The advocate., 1890-01-30
JUNCTION CITY, COLORADO.

This rising young city n fast becoming
tho Denver Of western Colorado. It's loca.
tion at the junction of The Grand and the
Gunnison, tho two great rivers Of that state,
makea 1.-THE necessary center OF all railroads
reaching west through Colorado. These
rivors and their tributaries cover tho state
from north 10 south in their sources, and
converge through mountains No Grand juno
ton. As soon "a a railroad crosses the cr5st
of the Rockies, II strikoaa atreOm leading 10
Grand Junction, Water grades boing bottor
than tunnels and trestles, Grand Junction
becomes tho gateway Of all Colorado roads
10 tho Pacific. She is already Tho practical
terminus of the Denver a Rio Grando and
the Denver a Rio Grande Western. The
machine shops are there. The Midland and
the Denver a Rio Grande are building
standard guago line down The Grand, over
which thoy and the Missouri Paciho, tho
Santa Fe, the Rock Island and the Bwling'
ton viii be running standard guage cars 70
Grand Junction by June 1st. The Denver
q South Park ia surveyed TO II.
survey Is now in progress Tor n railroad
down the Grand Canon OF the Colorado, be-
ginning at Grand Junction and ending 90
Los Angeles and San Diego, This, In con-
noctiOR with tho Marshall Pass route, will
DO the grOndest line In the world. The AtCh-
ison Topeka& Santa Fe has projected q
route from Albuquerque, New Mexico, 70
Grand Junction.
Over twenty charters for as many differ
ent railroads. INCLUDING tho above, hayo been
Rled with tho county recorder, and all trans
continental except one coal road, now near.
ly completed.
Grand Junction is about oqui-distant be-
tween Denver aud Pueblo, ON the cast, and
Salt Lake and Ogden on tho west, for O.
nough from each for largo city.
Nesting in the valley Of tho Grand, ahel-
tered by distant mountains on ull sides, this
promising city Is free from hail and snow
high winds and cyclones. Itenioys the mild
air Of tho Pacific, toned up by the noun
tuins. Altihdo,45OO feet. Il has purar,
dryer air than California and more clear
sky. Hence u winter resort for inyalids.
u is the land Of the pouch, tho pear, the
apricot. All fruit and crops peculinr 70
California Except oranges) grow thOg9
abundantly.
The mountains furnish summer range for
thousands Of C6ttle, whilst the moro limited
winter range Is supplemented by the alfalfa
and corn Of the valley AlfOlfa yields four
crops per season, one TO two tons per acre
at each cutting. The various raisin grapes
grow luxuriantly and are made into raisins,
The market for all fruits, berries and vegB-
tables is right at hand in tho mountain
towns. These fruits have superior favor
and command better prices than those of
Utah and California. Fruit orchards three
years old are worth $500 per acre. One
peach tree yielded $50, 800 pounds at 10
cents per pound. Farming Is by irrigation.
The water supply Is inexhaustible. Coai
abounds in veins, 8 TO y feet thick, also
beds of asphaltum, Gre clay, potter's clay,
iron ore mineral paint, etc. With railroads
will come cheap frioghts and distributing
center. II is thenatural point for smeltera
and railroad shops--all down-hill pull from
the Rockies Of central Colorado, on Che east
and from the Wasatch range OF central Utah
on tho west. The Grand and the Gunnison
and tho irrgating canals afford water power
for manufactures.
The Grand Junction board OF trade as-
sumes to answer queries for this now eInp
piro OF the interior.