Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-26
TRANSPORTATION NOTES,
Raft Notes.


The MittcGukee Dc st. PduJ;s Extension to
Kansas City-Eafltngton Tactics.
OTTUMwA, Ia, Dec. 23.-The Chicago.
Milwaukee & st. Paul completed It's line
from Sigourney into and through Ottumwa
last Saturday. On and after Jan. 1, 1884,
trains will be running on this part of the
line between Ottumwa and Sigourney, and
by the LIST OF May next the entire line
from Cedar Rapids to OttGmwa will be
completed and in operation, distance of
about ninety miles. This is the most i'm
portant and extensive line of railway con-
struction under way in Iowa during the cur
rentsyear, and unless severe weather inter
fexes fa entirs work will be substan-
tially completed this winter. most of the
bridging being in, the grading two-thirds
com pieted, and ever onethird Of the iron
being already down. This is intended 10
give to the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul 4 southwestern connection for it's two
roads c5ntering at Cedar Rapids, and in
due time the line is to be continued from
Ottunwa to Kansas City.
It will be readily seen that after that the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul, with it's
Southwestern connections at Kansas City,
its Union Pacific connections at Omaha,
under the tripartite syndicate, and its con-
nections with the Northern Pacific at st.
Peul, will be in condition to take care OF
itself as to western traffic.
The inevitable collapse OF the Iowa
pool and the tripartite agreement, which
substantially leaves the Chicago, Burlipg-
ton & Quincy out il, the cold, creates quite
a hutter here, which is the most profitable
station On the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy between Chicago and Omaha.
Capt. Thomas j. Potter, general mana
ger Of the latter road, has lived here since
he was boy, and has large property in
terests in this city and vicinity, including
an elegant $4,000 block of wholesale
houses erected this year. He is reputed to
be and is anquestionably one OF the most
competent railroad managers in the United
States, having Gons through all the
sradations OF service in his road from
the inspector to vice president and
general manager. His military services
we're also highly creditabIs. It is not aus
pected here for a moment that in the high
IL exciting and brilliant maneuyering
which is now gsing on over the Iowa rail
road checker board Capt. Tom Potter is
going to get left. It Is now given out that
AAo SOAPo Adb bScUIco b IN
terest In the Burlington, Cedar Rapids d
Northern, which has heretofore bsen own
ed and operated jointly by the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific and the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy, the rormer hereto
fore taking the business from West Liber-
ty north and the latter that south of that
point. 1t is announced in this
connection that $50 miles of additional
road will be bHilt by the Burlington, &C.
dar Rapids & Northern the coming year,
including the competition of the old
scheme, partly graded years ago between
Clinton and Iowa City, distance of fifty
miles, also an extension to Daoorah and
several other minor extensions. If this
statement is correct, it shows that the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy has got the
bulge on its late coparcener in the Bur
lington Cedar Rapids g. Northern, and that
as to the northwest the Chicago, BurIing-
ton & Quincy is already in position to
use the razor quite effectualiy if necessary.
1t is the old Napoleonic taotios-to wit:
that when the enemy is on your flank you
must be on his.