The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-16
THE Iron UoRsE ON THE PLAINS.
What the Real Railroad king. OF the West
ern IIemisuhcrc are Doing.


Gigantic railroad operations are being
projected and completed in the centre OF the
continent and on the Pacific slope. There are
dozens Of railroads building about which We
IN the far East seem to know nothing.
while Thomas \. ; .ott is waiting for an ap-
preparation to continue the Texas Pacific. the
Californians the Cooradans and the MOrmons
are pusAin.. great railroads into the uncN-
pored interior. In fact. they are actually
Hawking the Texas Pacific and reducing that
great ;ranSroutlnantll sDhcmc to a mere branch
OF The roads that thcy are building.
Place your eye on the above map. OF the cities
Of Sau Francis 20. Fort Yuma. Denver. Santa ft
and those two great rivers. the lao GIanic and
tho Colorado. and you viii notice the great rail
roads now being pushed 10 completion.
VIA h road is inc most important
Tho southern Pacific.
MAyf
Because It is practically the western end of
the T,Aa- lA1n. Already the southern Pa
ciiir is conId te. 500 mites from san ranrlsro
to Font Yuma un the Colorado river. Hero
thirteen car loa4s of ftciEhl are met daiy Toy
two steamboats,. Onr solnS 800 m.l,- up the
Colorado almost to the r"w Mormon c.ty oi 81.
George. where they have Just dedicated u mil
Ion-doilar temple and the other going down
the river into the Gui of California
Does the Southern Pacific propose to stop at
Fort Yuma?
Nc; the southern Pacific and Central Pacifl'.
the two great railroads of the Pacific coast.
have joined interests. and they have com
menccd grading the next GOO miles through
Arizona 10 Tu son. whence branch Will run To
Prescott. the capital Of Arizona. ana then
straeht on through the state TO Fort Bliss on
the liiO Grunde.
Then what
Why. then, the Southern Pacific will have
water communication with the Gulf Of Mexico.
and take freight from Matamoras and New or
leans direct to san Francisco -uppnni the
Vera Cruz and Aspinwall routes. and supply all
the forts along the Rio Grande from Santa Fc
To Matamoras with troops and war material.
What other great route Is being competedf
Direct your eye t. the cities Of Cheyenne.
Denver. Pueblo. anl Santa IL. and YOU viii s.e
the now Denver and RIO Grande Railroad al
ready finished from Denver south To- Fort Gar
lanl 30 mics. Trains are running TO Fort
Garland and Trinidad below Purl 10. from which
points there Is wonderful emigration into the
new Siiyerton silver mines and down the K.o
Grande TO is mouth. The Denver AMI RIO
Grand. Railroad. backed up ly the Kansas
la'n' aud the At'hison 7 il'hn uni Santa f.
roti- ar" now grading tnrlrtrack toward Santa
r., lj1 miltS further south.
WHAT Will Boz done then,
Inls uNn'. SalM fr Nrlng on hrHnrl Df tho
kio Hrandr river. only fourteen mites from ia"
iuan stream, II Wi be- m easy matter To III NJ
the iOu miles tp Fort Bliss and connect these
WITH the southern larlnr pushing out from
Fort Yuma; aud the southern California people
arr, areadyai work on the Fort Bliss extension.
when VIII all TINS bt dpu"y
The road from Denver to the Rio Grande l.
being huilt now. IN - roads ar a. matter of
necessity. ih'rc i u tremendous tranc down
the valley from Denver 10 Santa fe. and
from Santa T., 10 MGtnmorus. that demands Il
rnIlroai with the Douvor ana RIO Grnnlo
road completed to meet tie southern l".ii' at
t"u Bnss az thr Government iorlN ai"as ia,
Mexican border can be- reached by rail and
from tort lumn 10 Fort Bliss are situated
Camp verde, 'alnp Apnche. tou Goodwin. Camp
,rtl"nd"n nnd Camp Down. ana from santa
l,y the lez ns IN, thr who'll Mcxlcan houn-
Diary. ,llrsi nN"Ne Santa IL j. Fort Gar-
land then 1,.low santa T. on ths Rio Grand
bort Bliss. Fort Qniiman Fort Clark. guarding
Eugl" lHss. ana So on down.
Then look ON the map. and YOU will 500 tho
Arhl-op, Top' ka and Santa r. ana The Kansas
Parlile h9th seeking for this SANG southern
| already compel as they have been To- act us
! feeders tgihe Union la'Ihr. which refuses 10
arr both pushing on toward Fort Bliss,
RIO Grandc nndinc southern paridc liailroads
| without Congress ionnl Hld 2
| These roads luild lhems Ives. Necessity
domnnt1 them, l.o.al irriehts and passopgcr-
! from Denver 10 Santa Ic and into the Arlzona
| and Colorado silver mines is something onor-
nous. II l. gne continuous wagon train Of
freight and Con ord coa hes llled With pas-on-
GERS. You can't stop the hulding ol those rail
rnnd- ANY NOR" tnHn you cOuld stop the con-
! s'ru ton ol % railroad iDtWccn New York and
| Boston " Ir there uonc thrrc now.
10 ihcy charge large ireishts these pioneer
r4ldsf
Yes. Having monopoly, they simply lower
the irrlhNtS 30 as u drive on thr on oiit-. pack
/ mules, nnd Concord cuUcll,s Ireight cars often
| charge IRON - To- :, per hundred tilG0to :2w
per ton, ana lIoiu s3uuO 10 ~ 1000 Irr rar loadl
| Th'y also charge ten cents pr mile for pns-rn-
gers. tho same aS IN" stage courhnS. The fare
| from Denver To Cheyenne, 100 mIl,s. Is Slu.
cents pr mile. Tho Nrw York Central chnrgrs
only two c,hls. ON" ear fun OF people pays
/ b'tlrr IN CO!pradu than twelve cars tull lny
on the New lorA Innirul, and freight IN the
! tending IN" building of II railroad in tho " II
! II the bai" construction. the right ui way hs-
! lng free, and the opportunity to elr uMto ia
! town ~ always making ihr liul"rtul~ rich.
VIII tlltlr soon II" a north Hll a south liur nf
! rnllrond rAi,ndlng from the Black Hills to the
| mo GIdnlrf
lcs not only one line. but there are two great
! north and south lines of rairond now huild-
! ul these roads viii extend from NiIglnia lly
! down thIoush ogden and salt Lake tp F1it
| lumh nnd another line Viii run from the
| ha,k INNS down ihrnufh Cheyenne. Drn'"r
! tuVlly. to MHtnmoras Necessity. say VIII com
| ll TN" completion oi u railroad from III" lHrk
liills To Fort bliss ~ lrhs than three years. and
! Ia the mouth oi the Rio GrAndr in loss than ton
years. II ls not ~ m" power of man 10 stop II.
| 1hn money now pald Tor staging and irnEiiting
| Mth OK carts ANA mule wagons from the Black
| HIS 70 tho RIO Grande would support rail
| road the whole distance.
The Union Pacific people offered to build half
| o. the Iond from Cheyenne. 800 miles to the
Back u!ls, last week. and they are waiting only