, 1880-08-16
LEAI)YIl4LE.
rhe Completion Of the Railroad
to That Point.
,t,otory OF tho Denver 81 Rio
Grnntlc Nnrrow-dnuge
Railroad.
nsn, Grants Visit to Leadvillo, and His
/, Enthusiastic Reception There.
r. x,ne,-reasons lar DeltosEng that There Is
10 daod causs Tor Bistoufagemtnt.

r.. Hines-Rtasons TOT Belto'Eng l1at latfc ~
IN good Cause Tor BtstouragelRtnts
.-
,u...rons.,,. q, 7a< cn,eaoo Tribune.
spfe1a. .si Coin Ann. 1.-ti.te comu1..-
LEAnv.Lm.m, ms',se" SW X 1,n f,ron,e Ku,lroati 10
toli OF usr .,,a oc.nxint, of ,r.ot rrnciuttt tn
leaas'tn :, ro,tnr tu,h,tc. antl nf uucputtptl
le waoIs W. -. .,'o ontir,. mercantile and mining
dement's t,,. - 49,. 1vn ,,nyo l,p,n nroctIcnIIy but
cofh!iulnn. t,,ot ~ ,pti,,, and iii ntho,s
one lnaa,t, ~ Il flmr rinvotcIi ,,os,itor.
ate s1u'. n,,so,, mi shert summers and rpl,t
wiia i'7 ",."s oil nv,,rnl,,,re t,u,,nsYlhc: 40
nlelts' as, "s sro ,,r,,rn,trnt mon "tlc lover
tms W ~. ~" n, fon,l .s,,n,,l1rs. for man md
wo1u 80, ~, ~ II, 1hc otl,rr ,,rccxsarirs u,nl
beast mS, - ~ "a" ~ ,,nvc uot hrc,, Mt onv
cons1o''s s,.I,",v III c1,. m frn,n the so,,rrps
eeasoh In." H. WHARF thoro ia n tr-
oi saprs1, mnrcv tn mrct IT. neither
1nau, aiu nor.ns ] mr. u;ntcr snnvs and cult
monnn .,r",.,,,,, tto er,njv from, mui,nr tt.
cat. 'us,s p ,,os r"ur, inn, onI nxnc,,s,rr
oas n.c .,S M"s s,",,na for thIa urrt cn,n,, Ind
luz eAs'-~
10 co,tr oyEn ONE uoAD,
.,d Tint narrow, rocky, ,pu,l difficult onc,-
ha' s.,aoa. c,,t mt nf TIM stecp 1noun,uu.stdts,
~ .n5 ao uarrow t},nt two teams could not puss
,,,,, n Dver tlia the Iona trNills Of freight
upo'l -. .t.s .,,. ~ o,.r,t ,,,ufoo ,,rl, I'M. In
Vas"Ai; ,;r,nai,,r, n 1s,ativ,iio cntn anrltar.
mossr .;t,s n,ochfnrrr fnn,1 hny urntn u,ut NIL
sspps pnonssnrfas ~ n ,rt.nt cn,n,, --n,,.r mcpt.
w w ros,,r,, iro,na ,lnc,lrd .S.i, nre. hnl,ion.
~ ~ N.,,1 1. ,ynrn oftcn t]e,aycd for honrs il,
t,o ohetrmotc,, ,n,nts. Will. f,,n t,ust
.t,,n1a ts o;nnst rn,,]ess rrqIm,' nrn,Ind In in-
s,at>,o ,;o,nsa Ia. tba rr,,al,t,, ulrrls nn,t
pIlpAGiC ~ ~t~ "a '"''ssks "'NN"r se''N-
tninpaE lse'' alltgu ~ " ., sos't..' ~ ,,,s ena,.s
anil iioaaea on lhe Wlm! III cl"!'as
that were binding md terrible. PERISH
abiy frrlglrts ,ycru almost always seriously
damaged By tho jol,ings over tho rocks;
aaa uo I,shs ttu, .'s ,i",a u',.so ''''ueu ,uss
TO 1h0 pfice OIL slicH artlcieR 10 consumers
Through thcs9 struggling crnwtls of freight
ets aui cuveloped by the cutlylng dust, Tho
.,,ntr ,n,n.aS on, a,tmn,nt.
olteh @hioaulhs tlieIf minutes ullt el',npt,lE
rocky anil precipitons slopes 10 avoid t'so
ta,ny, which iii tho East would scclIl impos-
s!ble.
.,,eos viii, ,,rnt,tutI., fnr ,,u,v Jonn nil t1,at
ss'1 .as nasst,le ~ onntar. ,,at ',,,,n,t ,' ~"
was .posslo!c 10. e""lAot1'-Set W1t1s''tI IT,
Fret A. the,r "i1hara"al, 1or now Nv, we nave
THE OESVElk 4 EfO HJAEDE NAIln0W-GAUGE
UAlr.lsoAD
bova otvon ua ,vl,nt ,ya l,nvo hon, eo 1onc
n4,u e''ea w M'lA' ~. ~ ''..o oeen ~ loIt,
Walllng Tor, anu 10 taehl our t1i'measnfed
thanks arc given. AS this Is purely Colo
RADIO roatt, and has proven Il factor of tho
orsotcst innertauco fn ],er ttevelon,ncnt II,
a to,, ~; 'l;o,nrtaot nntos .un,s rat In ",,t ~
n,ca hnro III. nn,omu u' ,,os s' ra"sso W.
paee he1e' Anls son.lMnS "nS ois"lnsc'l
anA Incorporated ~ october, lsIu, by y"
private cltizens u tle state llossessihg lAltll,
enterprise, and means: Tlle work 0f Rrltling
Tas commenced IT. MnIgl., lb7l, stnrling ut
nenves, and with ttle lilo GraAdlu Niver ut
Alanlosa as the objective point. Iilo grading
was completed rs fir ny Colorado Springs.
wheh l,ew, beautiful, alttl thriving Gtty was
GIKanized ~ tho sali!e parties N Octoltr,
~, aud tho ROAD Eas formally 0pened to
BUSINESS to TINT point tn January, le12. re
member having. been III Denver .abont tl,at
't!Me, anil watching with curious Interest fts
!ltte cars a1ll cnglHes,.-tle first OF the kind
liad Eyer seen. They wero then constructed
much lighter thnn now, a,nl Il seeaned us II
we'll balanced.
THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS or THE COMPANY
wero then nimnst t',a sY,nn 1ue,, M nav. n,,d
sAo oHhtt astt* ~ , Ntate