The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-08
.bov honed 10 bring the grain and secure the

they hoped 10 bring the grain and secure ths
| trade of the farming counties traverssl
Tint spirit Of conquest has pervaded the
! railway builders of the west ever since, ana
The activity in that direction was never mora
p~roaounceI. more wonderful than IL Is at tho
nrosen. moment That which | said at tia
beginning Of this letter was going on in the
ues.. and which was worth talking about, IL
this mighty movement " the railway builders
TO lay the vast territory Of the western por.
ton of the United States at the feet OF
Chicago.
Let US take a look at the map. Stretching
20 tho northwest are two railway systems
which seem almost % b. parallel lines. They
traverse the same states. and with few ex-
c~snflons together reach the same important
cities and towns These are the Chicago, Mil
wrukee and ~. Paul ard the Northwestern
roads. With It's base at Chicago and Nil
u%aul:ec. the former has sent forth roots until
70 reaches tie Mississippi 40 three points, the
Red river Of the north at Fargo, and 1t Is
building a liue % the iron region OF Lake
Superior. Srannin- the country between the
Mississippi aui the Missouri with five lines OF
raii. IT. reaches the former stream AZ Kansas
City on the sou.h. midway az Omaha, AMI AZ
two or three POINT, in miidlo Dakota ON
the north. Cmlt;ng Kansas Ci;y and farso'
and adding Dg.uth. and The northwestern Is
side bv sidc with Us rival. The Northwest
ern. moreover. runs - The center 81 the
Black Hills. ard has a line which almost
touches tLr National park N the yellow
stone. Tho management OF those two ro1d5
Il among the ablest and most energetic in
America. The two roads watch each other Ike
Jealous boys. AID 10 Is almost impossible for
one TO bald d new feeder or branch which the
other does not qgickly parallel Together
they control nir. .oeu-t Tont.otls of the rail
way,of V-'isroa-.a. Minnesota AMI Dakota,
bclc a g)oily portion %. those Of iowa and
Illinois
Chicago railways ware never before SD
ambitions Tho spirit Of conquest AMI o..
rivalry runs high. A railway president s.ti
m Chicago. looks 40 the map of tio wc,
noe; that One ~ Dis rival, is building intol
certain territory, scowls, taps his tell, CALI
for bis assistants. and in "a few day, surveyors
gTe running the lines for still another metz
work of new roads. Thus the Northwestern,
building within a yoara half dozen BRANCHES
ia eastern Nebraska, south Of the Piatterlyer,
inds that Of has stopped upon the toes ci the
Chicago. Burlington aud Quincy. wLicn has
claimed that plrc Of Nebraska Tor is very
lsu. So the Burlington. 10y way Ot reprisll,
sGllociy begins building four or live
l-lurhs I'D into the N~Orthwesterns terri
tory il northern Nebraska and eastern Wy
Om.ag This Burlington system has become
a wonderful network Of roads throughout tho
corn bolt. northern Illinois, southern Iowa
AMI Nebraska. L. Is a standing joke among
travelling u,on iu the BurliugtOn'5 western
t.rrI tory. that new roads and new towns
rri1r uD 30 rapidly ont there that they find
&C. r',sia-y to hire men 10 telegraph them
Of tl, bl.liug of roads and the starting ot
towns. Sd that they may get IN as early "A
.-o.r rivals and sell goods 10 the neW mer-
chants There Is 10. a county in the ,'a,n Of
God. ,-.>,.a south 0t the Platte river an which
To Darlington has not "A road. and now TINT
i- l.i found The corn belt TOO narrow AMI
,rre.k 1lt fer the north, there 3 no telling
.a. 90 viii stop.
-.al tle Chicago, Rock Island and Picilr
/. lr .ors % most conservative concern.
lal iliiil, ai0oi from the scramble Tor new
rr nas ina.ly YIELDED % tie pressure
.. l-. ..as. and IS sending It's rails t0 the
,. re through Kansas and toward tIn
COW h.lr- 0f Texas 10 d most amazing
r,.t Tho ,'lti Old Illinois Central. too.
10 WAS established boy one of The govern
u.- richest grants, ana which some time
I'D purchased roads giving o. 70 direct line
.r..i Caio1el % l-w Orleans. is casting %
.. .r. Ipo1 some of the rich territory
., IH-. 1r. 1ui re-. and has begun upon
nt extension which may carry IFS .lis
.-.' lle 5lif Of Mexico I'd tle Canadian
,l...r fhra spanning the country.
Taat which o~.cIrlei no the beginning ~
., Yeas WIll cause "a sensation in railway
,-., aH.l la,. ma manifest destiny i,Iught
rI.I good o. Che whole country. The run
..oi trains on tie new road from Chicago
,) tIe i-,iI, coa-, isa challenge hich ths
ambitions raI.w-y managers Of Chicago Will
a,.a r.c, Within five years, 10 is predicted,
tIIr or dive Chicago rolds will run their cars
I'D tis coast CA their own tracks. The
Din urtau is already at Denver. oai could
,..l % tho coast in two or three years.
.'n years ago, | am told, the Burling-
.Iu sent a man ID q mountain pass
west %. Denver, with instructions % home
ll tAo strip ot ground On which "A track
.a-I ha.s 10 be- laid II one were ever built
l-,ough that pass, and 10 hold it at all
hazards The man Is there yet, and the pass
t,.lngs to the Burlington. A prominent
giroader, holding a powerful position in
.- NJ tAa companies named, gives % as his
.re ic .on that the Burlington, the 50. Pau.
-s Northwestern and the Rock Island viii
PSI. ltIall" ind their wayto Tie Pacific coast.
zine Burlington win in t.uc purchase tAs
Union and Central Pac,Gc from their real
owner. tLo government
IN an this amazing Outspreading of the
o~utaciss which reach the seats OF empires I
FAN SEQ ONLY bright AMI great things for the
future Of Chicago AMI the west whose me
trouo,.5 o. u.s. WALTER WELLMAN.