The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-01-20
BIG RAILWAY DEAL
HAS GONE THROUGH
Canadian-P Pacific Will Enter
Cincinnati Over the c.
& O. of Indiana.

BY the completion of traffic agree
ment between the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad company. which il in
control Of the c. 4 O.. of Indiana rail-
road. and the Canadian Pacific rail-
road company. the Importance OF
Richmond as q railroad and trade GEN.
ter will be greatly enhanced. Such an
agreement means that both the Chesa-
peakc and Ohio and the Canadian Pa
cific will have an outlet to both the
Atlantic and Pacific coasts and that
the c. Z O.. of Indiana will be the
connecting link Of two of the biggest
railroads In the world.
For several weeks 1t is understood
the two roads have been dickering to
complete the deal. 1t has been kept
as much q secret as possible in order
that neither the Hill nor the Hawley
systems would be embarrassed by the
possibility Of other roads blocking the
deal. The officers of the two roads
have constantly been holding meetings
at Chicago and Cincinnati. but the
deal has progressed SO far that the
secret was divulged In Cincinnati this
week.
Reports have been In circulation
that the G. 4 O.. of Indiana officials
would make Richmond one of the
most important points on the line by
the location OF 2 large railroad shop
hero. No announcement to this eff.
feet has ever been made.
A corps Of civi: engineers have made
q survey for the purpose of both
straightening out the kinks" in the
line and for double track.
Over Million Spent.
About q million dollars was spent
last summer in improvements to the
line. some Of the expenditures being
for strengthening bridges and double
tracking between certain points. AS
soon ~ the weather moderates in the
spring. the work will be resumed
again. Attention first will be given
to that section of the road between
Peru and Chicago and later the South.
ern half Of the line will be looked af-
ter.
The Canadian Pacific has had its
eyes on Cincinnati for some little time,
and made overtures to the C. & O.,
Immediately after It secured control of
the c.. C. 4 L.. for an entrance into
this city. The traffic deal hung fire
for few months, but has practically
been completed. Trains of the Cana.
dian Pacific will enter Cincinnati about
May 1. according to the present ar
rangements. using the Fourth street
depot Of the G. and O. Later ON the
trains may enter the Union Depot,
provided other roads do not interfere
with such IN agreement, as they did
In the case Of the old c., C. and L.
Eventually the traffic agreement will
be extended over the main line of the
G. and o.. to Newport News. giving
the C. p. . coast-to-coast route. The
Western terminal of the road are Van
couver, British Columbia; Portland.
Oregon. and Seattle. Washington.
oranehes In Northwest.
From Pasqus. Saskatchewan. Canada
It has q line called the Minneapolis,
st. Paul and Sault Ste Marie. Another
terminal Of this same road is Winnie
peg Other branches of the road In
the United States traverse North Da-
kota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michi-
gan.
The traffic agreement with the Can
adian Pacific will give the c. and o.
another outlet for its growing coal traf.
fic through Cincinnati and the c. p.
in turn. will have q new outlet for
its traffic from the Northwest, which,
heretofore. has been diverted by vari-
Gus ways through Cincinnati.