The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-25
THAT KIDNAPPED JUDGE.
HONORE's FRIEND
"N nv DJYEs NINE OELEBRITY.
,o,,d and the Railroad Complications
~, To,orndo- diving Jude stone Trip
.sro.gb the Mouutains-Three tounncr
,.,,,o IA "A Revolutionary Measure.

~, ncnyer is situated about fifteen miles from
,n, Rocky Mountains, on the Platte rive'' "h'cn
ana north nfty Ave miles to Greeley ahd tneh
,.,s,o the east Golden IL at the base OF the
,oountatns and on the Colorado Central hhi-
"a y,hich starts at Denver with the ordinary
...,s. changing at Golden to that OF three feet'
rh,. Il Immediately penetrates Clear Creek
rss,n and thence runs TO Central CITY, mi"in9
.not 600 PEOPLE, situated In n deep gulch,
,,ouco AT an elev ton OF about 500 feet. The
,,o 4. along Clear Greek. Another branch OF
~. .,,eam puts in a few miles below, and up
,1ts Ranch eighteen miles Is Georgetown. with
,no,ulstton Of 1900. u rich silver mining town,
and over all looms Gray's Peak, rising l,iOO feet
The Kansas Pacific Railroad comes into Dem
yer from the south. running 60 miles from the
Missouri an extension Of this road is the Dem
Ter Pacific, which runs down the Platte to
Urecley, thence over an elevated region to
CHEYENNE, 100 miles. The Denver and Rio
Or nde nsrrow-Rauge road runs south along
the base of the mountains; the BOULDER Naley
road Is spur from the Denver Pacific, starting
twenty miles from Denver, and going thence TO
Boulder, close to the mountains, twenty-five
miles from Denver in direct line. The col
orndo Central has an extension from Golden
direct to Boulder, and also fifteen miles beyond
10 Longmont. In 1877 the Union Pacific Rail-
road undertook to build a branch, which they
called the Colorado Central, from Julesburg vi
the Platte and over the country direct to
Golden. 2ls mites.
In the early days when A. d. Richardson and
Thomas Knox printed paper In Golden,
strife commenced between Golden and Denver
A. to- which should be the leading town, and
which should 10 the terminus Of the railroad
coming from the East. At one time Golden
had ave or SIX thousand people, largely engaged
ip yut mi and trafirkluv the
miners in the mountains, and Denver was
struggling without knowing whether she would
win or not but at last she went ahead. mainly
because she became a distributing point for the
mines IN South PARK.
Bill Loveland was forwarding merchant IN
Golden. and at one time he had large store ~
all kinds of goods where he did an extensive
business. From early days he declared that
whatever railroad should be built to Colorado
must terminate At Golden, and to m Ike the
matter sure he induced his county, jefferson. to
bond Itself TO the amount uf $sJ.UoO To- build
road from Golden. not TO Denver. but to the
mouth Of Clear creek, Ave miles fellow. Then
and the ties laid a part Of the way his was
before the Kansas Pacific was Quilt, but while It
tia hand. so that Denver v ould be left out, the
Denver people were terribly enraged. and they
bsid everything III against him possible. An
bnmity sprans up between the two towns Of the
most violent nature.
But Lovelsnd could not get iron to complete
bis road, aud the Kansas Pacific came to Denver
However, the Union Pacific, through the Ames's,
furnished money, and the Colorado Central was
built from Denver to Golden. and Loveland
rode on It, with what grace he could. one OF
bhe officers. Next, the Union Pacific Quilt the
parrow-gauge from Golden to Central, of course,
by the help Of county bonds. obtained largely
through Loyeend's influence. hen came the
plan for building aroad from JulesDurs to Gold
sn, 90 that there might be another trunk line
From the East TO Colorado. In carrying out
these plans tho follow ng-nsmed counties were
Induced to issue bonds: Jefferson, Gilpin, BOul-
ger, and Weld The road was punt toward
1uesburg, TO the Weld county line at Long
mount. and there stopped. though the whole
tne was graded. This was at the time OF the
Jay Cooke failure, and nothing more has been
done.
A year or so ago Jay Gould came out looking
Gound, having then come into possession Of a
heavy interest 10 the Union Pacific, and MIR.
