Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1887 — THE RAILWAYS. [ARTICLE]

THE RAILWAYS.

It is said that the forthcoming annual report of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad will show that the contemplated extension of that system are of more magnitude than the public has supposed. Among the proposed lines, is one through Indian Territory. Southwestern Texas, and the southwestern pipt of New Mexico, which will bring El Paso 600 miles nearer to the Missouri River than at present and give the Atchison the shortest transcontinental route. The Pacific Railroad Commission will send experts to Boston, Omaha, and San Francisco to examine the accounts of the Union and Central Pacific Companies.... lowa’s Railroad Commission has decided that the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad must revise its rates on coal shipments. _