The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1883-04-14
DENVER AND RIO GRANDE.
Some Distances by the New Road,
Altitude, Etc.
[Salt Lake Tribune.


[Salt Lake Tribune.1
It is 2T6H miles by the Rio Gran de
Western to the boundary between
Utah and Colorado, and 1887 miles
from there to Gunnison City. From
the latter place to Denver, via Pueblo,
is 300 miles, making the entire dis
lance 733 miles, against $50 by the
Union Pacific lines. But the point of
competition in Colorado Is reached at
Pueblo. 6l3 miles from Salt Lake.
All rates from the East to Colorado
are the same for Denver and Pueblo.
That is, freight is run from New York
or Chicago by the Union Pacific or
Burlington and Rio Grande to Pueblo
for the same as it is run to Denver;
and by the Atkinson and Santa Fe
to Denver for the same as to Pueblo.
Whether the Union Pacific and Rio
Grande Western will make the same
arrangement with regard 10 freights
East, remains TO be seen. This line
to Denver can be shortened about 100
miles by striking across the noun
tains direct to Denver from Salida,
following down, after climbing up to
its headwaters, the south fork of the
South Platte. A practicable route has
already been found, and some work
has been done upon it. That done,
Salt Lake and Denver would be $50
to $40 miles apart by the Rio Grande
Western. But one can can go in al
most that distance now, by taking the
Denver and South Park at Gunnison
City, crossing the range through the
Alpine tunnel, and striking through
the South Park in an almost due
course To the South Platte, Montrose,
where the Rio Grande Western strikes
the Uncompahgre, is $50 miles from
Salt Lake. BY way of Pueblo and
Marshall Pass 1t is $50 miles from
Denver. By way of the San Louis
and Durango line it is 500 miles from
Denver to Silverton. Prom Salt Lake,
could the gap between Montrose and
Silverton be filed, Silyerton would be
430 miles. That is To say, it is about
fifty miles beyond Montrose from
Salt Lake. But a line to fill this gap
would probaly bear round to Durango,
as it is said to be impossible TO carry
the railroad over the mountain be-
tween Montrose and Silyerton. In
the vicinity OF Ouray and Telluride,
however, the waters seem to part,
flowing this way in the Uncompahgre
and southwestward in theS Miguel,
Dolores, etc. The great mountain
range ends, and looks as though it
might be turned by a line around its
toe 10 Durango. This Is a great min
ing center, whose northern and west
ern outlets at least, aud possibly its
southern, are as open TO Salt Lake as
to Denver. and about equi-distant
from either. The eastern outlet is by
the Grand River ofthe North, leading
out into San Luis Park, and down to
Santa Fe or over the Sangre de Cristo
range to Pueblo and Denver. When
the crested Butte line from Gunnison
City is extended through Ruby Dis
trict, over the Elk Mountains, down
Anthracite aud Coal creeks to the
North Gunnison, and down that to
Delta, that fine coal field of 600 square
miles, OF which the coal is said to be
| anthracite, and to coke beautifully,
will be less than 400 miles from Salt
Lake. 1t is $50 miles to Delta, at the
junction of North and the main Gun
nlSons.
Following are some attitudes on
this line: Denver, 5,097; Divide. 7.238;
Pueblo, 4,7l3; Marahall Pass, 10 $50;
Grand 1Ducfion 4 59n. Grean Rivar