Telegram-herald., 1888-08-18
rHe NORTHERN PACIFIC ROAD
Arrangements hsiNg aAas isF As 1s
tsssos fsts CAscsEs


a las oeen reported about sewn "a
Quiei wSy ig some tias pssi thss sbe
Northern Pacific RAILROAD Company sss
nsSinf arrangements 10 secGrs al enlrAncs
~ = oWu luf Q ChioAgs ano thai isrrt pDE-
chases q lsud see in prospect. j is nov
this great ooTpogkaon vii hs,s - eooa al
eutFsnoe - ChloSfo sno a. good terminal
facilities a. 4us other rosd kss been nearly
worked cat The ctlsi engineer of TIE
company wss recently Ia lhs civ snd vent
ossi ii4s snckney tract sbd oIEer isnds in
Tie pelniiy with q pronaineIg reai estate
agent 1ne "a - prtxumee tGhi se oonsplCu-
ous step would have uoi beeu taken an
iest lie AffscEs 0snis had been About oom-
pistcc- IL e understand thai the enter
l,rise cOnisiu plates corporation With Nj.
oucfney and his associates. The eiicE
nsy tract "a Ls0ns covers sn AREA
of nearly 5000 acres aud some
idea Of the magnitude oi the scbsms
can &c formed from the fact that there is
not enough and in that Tract 10 satisfy the
requirements OF tke case Sems bi0s have
been rnsos for TIE other trscls ia the yloiB-
lty, presumably fef night ef wss for sueh
sdoluODAi tracts a. may be needed. "a
encH ls IN progress 30 carry oui ne old
project Tor some sort Of q union Of The iEtef-
esls Of TIE Northern Pscil0 and The Nisc0n-
ain Central What lhs actual arrangement
VII be i not Yet tnowu-not even o. the
parties IA intefesl-but there is every prob.
ability that the Northern Pacific viii use
tss llne Of The Wisconsin Central for = con
Meeting link between TINS city sno 81 Paul
The public have been waiting for some time
Tor wors TO begin on Tie great depot and
Office building VI the Wisconsin Central
road on fIith-sve. and HarTisoD-st., bat IL
has been delayed en- one prelsTt and another.
IL 10 now thought that the negotiations
with the Northern Pacific were the coca
sion OF The delay. IL was reported smong
railroad men a short time ago that tie
deal with the Wisconsin Central merely
awaited the srrivsl Of Mr.. Willard from
Europe. he bss new returned. The Vie.
cousin Central cess BOt not 90 near the
huekDey tract bat the company nave .
right OF way south and along the eastern
boundary OF the town of Cicero 10 point
In the vicinity OF that tract. which can he
utilized in connection with the railroad
transfer that is to be established by kr.
Suckney. There seems 10 be some i'm port
ant Transaction connected with this Northern
Pacinc deal the nature Of whioh Is is pot essy
10 surmlse. PsrsoDs who are identified with
Il in one way and another inumste. how
ever, ths: there are negousuons wblch
quite overtop the famous stlckney des in
their importance. ltit known that certain
influential men are irving 10 have all the
railroads Of the city admitted TO an equal
interest IN the Belt Line. and IL wss parry
with that purpose In view that the recent
change Was made IN the msnsgenent Of The
Western Indiana Road. It is certain that
The Stickney tract ~ the nucleus OF i'm
portsnt changes in the railroads entering
this city, snc 10 Judge from the frmness
with which property is held ia that vicinity
owners believe that great deal more land
will be wanted soon.- CGaooyo Tribune.