St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-30
PLAN OF THE TRUSTEES.
Hope for Track Facilities From the St.
Paul Not Given up by Wisconsin
Central Trustees.
Interest in the Building Of the Hayward.
Superior L Southern Road
Again Revived.
Fast Freight Trains to be Put on
the Northern Pacific Road
Next Week.
Coal and Lumber Rates by the Mil
waukee and Omaha Roads,
General Notes.


The wisconsin Central.
The interest shown in local railroad
circles when the announcement was made
last Thursday that the Wisconsin Central
had secured control of the franchise of the
Chicago * Great Western. has been revived
by the trip OF several officials of the Wis
eonsin Central line to st. Paul. The Chi
cagO IL Great Western line had franchise
TO extend its line into the heart of Chicago
on the south side, and this the Wisconsin
Central has secured for terminal facilities.
On Monday L. II. Abbott, vice president.
+. ii. Malone, general freight agent. of the
Wisconsin Central, and Louis Eckestein
and +. \. Merrill of Milwaukee and J. b.
Trevor and j. &. Colgate OF New York. ar
rived in Minneapolis and yesterday after
noon they came to st. Paul, where Mr..
Abbott was interviewed by GLOBE re-
porter. The party is on a trip over the
line IN the interest Of the company and to
give tine New York visitors clear idea Of
the worth of the extension to ST. Paul.
In regard to the control OF the Chicago &
Great Western Mr.. Abbott made the fol-
lowing statement:
The Chicago Il Great Western Railway
company is corporation under the laws of
Illinois, which possesses terminal accommO-
able than are now reached by any other
railway from st. Paul. 1t is in the hands
and control of Wisconsin Central friends
The new line from st. Paul, which the
Wisconsin Central has encouraged and rep
reSents before the public, is made of several
CORPORATIONS UNITED IN INTEREST.
1.-The Wisconsin Central company, of
which Stuart and Abbott. are trustees in
possession. has tried hard to organize a line
between Milwaukee and Chicago, which
should De under direct control of the Wis
consin Central Railway company, by OBJ
tanning from the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul railway the use of track
jointly with that company from
Milwaukee TO Chicago. Negotiations
between the trustees and the Milwaukee
a. ST. Paul company are not yet closed. If
the Milwaukee company does not care to
secure for itself place in the new ST. Paul
line by supplying track between Milwaukee
and Chicago, then the other corporations
and parties interested will build their own
line to Chicago, probably, and certainly
will in some way find their way to Chicago
over a desirable route. The terminals
which have been secured in Chicago for the
use of the new line will land passengers
from st. Paul within block of the new
board of trade building and close to the
Grand Pacific hotel, custom house, post
Office and center of business in Chicago.
The trustees of the Wisconsin Central,
whose relations with the Milwaukee d ST.
Paul company have been very close and
friendly. have not even yet given up the
hope that the Milwaukee company would
accommodate them with the use Of tracks
from Milwaukee TO Chicago, and save their
associates the trouble and expense of build
ing a new line. They have, therefore,
with great patience continued their efforts
TO make their present friendly relations
closer still, and TO perpetuate them, but of
course their associates will not submit
much longer to further negotiations. They
mean to 90 to Chicago Immediately, and
they will certainly do so in some way, and
have ample means to do what they please in
railway construction"
Mr.. Abbott further stated that the re-
latiOns between the Northern Pacific and
the Wisconsin Central companies were very
close and friendly, and most probably in
short time they would have a connection
at Ashland which would be of benefit to
both companies. The Wisconsin Central,
Mr.. Abbott stated. would, no doubt, in a
short time,
RUN INTO DULUTH,
but as vet no arrangements have been COM
pleted for the immediate running of trains
From the statement which Mr.. Abbott
made in regard TO the negotiations going OH
between the trustees of the Wisconsin Cen
tral, of which he Is one, the reporter was
led to believe that the management of the
Wisconsin Central was awaiting the result
of the trustees negotiations, and if they
were not successful, the management would
then either try its luck or build to Chicago
Immediately on the failure of the trustees.
If this plan is successful of obtaining the
use of the Milwaukee IL st. Paul tracks
from Milwaukee TO Chicago the Wisconsin
Central will be in a position 10 dictate
terms to the different corporations under the
name of the Wisconsin Central Railway
company. 1t is well known, however, that
the action of the Central in obtaining con-
troll of the franchise of the Chicago Il
Great Western is in accordance
with proposition made some
time ago to the Milwaukee IL st. Paul for
track facilities between Schleissingerville
and Chicago, the Central to take care of the
Chicago terminal facilities. The first
proposition of the Central TO the Milwaukee
IL ST. Paul was for track and terminal
facilities. So much objection had been
made TO this that the question of terminal
facilities was Withdrawn. The Central
was then approached by the Chicago &
Great Western, which has a franchise into
Chicago, with the privilege of extending its
line to the Mississippi if desired.