The Southern raciac w'|l not come
east, ns they tntendc'l1''
: OF coming east fran III Paso over Tom eruts's
old routs, they arc going to turn south, ,as,t, buu
down tie Rio urando to Eagle Pass, Just east OF
| San Ant0nto.H
"Why, Albert Pierce Il now building his
Galveston, Houston s. San Antonio Road. west
Of suu Antonlo TEX. It Is 100 miles to Eagle
ass on 'hs t III sas @sae; .. sEs Tue sl, Galveston @ m
guthcr, forming salort. straight road from San
Franrlaco TO Galveston and Now Orleans. They
will form tho real Southern pagfflc from Aan
francisco 10 tl1u Nnlf OF Mexico, whi1o tIlc
At]h'"SW 4"pGs ~ ~ AsT As"e* -, " .,1u ~,
.ssn ,nIt Kansas fsv H. to,,is un,i rh,ra.
eu.n
.'Do you consider the Chicago, Burlington 4.
QuIhcy ynur must fcas6e oastcrn co,,uectlona ~
"certa'n'n. ane GH"aGo, .ls9, 1"9,riinst9n
sne3 sni. r. ~, ~ ,nT ~ Tnson,, ~ K"nsn. ~,
Tic sa,nr r1c,l, vr ut OF net,, own both roajs.
Of courso They aso going TO play Into cAci,
others tlai''is. or from Their rsg'lt hands INTO
'tr rn lea. ~. .,,o.ont t,,,o,, p,oo, I'll, .,,,,
eeasc t., Le a ,uouopuly1 ri ">'"~ :" ''""
"fes; within ten ,cara there viii 10 four
TranscontEnsntal llailways: thu Northern racitte,
unSn af's Par M nts,I'H tn aopasa na1s M
sa - r'ft,rui'. ~. ,1', 49,, a. ssbnr, pe,. H.
Irotn aau Frnt,cIsca tn New Orleans: nuJ til,
ChIeago. Burlington 1; Qulncy will bu tic east,