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.date=March 2011 Problems occurred by 1890 with the lease agreement when the Wabash leased the 9 miles 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.