The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-05-10
70 REACH OUT FURTHER.
The Kansas City. Pittsburg
and Gulf Still looking for
other Fields to Build
its L,nc,
OMAHA THE OBJECTIVE POINT,
The Great Central West and South
to be Girted together by Steel,


Omaha, May 10, The Kansas
City, Pittsburg and Gulf railroad
company is now negotiating for
terminal facilities in Omaha, The
probability Is that the road will
make use of the facilities of the
East Omaha Bridge and Terminal
Co.. whose new steel bridge spans
the river a third Of Il mile above
this city The road will run It's
trains into Omaha late in the sum-
mer, construction work being push
ed with great rapidity
The K, G., p, & c. with form a
direct connection with the great
Gulf ports which are now hidden
with the Atlantic seaboard for
grain shipments from the vast re-
gion Of which Omaha is the geo-
graphical centre, So active has be.
come the competition Of the Gulf
transportation lines that the eX-
porters Of grain in New York and
Baltimore have sounded a note Of
warning They appreciate the
fact that the reduced cost of trans.
portation on the enormous surplus
Of grain produced In this region Is
destined to build up the shipping
interests Of the Gulf TO the detri-
ment af the lake and.rail transpor-
portation lines from this section to
the Eastward, II Is this changed
condition, becoming more marked
every year. that gives unusual Inn
portanee to the completion Of the
new Gulf road
The grain crop Of this territory
for 1886 was unprecedented, Me-
braska alone produced nearly 3OO,'
100000 bushels Of corn, the low
price Of which preeluded It's sale
and export because of the long
haul transportation rates to the
Eastward What ls true Of Me-
braska In this respect will apply
with equal force to Iowa, North
and South Dakota, Wyoming and
Kansas, Ia short, there Is Il proli-
he field for operation upon the part
Of southern transportation lines
which may hereafter penetrate the
grain In producing states ol the
north, Offering better tranaportas
tion rates, Qhe instance being less)
than eau now be obtained from the
great trunk lines which have long
held a monopoly upon these ship
mente
One Of the prime objects of the
Trans Mississippi aud International
Exposition Is to bring the south
aud the central west into closer
commercial relationship II will
will be the medium through which
the capitalists Of the south may be
given d better understanding OF the
resources Of the central west and
enable them TO show and 10 tell the
people Of this region the adyanta'
ges that must accrue from q policy
calculated to foster and build up
great transportation lines between
this country aud Gulf ports In con.
ncetlon with the great steamship
transportation companies whose
boats now ply between the Gulf
ports and the leading ports Of entry
Of foreign countries,
II Ia this consideration which
moved The owners Of the new Kan.
sas city, pIilsbufg and Gulf rail.
road 10 penetrate this territory, II
Is understood that the Illinois
Central will also enter this field In
competition for grain shlpmoota "a
the south The exhibits Of these
aud other southern railroads At the
Trans Mississippi Exposition, at
Omaha Ia 1873, viii be arranged
with one object In uew namely
To lamIlWYo the people Of the
North with the extraordinary ad-
yautagts Afforded by Southern
transportation lines for d large
share Of the tiahit originating in
thla prolific region.