The Delta independent., 1889-01-15
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easneGS6GE Car f;s good OF tie people
tiaA SsnxAsest ,asgenee,st against rail-
tuA& leesas asiam IS lhat wtlic., is based
ntsia gs.zy alsxt swca legislation would
,tst& GO fasa a ea<s, 10 railway ceastrnc-
,tixx IA sas xaxse.
SSAs sS tive sjla, old :rgnment that
Sste e,eupie Of Colorado lave heard so
S,f0tesl and tG which They have in times
,k'asasa E.ven too mach heed. At is
eHxH AZ i grom,dtesi fear, but tl.e rail- :
way iass,s sisaws hew 80 warA it with
xpese effect. 10 snake It ail the more
effective xti,e iaampades p.tt on CORPS of
e'Wia,,.a~s Ill the field d,Hing Legislative
SarsssMls a,,d let it become k4,own in II
mysterious way that they are coIsid-
srisi4 the matter of building certain
ssxtegsi<ass.
fan.il the raIlyNad laijbyists come
k1own apon the Legislature in a great
array. TlHy say that all these most
,ieiNficial ard desirable projects would
Az killed if Il lailrsad law we're enact
ed. With thss demonstrations they ordi-
1arily succeed in preventing the enact
ipent of r;ss'roaa law. Then the great
pr9jects xIs aboa.do,led. the surveyors
ARE withdrawn from the field and not
a rail- or tie is laid.
II is not difficult to show how utter
,ay worthless this argument against
rai;a.iy Legislation in Colorado really
,y,s
The so,pnrations which would be af-
,faezAa by the enactment ,f II fair. but
stringent. galway law in Colorado are
the following: the Rock Island, Mis-
eotlri Pacific. Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe- Denver, Texas and Gulf,
Colorado Midland. Denver and Rio
.Grande. Union Pacific and the Chicago
Burlington and Quincy.
Not one of tile companies would be
deferred by fair railway law from
building extensions.
! The Rock Island. the Missouri Pa
clio and the Atchisor. Topeka & Sant;,
Fe have built all the lines that. for the
present. they intend to build in Colo
rado. Thsy have no use for any more
Epsd IN this state and their plans will
not he affected one way or smother by
cnytling our Legislature may do.
The Denver Teass s. Gulf is not OPP
3msed to the enactment of fair rail-
r,sd law.
The Colorado Midland has bnt one
very impSrt;1it extension in view.
This is the line from New Castle to
Salt Lake City. The main purpose in
building this extension would be to se-
cure Utah and transcontinentaI busi-
ness. It would. therefore, be but little
affected by Legislative enactment.
The Colorsdo Midland is more con-
cerned Isl the provisions Of the Inter-
state Ccpnnssce law. i''
The Denver & kia Grande has in
view three important extensions, The
Jirst il from Glenwood Springs to Rife
Greek. aud thence, probably, to Grand
Junction. The extension to Rife
Greek is already Under contract, so
that is not necessary to consider it in
this connection. If the colnpany de-
sires to .bHild toGraad Junction. it is
because it wishes to improve its facili-
ties for handling transcontinental and
Utah business. with which the Colo
r:.do Legislature has nothing to do,
The second extension. IS the one to
Lake City. This will be built regard
Jess Of legislative action. The conS-
pany had the mineral resources of
Lake City examiDed some time ago.
and it was after this examination was
5nade that it determined to build the
1ine. The possible action of the Legis-
latare 1ias nothing to do with it. The
tkird extension is the one to Rico.
During the last seven years, with no
hostile Law in the statutes. the COM
l'aiy bas had ample opportunity to
bnild the line, but it is not built. A
good railroad lay ynl]d, rather than
otherwise. have a tendency tn make
tlIs Rio Grande build this extension.
With such u law in force it would find
it wise to look to the local develop
ment !of the San Juan smelling. and.
therefore. mining interests.
Ths Union Pacific has not the
money with which to build extensions.
1t will not be in situation to build
any unless Congress passes the fund
ing bill. If that bill becomes law.
the Union Pacific will lie so keen to
build branches that IL will never stop
for moment to think about what tie
Colorado Legislature may do. 1t wfll
have TO build them or die. Mr.. Cl,as.
Francis Adams knows this.
As Tor the Burlington. i has but
two important extensions in view in
Colerado. One is the linelto Pueblo
from sOine point IN Nebraska. 1t will
build that line regardless OF what our
Legislature may do, solely because it
wants to become closely connected
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