The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-14
THE BURLINGTON DEAF.
An Impression thnt Wall Street Does Not
iHfD Fully Comprehend It.

An lmprcsslOu TINT wall street DOCS NO
| liHfDi Fully Comprehend It.
New YonK, March l3.-In regard |,
the Burlington deal the Times this morn
ing says: "There are grounds for III,
belief that Wall Street does not yet com
prelend the whole deal which Is nov
practically completed. There Is reason
for suggesting that before long 1t will b,
found that the Burlington 4 Quincy Il
really only one OF the factors In tht
transactions. The Manitoba road ma,
be In 1t. The Pennsylvania road may
be In 1t. They both may be In 1t. They
may be found even more largely in Il
than the Burlington 4 Quincy.
The Burlington & Northern Is a spul
running from the Burlington 4 Quincy
main line north 10 Minneapolis and st,
Paul. It goes into territory where the
Quincy company has no interests. But
1t would be Of use to the Manitoba, ter.
minating at st. Paul and Minneapolis,
with which to reach toward Chicago. But
the notice Issued yesterday to the Burl-
ington 4 Northern stockholders says
the sale Is in the interest OF the
Quincy. In that phrase In the inter
est oi, 1t Is suspected that there is Sec
ret hidden. II the Manitoba Is the buy.
er, or ono OF the buyers, the transaction
might still be made in the Quincy inter-
est, by traffic deal which would permit
tho Manitoba to run over the Quincy
tracks from the Northern's terminus into
Chicago. There would be big track
age and other revenues In this for the
Quincy. The Manitoba and Quincy are
In no sense, nor to any extent, rivals.
This trackage deal would have business
sense and profits back OF 1t.
President Hill, OF the Manitoba sys-
tenn, has lately been In the city. He
WIS also in Boston; that is the Burling.
ton 4 Quincy and the Burlington 4
Northern headquarters. He was also in
Philadelphia; there are the Pennsyl-
vania headquarters. It has been well
understood among outsiders for some
time that close affiliations exist between
the Manitoba and the Pennsylvania.
Their officers and controllers are much
together, and it was long time ago tac-
lily arranged Gf, indeed, It was not made
the subject OF regularly executed doc.
umentary agreement) that eventually
the Pennsylvania and Manitoba should
be brought into close relations and
made parts oi one great transcontinental
system, though not necessarily as sin.
gle corporation. BY the use OF the Bur.
lington& Northern with trackage over
the Quincy into Chicago, the Manitoba
and Pennsylvania are brought together.
The Manitoba has now to build only
500 miles to reach the Pacific. The use
OF the Burlington and Northern loop will
make Pennsylvania-Manito system
from ocean to ocean.
This theory Of the new deal comes
from Philadelphia, where it ia supported
by the statements OF high authority close
TO President Roberts, Of the Pennsyl-
vania. If the Manitoba and Penusyl-
yania are the purchasers with the Bur-
lington as eide partner merely there
is escape from the scandal which would
be threatened had the Quincy insiders
simply unloaded an improbable prop
erty upon the bigger company, which
they control and other folks own.