Delta chief., 1883-05-23
DENVER AMI
RIO GRANDE
RAIL WAY SYSTE NJ,
1883.
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DELTA COT NTN.
THE New County and tty. and the
Future Garden Spot Of Colorado.
Natural Advantages. Etc.
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Natural Advantages. Etc.
The grow IN of towns on the wo,Jrrn from
tier j. marvel To some; they show the az.
grrssiyc commercial spirit Of the people
quick L" seize some point nf vantage for pres
rut gain and future profit. one might ,ay thnt
here, where the echo Of the Indians mi"ccasin
had hardly died out Of the valleys, that wc
can wril believe were
Pair ~ thc .irlcn " the T.anI
To the eye, "I the fHmirii''' !Gf'!zH h"rl''
that inhabited them ~ short time ago. and
from which they fitted away all unwillnely
--onr might think. Ne say, that here thcrr
could BE- no vista "f promise oPcning up tn
riyilizcd rycs - snon. Bui the clear eye
and the clearer brain Of one small in stature,
hu, great in activity and intellect, saw and
understood, and upon the sloring mesa at the
junction of TWO fair ftr-am, thcrr stands
Young town giving promise Of great prosper
ily in the near future.
The town OF prlta-which bear the same
name a. the county itsslf-is in-ntrd between
the uncompahgrc aud the Guuuisuu, just
above the point where the two rivcrs dow To-
r,thor. The yulicys of thc-c s'rraIns. in this
vicinity. are very beautiful. and u-r all that
could possibly hr desired In an agricultural
paint Of view. Delta j. located IN the very
,,eat-r of the agricultural and grazing coun-
try, aud has tributary &" 1t about loo orn acre
" a. fnc farming aud fruit-growinC land -
rltn be found iH ;he Sta.a Of Colorado. This
place l. tbr nearest. and IN fact, the "uly
trading point for all the country up the Gun
nson 81 far ~ the famed Black canon, tho
rcttlcmcnt. on the North Fork, Of i'.elf an
an extensive country, rich in coal and cattle.
un the Rouhidcau, Surface and furk''i Tongue
creeks: and down the valley "f the Gunnis"n
for several miles. and up the tnupmPahgro
river for ten 10 twelve miles. Al the
streams of the county lead to Delta ns the
iingrrs To the hand; hence it i destined 10 be-
a railroad ccutcr; The Denver 4 Rio Grande
railway, t'lah division, WIS completed t"
Delta last fall. By April through trains
will be running from Denver and Pueblo Ia
salt Lake city. Iiy its connections with the
chicago, Burlington 4 Quincy, aud the Atch-
i.on, Topeka 4 Santa Fc, "u the east, with
the Central Pacific on the west II will hc on
n trunk line from Chicago and st. L"uis 80
San Francisco. The Denver 4 Rio Grandc
has surveyed two other lines 10 Delta, one
down tn. Grand canon of The GuHuison from
The mouth of the Cimarron, with view 10
avoiding the present grade over the Cedar Ill.
vide; the other from Crested Butte, through
the anthracite coal field and down the North
Fork The Denver 4 South Park railroad is
graded from Gunnisou Ia Ruby, and is sur.
veycd thence to Delta, through the same an
ihrncitc coal field. 1t is only matter of
time that these three other roads will he
built The situation Of Delta is such that II"
railroad down the Gunnison, North Fork or
l.ucompnhgrc can ignore her. \ school has
been kept up during the summer and winter.
The Town company is milking provision for
a free reading room. Lots have been set
apart for a church aud parsonage for each of
thc leading denominations. Parks have been
reserved for courthouse and schools. Arrange.
ments are being made by the Town company
to plant the parks and streets with trees. II
IL the intention to make the town u pleasan,
home for families Good clay is NJ hand for
making brick. aud beautiful white mngnesian
and rcd sandstone can he had. The largest
wagon bFlugt west pi lil' WV
feet long-spans the Gunnison Mt this point,
The elevation Of Delta, given 10y Prof.
Mnrcy, is 1900 feet
Delta has municipal government; Mr.. j.
j. Barker Is Mayor.
The Town company in September, 1881, Sc
lcc,cd about 500 acres for town, which has
been surveyed and plated. The company is
composed of George A. Crawford, president
and general manager; Harvey A. Bailey, as
sistcnt manager; NJ. c. Nandcyenier, secre.
tnry; together with D. c. Dodge, general
manager of the Denver Il Rio Grande; w.
a. Bell, vice president of the Denver y Rio
Grandc; w, i. Wcitbrcc, manager of con-
struction of the Denver 4 Rio Grande, as di-
rectors. There are also Hon. Allison White
aud II. E.Roo,i, of Philadelphia; j. NJ. Ander.
son, w. o. Stephens and NJ. F. frcder'cks, of