The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-06-27
THE COMING
Full Preparations for It's Inception and
Completion.

LdIiLner county, COLORADO, through
which the Cheyenne and Longmont ex-
tension passes nearly its entire length,
will furnish the right of way, depot
grounds, etc.
Within easy reach of Cheyenne there
are now 10000 cedar ties, which
the Union Pacific management has
transferred to the Colorado Central.
At the Longmont end John ]. Bush
and associates will soon be ready to de-
liver $4,000 or 10000 more. Hence no
delay will occur In the matter Of ties.
Boulder county, Colorado, will prob
ably transfer the 5000, 900 in Colorado
Central stock, now held by said county,
in aid of this extension. Failure to do
this at once will not serve to delay the
work.
The bonds of the Colorado Central
company, to be issued at the rate of
$4,000 per mile, on the proposed ex-
tension, are already negotiated at nine
ty cents on the dollar, SO that funds
will not be lacking.
Iron sufficient for twenty miles Of
road is already at Cheyenne. The re-
mainder will arrive over the Union
Pacific as fast as desired,
The above, in connection with OBJ
tanning right of way from Longmont
into Larimer county is about all there
is in the present problem. This latter
rightof way may give some trouble,
but we suggest that Longmont may
find it poor policy to stand il the way
of an improvement she is powerless to
prevent, and which will give the farm
ing section surrounding her speedy ac-
cess to the best market that section can
hope to reach.
The long suspense is over Surmise
has given place to fact concerning the
Colorado Central extension from Long
mont to Cheyenne, and before ten days
from this date dirt will be flying at both
ends of the line, so that the iron horse
may steam into the Magic City in the
early days of October, and make it a
lively railroad terminus for months to
ONE.
DENVER WAKING UP, BUT o LATE.
The news of the compact made by
Messrs. Gould and Dillon and the Col
orado Central Railroad Co., with Lara
mic County, Wyo., providing for the
immediate extension of the above road
from Longmont to Cheyenne, was
carried to Denver by Sundays issue of
THE CHEYENNE LEADER, and caused
the greatest excitement that has taken
place in that village since the Cherry
creek flood Of 1866. Denver newspa-
pers, excepting the Democrat, whose
editor took a reasonable view of the
situation, worked themselves into a
white heat over what they evidently
deemed their impending ruin as q COM
munity. Meetings of their leading
business men were held on Sunday
afternoon, and plans were suggested
and concocted to circumveut, If posi-
bic, the Cheyenne sche1ners. A number
Of the prominent bankers and railroad
men were sent on 4 flying special train
to. Cheyenne to overtake the Could
Dillon party, but the latter, having
transacted their business to their salts
faction had departed, and the Denver
delegation returned home, wiser but
sadder men. All but Gov. Evans, how
ever, and that sly old fox was delegated
to follow the New York financiers, with
full power to offer anything, every
thing, for a compromise on the rail-
road question. Denver's representa-
tives of the Denver Pacific stock hold
ers, who only a few days before had
been perfectly independent of either
the Union or Kansas Pacific manage
ment, suddenly changed front, and to-
day they are on their knees to Jay
Gould, going even so far as to offer him
their 100000 worth of stock in the
Denver Pacific, if he will only recall
his decision in regard to the extern
sion of the Colorado Central rail-
road to Cheyenne. Gov. Evans is
having a stern chase, and a long chase,
after the retiring railroad magnates;
he vas twenty-four hours behind them
in Omaha, and will hardly catch up
with them before they reach Wall street,
when it will be too late to secure for
Denver a reconsideration Of the matter
agreed upon here last Saturday night,
when both Messrs. Gould and Dillon
attached their autographs to the little
document nov in the hands OF Hon.
W. r. Steele Of this city.
DENVER PRESS COMMENTS.
The Times says: 1t is possible that
the process uf opening the Denver Pa
ciic, now being SO vigorously prosecut-
ed by its management, may upset this
nice little, arrangement made at Chey-
enne, as reported above, for taking the
trade and travel Of Northern Colorado
to that point, but we fear sit is too
late," at least these were the words Of
Mr.. Gould to one of orr citizens who