The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-01-24
ox WITH THE RAILROADS..
The New Extensions OF the KIP. and
-. A. T.& S. F.

The. Kansas Pacific and Union
/ Pacific roads arc .un fIiendly to
beach other, from the fact that the
former is at the mercy Of the lat
ter, so far as trans Rocky Noun
tain freight and travel are concern
ed. This disadvantage results
from the reason that the K. P. is
obliged TO use the other road from
Cheyenne to the Salt Lake Valley,
where the Central Pacific sets in.
1t being perfectly easy for the L.
p, to Discriminate IN her own IA
lvoi, She does not fail to do SO, and
seriously cramps the X. p. THIS
course is natural, considering the
bseldshness Of railway corporations.
But while it-works very nice for
one, the other wincas, and with
characteristic western enterprise,
seeks new and independent con
nection with the Central Pacific.
AS to the manner in which this
connection is to he effected We
subjoin the following extract from
the Kansas City Timesis -
S'''Fhe Kansas Pacific railway
company has, during the past
week, perfected ARRANGEMENTS
tkrn,,,rI, q h n Il,.,;,l.E,+ D7-tN 60.
-efs,the Kansas. Raei4ie -aHsi- sIg. !.
d. Perry, one of the directors, to
build and operate the Denver
Georgetown 4 Utah railway from
Denver to Salt Lake City, the
work 70 commeuce AS soon as the
weather will permit, and to be
pushed forward to completion
within the present year. The
terms of the subscription of some
$25U,000 or 100000 in, bonds
from Clear Creek county, Colora-
do, which WAS voted 10 this road
last season, compel the completion
of the road to Georgetown before
the first of next November. The
company will comply with the
terms of the subscription and
push the road through as fast as
possible. The route from Denver
is southwark from that city to
Bear Creek, and up the valleys OF
Bear creek and Clear creek to
Georgetown; thence over the
Snowy range into the famous and
tabled Middle park, as yet almost
unexplored; down Grand river
and across the Bear river; thence
to White river, following Hughes
overland route OF 1865 to q jiInc-
ton with the Utah Southern rail-
road, $50 miles south of Salt Lake
City. This railroad is now finish
ed and in running order forty
miles south of Salt Lake City, and
will be completed next summer.
The entire distance between Salt
Lake City and Denver is about
four hundred miles, of which the
Kansas Pacific will only hASe to
construct two hundred and fifty
miles to give them Il through line
to the Central Pacific railroad,
which is friendly To and in SYM
pathy with the Kansas Pacific
railway. The prospects FOR. the
early completion of this line of
railway are very Hattering. The
building OF the road next season
is already assured. This concum-
nation is heartily TO be desired,
not only by the tourist, to whom
it will open q rare field for pleas
ure and research, but by the peo-
pie generally, TO whom it will open
thousands, nay millions, of acres
of rs fertile land rs ere sun shone
on, located in the Middle park,
and upon the head waters of the
/ Snake, Grand, Bear and White
rivers, at present given up to
| solitude and the mntntored Ute
Indian.
Not only is the h p. ambitiops
for this conacction, but it seems,
that the a. t. d s. f. road also
aspires to the same advantages
. To explain the proposed extension
of that road, we copy copiously
tfrom an article that appeared
in the Chicago Tribune week be
fore last:
Il sour dispatches on Monday
morning stated that the a. I. & 5
. +. railroad was completed. to the
west line of-kansas, and that with
; in a year past 362 miles had beer
built and put in operation. Thi:
brings the ears within 1856 miles o.
: Pueblo, on the Arkansas, aud with
in less than 200 miles of the i'm
mense iron and coal deposits O
Canyon City, at the base of tn,
0 Rocky Mountains Such energet
] ic and rapid railway bailAing n
the directors of this road have &C
compiished means more than :
mere extension to the Rock,
l. Mountains. This view is confirm
!, ed by an article in the Pueblo
Chieftain of Dec. 9th. 1t states
that Col. Holiday, the managing
director of the Topeka COMPANY
d was in that city, and proposed
III very early extension of the lint
TO: Pueblo, if the county woul,
vote them 2 bonus of $500, coo il
bouds. The Chieftain states tia
: the objective point of this .ney
e. railway Is Salt Lake CITY, aud thi
4 doubtless accounts for the raui,
= progress Of the road for the las
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