The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-06-08
A Coast to Coast Trunk Line
Has Been Created by Con-
s0lidation of the C.. 4 o. and
Bradford Line.
EDWIN HANlEY WAS
PROMOTER OF DEAL
Local Line Is the interior Link.
While Kansas City, Mexico
& Orient Is Outlet to the
Pacific.

New York. June S.-Edwin Hawley.
who has been working ON the develop
nent Of = transcontinental line. has
gained his outlet to the Pacific
through the Kansas Gty. Mexico and
Orient. To comple& his line from
coast to coast 1t now remains only for
the Hawley interests to connect Gin
,innati with Chicago. This, n has al
ready been announced. will be effect.
ed by making . trunk line Of the
and Ohio. probably
the purchase OF the Chicago,
Cincinnati and Louisville The Haw.
ley lines hitched up with thu Kansas
City. Mexico and Orient through the
and Alton. Last week the
officers Of the two roads concluded Q
working agreement whereby the track
age OF each system il thrown open to
the use Of the other Hawley inter.
CotS eAS w" bOpucscAecU ~ Su0 OEt0uS
board by two men. George H. Ross.
vice president Of the Alton. who was
elected at tht last meeting OF the
and George Crockes. one
of Mr.. Hawley's closest associates.
1t Is said. however. that the Kanaas
City. Mexico and Orient 10 not booking
for any consolidation with the Hawley
lines.
Indirectly the new working agree.
ment viii extend to the other Hawley
lines-the Clover Leaf. OF which the
Alton is q part; the Minneapolis and
st. Louis. the Iowa Central and the
Chesapeake and Ohio when 1t IL con-
nected up.
Predict Diversion.
Traffic men predict q vast diversion
Of freight to the new transcontinental
route. The western end Of the Kan.
sas City. Mexico and Orient 10 1t the
Port OF Topolobampo. on the Gulf Of
California. almost opposite the south
ern extremity Of the Peninsula Of
Southern California This port. the
new name of which IN Port Stilwell. 90
called in honor Of the roads builder
and President, Arthur E. Stilwell, IN
1000 miles east Of San Francisco and
500 miles nearer Kansas City by the
new line than San Francisco 10 BY the
shortest dispatch now operated. This
shorter land haul will enable the road
to carry freight to Kansas City at q
much lower figure than any other
road has been able to quote. and II
any rate wars arise 1t will prob1bly
be able to meet all comDetitiou by
reason Of an amended concession just
granted to II by the Mexican govern
ment. which has allowed the system
to raise its rates from 20 to 20 per
cent and continue them at that fIgure
for 80 years.
The Water Haul.
The water haul OF this New Orien-
tai Dispatch will be made by the
Hamburg-American Steamship COM
pany. which has contracted to start
q oduO-H OCulC u0S - BOOU - l00
road is completed. This requirement
will be met probably In about l8
months, although the larger portion o1
the Kansas City. Mexico and Orient,
embracing that territory between Kan
sas City and San Angelo. Texas, to-
gether with practically all the stretch
in the province of Chihuahua. Mexico.
will be operated by August 1. When
the new traffic agreement Of the Haw-
ley lines goes through. ~ Il win upon
the completion Of the Orient Line. the
two systems will be able to supply the
Hawaiians and the East with practic-
ally every import which those regions
require. The Hawley lines. almost
5000 miles In length. tap . territory
bounded by the Atlantic. the Missouri
and Mississippi. the great lakes ana
the Ohio. They tap Newport News.
Washington, d. c.. Cincinnati, Toledo.
Detroit. Kansas City. ST. Louis. Min
neapolis. Des Moines and Peoria In
this territory are located the great
grain fields. soft coal deposits. steel
and iron centers and packing housee
Of the country.