The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-26

, | Twelve hours. IN the IlIne- Inc DAYS II
t leaving will be changed from Monda,
5 and Thursdays TO Tuesdays and Satu
days, and instead of leaving at night II
train will start on its return at S o'cloc
: il. the msrning in order to reach Chicag
in the morning. The cut of twelve houl
will be made by increasing the speed b.
tween Los Angeles and Kansas City.
TRADING RAILROAD LINES
Great Northern-St Paul Follows the SAINT
Fe-southern Pacific Deal.
Chicago, March 25.-President z. F
Ripley of the Santa Fe system, who re
turned today from tour Of inspection
OF the entire system, substantially con
firmed the report Of deal between IN
Santa Fe and the Southern Pacific b.
which the former obtains control of tn
road known as the Mojave division o
the Southern Pacific extending from Mo
| jGave 10 the Needles, a distance of "a
| miles This piece of road has heretofor
been operated by the Atlantic and Pacif
ic and the Santa Fe has had trackag'
over il. By the deal, however, il vii
be placed in exclusive possession of tht
property and will then be able to reach
| the Pacific ocean over its own tracks
and Independently of any of its neigh
! bcrs. This, of course, will be Of i'm
! mense advantage to ii. The right to run
| its cars TO Los Angeles and SIN Diego
will hereafter be unchallenged by any
body.
at is not quite correct to say that a
trade of property has been accomplish
ed said Mr.. Ripley. Certain details
have yet to be worked out; but, as l I'M
derstand ii all, the main features of the
transaction have been agreed to and you
will, l think, be safe in concluding that
the thing will go through. 1t will not
make any change whatever in transcon-
tinental traffic. Neither will 1t give the
people of California any better transpor-
tation facilities than they have at pres
eIt. It will not change the general re-
lations in which they have stood to the
Pacific company in the slightest degree.
All the change that will be brought about
by this deal will affect only the two
roads parties 70 the deal and its only
effect will be TO simplify and unifiy the
operation of the two systems. That is
al there is to it.
while the features Of the deal have
all been agreed 10. actual transfer cannot
be made until the lawyers of the two
companies work out certain details and
decide on the legal form 10 be given
the transaction.
''The most important point on which
they have to pass is as 70 whether the
contracts to be drawn up shall take the
form Of actual transfer or of ninety
nine year leases. The former method
will be adopted if it can be done with
out involving any legal questions or
complications. Should anything in the
nature Of these be found to stand in the
way, then resort will be had to the
ninety-nine- lease method Of consul
mating the deal
THE advantage 70 be gained by the
Southern Pacific will be of no less i'm
portance to it. however Heretofore Il
mas had a little bit of track. SO miles
in length, extending from Benson to
Nogales, and cut off from all direct con-
nection with any other part Of lis sys-
TEN. This stretch of track has been
used by the Santa Fe as a connecting
link between its New Mexico and Ari- |
Zcna and its Sonora railway lines. The
New Mexico and Arizona road extends |
from Deming to Benson, a distance OF |
115 miles, and the Sonora railway from |
Nogales to the city of Guyamas the !
Gulf of Califoria, distance of 265 miles. |
These two roads. the aggregate length |
Of which is 440 miles, the Santa Fe gives
up for 240 miles from Mojave to The
Needles. It's system in that direction
will hereafter end at Deming, N NJ.
''In giving up these two roads, how
ever, it does not give up the traffic orig
mating on them, because the Southern
Pacific mas no outlet at Deming, but
over the Santa Fe tracks The surren-
than real.
THE advantages to the Southern Pa
,ific, on the other hand, will be i'm
nense. It will not only be able to make
Is tracks between Benson and Nogales
If some account to itself, but it will gain
| new and excellent outlet TO the Gulf
# California at Guyamas. Both roads
lave, therefore, right to congra tulatc
themselves on the deal. The deal is N
with the plan adopted by the
santa Fe since its reorganization, of al
owing its outlying and unproftabla
ranches 10 go and consolidating It's sys-
EN- to the greatest extent possible
New York. March 25.-In regard to
he published reports from San Francis
o Of an exchange of portions Of their
ne between the Atchison. Topeka and
anita Fe and the Southern Pacific, Col {
mel Aldace F. Walker. chairman of the
GARD of directors of the former road
aid: = {
LAS the Atchison has completed ar I
augements with the Southern Pacific S
thereby the former acquires ownership I
the western division OF the Atlantic l
nd Pacific, from The Needles 10 No c
Ave, now operated under lease from the '
outhern Pacific, giving in exchange 4
lerefor the New Mexico and Arizona L
nd Sonora properties. extending from q
enson, Arizona. to Guyamas, Mexico, n
fter the foreclosure of the sale of the I
tlantic and Pacific western division. S
his will give the Atchison the owner I
lip OF through line from Chicago TO n
an Diego and Los Angeles"
Fargo. y. D., March 25.-From a con- b
Dental letter written by a prominent o
:. Paul railroad official, it is learned a
lat the Great Northern and the Chica- c
;. Milwaukee and St Paul railways
i've concluded an agreement by which n
e 81. Paul is 10 trade its Fargo South G
n branch for the Great Northern's n
oerdeen and WATERFOWL branch in J.
'uth Dakota. This would leave eacn L
ad Of competition in good territory. "
argo merchants are considerably con- W
rned at me prospect, which will pre- '