Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-01-06

assistant lnlte0 bthIe5 hllOIuey lOi
the northern district OF the Indian terri
tory, and the law firm Of Butler, hoffman,
JOHN n Mynderse, OF New York, repre-
scented the complainant, the Central
Trust company, OF New YORK.
General Solicitor Luman +. Parker
and President ID. b RobinJ0n, all OF
the Frisco; Frederick Stauss, assistant
secretary and treasurer OF the Frisco,
and member Of the firm OF j. " ". Selig'
man Il Co, banker, OF New York; Alex
ander Douglas, auditor OF the Frisco, Su-
perintendent A. J. Dawson, OF the Frisco
and ". l.. Lawrence, a New York capt
tall It, came on 10 attend the sale, which
was pursuant 10 a decree entered in the
United States court for the northern
district OF the Indian territory, NOyem-
Der n, 1897.
BY this purchase the last yestige Of At
Gibson, Topeka and Santa fe domination
over the Frisco was swept away. IL In
cludeJ all franchises, rights OF way, reil-
roads. telegraphs. lands, land grams,
shops, dep0te and all property OF every
description that then belonged or shall
at any time In the future accrue 70 the
central division OF the Atlantic aud Pa
cihc. The purchased road extends from
Seneca, Mo-, TO Albuquerque, N NJ, and
from Fort Smith, Ark, 70 an interesting
point on the Canadian river. IL q
been completed from Seneca to Sapulpa,
In the northern part OF the Creek nation.
where for years the western terminus
has been.
TUE ORIGINAL INTENTION.
The original intention was 10 build q
grand tra%nscOntineDtal route from st.
Louis 10 San Francisco, but when the
Frisco passed into the hands OF the Santa
Ee the project was abandoned. The
santa re nc once set TO work, backed by
Chicago capital, 10 make the Frisco a
mere servant OF the big system, which
began, like a giant octopus, 10 extend its
arms all over the west and southwest,
and drain the resOurces Of that vast area
into the Windy City. Under the manipu-
latiOn OF the Santa Fe. the schemes for
Frisco extension died a-bOrning. Slowly,
but surely, the octopus extended its arms
by circuitous ways 10 as 10 apparently
Obviate the necessity and weaken the
practicabillty Of Frisco extension. Con.
nectiOn was established at Albuquerque
with the Atlantic & Pacific by a Santa
Fe arm that dipped down from the north,
while other arms tapped the Indian Ter
ritOry, Oklahoma and the Panhandle OF
Texas, leaving the Frisco In a position
with all the richness Of that country just
out OF Its reach.
No sooner had 1t fallen under the con-
troll OF the Santa Fe than the Frisco be-
gan to languish. II became the drudge OF
the big system. To II was thrown only
such business that could not by any de
vice DO taken away, and such as the San
Ia Fe did not want. The plan was To
drain oil that immense territory, rich In
bOundless possibility, into Chicago.
Freight determinations diverted bus-
mess where other means failed. This
scheme would doubtless have eventually
succeeded, a. II did In large part, had not
the Santa Re, in its anxiety 10 grab
everything In sight, o~verreached. The
system, reared On an insecure f0un-
dalton and OF mushroom growth, fell
TO pieces OF its own unwieldiness. II wat
forced into the hands OF receivers. Will
IL fell the Frisco, IA a part OF the general
system, although the latter road had been
able TO draw enough business from III
lnalienable territory TO pay its own opeT.
ating expenses. The stock and bond
holders OF the Frisco, long intensely dis
satisfied with the way the road IA beinE
made a tool for the Santa Fe, saw an Op
pOrtunity for freedom In the temporary
disability OF the octopus. Separate re
c%eiyers were applied for and Obtained. In
a short time the wisdom OF this step wa,
was shown In the earnings OF the road
and then came the resolve u obtain com
plete emancipation.
II will scarcely be profitable here to re
view the litigation In the United Statel
courts, extending over a number OF years
that finally broke the bonds OF the Frisc,
and placed Its destiny again In the hand
Of its friends. II speedily felt the inyig
Grating spur OF the rich blood OF new AM
well.meant management, headed by ID. b
Robinson. The TRANSMISSION TO the SAINT
Fe had been stopped, and the road wa
quickly carried TO the front by the i'm
petns OF its own natural energy. Recog
} nizing that the Frisco and Santa II
were natural rivals, and their interest
could not be made TO coincide, In a com
paTatiyely short time the discharge o
the receivers was asked and secured, an,
with that action OF the court the shackle
fell, never TO be resumed, No sOoner wa
! the Frisco free TO follow Its destiny thai
the original plans for legitimate exten
sion, checkmated by the Chicago. througI
/ the agency OF the Santa Fe, were revived
II was resolved TO go oct and fight 70 re
cover the alienRted territory, Thes
efforts were seconded by the Atlantic
Pacific, which has been conducting
strong but not yet entirely successful
legal eight 10 break up the tie that bind
1t to the Santa Re.
|, THE FIRST STEP.
D The purchase OF the Central division o
the Atlantic II Pacific Is the first praC
I teal step towards the fruitiOn of tn
7 original scheme for a direct transcontin
I entail route, with Its eastern terminus II
st. Louis. II IL now certain that IN
f. road Will be extended west from Sapulp
: a. soon "a the mild weather sets In. Tw
8 routes have already been suryeyed-On
4 by way Of Oklahoma City, and the Othe