The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-12-12
THR A., T. & s. F. TO HAVE THREE
PACIFIC LINES.

The Tribunesis enabled to state, on the
authority of Mr.. w. b. Strong, vice pres
ident and general manager of the Atchi-
son, Topeka d Santa Fee railroad, who has
been in the city for the last few days, that
the A.. T. & S. +. will have, with
in two years from now, not only one line
to the Pacific coast, but three, and all at
tempts of Gould to thwart them in their
design can no longer be of any avail.
The reports that the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe has succeeded in wrestling
the St. Louis & San Francisco railroad
from the clutches of Jay Gould are con-
tirmed by Mr.. Strong. An arrangement
has heen perfected by which the Atchi-
son, Topeka Il Santa Fe railroad CON-
pany gets half interest in the old char
ter OF the Atlantic & Pacific rail-
road, known as the thirty-fifth parallel
line, owned by the St. Louis s. San
Francisco, and to which large and val
liable land grant is attached. The two
roads will build Jointly on this charter
from the main line of the Atchison, To
peka and Santa Fc railroad at Albu-
querque, due west to Los Angeles, and
thence north TO San Francisco, and the
track will be owned Jointly by both
roads. The line has been surveyed, and
there are no obstacles in the way of its
speedy completion. Work is to be COM
menced at once, and will he pushed for
ward with all possible speed and energy,
and it is expected to have it completed
and in running order within two years
from date. This line to the Union Pa
cific will be considerably shorter than
the Union Pacific, and, as it runs through
a more southern latitude, will not be
blOckaded by snow during the winter, but
Will be in good working order all the
wear round
The st. Louis and San Francisco,
which now has its terminus at Vinita,
Indian territory, is building to Pierce
City, from whence it will rapidly be
pushed forward to Wichita, where con-
nection is made with the Wichita branch
of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fee.
The second Pacific line of the Atchi-
son, Topeka and Santa Fee will be by
way Of the Southern Pacific. The main
line is now being pushed forward at the
rate of two miles n day to FL Paso, which
point will be reached next summer. The
Rio Grande will he reached within forty
five days. At Ell Paso the arrival of the
Southern Pacific, which Is rapidly push
ing eastward, will be awaited A
branch line is also to be constructed into
southeastern Arizona from a point on
the main line of the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe twenty miles south of BOlO-
mas.
The third line will be through old
Mexico to Guaymas, on the Gulf of Mex
leo. To this line the large Mexican
land grant is attached. Work on this
line is being prosecuted with the same
speed and energy as on the other lines.
That part of this road from Guaymas to
HermosillO is already under contract,
and work eastward will be commenced
at once. With these lines 10 the Pacific,
the Atchison, Topeka e Santa Fe will
certainly be ahead of anything that Jay
Gould can put in the field, and need not
fear any longer his competition in that
direction.
And while the AtchisOn, Topeka &
Santa Fe has thus succeeded in defeat
ing Gould as regards its Pacific 'connec-
tiOns, it has not been idle in keeping him
from shutting it out from eastern con-
nections, and its success in this direction
has been no less marked
AS regards the Dhicago, Burlington
q Quincy, 1t will not be long without
a connection with the AtchisOn, TOpe-
ka & Santa Fee. The facts are, it did not
move hand to prevent Gould from get
ting control of the Hannibal & St. Joe
and the Kansas City, st. Joe & Council
Bluffs. The game was not worth the
powder. The above roads are heavily
incumbered with debts, and the Buriing-
ton did not care to be saddled with them
1t found that it could build new and
more direct line from Quincy and Han
nibal to Missouri river points at much
less money than the above named roads
would have cost it. Arrangements are
now being made by the Burlington peo-
pie to build new line TO Atchison and
Kansas City, which again will connect
them. with the Atchison, Topeka & San
Ia Fe, besides the Burlington & Missou-
ri River in Nebraska, which is owned by
nearly the same parties as the Burling-
ton & Quincy, and with which it con-
meets at Plattsmouth, where the two
roads have recently been Joined by fine
bridge over the Missouri river, and will
be speedily pushed forward to Denver,
thus enabling it to actively compete for
the business from that section with both
the Union Pacific and Kansas Pacific
railroads