Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-02-22

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Railroads And Rumors OF
Railroads.
To the mind of the initiated, who
wouldn't know the difference be-
tween watering railroad stock and
watering a mule there is nothing
of especial moment going on in
railroad circles but to those hav-
ing an insight to railroad matters,
in this vicinity especialy,are aware
of the fact there sis much" going
on and ere it is finished there will
be a reconstruction in such ar
engagements az traffic agreements
ct. cetera.
A matter that has been prolific
of much discussion during the
past few days is the recent ar
rangement effected between the
Illinois Central railroad company
and the Union Pacific. Through
traffic arrangement agreed to by
the homogeneous of the North
Western and Union Pacific rail-
road company, the former road
has been permitted to shake the
Union Pacific tree of eastern
freight and passenger traffic with
almost no competition but now
affairs are rapidly changing since
the Illinois Central has invaded
the North Western territory and
has commenced it's Omaha-Chi-
cago service. From semi official
source the report has come that
on March Is the Illinois Central
railroad company would innsuger-
ate a trsnscontinental service, the
result Of traffic arrangement en-
tered into bv the Illinois Central
and Union Pacific.
IL this is true, and there is but
little reason for doubling it con-
sidering the fact that the Harri-
man syndicate yields q mighty
power in both the managerial de-
partments of the Central" and
Union Pacific, the Northwestern
railroad company no longer en-
joying the monopoly of the Union
Pacific's transcontinental parton
age will naturally seek another
entrance into the Pacific coast
country, and this can be done on
~ by the extension of the FIRE.
mont, Elkhorn and Missouri VAL
ley road, a North western proper
ty. from Casper the present wes-
tern terminus of the F = to Og
den Utah, there connecting with
the Southern Pacific. Besides
giving the North Western an en-
trance into the Pacific coast ter
|ritory through an agreement with
either the Central or Southern
Pacific, the Caaper-Ogden extern
sion of the F p would also afford
the North Western company pro
lection against the Burlington.
sncroachment of the + D com.
pany's legitimate territory.
The Burlington has completed
the survey aa I'D early next summer li'
will commence the conc. o''oA y =
a line from Cheering, SCOTS Bluu-
county, about sixty miles south of
the Elkhorn's Chadron Casper
line. through the territory now
tributary to the F. z. and eventu-
ally forming a junction with the
Cheyenne and Northern arailroad
property which the B. and NJ. has
recently secured control of. This
extension will take the B. and M.
into the + D territory with Orion
junction as the chief point. When
one takes the two facts into con-
sideratioD, the loosipg Of the Pac-
ific coast plum aud the Burlington
encroachment it seems highly
probable the NV. Company will
build the long promised Cas- e-liDe
ere many months. If this is done
the bulk of the North Western
business will pass through Mis-.
souri, Valley thence to Fremont
crossing the Missouri riverover the
+ 3 bridge at Blair. Never we're the
prospects for Mo. Valleys future
brighter than they now are. Ii
the North Western extension
is carried through to completion
Missouri Valley will he a North
Western division point.
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We have already referred to the
bufetnsr enterprise at Chicago;
further. particulars are now al