| Show a The Fast Mail Chicago 5It is stated that regotia tions are well under way between the postoffice department sand the Wabash road by wnich it is proposed to carry through the plan of a fast mail between the Atlantic and Pacific coast bv a different differ-ent route from that originally intended This is necessitated by the refusal of the Chicago and Omaha lines to enter into i the arrangement An agent of the post office department has been over tbe Wabash Wa-bash line and reports that to the Mississippi Missis-sippi River it is as good as the Chicago line but west of that point it is somewhat some-what new for fast time The proposed arrangement is to connect witn a fast train on the Lake Shore road at Toledo and make the run over the Wabash to to Council Bluffs by way of Hannibal This route is only thirty miles longer than the Chicago route and it is believed the schedule tiwe intended for the latter can be made over it The Chicago and Omaha roads are bfcoming alarmed about the proposed change as it will create a new through passenger route carryirg those who would otherwise pass through Chicago and over tbesa roads |
