Omaha daily bee., 1881-06-16
The wabash's Detroit Line.

Mr.. Geo. III. Daniels, general ticket
agent of the Wabash, has just issued
the following circular to general ticket
agents of connecting roads regarding
the opening Of the Detroit line of this
road:
1t is confidently expected that the
extention of our Eel river division
from Butler, Ind, to Detroit, Mich,
100 miles, will be completed and in
operation not later than July l, and
it will be in connection with our main
line from Logansport, Ind, the
shortest route between Kansas City,
st. Joseph, st. Louis, Hannibal, Mo,
Quincy, ILL.,, and Detroit, Mich, and
a direct route from Council Bluffs to
Detroit.
In view of the Importance of the
new route between the west, south
west and east, | respectfully request
you to prepare, and have ready to
place on sale when notice of the open
ing of the new line is sent you a com
plete set of tickets to Detroit, Mich,
Adrian, Mich, and all important
points on and reached via the Great
Western, Canada Southern and Grand
Trunk railways. Our trains run over
the trace of the Missouri Pacific rail
way between Hannibal, Mo, and
Moberly, Mo, and over the Chicago,
indianapolis, st. Louis and Chicago
railroad track from Lafayette juno
ton, Ind, to Sheldon, III.
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be required at Detroit. We will place
on sale at Detroit and Adrian a full
line of tickets to western and south
western points.
This shows that the Wabash is de-
termined to give the Vanderbilt lines
the go-by, not only as regards the
freight, bnt the passenger business as
well. Heretofore nearly all the pas
senper business from the Wabash has
been given to the Canada Southern
and Lake Shore and Michigan South
ern at Toledo. The bulk of this
business will now be taken direct to
Detroit, and there be divided among
the three Canada lines. The Great
Western, however, will get the lions
share, as with this road the Wabash
has a close working arrangement.
The completion of the Wabash's De-
troit extension will be rather severe
on the Toledo branch Of Vanderbilt's
Canada Southern, as nearly all the
business this line got at Toledo came
from the Wabash. What it will do
for business at that point is hard to
tell. Vanderbilt is not the man to
let this branch of the Canada
Southern go to ruin for want of
business, and for this reason
will no doubt soon manage to secure
another outlet for it at Toledo. Van
derbilt evidently acted upon the belief
that the Wabash would give him the
go-by sooner or later when he purchas-
ed a controlling interest in the Lake
Erie and Western railroad. This
line does not now connect with the
Canada Southern, but a connection
can easily be formed by building a
short line from st. Mary's or Lima to
Toledo, and this will no doubt be done.
By making this connection Vanderbilt
will have as good a southwestern out
let for the Canada Southern as by the
Wabash, if not q better one. 1t is
hard to see how a war between Van
derbilt and the Wabash can be avoided
much longer. Everything indicates
that Vanderbilt is getting ready to
fight. 1t is already rumored that he
is about to take retaliative measures
against the Great Western of Canada.
The latter road derives the bulk of its
passenger business from the Michigan
Central at Detroit, and this, or the
bulk of it, is hereafter to be given to
the Canada Southern.