, 1874-01-03
COL ORADO.
Progress Of Railways in the
Territory.
Interesting Litigation Threatened Be-
tween Corporations.
A Projected Extensive Water-System
for the Plains.
Inauguration of an Important
Sanitary Movement. :.

Sanitary Movement.
srxeia1 CoyTespoadenee Of The CHICAGO Tr'bun:.
DENVER, COL, Dec. =, 1878.
Lees than five years ago, Colorado Vas With
cut single milo Of railway within her BORDERS;
but. toward the close Of 1859, 60 miles OF rail
had been placed on her soil. Now she has 645
miles in operation, distributed as follows: han-
sas Pacific, Eagle Tail to Denver, 210; Arkansas
Valley, Kit Carson to West Los Anlmas, ST;
Denver Pacifc, Cheyonne to Denver, 1o6; Den
ycr l. Boulder Valley, Hughes to Boulder, 27;
Denver l. Rio Grando. Denver to Pueblo, 100;
A1knnsas Valley, Coal Banks Branch, 81; Col
orat1o Central, Dcnver to Central, 50; Denver d
Julesburg junction Road, 4; Atchison, Topeka
i SANTA Fe, Sargent to Grenada, IS.
Grading is now being done on six roads, and,
from p.escut indications, fully 500 miles Of track
will be laid next year, Which will give the Terri
tcry over
ELEVEN HUNDRED MILES OF RAIL
before the 1st OF Jannary, 1875. One Of tho
most important Of the new projects 1s
the Denver g. South Park Railway. which
is to terminate AZ Fair Plny, point about
100 miles southwest OF Denver, aud LOCALITY
rich in gilver-1nines. a considerable trade las
already sprung up between that locality and this
citr, and, Us A1apaAoe County has voted S3o0,-
300 bonds to the railway-ente1p1ise. and much
individual aid has boen extenaed. it ia bound to
be carried through successfully, and within
very short space OF time. Wu1k-oen arc now
actively engaged in grading its rcad-bcd.
In this city n,auy important improvements
have recently been made in the way OF depot
extensions and Denver is fast becoming al
important railway-centre. The total connty-t
nald this wear BY the FIVE roads centerinG in her
midst is $l7. .403.
L srnoyG FEELING CT EIyALnY
has within SHORT tiiue East. sprung up between
tho Kansas Pacific and Union Pacific Roads.
Tie former having the control OF
the Denver 1zciEc Road. running
from this , city to Cheyenne, and
connecting thare witp the Union Pacific, 1t has
been enabled to regulate frelght-charges in such
d mauucr as to force shipments here via the
Kansas CITY route. a. On tho other hand. the
Union Pacific has Disseminated against passer-
gels going over the Eansas Pacific when they
were bound through either east or west. Much
ingenuity has been enown by each corporation
in manipulating its Bchedule-tino as against tho
other, Ille last re-arraugiug OF tho timetable
of the Denver Pacific Road has evidently an
moved tho Union PacItic managers, and they
have adopted novel mode OF opposition TO TIE
Kansas Pacific in bringing freight to Denver;
They 1,rouose to carry freight oter their road
from the .At:x-u1i River to Cheyenne, and then
from there convey: it to Denver By means OF
..o1-tea,us,'' or what is commonly k.1oTn As
"BULLrHHACK1NG,
T. distance OF LOG 1nllen over the plains.
1t is intended to put this plan lAto operation
about the first OF the wear, and tho company
expects TO move large quantities ot merchandise
to this city in this 1nanaer, and 10 receive, as
re:urr-loads, large Quantities Of gram, ore. aud
other articles from the ranchnen and MINERS
The agents seem saugulne that from the start
there will be at least three carloads shipped
daily each way. While this mode of carrylng
freight will make it at least three days later. the
movers in the project claim that the delay Will
be more than compensated by tho extremely low
rates cf freight-charges that are to be adopted
It ia evident that the kaLsas Pacific vii maize
some move to head off this new and peculiar
competition for frelghta which are now very
heavy and constantly increasing. In po,ns Of
Pacific will bo able to Keep far ahead
Of its compctitors- The rivalry for the
trade of Denver will unquestionably evcntuate
in the construction OF
ANOTHER Road,
or branch, by the Union racihc, which will run
through the rich valley OF the Platte, aud con-
nect1ug with the Colorado Centrals eastern
branch, reach Juiesbarg, ut WHICH point both
passengers and freight will be switched Of for
this city.
Denver merchants this year, will amount to
moro than Sl.500, 900. In addition to this
amount MD on goods shipped from the East
here. large quantities Of silver aud gold ore are
sent over the roads. to be reduced at Chicago,
Newark. Bwansca, md other remote places. BE-
aide the crude mineral products, largo shipncnts
Of wheat aud other farm produco arc frequently
u,ade,-au Of which add greatly to the revenues
of the carrying companies. When the
LEAvESwoRTu pESvEn SAnkoT-GAEGE
freight and passenger rates between the
East and the West. About IS
miles Of its 800 hayo been in operation during
The past year, the western terminus beng at
Ho1ton, Kan. Both its business and capacity On
this short distance have met the most sanguiue
expectations OF its projectors The Company
has recently been quite successful in its nego-
tiatious in Europe, and will recolnmence work
in the spring with renewed vlgor. The mana-
gers Of the road are Bapguine that Their 1ocomo-
January. 1876. Altogether, the rnilway outlook
:or Denver, and Colorado generally, Is quite
Ayorable.
CORPORATION TROUBLES.
Some interesting litigation between two ex-
:ensye corporations il Hkcly to occC1 here very
shortly. The points involved are quite interest
ng. and the focts upon which the cnse is based
ire substantially these: About a fortnight ago,
his city Was greatly startled, soon after day
oreak, by'a loud report, which was Immediately
followed by the sinking OF almost every build
ius within tho municipal limits. Many persons
masincd that tie detonation and convulsion re-
suited from the explosion OF q boiler in one Of
tho la:ge planning mills; while fen imagined
That an earthquake had caused tue co,nmotion.
crest erc:tement followed for little while. and
nany rushed excitcdly from their dwellings, to
ascertain tie cause Of the agitation. An in7es-
tigation soon showed that tho noise aad concus-
sion had been caused through the bursting OF
.ho heating apparatus attached to tho Pullman
,Ieep;ns-car dexter" which had just been ed
M by lhe porter OF the Sleepins-car Company.
Ihe coach wns standing on siding near The de-
GOT Of The Kansas Pacific Railway, and WIS badly
wrecked. portions Of it being blown qt1arter OF
. mile distant. Fortunately, no one was injured :;
but had the accident occurred m hour later,
uauy passengers would unquestionab!y have
seen badly wounded, or .perchance killed The
Kansas Pacific Railway Company haul the sleep
ny-coacles over their road without Charge to tho
Pullman Company, agreeing to keep them IN re-
,air. accepting as their recompense the extra
patronage That is secured through the attach
mont of these cars to their trains. The Paisce-
7ar Company put their own conductors and por-
,ers on the sleepcrs to collect the extra charges
+, ,air nd