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Show The Co iu 1 uk Rnllroad Competition. Compe-tition. Chicago, 15. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad is teaching out to form a connection with the Central Pacific road by way of the Utah Southern at some point in Central Utah. Surveying parties are now in the field running lines from Pueblo and Canon city, Colorado, westward thiough Colorado. It ia the intention of this company to run another line southwest to lap the Southern Pacific On its way eastward irom run i uma. ineee two extensions exten-sions will afford the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe lines means of sharp competition with the Tom ticott and Jay Gould lines north and south. The road in question has offered the management of the construction of the extensions to W. B. Strong, at prcseot general superintendent of the ! Chicago, Burlington and Quinoy railway, rail-way, and he has determined to accept it. The date of bis severing his connection with tbe road with which he ia now and has been so long identified identi-fied is not yet made public, bat it will be soon. |