The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-28
RAILWAY RACKET.
Now Jay Gould is Gobbling Up West
tern Railroads.

tern R2ilroads.
From the Denver News.
All the caucusing that was done by
our railway visitors yesterday related
more particularly to the affairs Of the
Denver Pacific and Boulder Valley,
which, by virtue OF the withdrawal of
Evans and Dulman as trustees, pass
into the hands If Jay Gould and his as
sociates. Mr.iGould having received a
satisfactory order from the court in re-
lation to these roads, which are to q
large extent his personal property, pro-
ceeded to reconstruct the executive
management Of the two lines, and now
has all his Colorado and Kansas inter-
| ests consolidated.
The result of a conference between
Mr.. Gould, Mr.. Clark, of the Union
Pacific, and 8. 7. Smith, receiver OF the
Kansas Pacific, was the PRONUNCIATION
Of the following circulars late last eve
ming:
RELATING TO THE DENVER PACIFIC.
Denver Pucinc X. r. a TIL Co..
u. q d ". X. Il. Co.
DENVER, Colo, September 81, 1879.
Pursuant TO the terms o the mort
gage OF the Denver Pacific Railroad and
Telegraph company, of August 10, 1869,
and the order Of the Hon. Moses Hal
lett, Judge of the United States circuit
court, for the district of Colorado, we
have this day taken possession of the
entire property of said company embra-
ced in said mortgage, n appointed
Mr.. y. II. H.. CLARK general manager
thereof, who will control and operate
the same for account.
JAY GOULD,
RUSSELL SAGE.
Trustees.
TIE BOULDER VALLEY.
Denver Pacific r.. r. TEL, Co..
d. q d. v. II X, Co.
DENVER, Colo, September 81, 1870.
Pursuant to the terms of the mort
gage Of the Denver and Boulder Valley
Railroad company OF October is, 1870,
as trustees therein, successors Of John
Evans and Adolph Meier, we have this
day taken possession OF the entire
property Of said company embraced in
| said mortgage, and have appointed Mr..
s. II. II. Clark general manager there
| Of, who will control and operate the
same for our account.
JAY GOULD,
RUSSELL SAGE,
Trustees.
MANAGER cLARK's APPOINTMENTS.
The general manager, Mr.. s. II. II.
| Clark, announces the following appoint
ments in a circular:
Denver Pacific r. r.. & TEL. Co.,
N q IA W R.R EO
DENVER, Colo, September 81, 1879.
The following appointments willtake
effect this date
Mr.. s. 7. Smith, general superinten-
dent.
Mr.. II. G. Clements, auditor and
cashier. Once at Kansas City, Missouri.
8. fl. H.. CLARK, General Man
ager.
Mr.. Gould now has a voice In the
management ofthe following lines
Union Pacific.
Kansas Pacific.
Colorado Central (Cheyenned ivision.)
Colorado Central (mountain division.)
Boulder Valley.
Denver Pacific.
The object Of Mr.. Gould seems to be
to consolidate as much Of the manage
ment of these lines as possible. To ac-
complish this the above appointments
were made and the following additional
ones are expected {:
ADDITIONAL APPOINTMENTS.
Mr.. A. A. Egbert, assistant superin-
tendent of the Colorado Central, is to
be given the SUPPLEMENTARY of the
Denver Pacific, Boulder Valley, Col
orado Central. tboth divisions) and the
Kansas Pacific from the junction. This
includes the machine shops and Denver
freight and passenger depots. His Of
6ce is likely to be located in this city.
Mr.. ]. 7. Odell Is to continue as SUI
p~erlntendent Of the Denver and Smoky
Hill division of the Kansas Pacific,
with quarters ut Wallace. He has the
same territory heretofore occupied,
with the exception of the ground from
the Junction to Denver.
Minor appointments in the offices of
the Denver Pacific and Boulder Valley
have not yet been announced.
1t is expected that the ticket business
Of all the branch roads inclnded in the
management of Mr.. Claak, will be
transacted through the Omaha Office,
with a branch In Denver.
The new order Of things retires Mr..
F. F. Griffin, who, as superintendent Of
the Boulder Valley and Denver Pacific,
has proved a most accommodating and
popular Official.
THE RIO eANDE NEGOTIATIONS.
Relative to the Rio Grande negotia-
lions, the Netrs has nothing new to an
nounce. Anxious reporters who our
ed the town for Gould and Clark Task
evenin g failed to find either, for the
reason that both were p~artaking Of the
hospitality Of Colonel G. w. Fisher, SUI
p~erintendent Of the South Park, at his
residence, on California street. There
was nothing accomplished in the way Of
furthering Mr.. Gould's alleged anxiety
to purchase the Rio Grande. There
were no consultations Oh this point at
all, a Rio Grande man remarking, by
way of expressing the situation, that
"Gould and Strong were further apart
than ever"
1t is said that Mr.. Strong will leave
for the east to day. In that cast the