Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-18
THE DENVER ROAD.
GOV. Evans, in Lengthy Add ress
Before the Chamber Of Corr.
merce at Denver,
Reviews the Aims, Aspirations and Pros
poets OF tho Denver, eres n
Gulf Railroad,


address by eN-JOV. Evans, on the Denver,
1cxas & Gulf railroad. The address is az
aollowss
Mr.. President, Ladies AID gentlemen
1 had the honor OF the atfeVtion of this
chamber on the crisis through which
Denver has passed on the 18th, and again
the IGth Of October last, and closed by
a promise at SOME future tiale 10 consider
the prospects and importance OF the Den
yer & Now Orleans railroad, the proposed
short hEefro theEocky mountains 10 the
sea. leone before you 60 redeem that
pledge AT that't'me the reorganization
OF the company was In progress. II is
now an accomplished fact
The new company, called the Denver,
Texas & Gulf Railroad company, Is In
possession OF the property, free from
floating debt, and un6er suspicious cir
cumstances fer the rapid enhancement In
the value Oft securities and an early
extension aud completion OF its railroad
70 a connection with The Gulf OF Mexico
j. The company has made, signed, and
delivered, @ contract with
rBE COLORADO MUprAND RAILWAY conf
PANY
by which tne two roads form through
line 70 aud from all points on the one
road, TO and fror7 all points on the other,
and agree TO do ONT traffic and pas.
senger business. IL Is especially pro-
ylded that through broad gauge freight
cars, sleapers and pas senger trains shall
be run from Denver TO Colorado Springs,
ManitOu, Leadvllle, Aspen and Glenwood
Springs, and that the roads shall be so
built and repaired as that the highest
practicable rate OF speed can be safely
maintained throughout. II Is estimated
by experts coEversant with the grades
and curves OF the entire line, that the
distance from Leadville 70 Denver, POS
miles, can be safely made over this route
In three hours less time than by any other
constructed line. | am Informed that
from Leadyllle to Aspen and Glenwood
Springs the line will be much shorter,
more direct and on easier maximum
grades (by at least per cent? than any
other possible route; while its greatest |
will only be 500 feet higher than
the Tennessee pass, the very lowest that
has vet been found across the main range |
in Colorado. The company is pushing
its construction on the entire Zine with |
all the activity than an abundance of |
means and the most untiring energy can |
produce. II In expected the entire line |
will be completed within year.
This connection will be very impor- |
tant source OF business not contemplated
in the original plan for through route to
the Gulf OF Mexico.
2. The Fort Worth & Denver
CITY Railway company will carry out It's
contract with the Denver and New Orleans
company TO meet at the Canadian river In
+l-est'.s, aud form through line from b lem
YER TO Fort Worth, there TO connacee ss III |
lines 70 Galveston, New |
Orleans and nearly all points in Texas.
No better or more direct route can be |
found, as shown by surveys, than this
line, from the whole extent OF the Rocky |
mountains, to Galveston and New@rleans. |
Wnen QUIT II VIII command a very large
trslhe and travel as we shall presently
see. The Fort Worth 4 Denver City read
Is being extended on this direct route,
and VIII be built two hundred miles. or
hall way from Fort Worth TO the Canadian
river this fall, leaving only two hundred
miles Tor II and two hundred and hfty
miles for our company TO build TO close
up the gap In the through line.
D. one OF two great through fines for
the East, now building In that direction.
win probably meet this extension near
the Northwest corner Of the state of
Texas, and enter into traffic arrange.
ments with H..
THE EASTERN CONNECTIONS.
.. Negotiations are pending with three
ines Tor connections with the eastern
branch OF the Denver, Texas aud Gulf
railroad, out are not yet fully settled.
rms branch wil leave tho main line near
the summit OF the divide, about half way
from 1pnVar In nnnhlA
miles northeast OF Colorado Springs. RIM.
ning thence almost directly east 10 aha
state line of Kansas. Here 1t will
probably meet liue running quite al,
-ectly from Chicago, one coming ms
directly from Kansas City and st. Louis
and one as directly from Memphis, Tenn,
such lines need not conflict In interest
and we can give them advantages that
they cannot otherwise obtain without
enormous expenditures,
nusINEss IN SIGHT,
That the road will have vary larga
,uHnoss on Its main line to the Gulf of
Mexico Is so certain and so well under
'tood ny the people Of Denver that need
lot dwell upon the subject to satisfy
nom. And yet II may not be out OF place
o renearse a lev OF It's larger sources
I Being located upon the most direct
practicable route from the cattle breedIng
'latns OF Texas to the fattening pastures
Z Colorado, Wyoming and Montana.
here can DO no doubt OF It's dong a large |
nd profitable business In the transporta.
Ion OF stock cattle. Ma Head, the presi- /
ent OF the International Range Stock
'rowers' association, In recent letter
me, says that as soon as the road Ia /
pened the great cattle trail will be A /
mug OF thepast, aud estimates the annual {
rive htoyer 100000 head. lie further l
ives y as his opinion that the larger part 4
the beef from this part OF the rapre
M De slaughtered here and no 10 tho d
larkets OF the world In refrigerator cars u
nu SHIPS over this line, saving 1000 miles d
rail-haul over the present route hv Tav h
Chicago aud New York. b
:. Passing near the Franceyille, Capon
10y, Walsenburg and Ration mountain I,
'al fields, there can DO no doubt of the d
'ad doing livery large coal and coke "
leiness. "
The varieties OF these Goals adapt them
al uses, aud they, as is well known q
yau all, are In the greatest abundance "a
III at the best quality Thav win ana u,