, 1881-07-16
Passenger Rates Between New
York and Chicago Con-
tinue to Drop.
Who WIN Be the General Manager
Of the Atchison Road7
Gould and the Temporary Adjustment
Of Southwestern Troubles.
The High Court 10 Pass on tho Min.
nesota Bond Cases.
4 Peoples Movement for Road from
Springfield. Ill.,. to Quincy.
HENRY v1LT4A1tD.

5pSt5df Ntpatth to 1h4 GAteaco Tribune
a; s as IT. % f"r, S:y s,1,r ~ tna N,arm
Pacific, ~ M! nd tl.e Gregg" Ks!!way y i " Xav'xa,
tton, and TUG Oregon Il '!'ra'ssonttncntal
,,tnjnotI ti,n ,pof,s m tItn vax, schan1n in hns
T.. .'s ''' NJ t.i,.'t 10 s,tI ~, '...; ~ '
~ i'h".' A'' 's"1n ~ "aA" WY .'s'''.'''"s t4sr
la! ol tue orcx d Irai,scotl!ntal na Coii'
beau st,bscrtboti, Thirty 1uIiliu,, III aIrrntly
alu ~. liz on,',eo r ,na. %lll % pau II wllhn
continental ,SN coupaIy arc first, 10 o. hold IL
ons hand tic controlling Interests IN the
Nprthorn Pacific md Oregon KuiIwuy.y. Nav
iyntinn cn,nna,,v. nn,I sarnnj. In In n mnrl,
scdea x,1 work for the the 'ss Northern ~ u ac'tic-
namely: to build up IN Minnesota, III Dakota.
,.nI hereafter III Montana, a network OF
branches. feeders, and extensions Tllese
will add largely within short time to the
ralfrond mileagc OF Minnesota. 'We i'll
tc,,d," sIr. Willard continued, "to build at
least one Thousand miles between here and
XIV "i;, Nnrar1, s "g%t is' NJ" ois a
predicted That the completion OF tho Northern
Pacific and Its feeders 3. end ext extensions would
"pcn mSm a." ~. 1i =. ~ ~ a1s
wy , se''anasn's.1e"''s "pp'auueu ~ 'ns c'ose
OF Ills rcltnrKS.
s. pa ts toat oyiy sr ytia lu snI tnt rea
,"aa,s mo la a,',M o,nn,,., lie h"s,nass.on .",
,Si,n % la.i once he,, Sis % steafast M friends Il,
l,ud done with the sS,000.Vo they had ill.,
truatc,l tn him. III boL hni,l tl,ia vost o,,n,
49, d.. .,,a,'t,,a n,,l III tr,. ,,na L., ,a,, -,
Ier mf9 1nGi9als, 'i atta ~ uae naa 10 seeMf9
tl!e1n tllAt 10 WNHlt lafb 10 cal! 1OE MlQre
money. LAG gxpaiiaSa 70 heih ,.i WIN
ae ,s,, !'ai doi,e d, anu III WY hp wntl, !,
tsc'p sti tsat he hn' dsk taken o Of o" WIFI %oa %
try. PVT t!ld nut have '!!olley e'to.tK! to earry
Dut nls pnrposu H. 20 un!lS. liz statc,l tl!is
es pr s s's T. Wilt IL I . ON sss
hsna: Ata'''4' " '' ,''''pl''s 'as, "''a :.
~ woN1d @ giys & mn9ther M 5 5Ietrospects t Atscf M
ha Went g iii. billings atl t,il Ii!n' tliat i.
gtopossaa ~ ~ create @ ! tlifnngh t1le tfu take @
SIeT'or sr oI 81 aason sa ,I 'i bnra a
rati,er yisolary: 1ie dttl not pr1test. ngalnst
tic aaieetlyeappicu ~ lais plail. n,lt tholigllt
ss sea ~ ses tf ls w yson sve sar fsc oS Ms" NJ H.
18Th IN tho Interest Of q ntlinher Of Grrlnan
INVESTORS ~ Transportation INES Ill tnat part
of the eDuntry. LIZ aIeI snw Tue
great resources Of the country md
the extent and nrosueet!ys growth
OF existing transportation lines, aud
foresgw the completion OF the Northern In.
clitc knnd. II WIS then illat lle conceived
tltls plan. w!i!ci Subsequent circumstances,
lualliIy, the d!strust Of nailroad enterprises,
prevented him from accomplishing until
now: Maylix said tl'ls much by way Of ln.
as hs could platls IN regnrl to tho road. III
lie first ,place they wolltl !lake every effort
through Hing, 70 the Pacific Ocean at the
earliest ptssiblo moment, lie had Ind pro-
trMcte1 conference With the Executive EolM-
inittco OF the Company IN regard to l,isplalls.
al,t! as M telt sare thst t!'e Nortl,sfn Pacific
a,Si q lsalf years, or by TIC c!ose og isl. iie
would not say for sure, but It might be that
.1,t.,, BE- 80 completed BY the sd ot next
program, oil tic largest possible scale. Iii.
Willard sa{d tlat tl!e work Of completing theo
| end. aud epoke OF the material ditIl.