Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-11-20

slbly II has already taken steps In that
direction. The Parsons & Pacific rail
road, which recently commenced con.
struction at Parsons, in the southeast
corner Of Kansas, IL believed by some TO
DO controlled by the Chicago g. AL.
ton with the purpose, II necessary, Of ex-
tending II north iol Kansas City and south
west into . territory Of the Atchison
company Blt, although this may not be
The case tho publication In the "0Glcal
! GuideV 0i map showing the pro-
jected extensions Q! this enterprise
az least suggests what the Chicago &
Alton company might do II IL found the
large business which II now receives at
Kansas City from the AtchIson system
taken away from II and felt the necessity
forced upon 1t to push its own systems
20 the southwest
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy com
pany, although II has a line extending
| from Kansas City due west to Denver, is
not AZ present In the territory to which
the Atchison company lays claim The
burlington company, however, appears 20
have seriously contemplated extension
into Southern Kansas, and should the
Atchison company build TO Chicago II
would doubtless take this course.
To disinierested observers II would
seem that same arrangement might be
made by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe on one hand aud the Chicago, Burling-
ton & Quincy ard the Chicago & Alton ON
the other, Whereby the business Of the
former between Kansas CITY and
Chicago might be divided between the two
last named lines, thus avoiding the
apparent waste Of capital-from S80,.
600, 900 TO 10000, 000-which would be
involved in the Atchlson extension 10
Chicago, besides the indefinite ad itional
expenditure which would result from the
pushing out Of the Burlington and Alton
companies In the southwestern
country. The rapidly increasing
business OF the Atchlson road divided be-
tween the Chicago s. Alton and Burllng-
ton roads would probably amount to
more than they could secure for long
time by building their own extensions,
and there seems to be no reason why a
traffic contract could not be made which |
would be binding and satisfactory.
We make these suggestions In the in |
terest OF all the parties concerned, In the |
that If satisfactory agree
ment can be made for preventing the |
extensions II will save the
needless expenditure of a large amount /
Of money, TO the benefit not only Of
the companies most directly In
terested, but Of all the lines do
ing bus ness In the territory
referred % and Of the country in general,
because every dollar needlessly spent in
railway construction Is really 10 some ex-
tent dollar lost TO the country and an
Increased burden placed upon the people.
The managers Of these great lines are
men OF broad and liberal We've,
'ar-slghted as 10 the interests Of
their properties and the effect
which the threatened extensions are
likely 20 have In the future, and we doubt
lot that they have given all these consid.
srations careful thought, and will arrive
" the conclusion which shall seem to
hem dictated by good sense and
sound judgment. Meantime the At
,hison, Topeka & Santa Fe company has
rot bullt or eveG commenced TO build
rom Kansas City to Chicago, and until
something more definite than Is now
Known shall be made manifest It Is use
ess TO borrow trouble az to the results
which such an extension would have
upon the many and vast interests that
would be affected.