Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-04-24

) sengers on the sleeping car wa
a Montana man, who had beer
active in aiding the proposed
Utah Northern narrow-guag'
road. This is finished from
near Ogden, on the Union Pa
cific, forty miles northward, anc
has graded nearly one hundred
miles of the five hundred miles
to Helena, Montana, which
point is its proposed destina.
ton.
A narrow-gauge extends ur
the American Fork, some TWEEN
ty miles into the mineral dis.
tricts of Utah, from the vicini-
ty of Provo, ON the Southern
Utah road. Brigham Young,
with his usual sagacity, has sold
his interest in the broad-gauge
from Ogden southwark, and
now devotes such energy as he
puts into railways to extensions
on the narrow-gauge plan, the
two last-named enterprises be-
ing conducted under his aus
pices.
At Fort Bridger contempla-
ted narrow-gauge road starts
southwark from the Union Pa
cific road forWintah Mountains,
and the veteran Judge Carter,
Of Wyoming, has been spend
ing the winter in Washington
for the purpose of getting a
Congressional charter for it. A
friend familiar with California
affairs has described To me the
lines of narrow-gauge roads
organized in that State, EN-
bracing over four hundred miles,
which are being promoted by
the most prominent men on the
coast. At Cheyenne l met sew
eral of the citizens Of Wyoming
Territory, who are connected
with an organization made un-
der the Territorial laws, which
proposes to build a narrow
gauge line from Cheyenne by
way of the great iron deposit
of the Chugwater northward
through the Big Horn or Pow
der-river Valley to a junction
with the Northern Pacific Rail
road.
l have spoken above of the
enterprises that have come to
my notice within the past ten
days, and almost exclusively a.
long the parallel of
PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK.
l have records of at least fifty
others in different parts of the
United States and Canada. but
have given enough facts, l think,
to show that there is a determi-
nation thoroughly grounded a.
mong the population of the Uni
ted States to possess complete
system of narrow-gauge roads,
and that whatever opinion may
exist among the owners and
operators of lines having a track
{ feet 81 inches wide as to the
inexpediency of Introducing a
narrow-gauge, the probabilities
are in favor Of the existence
within a few years of a network
of three-feet roads, extending
from ocean to ocean and from
the gulf to the lakes, with ca
pacity for ramifcation far su-
perior to that possessed by the
present roads, which will ulti-
mately enable every village, ev-
cry large manufacturer, and al
most every farmer to enjoy the
benefits OF cheapand rapid steam
transportation from their very
doors.
| have said nothing of the
Denver and Rio Grande road
along which l have just passed,
which wasthe pioneer road of
the country, and now operates
160 miles of continuous line
Nor have l spoken of the Colo
RADIO Central road, which has
been built by the Union Pa
cific Railroad, and now connects
the rich gold and silver district
of Colorado with the outside
world through Clear Creek can
on. The success of these roads
has demonstrated the immense
importance of the new system
of economical railways. / shall
pass over them within the next
week, and should the exigencies
of rapid travel permit, will give
some facts regarding them in a
future letter.