The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-09-05
RATTLE OF THE RAILS.
General Palmer on Western
Railway Building. g
THROUGH LINE TO SALT LAKE.
Season On the Wane-A
New Ticket Scheme

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been making quite an extensive toul
through Colorado and Utah gathering
information concerning the resource:
of the country. Being interviewed
by an Aspen Times reporter. Gen
eral Palmer unbosemed himself quite
freely. He said the route of the road
from Glenwood Springs will undoubt-
eddy be down the Grand River to Grand
Junction. Being asked for what reason
the Midland and Denver & Rio Grande
roads would abandon the proposed
routes to Utah along the White River,
wnen these routes are from $50 to ITO
miles shori er than the route via Grand
Junction, he said: For the re 3son that
the Midland Railway Company will only
have 80 miles to build, and the Denver
& Rio Grande Railway Company only
ninety miles to build 10 connect with
form, at the State line and the latter
White River would be more
addition to this, building down
the Grand is not only the
cheapest but the quickest method
OF getting a through line to Salt Lake,
most important factor in the deyel-
oDment of this country. Then again
the Denver & Rio Grande Western is
neutral as to both roads. 1t can
handle the business of the Denver &
Rio GIande or the Midland or both, or
give the right of trackage to both.
Ninety miles of road, the gap betwee n
Glenwood Springs and Grand Junction
could be built in very short time, ar d
all of these desirable results brought
about. take it, too, that it is mo.
important that railroad should be
butt through the fertile and produc-
tive valley of the Grand river. and its
beng built is only question of time, to
say the least. 1t looks now. however,
that attendant circumstances should
hasten its being built"
Within what time, General, should
you say that the railroads, or one Of
Them, would be extended from Glen
wood Springs to Grand Junction"
"You have asked me the question
Directly said the General, land [
should answer you directly and say
within ten years, but it might be done
much sooner"
rs 1t not highly probable that the
Midland or Rio Grande road, or both,
will be extended from Glenwood
Springs to connect with the Denver &
Rio Grande Western within a fea
months ?"
Il cancot answer for either OF these
roads but am prepare d to speak for TIE
Denver 81 Rio Grande Western. Our
road is preparing to widen its guaee
and is buying the ties for that purpose
and has already bought a great many
broad guage ties By the time that
either the Midland or the Denver e.
Rio Grande road it extended to the
Denver & Rio Grande Western from
Glenwood Springs the Denver & Rio
GraDde Western will have broad
guaee road to the Colorado State line
to meet them. The advantage of hay
ing another or two other bread guage
SYST ms of railroad connecting Denver
with Salt Lake in a more desirable way
than has hitherto been obtained can be
easily SEEN"
e. neral Palmer enquired particular
ly gsrding the resources of Pltkin,
Garfield and Mesa counties, even going
into details in order to to ascertain the
amount of ore shipped from Aspen
weekly, and as to how much went to
Salt Lake, Pueblo, Leadville and DEN
Yer. He admitted that he was deeply
inter ested in the subject as a railroad
man and as president of the Denver &
Rio Grande Western road. He is d
man Of great vigoc of mind and body,
and re-eminently a great railroad
magnate, and it was difficult in the ex.
IRENE to get the admission from him
+ ar &c
exte1 ding the Denver & Rio
rance road from GlenWood Springs
ID Grand junction was the prime neces-
sitV for his presence in this country,
but the writer is satisfied that such is
General Palmer's object in visiting
Aspen and Glenwood Springs and his
PROBABLE trip down 1.-THE Grand. When
1t is remembered that this is the man
who has been the prime cause of the
building of every mile of the Denver &
RO Grande road, except about some
nifty miles, the application of his visit
70 the terminus of the road and pro-
posed trip down the Grand River to its
obi ct, land the results that will soon
follow are easy of determination.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
THE music at the lake resorts will
soon be called in. The eastern watering
places dispensed with the musicians on
the LIST of the present month.
Hon. JOHN W. YOU'VE has rendered
the use of the Salt Lake 81 Fort Doug
las trains to the Old Folks committee
at Their pleasure, and it is more than
pre- babe that the kind offer will be &C
cepted.
NOTICE.
The ITO am. and 6.45 pm. outgoing
and 9 % am. and 1870 pm. incoming
Garfield Beach bathing trains will not
run after Monday, September Sd, 1883.
w. w. RITTER, s. +. FENTJN,
+ Supt. G. .&p.Agt.
COMMENCING to-day, the following
t me table will be in effect on the u an
Central Railway, between Salt L AXE and
OGDEN: Park City and Utah q North
I'm express, Is p. M; Pacific express,
7.30 D. M. Atlantic express, q. M. and
1.30 p. M. These trains arrive in Og-
en- at s. p. M, $50 p. M, $50 a. m.
and 1880 a. m. Trains leave Ogden at
s 10 a. m, 10 a. NJ, 6 p. m. and 9.15 D.
H., arriving in this city az SO and IL 20
u. m. and 100 and 10. IS p. m.
THE bathing season is nearing the
end, after a run and rush of five
moi tbs, the first train over the Utah &