New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-03
COMPLICATIONS IN THE WEST.

frTTLTNrNT OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE HAN
NIBAL AND ST. JOSEPH RAILROAD AND THE
CHICAGO, BURLINGTON AND oU1NCY-A GEN
IRAL RAILROAD WAR PREDICTED FOR THE
WEST.
The NEGOTIATIONS Which have been pending
between Tie Hannibal and =; Joseph. the Nab sh, ST.
Louis and Pacific. and the Chicago. Burlington ana
Orncv railway companies growing out of the threat o.
tbe Hannibal and ST. Joseph Company 10 extend It's line
from Hannibal TO Chicago TO compete Tor the Chcago
traffic have resulted III settlement In consideration
that the Hannibal AMI St Joseph Company shal ADAM
don its project OF extending the line TO Chicago ana give
10 tie Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Its Chicago
business the latter roads TO abandon itseX'ension from
ouncy to Kansas CITY, and TO give 20 the former one
hall of the IT. Joseph half of the Achson aud all
OF the Kansas City we>t-Oound udihe. ms u Il
claimed the present basis of Tonnage VII add 10 he
earnings Of the Hannibal and ST. Joseph Company al
least 500 900 year. estimate having been made
u increased business, owing 10 the harmony at pres
emf existing between the roads. The contract was
AIRED upon and signed Wednesday nightto run FOR two
wears alter which either company may break 1t by
eiviue eighteen months notice This Ia 10 allow the
Ham bal AMI StJosePh to ould us extension Il II 90
desire. Iii. .
OVeriuteS io The Wahis9 looking 10 tn iaccG! aOaH
donment ~ tnat corp ration OF all its Cncsgo business
originating o. ST. Louis. Ii was thougdt Vy me
Hauupa ard -; Joseph rcpreScntailyes mat nm AMIGA
be business traffic ARRANGEMENT would soon DC com
pletcd with the Wabash since the southwestern Ra!
ye CERTAIN nerreutagr 10 each of the three AIv~
h Cncsgo and 81 Louis The hannibal md ST.
Jo crh RECEIVING al tie Hannibal business Amounting
80 IL per he gross tOnna2"l me Nanish people
nav sati,ncd Under ne rules, IL dd 10 bust,
n@ TN, KanSa, CIV t. Hannina but 60, all the
I,us business. The Wabash discovered men that "
wn- carry Dg The Though Eas-bOund freight 800 miles,
ana receiving 50 per cent while the HiuubIi was re-
c.lvIng - per cent Tor carrying less than 300 Ecs
The Wabash Thought THIS was uu>t, aud threat -
open tie 81. LOUIS Kansas city AM Northern Railway
10 Harnibl. The Hannibal end ~ joseph C'miaHy
then stepped forward and proposed TO ave "ao,sH l.
l,eI cent from he -0utuwrs p0Oi and 10 keep 10
pr cent itself. The proposllon was decinto aui
and 81 Joseph Company sen; out surveyors ana threat
encd 70 Ouild rs road from quincy 10 th!c@g"; Ip 70
that time the Chicago. Blrin! ton ana VuhcY company
did not ME o. RAILROAD In " >>o"l hut IL Drcau
bnying roads All over me s'aie ~ 1n' meap''ne;
The Wabash obtaneo Go'unol no lo.'"1' 80" ~" ~
War.aw Railroad, and also the Missouri, Iowa ana Ne
,iv h,- II was agreed tnat ne road should
completed TO Corydon. While making inc surveys Tor
further extension, The movements II the surveyors
were watched by tue Chicago, burlington and quincy
ncople who kept blilng ROADS u head OF he "aOaSh
than 10 Shenandoah to mite the two systems. ny
congeci NJ with tne Omaha IA Council Bun L're.'
ever ard threatened 10 hui.da line from Peoria %
Toledo. aud then ohta'ned an injunction AGAINST ihe
Wabash o prevent the ~ bonds 10 complete tue
Missouri Iowa and Nebraska Rll.road Owing TO tbs
,,"vc,Irnt a new coupany was ORGANIZED yesterday,
noEe'' ~, IN, NcSr and Missouri R& way toI'
rany with ,hc same officers as III 'hc dlss"pr iowa
only 20 complete the ne shenaldodh hnt 10 extend
II 10 Nebraska CITY ana thence 10 Lincoln. rs VIII
r,Gnlrc 6niy seventy miles 10 ne om-.ruc,cd from
Ita.rlev.lIe 20 winch POINT the road - completed
llc Wabash management VIII 50 eXlcn th' Qanc!,
Missouri ana Pdc nc Il All frou Milan ~ trenton; atti
which n Will be extended connect with Tie 81 Louis,
Kansas CITY and Northern Railway, thus glNng "a
through line from guuc, 10 Omaha and shorter tA"n
any utner route. Tnc Wabash has heretofore he'd a
traffic arrsn cement with The Missouri Kansas and Texas
Railroad. leased tne rgnt Of over the
tracks OF that road from Hannibal to M)DeIly and men
continuing It, own road 10 kinaas CIV
Wi compete for through traffic This route Is twenty
six miles short than any OH from HANNIBAL 10 ktn
sas Cify. The Chicago. BarlidRiOn ana quincy maI
ayers complain that me wabash Is invading men teit-
tory and although buhdng f"nr roads III ir0It OF the
Wabash ana OwDiDc 400 miles Of railroad III Missouri
wish to make a compromise with the WABASH.
Ii is believed that all OF those movements VIII result
in general among tue western K+Iiodd- ana
finally br ak up the South western Railway AssOcld