The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-13
In RAILWAY CIRCLES.
The D. & r. G.. w. VIII be a Broad
Gauge by September First.
THE LATE D. & R. G. ACCIDENT.
A Lively old Time in Gunnison Canyon---The
.. P. and Agriculture and
General Notes.

Railway rumors are as numerous as ap-
plicants for offices within the gift of the
president An interview with General
Dodge, had recently in Denver, confirms
the publication in THE HERALD of the plac-
ing of heavy orders for rails in the east
I'VE have given an order for 1000 tons of
rails this month said Colonel Dodge. at
will be standard gauge, and we will have
the work completed before the close of the
present year,
"Wll you also leave third rail to con-
meet with the Denver & Rio Grande?"
mo. We will make it a broad gauge en-
nrely The Denver 81 Rio Grande will
connect with us'
''But the Denver & Rio Grande is a mar
row gauge" suggested the reporter.
That road will be made a broad gauge.
OF course if we get our work done first we
Will leave third rail for awhile''
1.-The Denver & Rio Grande Western,
then, Is not for sale!'
mo. We are well satisfied with the
property"
Are there any propositions pending for
the sale of the road to other companies!n
:'Not that l am aware of. The road is
doing good business, and know of moth
ing now being done towards sale of the
road"
1uC OIL Inc denver MO
Western for 1000 tons of rails this mon tn,
coupled with the fact that President Moffat
and General Manager Smith, of the Den
yer & Rio Grande, are in New York would
in dictate that some live work will be done
in railway circles in western Colorado and
eastern Utah this year. 1t is expected
that the Denver & Rio Grande and Mid
land will make race down Grand river
to Grand Junction to connect with the Den
yer &c Rio Grande Western. 1t is also re-
ported that President Scott and General
Manager Collbran are also in New York,
which gives a new interest to these rail
road complications. The Denver & Rio
Grande Western may possibly have their
line made broad gauge by September l.
Commenting on the above information,
the Republican says: We have no positive
assurance that this means the extension of
the Midland and the Denver & Rio Grande
to the west, so as to connect with the
Denver & Rio Grande Western at Grand
Junction. But it is possible to draw in
ferences, and in this case we draw the in
ference that both the Denver & Rio
Grande and the Colorado Midland will be at
Grand Junction by the time the western
track is widened to tho standard guage.
The Denver & Rio Grande Western oc
cupies peculiarly favorable position. 1t
is prospecting. IL can take care of itself. 1t
does not depend for it's prosperity upon the
Win VI CaprlCO Vi any Quiet rOau
1t stands there at the Colorado and
Utah line blocksding the way and
knowing that whatever road meets it
there will be glad to utilize the track in
order to reach Salt Lake city and Ogden.
It is widening its track in order to accom-
modate all the standard gauge roads that
may want it to aid them in reaching the me-
tropolis Of U tab.
If the whole of our supposition prove
true Denver will soon have two standard
gauge roads through the mountains to Salt
Lake. They will be the Denver & Rio
Grande and the Colorado Midland, both
using the track Of the Denver & Rio Grande
Western.
OF course, in order to accomplish this. the
Denver & Rio Grande, as well as the Colo
RADIO Midland will build down the Grand
river to Grand Junction. Whether they
will build separate tracks, or whether they
will jointly use one track is an open ques-
ton