Dodge City times., 1889-11-28
sooMEuc DODGE
Has been selected as the
great Transfer Station
for file Rock Is
land and Santa
Fe Roads.


agreement by which cur city will be
greatly benefited. Below we give the
details of the agreement as taken from
the St. Louis Globe-Democrat:
.CmIoAGo, LII, November, 2l-
At 4 O clock this afternoon Presiden,
Cable, of the Rock Island, by his sig
nature completed the formation ct the
most important railroad traffic agree
ment of the year. 1t Is stronger In
every respect, more binding in all its
features, and Of far greaterimP0rtance,
than the agreement recently made be
tween the Union Pacific and the North
western. In brief, the agreement
binds together in the clostcst possible
bonds short Of actual joint ownership
the Rock Island, the entire Atchinson
system and the Atlantic and Pacific.
The new line is but fifty miles
shorter from Chicago TO San f'anciseo
than the Northeastern, Union P4ciic
and Central Pacific. Figuring Oh Atci
insor and Santa Fe mileage II is
twelve miles shorter. The ncg li@o Is
to be called the Rock Island and Santa
Fe route, the agreement gong into Ell
feet at once. The agreement IS yoium-
inous. and is as far as q railroad agree
ment can be made 1t Is pronounced
by President Gable, and General Conn
sci Withrow, Of The Rock Island, anu
BY the Santa Fe officials, the most per-
feet document Of its kind ever drawn
up. The agreement provides that for
a long term of years the new route shall
be maintained by the parties thereto IN
spite of any or all other outside deals,
consultations or combinations. In the
new route Dodge City. Kansas, Is
made the dividing point for all east
and west bound traffic. All unc0n-
signed freight and passenger traffic
from Chicago west-5cund is turned
over by the Rock Island al Dodge City
to the AtchinsoD. Ali unconslgGed
east-bounG traffic from the west Is turn
ed over by the Atchinson at Dodge
City to the Rock Island. All freight
is to be handled in through cars, and Is
to 20 on through billing from origin to
destination. Each road is in every
possible way to give the preference to
the other irrespective of the past, pres
ent or future alliances. The Rock Is
land and Santa Fe are competing roaas
for a mast amount Of business, especi-
ally at Denver, Topeka. and IN the Ia
dian Territory. From the Missouri
river to Chicago the interests of the
roads are identical. Every present Of
prospective competing point is gonc
over carefully in the agreement, and IT
is provided exactly what each shall do.
1t will be remembered that the
Globe Democrat has spoken of the
coming extension of the Colorado Mid
land to Ogden via Denver and Rio
Grande Western. The agreement
shows the Atchipson was olive to fC-
ture complications here-in fact, had Il
not been for President Cables control
of the Colorado Midland the agree
ment would have been signed !brec
days ago. In regard to the Colorado
Midland deal, the agreement shows
that it will be made as foretold. This,
of course, will give shorter liue be
tween Chicago anfa San Francisco to
the Rock Island, and longer haul by
nearly 1000 miles. The agree emeni
provides that when the Colorado Mid
land is completedshe.Rock Island shall
turn over at Dodge CitS e tie Atshi-
son, on its east-bonpjal business, car for
car that goes west. over tie Rock Is
land and Colorado aLis!aal. h o,5ci
words. the agreement on Interchange
of businessi practically reversed Goa
this liae wheli It IS c'as2iet, tuo s
hence Following a ca. 81 .'rei .li. ID
Chicago tp San i'rAncisea, isali. 90 IL
the same ear aud the same b;liss
follows, over the new-foruiyi i - Is
land and Santa fe ronte: Chiesco
over tic Roca Island to ks-sr~ Cs.
52l miles; thence to Dedsc City, Kan =
as, POI miles. Hence it is iuIaed
over to the Santa Fe, which takes It to
Albuquerque, 800 miies; thence to
Mojaye, over tie Allantio and Pacac.
S15-miles, and to San Francisco over
the Southern Pacific, $50 miles; tetsI.
2469 miles. For Illustration take a
car going under the Uuioa Pacific
Northwestern agreement frem Chicago
to Omaha over the Northwestern, 1872
miles; thence over the Union Pacifc to
Ogden, 1881 mics; tienee oyer the
Central Pacific branch of the Southern
Pacific, 241S miles; total, 24lS mics
"a difference of 81 mites in favor Of
the latter. Figuring on Santa Fe
mileage, however. the Rock Island and
Santa Fe route is , miles shorter. as