, 1880-09-28
THE RAILROADS.
The Wabash Extension Regarded
as the Beginning Of War.
And It Is Possible that All the West
ern Lines Will Be Involved.
Detailed Statement of tho Losscs Occa.
stoned by tic Plttslnrg ltlst.
Tho Western Indiana Still Pageing
Away for Its Crossing.

Away for It's Crossing.
a GIGANTIC STRUGGLE,
Tho fight ietwccn tho Wabash and uilrling-
tun lthroads CUES brnvcly on, nf,d Ma tllno
pns.es complications thlcken, util pyerytlltnH
Indicates III outbreak at III eArty datc such rs
hhs sGldonl hcen witnessed Eu tho West. When
tho wAr OIL rates begins it will not kcop con-
tlnud very long 10 tho two powerful corpora.
ttois immediately Interested, but evcry o.ttor
Western flt'c, aud particularly thoso frnm Chi
enro, Will Ut ncCcsstty hnyc tU tnko haud In
the K'trlp There wuro a number OF r0Ilroal
managers who, When this contest commenced
thought ut tlo burlington WIS Acti,lg rather
hastily building new lines both Gust
mud west 10 meet tho Wabash COM
pctstlun. Thpy did not think TINT tho
WHbasli rch'iy mca,lt to forco II war and striko
serinHay Into tho lurritory of tiio Burlington or
othof ronds. There wMs III Impression thAt tito
WAbnsh would 10 NJ, further thuu extcnu Its
hiHsut,rl, fown Nebraska I}rhtIcil to cn1lspc-
hon with Its Council lsutfs Iir,inch for through
route from ch!caRo tu Council Bluffs. Iut slnco
tho Wabash managers have hecn In thls city atl1
rcvcnlct1 snmr of thotr objects, Rhowtng thnt
they not nny !nennt to suet1ro M uutf9t for
she!r Missouri fown ( Nebras1zn, but also ll-
tended to construct n1il form snch new ucs 1s
to enablc them tn strlko nearly AlI tho Weston
ronds from ChsuaRo Mt tlleir tnost vltnl points,
her1 has come chnnEo over tho drc,ltNs of
those t1nnhgcry, aud neurly every unU Of them
ipproveso of the course the burlington Ia purslt-
lng. 1t ngnln pruycs tho old adugo that It ln1kcs
Hrcnt difference whose OK Is gored. Some Of
tho managers yet contend ttlnt tho Wabash Ia
only "plnytnY 'pOssufn," md that none OF Its
tnnonnced schemes Except tho extension of tho
N'A.DMrtt Iowa g. Nebraska will be carried ont.
a.rti9nlsrly 4 ttiia tue ease with the contenl.
p!tu! Wh1nsh Hut to FeNrM. 1t Ia ciulinGtl thltt
te 'te TS. s star " sy %xY e.; sS Sf ouS
svcr ,h tho Wapsl hs st ost bo ee'siy na shat
s II s @ x9rY x1o seh 6 hs ~;
p!s.,,x, ;Ss Es,9aTEs ~, na,e y Mr: iisaehreys:
aware tliat tho Ch!cur., Psitn s. Southwestern
ns sm, se St si,: s1elred " t9 n,rllnston Quincy.
enx ot new II ne u T. III per sle'; so a01 ,eh ,s IL
Ecrtn!u: thnt tAo portion u this now line froln
MHitchir, M on THO chcaKo & s3trawn Dlvlaipa uf
10 Stremtnr, bus already been contracted fur. Uf
sH.lrfo there VIII ~ not much tso fur nti altl-
rho Burlington 6ccn to cnrG much for the
necessity Ut nov lines. when they think they
need s thon @ !? tn:llGt injury upon one or tho
% S ' liz liz g oss y M"eGa tS
Cthlcn,eos pekln s Southwestern to the Wabash
y VII, no s'SetS doubt 0ns IT, and q ts9 as etss sY.
Kettif1E tho Chlcnrtl, pckln & Southwestern tta
burlington bus atcy gained seyuril oltlor linz
purtunt advantages uyvr its rIyAl, it Ia r,f,,rt"
On tho Leak Ut authority th1t tho lurlinxt5t, hns
,1ntlo nrrtnRcniunts with tho Lake Eric &
at leo wcst aid oas. linz ia To- coneta t ~ bGl f
Wnb,lsh until It's now Pouria & Tdlc.io isaiiroad
ia completed. Tu mako tho uunnecu0u with tia
Luke Eric e. Western tho HtIrInutnn will hi vn
10 construct short ijnu from igprla tu uIoun,-
ingtOn.. uencral- Munger Potts IL now in Pco-
tHte construction III tfts linz. and leavns IN,
which hctscciorti, must be regarded Us Il
.' W. II 1h toe s naF5ns5oh SYSTEM. Ing surveys
tho Uurlinvton lnye lmni, rt,t,,n,cio.I mi yort
on this Ino Is ulso to be c0nmeilced ut Unco and
p4shga 70 u speedy Gonpettpn: 0eno1ll- Afnu-