Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-12-15
THAT OTHER ROAD.
1t is Certain That Jay
Gould Backs 1t.
A VERY INTERESTING LETTER
Some Inside Information in the
Natter = A New Transeon-
tinental Route Certain.

This paper has from time to time pub
lished information in the shape of pri-
vate letters and railway rumors and
clippings with regard to another line
than the Union Pacific which it is be.
lieved is in contemplation between this
city and Salt Lake. Pointers Of a relia-
BILE sort have been coming in so thick
and fast of late that, although the story
il almost too good to be true, it seems
almost idle to longer doubt 1t. The
statement may now be boldly made that
the result of the recent combinations Of
the lines running out Of Chicago with
the roads covering sections of the Middle
West will be two new transcontinental
routes into this city. One of these will
DO the Union Pacific and the other will
be continuation of the Denver and Rio
Grande, backed by Jay Gould and the
Missouri Pacific system.
A letter from prominent railway Off
cial in the city of New York to . we'll
known citizen of Los Angeles was shown
to q reporter Of this paper yesterday.
The letter was private. The informa-
ton given was originally obtained from
private sources, end for that reason none
of the names in the correspondence will
be made public. The statements made,
however, may be relied upon as coming
from the very best sources, and therefore
Of profound significance.
That part of the letter which will be
made public reads as follows:
It is stated on Wall street that Jay
Gould is putting up the money to broaden
the gauge of the Denver and Rio Grande
Western. and that he also owns the
Colorado Midland. Gould is very mad
at Huntington's action in breaking the
old Texas contract. over which suit has
just been decided against Gould which
will lose him vast amount of money.
People who know cay that Gould intends
building line from Salt Lake to San
Francisco and Los Angeles, in order to
punish Huntington. Il is also said that
= prominent eastern man will be placed
in charge of the Pacific Coast general
agency of the Gould lines. This will
close out the Denver and Rio Gfande and
Texas and Pacific general agencies on the
Pacific Coast, and place the business of
these combined lines in the hands of the
new man; so no doubt some of the boys
ON the Coast will be looking for other
jobs before long. The question now
arises, will the Union Pacific cover the
ground ahead of the Gould crowd?"
The important fact conveyed in this
letter is the statement that Jay Gould is
backing the efforts of the Denver and
Rio Grande Western to get through
to this Coast. This will give the desired
outlet for the Missouri Pacific system to
the Pacific Coast, without making use of
the Southern Pacific lines. The fact that
Gould has had difficulties with Hunting
ton over the Texas contract has been we'll
known for long time. A recent num-
her of the st. Louis Globe.Democrat con-
tains an interview with d. II. Moffat,
President of the Denver and Rio Grande,
in which he openly AYERS that Mr.. Gould
owns a controlling interest in that road,
and that the changing of the gauge from
narrow to standard has been accom-
plished under the direction of the Wall
street king. Mr.. Gould's owner
ship of the Colorado Midland
is q well-known fact. This Colorado
Midland is road projected to run in
almost a straight line from Denver to
Ogden through Lsadville. The line is
now constructed as far west as New
Castle, distance of about 800 miles.
From New Castle to Ogden is distance
of 200 miles. Construction is now in
progress on this portion of the road. In
the meantime trains from New Castle
run to the eastern terminus of the Dem
yer and Rio Grande Western, and COM
plete the distance to Ogden by that
route.
There is no doubt that party of eur
veyors is at work along the Virginia
river in Nevada and Utah, running a
line which eeems to point in this direc-
ton. It is scarcely to be questioned
that this lie part of the undertaking.
It would mean much for Los Angeles
to have completed to this city within
the next two years two new trans.
continental lines running through some
of the best mining sections of the Middle
West, bringing cheap fuel and crude ore
engaging, as would almost certainly hap
pen, in wars over freight and passenger
rates, and one of them backed by the
indomitable Jay Gould. The advantages
which would how from all this in the
rapid development of the section car
hardly be dreamed even by tina mos
sanguine.