Mohave County miner., 1884-03-16
TzsE ATL kNEIC & PACIFIC
 EXTES SFGV. History Of tIle Arrangements with tlac Managers Ot tERe South
 Gt5f Pacific RAiie0id.

PecbS OI an extension or the Atlantic
 tS Pacinc railroad to the Pacific coas
 We vii! give very briefly the facts, 6:
 we have them from good authority | The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
 interest has six ot the thirteen al
 rectors of the Atlantic & Pacific Com
 pany. and the Huntington, or Cen
 tral-Southern Pacific, interest al
 present has six The casting vote is
 thus held by the President. But by
 agreement the President is obliged
 to vote for an extension of the road.
 Moreover, the directors in December
 last executed a formal contract to proceed with the extension of the
 road from the Needles to the Pacific
 coast at any time after nine months
 from January 15t, 1884, when six
 directors, representing either the
 Atchison or the St. Louis or San
 Francisco Company shall so vote
 the effect Of this being that if the
 Atchlson, Topeka & Santa Fe Con-
 pany desires to extend the road to
 the Pacific, and provides the money theref UT. which 1t can do by using
 the securities uf the Atlantic & Paci-
 nc Company issued for the purpose, Il may do so, aB the contract cannot
 be repealed, even If by any possibili- tY Mr. Huntington should obtaIa a larger holding Tn the Atlantic $ Pa clfc. The present terminus of tae road IS at the west side of the Color ado River, and includes the bridge at the Needles "a very important matter in view of possible extension. which was shrewdly guarded in the arrangement by winch the road was built this far. Now glance at the map will show that the distante from the Needles to Colton Is not very great, where connection could be made for San Deigo with the Cali fOrnia Southern roa l, ownpd by 1r. \ ckerson- n-ene of the heaviest own CTS in the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Company-aud friends, while from Colton toLosAngeles and Santa Monica, its seaport, is not far. The original scneme contemplated the continuation of the Atlantic Gs Paci ne vest to near the Pacific, and thence nOrthward along the coast to San Francisco. Whether this CT any westward extension of the read will be made depends doubtless on the continuance of amicable relations with the Southern Paclnc, but the Hewer to exterd row rests witIt the
 elsen Company, which is thus in to protect it's interests aadd to obtain its full share of California business.
 \ The present condition of affairs is the result of quiet but deter1niGei ! struggle of giants which has been going on for several years, the prin- ] cipal actors being c. P. Huntington. of the Southern Pacific, and Presi dent ". B. Strong of the Atclison. i Topeka and Santa Fe. That Mr. Strong has come out victorious is new evidence of the farsightedness and the remarkable diplomatic DOW i ers, as we'll as tine lndonitab!e pelsis- 5euee which have characterized his entire connection with the Atchison Company, to which that Company 5o-day chiefly owes its commanding position. This may be said without ietraeting from the just dues of others. To give a full history of the referred t3 it would be nee essary to go lato the relation Of the 5t. Louis and San Francisco Compa- y to the other parties, but thls Is not here called for. In brief, however, | may be here stated that Mir. Gould md Mr, Huntington some two years .gO mad0 an arrangement to. secure control of this Company-the former | order to prevent t from extending :s track .n;s >. Louis instead of to uso the track Of the iljssouri Pacific, and from bniId,ng ! line south to Paris, Texas, where it would connect with the Gulf, Color sdo and Santa Fe road and thus 3eeome q formidable competitor with be Gould system; and the latter, in ,rder to prevent tine extension of the Atlantic & Pacific, of winch the St. Louis and San Francisco, jointly with the Atchison, Topeka $ Santa He, held control. It Is understood ] hat the arrangement of Messrs ( fould and Huntington with the Sel- { g4Ian interest, whereby they ( ecured the control in the St. Louis | nd San Francisco, will in a few months cease and that the Seligmans
 f ii ,,n I'd with the htch-