, 1880-12-28
More Opposition to the Grand
Trunks Entrance into
the City.
Qould's p1nn to Make 81. Lonis a Way
Statlon on the Wnbnsli,
Tho Anti-aowo1 Non Of tho Pennsylvania
Directory Select a Candidate.
CHICAGO d GRAND TRUNK.

AlVAh tAO lAItu4 pUiub thEHLJ VI salo
Chlcng0 4 Western Indiana Isnl1road 10 CHI
cago, although 1t Inns continuous lIno To
thfs city as fnr rs Twcnty.stxth street. It Is
unable to use lis own ltno this stao Of Thorn
ton for through business to tho city because
It comes nowhere nearer to the Western III
diam Line t,tnn three and a lln1f to four
miles. In order to uso Its own line rs far ns
Fifty-Arst street Mt least, aiNl thus virtually
control Tine OF ils own Into tho city, tho
managers of tho Chicago & Grand Trunk
propose TO build connecting link
between its OWN line md the Vest
ern Indiana three nnd thrcc-quarter miles
iii length through 1.-THE Town of Lake Just
east Of Flfty-ilrst street. Although the Conf
pany iIas purchased the right Of why for tho
now link, anil does not Ask permission to run
the limo on Fifty-frst street, yet 1t cannot go
allen4 before II has attained tllo corsent Of
tho Town Of Lake, ,as. q number nf streets
vard has also to DO crossed, aud for this tho
consent OF the South Park Commissioners
has to bo obtained. Tho Chicago Il Grand
Trunk officials hnvo mat!e great efforts for
these parties, but owing. to the great opposi-
tion by.n nunl1pr Of tho propurty-liolders
along tho. proposed line, they hnvo made
but little l.eadway thus far. It is claimed
tReir % propeFty arendy nj M ore s'tSS e',s up Ss by
railronds than 1t ought to be. nfd II would
grcatly tleprcciate III value II llurc were
built Tho officials of tic. Company, how
'syer claim tint 10 anprcslantlo damage VII
which the road Is to run belongs to the Con,-
pany.. It would b0 II greater hnrtistlip for
is, tae ihal!road Company to prevent y from
other lines 10 get into Tic city for moro than
tWcnty-tnree miles. a large mni0rlty OF tho
people of the Town Of Lake wcre H. fnvor OF
the prop9sed lnc and particularly tho
by greatly facilitated by, the CONSTRUCTION
ut thu llne. Tho entire Stock-Ynrtl interest
and ilnany. proG9rty-o%ners urge tho cor
strneton On nf M tl!o ling; # was an ncknowi-
trols, upwards Of LOO miles. Of. roal and
which taps three Of the principal seaboard
cities IS NOW Kept at q distance Of twenty
three nltles from tho city when bmt the, corr
now only asks Of tho Town Of Luke and tho
Park commissioners slcl. fayurs Ms have
heretofore BEEN grantGl freely to other and
{Sss p"Ftant; lines To- preyet tho Grand
with the Western 1nllan1 on the ground
That enough roads were, already. cutting up
tho property there: would be setting 4 prece-
dent d that would w. ultimately pTpyo as.
might wnnt to CONG Into the city, But Ii tho
Town ot Lake authorities hold to thclr pres-
ent position, tllat tl!e town WIS already too
am, other would oyer be uDle to getany nenr-
er than tho Grand Trunk now Is, and they
would clther be compelled to seek m outlet
elsewhere Or place themselves upon tho mercy
event the city wotlld tcriye no benefit from
new new competIng ron!ls. rhe more railroads
Tint come into tho city tllo better It Will be
for It's Interests md Its sfutureprospertty;nn
s!inro IN The city's prosperity. As tic city
expands an;i enthrgcs tno property In tho
suburbs WILL correspondlngly Increase In
value, and therefore tho people In tho
fDutSs m 'Snot %ay q 0f t to cys y oVss1s'fs wef
and future prosperity, MS thereby thOy would
on1y iniict tta'nRgo upon themselves. Tho
Grand Trunk peoplo believe that much Of tho
k S s 6ea Warkd o tie hS
Vnnderbllt's eInlssarlcs. It was a we'll
known fact TINT over since tho Grand Trunk
't Gonm'enced 70 build its line to Tits city Van
g. tlerbilt I has thrown every Imaginable obsta-
progress, Vanderbilt never made Il secret Of
tho fnct that Ills fight Ngntnst tic Western
Indiana regarding tho SlXteanth-street cross
ing Was So only lnstlgatcd BY ts enmity TO-
en- ut every point thus far, he now otnbraees
tho opportunity to prevent tho Grant Trunk
from MnktnE proper connection between
ITS main line and tho Chicago s. Western ILL.,
diam.
ANOTHER GOULD SCHEME.
Mr.. Jay Gould has now scheme on foot
to build short limo for tho Wabash, Vt.
Louis g. pacll'c to the Missouri River points
which, II carried out, will make St. Louis
but side station for that road, and bring nil
tho Missouri River business OF that limo
direct to Toledo and Chicago by way
Of St. Charles, Mo. Mr.. Gould, 1t Is under
stood, has mado proposition 10 TIC
people along the proposed line from tie con-
Junction Of tho Wabash muin line at Spring
Held TO Grafton, ILL.,, ut the conjunction OF
tho Illinois and Mississippi Rivers, thatlf
they will provide the means for building tho
road ho Will construct llno bridge across
tho mississippi Mt Grafton, and also build.
y line from. Grafton to st. Charles.
" IIsseus I'a ssaneh e as e ,e @a'S Waikiki. %
The lIqe from. Springfield to Grafton
would bo about .Boventy-flyo 1nios In
Length, agd s cross The jacksonville, North
Me adss hns %aysf1 SStsG xnqwn . h r.
cago, burlington u Quincy ut Kenper, and
tho ch!cago \ Alton nt JersoyyilIc. Tha ilno
from Graft2u to st Clnrles would DO about
ss abeat nlnaiy ss mlcs nj oF e AssSra'1syA s% 1;SA
would DO required in carrying out CIT
(i0uttl's lntcst scheme. The bnfII.
lng Of this limo would benefit the Wabash In
1nat,y ways. at present 1t ias to tako It's
Missouri River business either via ST. Iotlis
Or lIanilibal. AS the bridges 1t each Of
those points ara owned by intlependont COM
pMnies, tho Wabash Is reuntrel to pay laayv
brlagc-soils. not considering the tlelays oc-
casl0leh by tho truMsfer Mt st. Louis. Goujd.
l,y building MI Independent brldgs for lii,
Wabash at Grafton, viii 10 able to pockct
tle toll himself. Destdes, 1t will giyu
the Wabash q double llno from Decatur 10
Grafton, and Will nlao greatly shorten the
DISTANCE from Chicago anti Toledo to Mis-
souri, River points. II tho. new line Is built
tho bnlk Of tho Wabasl's business will no
4unbt bo taken over tho now route, md st.
!l.;ouls ind Hannibal will get but the !eavEnXs.
Tho Injury to Ht. Louis resulting from til8
construction OF tic new line will be very
SERIOUS, for the Wabash from st. Louis TO
NJ. Charles woull Oecome simply branch
!lnp, to be used almost exclusively Tor local
But where the building Of this now line Is
70 proye OF. such gtent 6uneitt to Gould and
no Wnbash,. IL Is hard to see why they
should ask tho people along the proposed
Hue to build tho road from. Springfield
70 Grafton. 1t Ia the old gatlu Of
Gould e Induce thp, people to build fur bin,