The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-23


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One division Of 6ty miles Is now rum
ming north from the OiIyloi Mexico. An
athsr division, running tifty'six miles
vest from the City OF Mexico to CalnCCo,
will DO opened on September l6, the lnde'
pendence Day Of Mexico. The branch
rom Corpus Christi, Texas, to Elaredo,
Mexico, 1855 miles, will be completed In
August, LAG miles now being CONSTRUCTED.
This branch will make the I'D indeE end
ent OF the EnRliHh line from Vera Cruz TO
the City OF Mexico, over which supplies
must now DO shipped Ut expensive rates,
FSe EIarsdo branch ilns viii enable ibs
road TO ship their supplies from the port Of
Corpus Christi over their own road TO Ella
redo, from which place the road will be
extended toward Monterey, about eighty
Iour miles 81 which is now under con.
struction, part being already graded, and
l7S miles are expected 10 be completed by
The end OF the year. Oyer $4,000, 900 have
already been expended on the Mexican
road 10 date in labor, rolling stock, sup.
plies Of oil kinds, etc The rails are Of
steel, mostly from England, and the
bridges are Of iron, from Pennsylvania,
There are now 10000 hands at work In
Mexico. The lAborers are natives, and are
paid 81 TO so cents per day, on which
sum they provide themselves with the ne
cessiues OF life and some OF the luxuTiss,
for this Ia q magnificent income Tor .
Mexican laboTer,-so much 90 In fact that
many Of the farmers strongly object 10 the
road raising the rate Of wages in this "ex'
way, The natives are said to
be excellent laborers, slow, but sure,
Together, the Denver 4 Rio Grande
make 0 system Of about :, 900 miles oiroad
all narrow gauge and furnished with steel
rails, is stated that outside OF the gov.
eminent subsidy, Mexico does not give
any financial assistance TO the road To
amount 10 anything, The Mexican hnan'
Cier does not understand anything but
gold. Interest Is beyond his comprehen.
sion. He pays the bank for keeping bis
money, and cannot be made to realize the
nature and profit Of BtoCks and bonds.
English and American capital is enlisted
to q large extent, and the roads have sew.
eral financial agents In England aud on
the Continent. The Denver & Rio Grande
issues about $33 900 In stocks and bonds
for every mile constructed. The road be-
Ing narrow gauge and Cheaply built costs
perhaps $4,000 a mile, leaving over $50.
900 mile clear profit 10 the inside rlIg.
Ultimately, It 10 probable that the two
roads may be united at EspanOlA; but that
Ia In the future, o. the treaty with the
Atchison, Topeka 4 Santa Fe now pre-.
vents the Denver & Rio Grands from ex.
tending south. Among the Directors Of
the Denver q Riv Grande are Jay Gould,
Russell Sage and O. F. Woerishotier.
A RIVAL SYSTEM. ..l|
While the operations Of the Denver 4
Rio Grande and the AtChison, Topeka i
Santa Fe ro- de have been gigantic and un-
precedsnted, yet they have rival worthy
Of their steel in the Union Pacific system.
The Union Pacific proper extends only
from Omaha to Ogden, say 1000 miles, but
the Union Pacific is now.a.d days something
more than part Of the great line between
Omaha and San francisco. It too aspireS
to rivalry for the control Of numberess
feeders In the shape OF lateral lines, and
these lines II is gobblnR up and building
through various ayailable dehles OF the
Becky Mountains In Colorado. II com.
menCed by purchasing the Kansas Pacific,
running between Kansas City and Denver,
making two lines for Il between the Miss.
ouri river and the capitol city Of Colorado.
To this acquisition 1t has added the short
line between Denver aud the heart Of Col.
orado OF Leadville the purchases Of the
Denver 4 South Park road, and to this
again II has added The Colorado Central,
(Hsrrow gause) piercing the canon that
commands the rich mines OF Clear Greek
and the broad gauge that gives 1t dupli.
cate line between Denver and Cheyenne.
II Is putting out spokeS In all directions
from Denver, recognizing thia city as the
Chicago OF the new west. By means OF
the Juleeburg cutoff II will have the
shortest line between Denver and the
Missouri river, reducing the distance 10
Omaha TO sos miles as against 500 miles
by the Kansas Pacific and 764 by the
AtChison, Topeka 4 Santa Fe. The Jules.
burg cutoff will be ready for business by
October 1st.
About q year ago the Union Pacific
bought the Denver 4 South Park Narrow
Gage Road, and thia, together with the
Colorado Central Narrow GuaHe road,
have been extended In all directions
through the mountains In Colorado, Lur.
rounding and tapping the Denver 4 Rlo
Grande road Of all important points, inClu.
ding LeAdville. Il will surprise MANY
10 learn that within O week the Denver 4
South Park branch oil the Union Pacific
will be completed oil the way 10 GuuniSon,
reaching there about the came time as the
Denver & Rio Grande The new extension
10 Gunnison City runs from Busna Vista
in the Arkansas Valley by q tunnel
through the Continental Divide TO Guhni.
son, with q branch from the latter point TO
the extensive anthracite coal fields, twenty.
Ave miles distant. The road 10 about ID.
ished, and all that is necessary 10 make II
ready for business 10 the clearing away OF
the rubbish from the tunnel. Another
extension Of the South Park system 10 d
line from Como 10 BfeCkinfldRe City
and down the Blue 10 hot Sulphut
Springs In the Middle Park, with q branch
10 MonteIuma and chihuahua mines,
Another branch runs from the mouth Of
Snake river up Ten Mile Greek to Kok ONO
and Robinsoh's mining camps. These ex.
tensions are now In progress and we'll adj.
vahCed. The Colorado Central Marrow
Guage is being rapidly extended from
Georgetown TO Bakefylile mines and from
Boulder City up the Boulder Canon 10 the
Ward and Carbon mining camps and
through the Continental Divide 10 The
head Wateis Of the Grand River, which Il
follows TO q junction with the South Patk
narrow Euage system at Hot Sulphur
Springs. When completed the Colorado
Central and Denver 4 South Park ava.
TENS will form . net work Of narrow
guage lilies tributary 10 the Union Pacific
al Denver, every mile Of which trAyet1es
through rich mining disttiC's, and takes
In the finest scenery on the American
Continent, niAkinga complete circuit Of
all health resorts and points Of interest in