Show JAY GOULD the wily railroad Eail road spider spinning its web oter over tho the wast west by W U Telez telegraph raph to the CHICAGO jan 18 gould received in formation information on tuesday that prest strong of the A T santa fe R R had been negotiating with the stockholders for the purchase of the st louis sn san francisco aid the atlantic pacific roads after sending ingall an agent to st louis he lie was informed could be done without his presence accordingly gould left for that point after his obtaining control of the missouri kansas texas Alis missouri pacifica kansas cincinnati st louis northern atchison topeka santa fe he be saw that their kansas city connection was taken away and unless they could control the st louis pacific line they have no eastern connection it has been goulds plan to prevent this and a number of agents have been sent to buy buy all th alie e stock obtainable but unfortunately ort antel y there was but little to purchase I lchase and all that was sold the A V T S F people obtained when the st louis san ran francisco and Atlan atlantic fic pacific are comp completed feted there will be a direct air line route from st louis to the pacific coast shortening the distance by miles over any competitive line if taken possession of by the A T S F people ie the route via pa the southern pacific will wili bo be abandoned thereby saving saying miles mexico whereas if jay gould pets gets these lines he will force the tile A T S F to build a dependent line from kansas city to st louis and he will also dictate what rates shall govern the southwestern and coast trade mr E F windom president of the st louis san francisco was asked by mr gould last week what he would take forthe for the road his IRS reply was it is not for sale mr henra C nutt president of the atlantic c pacific line whose h headquarters ead are in boston ia is an intimate friend of mr strong there is where the trouble lelies lies with gould hence it became known that ne negotiations were pending for the purchase of the lines mentioned goulds attention was turned to the Philadel philadelphia ohia reading election and before h he had time to calculate what result would follow his absence from st louis he lie wag was summoned by telegraph gra h when when he lie took the wabash line out of the receivers hands and completed his sy system lie forced les vanderbilt to abc acc accede e d e him the sary same rates on business from toledo to detroit as those via the canada southern or the lake shore otherwise he would have built an independent line between these points with the charter which he holds for future use from that time to this all lines centering under his contract have been forming into a system which takes in the territory in the west and southwest which makes other lines tributary to him but while he lie is looking after the pacific coast his eye haa has not failed to see new york and chicago the tile new york west shore buffalo line projected to run nin from new york city to buffalo miles is being built as an opposition line to the vanderbilt system while the new york chicago st louis lir line projected to run from buffalo to chicago ca miles is graded some in miles lies and track laid between fort wayne ind and Fo fostenia Fost steria cria ohio at present he is fighting the chi cago bur burlington in agton quincy and all lines interested in the southwestern pool arrangements and giving them considerable trouble likewise the arkansas and indian territory lines the quarrels in the past have all ended in n his if f favor avor but the atchison to topeka eka santa fe people claim that they they have the first refusal of either the tile atlantic pacific or st louis san francisco lines and while his trip west has caused considerable excitement cit ement there is no need ofa of a scare seare |