The weekly Arizona miner., 1880-02-20
FRESH RAILROAD HOPES.

Recently affairs have assumed such a shape in Colorado as 10 give Us additional reasons for believing that the Atchison, To peka and Santa Fe Railroad wIil push oa- ward io the Pacific Coast on ;he 3jth par sIIel. The trade of Colorado has been 3 rich prize fer years To obtain it, thore have been continuous "railroa3 wars from time to time, no: only ia Colorado itself but the hottest of fights in New York and Boston as well ca the one hand Gould has been endeavoring ;o lay his hanI on every iron thoroughfare which enters Colorado. and, on the other hand the Boston manage ment of the Atchisoa road have been trying to compel the Gould liaes io surrender al least part of the trade of the Centennial State. A lease was male by the Boston people of the Denver aud Rio Gragde road leading souihward from Denver. where junction was affected at Pueblo with the AtchIson road. This was intended to divert q part At least of the Denver trade from the Kansas Pacific and Union Pacific, both in Gould's hands
 Thea the Boston management D:o posed to tap the trade Of Leadville by building from Canyon City direct. which would have brought that trade over rheIr line. Hut the lease was defective, There were NO many leaks left in it that Jay Gould ia the meantime obtained practical control of the Rio Grande road and by Iiti- gation stopped The Leadyille extension and pushed down the RIo Grande river toward Fl Paso to divide the southern trade. In the meantime, having by these tactics shut the Atohison road ort of Leadgii,e, he hIm- self went is by UbtaiBing an igtercst in the South Park Railroad Then as q menace 10 force the A T tl S F R. R 10 his terms he projected road from Pueblo down the Arkansas rIVcr parallel to the other. This had the desired effect and truce was or dsred It amounted virtually to 8 surren- der, and an agreement has been entered in- ts between the tive homogeneous.
 The terms are briefly that Gould agrees to stop inc further building of the Rio Graude southward, while Boston agrees 10 withdraw both from Denver and LsadvijIe, except that pa,t of thc latter t-ale shall 70 East from Pueblo oyer the Topeka road.
 This leaves the latter road oat in the vii derness in the ncighsorhocd of santa Fe, with light trade on which to dspeud for its profits G9ald a9,- roa'rass srzfy ii7e et'sr- jag Dearsr aad tfe Nls Ja7j. ryrA.rs. Under these circumstance, # wauid seem that the only course left open t0 the Atchison road will be 10 push on to the Pacific Coast. II it wI.l do so it can obtain abso- lute control of vast region which has re- sources more abundant than Colorado ever contained When that road started for southwestern Colorado from AtcAison. the 1 San Juan region was Uadcyeiopcd and there seemed to be no'trale that would war rant the building of thcroad. AFizona now i is far richer in trade than tlia; whole coul- i try at that time. The road is now at the l door on the Rio Grande river By vigorous 1 work II can enter a region within year that wit discount Southwestern Colorado by far. And once in possession II can be held against any odds Gould may be able ts bring to bear upon it. Having pracG- cally been shat out of Colorado, We believe the company will turn their attention almost wholly 10 Arizona and the Pacific CoIst A golden harvest awaits their reaping, and we believe they will To; Dc slow to gather ;t i'm