, 1879-05-12

flnc cold soda AMI iron aprii'Es The beauty
nld grandeur of lIlo magnificent Roya! tiorge
Will draw hundreds Of people to tho p!aec. R'is'
make It styul Ut 1fanitou hhd Colorado
bprings.
'lIlc Hrnna Cnunn wns tho ca,lsc Of an In
s'enso an,onnt of litigation n,ul fighting be.
tween rival rultoad liues bufnro the t'rrsent,
roatl waa rofnbletcd n,nf revealed ia spleodha
human l,cI,gs+ Tic iirst rAIroml survey ,natie
through 1t was lonr u, tho lce IN ifla winter q
iaS9} l!ii!ler tsH ntl:ricch 81 COL .treGn"noi' t'
then Chief Engineer Of tllu kansas PaGt1c HALL
tlt Arknnsus atnl ttiruual, the Tennessee Pass
to a inbctiA, with tG CcutrAt paelt!c. Tile
stupidity Of those who Centralized the leatinlea
Of ihnt line changed It's route and brought
then mnde In tllu in,crcst q tic Denver & Nlo
Gran|e anil the Pueblo u Arkattens Valley Kali
roatls, tic latter btlns nit extension 81 tho
Attention.. Topcka g. Saf,ta 10 llatlfoad. On tho
19th Of April, 1878,
THE "omANp CANON WAR"
wns begun. Mt. W. II. Morley, of The Engl-
neer Curns Of tic rueh.o II Arkansas Valley
Railroad, ma.lo a midnight expedition to Can-
OIL City from In Junta4 nnsl early ncxt morn.
lux had force uf men Mt worIs oil fllc grade Of
there by tic Denver Il lilo Nrandc Company
armed tnun III tic cunon, ind thia state of
alEairs continued until the Courts gave ife
luEUlU O. ATkHtfSNb WHEY AUIHEA]l5 &lE !lElk
to proceed with the construction Of thc!r grulo.
Thu work through the canon was hcRun IN
earnest In October, 1873, ~ already ttatcd.
When tho Lease Of thu Denvor & Rio 0runde
was completed, ten. Palmer, the presldent st
the Denver Il Ito arande, abandoned the Grand
Canon, md gavu up the line TO the other Com
pnny, but afterwards reslycd hts c!aimi, With
ths evident hope u forcing .l,e Atel.son, To-.
bonds of tho Denver Il Rio Gratde. Tie de-
cision Ut the United States Supreme Court up-
set this little game, but Gcn. Palmer and his
friends lavo not ,yet given up the fight. They
llave couple Of fort,tlcaiions bn!lt across the
linz of tho road sutnv distance from the Grand
Canon, but they will no ulora keep the road
troin going through tlasi they did at the Gnu
OIL. A. d last resort, Cen. Palmer u
to E.lp him to b,,lldoze the Atvhfson,
Topeka & Santa lc md cEseck them Ia t!,eir
onward enreer. through tue mountains tn COL
orndo. Alr. Palmer has thrown overheard the
law Arm OF Wells, Smith s. Ankn, The one he
llas thus far employed, md has engaged the
firm Of Butter tx Wright to do hla work 1Io
engaged this firm simply because Mr. Wright IL
Attorncy-tIcnoral Of illu Stnte, So rs to get him
to bring suit In onater againht the Atchfson,
TINT Is, To cotlpcl this road to leave tho State OF
Colorado. AL ll.hrough Colorado
GREAT lNDlGNATloS Is ExrHEssRD
neainst Attorney. General Wright for undcrtak-
iug suct, jot1, md he hns ruined ILLS future
psosrcts fol political prcfertnent. as soou rs
panY, GcncrR1-SoIIcisor Guat, Of tho Atchison,
Topeka & SANTA Fo, went to Wright nlnl pro-
tested uganst his action, ai,l askeA him to
hring thu suit In the Supreme Court iustea! or
Wright brought thu suit befoEe Judge Bowen, a
partisan OF Icll. Pninler. who Issued writ Of
custer. Tic Atelisor, Topeka & Santa F. ap-
pualed to the Supreme Court, which lust satur-
1,,ur fust1 rlSH rFSnk