The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-26
RAILROAD NEWS.
Santa Fe Buys a Lumber Road
in Louisiana.
VIII Bald a Connection from
Beaumont, Tex.
ROCK ISLAND DEAL.
Railroad Commission Nay Re-
fuse to Permit 1t.
Hartman Has Been Forced to
Sell His Roads.
ROCK ISLAND DEAL.

Houston Tex. May 16.-Thsrs is rsa-
son u believe that the Gulf. Colorado
and santa r has acquired -he Wat
kins and Gult road. property doing
business in southwest louisiana and a
valuable lumber proposition None u
the parties al interest VIII say any
thing concerning H. bur Wee President
Polk has made close Inspection Of
the Louisiana road. has started a corps
Of surveyors across country from a
point above Beaumont where con-
Meeting line Between the two roads
could he most easily built. and there
are other evidences 1f q santa Fe de-
clsiou II do something. Before the or
sanizarlon II the kirby Lumber
company ar Kirby oulll a Eoad
from Beaumont headed toward san
Augustine He sold tEe properties %
the santa Re and the roads were COM
plered as originally planned. thar being
q part oE The contract At --= time il
vas understood rlar -le santa F. WAS
@ have 1ne handling Of tls lumber
Hl=n kirby got rea-y 90 l@te-4p MS
holdings u timber land ln that vicinity
Then came the deal with the Frisco
H1ic1 has sco1Dad In --= cream OF the
lumber business as soon as II can SCI
ID e position o. handle IT. Hence -le
activity Of the santa E'= 10 providing a
rau- source 1f freight.
There Is an alliance with -he Indus
trial Lumber company q Beaumont
involved m the new deal ElAL COZ
ucratlen having large holdings ana
tns output ot u-hien can ce convenient
IS routed over the santa Ee # tnar road
builds 10 j conrec rl7r
HITCH IN ROCK ISLAND DEAL
7 IS no- eel .--t- -A7 S---- %
road commission NJ Texas Vll Sanr--1l
the Rock Islands purchase e q one
half interest N rhe DalIas-Sac iue line
and -he Texas ana New orleans la---
road These r1a1s were -l-=- gag ----
troll OF rne Hartman syndicate and me
sar-sr sold hale interest % the Rock
Island GO prevent The -z--z- from oul-1-
ErE new line t-e- Fort worth 10
Galveston Should -a= Har-lrl z-oes
Island deal b. frustrated the ROCK
IsIanIs plan Of extending It's l1a 70 the
gult Is g rz carried 7u--
since The beginning Ct 1873 the Harrl-
man interest has sold outright 80 mics
O. OREGON Short Line and half inter
est IN Houston 4 Texas Central so
miles Texas & New Orleans 3l4 miles
and E1usrr- East * West Texas, ~
miles III addition san Antonio & Ar
ausas Pass go miles VIII De SOFA
within q rew weeks The grand total
cE tha mileage upon which hold has
bean uq1lshed Is therefore 47+
mites
Lhls develop msu- Is the most COM
rlzt= surprise that has occurred IL me
railroad year Of 1865 Hitherto u has
been an axiom that Southern Faclrlc
Rust hold the gulf safe and mat there
fore Hartman lines were D1- Tor sale
Yet Hlrn three months Hartman has
sold mileage enough Cd make smasl
system. The reasons Tor this change OF
policy are worth iDrz=-lEa--uE-
The reasons ara about follow
To avoid the construction # para--
lei iles so powerful as % insure the
ruir II -15 Hartman road
Fer rE- concentration OF effort on
east and west traffic for Southern Pa
c51c practically under guaranty hat
Peck Island VIII nc- attempt I'D inter-
fz-e with this but wiz ccrrna l-sa-1
to norm and south trunk line traffic.
The interference OF the Texas legis-
laturs uitn r1e economical operation OF
all T=xas railroads. and especially the
Hartman INES
Possibly the shifting ot the head
Quarters trans E2ari-il trade from san
Fran iscc t1 Puget sound ports nac=s-
stating the direction Of Hartman sf-
fort IN zhis direction unless Union Pa
clac Is 60 60 backward.