Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-06

will have to be appointed. the road will
be sold out, and he will take it cheap.
He has already Withdrawn great deal
of the Wabash business from it. and If
the c., B. & @. gets a Kansas City line
of its own. which it is sure to dc, the
Hannibal will go under. When Gould
gets it again at cheap rate he will use
it as the connection between tho st. Jos
eph & Denver and the Wabash, and
will make that his prlnclpa! California
route instead of by way of Omaha. 1t
will place him in the best possible po-
sition to control the business OF the
northwest. He has already got the
southwest pretty well fixed.
The sale OF $50 900, 900 worth of the
New York Central stock to Il syndicate
of bankers is the largest transaction
ever made in New York. This, it IS
generally understood. does not take the
management of the road out OF his
hands, but lets the Wabash combination
into the direction, and provides the Wa
bash connection with a New York coll
| nection. Mr.. Vanderbilt was interview
ed by correspondent OF the Chicago
Times on Thanksgiving day, and the
following is an extract from the report
of the interview:
s"rhen the sale of this stock brings
the gentlemen managing the Wabash
railroads into the direction of the Cen
tralV"
practically they will be one inst'tu
ton, with a common interest. 1t is IN
that connection the city will derive its
advantages. 1t the jointure had beer
made with the Pennsylvania or Ba't
more and Ohio, Philadelphia or Balti
more would have been the cities beneilt
ed. But have succeeded in bringing
chat advantage here. The Michigan
Central and Canada Southern are alst
brought into the line. They are botl
tremendous properties, and have scope
enough within their own limits to mak'
them immensely profitable concerns
The people will soon begin to under
sta nd the value OF what these gentleme
have DONE"
1T was very extensive transac
tionP''
Eyes, very. Probably the largss
ever made"
"When is it to 60 into operation ?"
sImmediately-thati is, as soon as tn
: necessary arrangements can be perfe'
: ted"
+ "You will continue at the head OF th
Central ?"
II hold the balance of stock in m
l pocket. They send in their proXlt
9 Just the same. vote myself in, and
n we 90 along"
S. T. Smith, general superlntendel
of the Kansas Pacific, and l.. Smitl
]. president of the Kansas Central. can
It down from the north last evening. The
g went over the Central branch with NJ
- Gould. Friday. Yesterday MIR. Gou
= made tour over the St. Joseph y De
|" YER. and to-day is in Omaha. He wi
1t return to this city Tuesday, and will
It tend the meeting of stockholders of tt
Narrow Gauge Wednesday,.
ST. JOSEPH, Nov. 29-Jay GoulC
le great railroad programme is being gra
1t ually unfolded and made plain to t
Of anxious public. The St. Joseph q DE
-, yer, which has been extended to &C
:" nection at Grand Island, Neb., with
D. Union Pacific, is to have another cxte
TO sion of much greater Importance. Gol
,e and his associates having purchased II
70 portion of the Central branch, which /
10 west of WatervilIe. it is to be extend
u westward along the south FORK OF t
lulOuSh lhS SouueANS ~
be ham and Sheridan. to connection W
# the Kansas Pacific road at Monume
Tho 5ap vi t- onJy rn1l1s between MA
IL Vile and Waterville, to be built at on
"a will form an important direct throu
ey line to be operated a. the st. Joseph
i'll Denver. Watervllle, on the Gent
- Branch, and Monument. on the Kan
no Pacific, are beyond the points to VIII
or the government paid subsidy for
Of construction of these roads, and in
formation of this new line avoiding
subsidized portions of both these ro
they avoid paying the governmen
percentage on the business done.
:, 1t is positively known that an as
io' of the Gould interest has purchased
old road bed and right of way betw
Wathena and AtchisoD for the purp
Int of extending the Missouri Pacific to
city. The grading is to be prepal
and the track laid as soon as posi-
Thus St. Joseph is to be the terminu
His the Missouri Pacific.
the 1t has been understood for some Ii
as time that the Atchison 81 Nebraska
IN change its track and run from I
eks Junction to St. Joseph. Jay Gou
ern bridge at this place is evidently te
ow made paying investment.