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Show RAILROAD COMPLICATIONS. Mo3arB. Gould and Dillon and President. Pres-ident. Loveland, of the Colorado Central Cen-tral railroad company, have entered into agreements with a committee of oitizeua of Laramie county, Wyo., the aba tan co of which are that in consideration consid-eration of the issue to tho Colorado Central railroad by Laramie county of its bonda to the amount of $150,000, bearing 8 per cent, interest per annum, an-num, redeemable after ten yoara at par, the said company will extend their road Irom Loogmont to Cbey-eunj Cbey-eunj within ail months; also it ia agreed that whenever a railroad shall ba built from tho line of the Union Pacific railroad to the Black Hiila, or 100 miles on the line thereof by the Colorado Central railroad, or the Union Pacific railroad company, starting start-ing from Cheyenne, Wyo., Laramie county will issue to the company building tho gamo its bonds to the amount of $250,000, and in case the Black Hills railroad shall start from any other point than Cheyenne, the Colorado Central railroad shall forfeit and p.y to tho said county of Laramie Lara-mie the bondd amounting to $150,000 so issued aB aforesaid, for the building of aaid railroad from Lougmont to Cheyenne, or if unable to return Eaid bonds, then and in that case the said Colorado Central raiiroad shall return to the said county of Laramie the sum of $75,000, being 50 per cent, of the p ir value of said bonds. - ' This agreoment, if carried out, will mako Choyonue aud the Colorado Central railroad, which is controlled by the Union Pacific, competitors of Denver and the Denver Pacific railroad rail-road for the business of northern Colorado. This is a blow at DonVer, which that city baa been anxious to ward off, aud would have prevented could Jay Gould and company have obtained control of the Denver Pacific railroad, which is run in the interest of the Kausas Pacific. Donver owns nearly a million of dollars in the Denver Den-ver Pacific road, and has recently desired to take that road out of the sickly embrace of the Kansas Pacific and place it in tha haudu of a receiver, re-ceiver, that it may be. managed in harmony with the Union Pacific. It would seem from tho agreement between be-tween Cneyeuns, the Colorado Central Cen-tral and Gauld and Dillon, either that the latter have given up all hopea of obtaining control of tho Denver Pacific, Pa-cific, or that the agreement ia in the nature of a threat in order to briug the Denver interest in that road to terms. It is somewhat doubtful indeed whether the city of Cheyenne will con aent to bo taxed $100,000 tor the privilege privi-lege of becoming tho southora tar-minus tar-minus of a Black Hills road. J.;y Gwuld is nothing if not a great strategist, strate-gist, and bis objective point is evidently evi-dently not an immediate Black Hills - rod nor an extension of tho Colorado Central, but rather to force a combination combi-nation of tho present compIie.V.biw which will enable him to cripple com pMely the Kansas Pacific as an east era competitor. Ifhe can accomplish this purpose by playing ' with C.iey-eane's C.iey-eane's ambition, it may bo his chtjupcet possible method; but it will be seen, that the agreement with Cheycntio avoids any direct liability on the part of the Union Pacific to build tho BUck Hills railroad. Evidently Jay Gould baa the best of tho bargain, however the matter may terminate, for ho really promises nothing substantial to Cheyenne, while he holds tho rod over Dmver, and gains time, which is an important element in the quarrel. As to the building or extension of rail- - roads either in Wyoming, Colorado, . Utah or Nebraska by the present man, agement of the Union Pacific weli, that ii another question. The corporation cor-poration is not likely to bmlJa milsof road beyond the necessities of business! in any direction, I |