Dillon ana otheIs, SO they say, tried to induce
him to have the road completed, but he would
listen to nothing OF the Kind, but. on the con
srary, be insisted on selling the Colorado Cen
tral 10 the Kansas Pacinc, which accordingly
was done, and after time delivery was made,
ana both roads were practically operated a, one
line. But Last May Bill Loveland showed jay
Gould Co. that he was not dead nor any
ns Te III nseoa 'e sn Ese1ssly hsd At
the counties above nam I'd appeared, oy their rep
yesentatyes, az holding something over $4,000
OF the Union Pacific saln 81 zoo worth OF bonds
but when he Was asked 10 snow his uthoTity
10 represent them. he could not do SO, and he
was not allowed 70 vote. consequently, Love
land was elected President, and other gentle
men 10 other Offices, who immediately took
possession, aud 10 10 this date they nave run
the road In an economical and satisfactory man
ner, 30 far as the pubic Is concerned.
IL must be added here that wnen the Kansas
tacinc took possession II was declared that the
road was 50 deeply In 0ebt mat It had not paid
interest, and Il was declared also that IL was
bankrupt 20 that the counties Of Gilpio. Jefer-
son, aud Boulder would ue obliged to pay in
tefest On 10000 for twenty years, and at the
end ~ that time pay the principal. having no
thing at all 10 show therefor. TINS enr ged the
pc pie beyond bounds, and III feeling was only
allaSed bl the management OF LOvrlaDd. Fur
ther. u is declared on the part II LOyeland's
palty' that during the time the road nas been in
tleir possession 1t has not only paid the interest
On Us debt, but has paid also surplus OF s. OJO
per mouth; and, II IS alleged THAI great part
Of tue s7,2o worth OF bonds bsld BY jay Gould
ale fraudulent because they were given for the
construction Of the JulesbuTg branch IN CIedit
Mooner sIyle-that Is, that the bonus we're
Issued ny tue dir c.ors to themselves.
nov, the Kansas Pacific has Ueen an this line
tettne ready to Gust lOveiand by oue pro-
Character. Judge stone. Before tue war ana
during II, stone was a bank dli ector IN Atlanta,
u and II Is asserted by those here VINO we
laAeh pains to Inquire, That tie money Uf the
b NIX was usod Ior running the blorkAds; that
altriward ne went TO savannah. md declaring
country, WIS appointed United states Commis-
Noher aud afterward Assistant District AtL1r-
hcy, document Il in TINS city. signed by eight
lawyers Of savannah, whicn speaks OF Tue Judge
u very uncoin ptmentary terms.
nose familiar with mining matters are aware
OF most desperate lawsuit tnat has Ueeu car
hed on between iwo u -orgetown mines, known
a. Dives and Pelican, AID the difficulty seems to
arise from the fact tnat they are ON one lode.
eevvr4l millions of dollars has Teen taken Out,
aud at least tlJJ VJD b We ucen .peut In lima.
hon, during whi, IA tie ablest Lawyers nav. been
eh II yea. ABOUT Two year agl, wien the case
eaue uefore Judge beliOid, On old Resident Of
koltradO, change OF Ycuu was taken netore
jud-e Hallett Ol III f.sJ county. VINO decla, d.
Atef a fdil hearing, in favor Of th. Dlye. In
undertaking To ell er hpOu what Tue law award
~, great trouble arose, aud one OF Tue owners
oil tue winning side Vas KIN. ked down nn,l
,hOl dead Meanwhile, thretts had teen mad q
lhat unlesn d decision was udd he other Nv i,
aew Judge wouiu re ibpoin.ed.
IL Is alltg geo that part ~ the Dives mine WAS
s'ther gwen or sod to john a. Logan [ mite
states Senator, ana To lIeury a. Honuie. fttuer.
lD-liw OF Fred Grant, wnO secur, q the r,.movnl
ef Judge BslfoId aud the appointment of Judge
stone, Ihi5 was IN tue winter ~ tpr4nG II ls1j.
ind last year the case e me before thi. ne "
Judge IN another shape, and judgment " Is ZEN
derod against Dives. 1t Il conceucd that Lugar
JuGge stone secured MS appointment tnrOug
thea favor. The most juuiCious anu cautious
lnat tue app lintment was made in way the,
Do not WISH 10 speak of
80, nov, LOyelands case comes before thii
Julge stone, ana there are otter allegations
susn > tuat sidney Diil N, Of the UuIon Paciu,
hilruad, came 10 Denver 4 few weeks ago am
uepI.ll $4,000 la one u the banks. and no
loul af or Iu,s sum was offered To- a Colorado
Cont man II he would tam over the road
vel, tue case " as argued at boulder. and attel
aluu hearing Judge Stone decided that a re-
cover -nouid be appointed ana he named DaviC
Nnn+ {, j.. MOn-tt f. casuier 81 the First Ma
tl fI4l 1 g44 mt pa nraaf la nj