Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-11-13
More Gould Projects.

! HADAo N'hiN
1t is believed by well posted railroad
men that within the next year the Missouri
Pacific will make changes that will greatly
astonish the railroad world. Its present
lines will be extended toward all points
of the compass from Kansas City and will
touch the extreme boundaries of the
! United States.
1t is conceded that the Topeka, Salina
and Western, which is nearly completed
to the Colorado line, is to be eventually
extended through the Rocky mountains to
the Pacific coast, The Lincoln extension
50 lately completed Is constructed OF the
best material laid on the easiest possible
grades Engineers have located lines to
the north and ives, OF Lincoln, and 1t is
very probable that Yankton, OAK, will be
In direct communication with Kansas
City through the medium Of the Missouri
Pacific. Since the Chicago extension OF
the Santa Fe has become almost GER
tainty, a semi autheatic rumor has been
circulated TO the effect that the eastern
line of the Wabash Is to become part of
the Missouri Pacific system. This viii
give the Missouri Pacific line to Chicago
and another to Toledo.
dispatch to st. Louis paper from
Union City, Tenn, speaking of Mr..
Gould's late visit to Memphis, says:
"Gould and General Manager Thomas,
OF the Nashville, Chattanooga and ST
Louis railroad discussed the matter of
building connecting link between their
respt ctive lines. Rumors were as thick
as blackberries in August as to the route
this extension would follow One was
mentioned from Charleston, Mo-, to a
point opposite Hickman, Ky, and across
the Mississippi river by transfer boat to q
connection with the Nashville, Chatta-
nooga and St. Louis; another route named
was from Columbus, KY, down the east
bank OF the Mississippi 10 Hickman. 1t
Is only natural to suppose that the cpm-
pletion of the Mobile and Ohio route to
st. Louis via Cairo will compel the Iron
Mountain system TO seek new outlet for
their freight traffic destined to southeast
ern or Green line points, which las for
years been hau ed over tle Mobile and
ONO from Columbus, Ky, to Union City,
a distance OF twenty-slX miles, as well as
their southern passenger business, which
mas so long been carried over the Mobile
and Ohio through sleepers having been
regularly run between st. Louis and New
Orleans over this route. Acting upon
these rulhors some of the most prominent
business men Of this place met recently
and, after discussing the question infor
mallyi concluded that the Iron Mountain
company could form connection with
the Nashville route by much easier and
more advantageous route than either of
those mentioned by building from Colum
bus TO Union City--in other words,
parallel the Mobile and QAaia, vtasasufsssss
ing Though S'tifrck1v settled agricultural
district, over route comparatively easy
from grades, and affect saving of six
teen miles in distance, besides having an
Independent line to Union City, which
offers no little inconsiderable induce
ments as shipping point. These mat
ters were brought before the city council
at lis last meeting, and committee of
three consisting of w. H. Gardnef, S. r.
Hayden and Herman De,zel, was ap-
pointed to confer with the Gould line off,
cials with view of pointing out the adj.
vautages Of the latter route, and letter
was accordingly addressed to General
Manager Hoxie at st. Louis, who
promptly replied In such manner as to
leave no doubt that the matter was favor
ably Looked upon and would be more fully
considered at an early date - Kansas
City Times.