 This lease worked out profitably for the Wabash, giving it a direct line from Detroit to its main line at Logansport, and they used the line as a key connecting link between St. Louis, Missouri, and the East Coast.Problems occurred by 1890 with the lease agreement when the Wabash leased the Peru and Detroit Railway running between Peru and Chili to ease movements with a connecting line from Chili to Peru, abandoning the line between Chili and Logansport.Bondholders residing in the Logansport area, in outage, began a ten-year legal battle.