The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-04-03
BACK FROM DENVER.
Good Work Of the Salt Lake
Delegation.
FORHAN'S VIEWS
A New Railroad p roject-Great Inter
est Manifested In Salt Lake
City aud Utah.

yer last week to aid In the gooo Tofh oi
booming this city and Territory,
reached home on Sunday, was seen by
q HERALD reporter last night, aud VIZ en-
asked if the visit of the Salt Lake dele
cation had been a pl asant enc, he
said: 'sThe Denver people treated Us
royalty; they have strong feeling OF
local pride, and there is scarcely citi-
zen who would not sacrifice his personal
interests to sustain
THE HONOR AND PRIDE OF DENVER.
This is characteristic of the people, and
Instead of there being any feeling CT
rivalry Or jealousy the citizens gave US |
most hearty welcome, aud assisted in |
the work in which the committee was |
engaged The hotels gave US permission |
to hang pictures in the corridors, and
to distribute printed matter among
their guests. President Donald Fletcher,
of the Denver Chamber OF Commerce,
and Frank Hall, the secretary, treated
us cordially, and when l told Mr..
Fletcher that We had come to derive
some benefit for Salt Lake from the
work they had Inaugurated, he simply
patted me on the back. and said
"Go AHEAD, WE WILL HELP YOU,
and expres ed a desire to see the
people of Sat- Lake and Denver
realize that the interests OF both
cities were so closely identified that
they could cooperate with each other
to their mutual benefit After several
private discussions with President
Fletcher, the whole Salt Lake delega-
ton visited the Chamber of Commerce,
and were entertained by Governor
Routt, Judge Allard, of Leavenworth,
and other dignitaries. who seemed in
clined to cooperate with them IN the
work Of developing theinternsl resources
of Colorado and Utah, taking particular
Interest in the idea OF Securing q rail-
road line from the Missouri River to
Salt Lake The idea is to organize q
directory FROM prominent citizens OF
Lesvenworth, Denver and Salt
Lake, 70. the construction OF a
line from Kansas City,. through
the northern part of Texas,
|
ming at present, to Denver, Salt Lake
! City and westward to the Pacific Coast.
| President Fletcher's pet scheme, which
he has inaugHrated in theintecest Of his
CITY, is to run a new line through the
! northern portion of Colorado, through
Middle Park and Grand and Routt
| Counties, which are very rich IN mineral
and agricultural resources, and then
on TO SALT LAKE CITY,
If the cooperation OF our citizens can
be secured. In the past. three lines OF
survey have bean made from Denver,
data of which have slready been sub
mitted to the Denver Chamber OF
Commerce. Two of these do not reach
Salt Lake City, and one goes westward
by way of Ogden soithatit behooyes our
l citizens, if they would secure the ad-
| yantages to accrue from the construc-
ton of q new road, to co opera teswlth The
people of. Denver in bringing it 10 salt
Lake. The proposition is TO unite the
mercantile and other interests OF LeaV-
enworth. Denver and Salt Lake, so as to
add weight to the movement, and con.
vince the railroad officials interested
that
WE ARE WORTHY OF ATTENTION.
At the present time there ere severa
railroad lines, which do not ex-
tend farther west than Kansas City
end they are h tndicspped in their eff
forts to secure western business by the
connections existing between ROCKY
Mountain points with the Atchison 6
Topeka, Burlington 81 Kansas, Missouri
Pacific, Union Pacific and other roads
Lines not having western COINS elton!
are naturally anxious to remedy thu
evil. and the originators of this new
railroad enterprise have almost
AN ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE
, that at least one of these will be anxious
to avail themselves CT any proposition
enabling them to make connection
with Salt Lake and Denver, but ever
| if thew should fail to take advantage
| of the opportunity thus presented
there is further guaranteed that sui
ficient first mortgage bonds can b.
! Hoated in the east to insure the con
struction of the new line. Presiden
Fletcher and other prominent citizens o
Denver are likely to
VISIT OUR CITY
within few weeks, to ask the CO -oper
? alton of our citizens in this enterprise
which is sure to result in great beneh
to u.s."
When asked as to the work done b
the delegation, MIR. Forhsn said:
sit CANNOT BE CALCULATED.
Every hotel was flooded with adver
j. Using matter, and our headquarters
the Markham were crowded a
day long, and often far int
the night, and the immep:
It amount OF advertising matter taken b
), us was all distributed to good adVar
,e tage. found no very earnest desil
l. displayed on the part of the railroad
d to help our city, but Mr.. Meek. gener
l. manager of the Denver and Gulf, ga
v Us his assurance OF good Will and
~K1NpLY yelling TOWARDS SALT LAKE,
- and promised to give an excursion du
ing the coming summer from Galve
I'D ton, Fort Worth and other point