Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-01-09
,xrsr FROM SALT LAKE.

The Denver Rocky Mountain News
reviews the prospects OF a railroad
through Nevada intelligently and as fol-
lows: "Our ~neighboring city OF Salt
Lake is very greatly interested ! in a west
ward extension Of some line Of road to
the Pacific coast, and a special in yester-
DAVIS News reviewed in an intelligent
manner the various schemes and PROPOSE.
tions for the realization Of that purpose
which are now agitstiDg the public mind
of the Mormon capital. This extension
from Salt Lake to the Pacific coast is one
that interests Denver, as well as the
chief city of Utah. In many respects
their interests are identical in this exten.
sion. Both have the Union Pacific on
nections to Portland, and the Southern
Pacific to San Francisco. Denver has in
addition the Santa Fe by way Of the
| Atlantic and Pacific which is its popular
route to southern California. But both
| cities need an extension from Salt Lake
which will be in competition with the
Southern Pacific, and it is for this that
Salt Lake is so earnestly working, and
in which endeavor her people are entitled
to the active aid and sympathy Of Den
ver's capitalists and business men.
"There are but two companies which
can build west to the coast-the Union
Pacific and the Rio Grande Western. So
far as the Union Pacific is concerned, it
is not in a financial condition to build
it on any other extension, and no safe
prediction can be made as to when it will
be. With the Rio Grande Western it is
different. 1t is to day the most prosper
our and financially independent line in
the West. Its credit is the very best,
and were railroad bonds nov salable, il
would urdoubtly be working on the
hoped for extension. In any event, we
are very firm in the conviction tina,
whenever this extension is built, it will
be by the Rio Grande Western.
"And il is TO the interest Of both Den
yer and Salt Lake, OF Utah aud Colo
RADIO, that it be built by the Rio Grandt
Western, for then, in connection with
the Denver and Rio Grsnde and Mid
land, it would be q virtual extension o.
the new Grand river route, forming
through line from the Pacific, through
the heart Of Utah and Colorado to Den
yer, where it would connect with tn,
various roads running eastward from
this city. The combination would b,
the Burlington, Rock Island, Missouri
Pacific and Santa Fe, all delivering anC
receiving business to and from the Ri,
Grande and Midland, and these roads il
turn exchanging with the Rio Grand
, Western for Salt Lake and the coast
strong combination in opposition to tn,
Northwestern. Union Pacific, Southern
Pacific route.
"But there is one thing evident tina
must be considered in connection witt
the Rio Grande Western. 1t is now en-
tirely dependent on the Southern Pacifi
for its Pacific coast connections. o
course il would incur the'enmity Of tn,
great California monopoly in case il
started to the coast. That the Western
realizes this cannot be doubted, and heno.
if it determines to go to the coast, ant
once makes q start, it will 60 in a hurry
We therefore regard the delay or rathei
the caution which the Rio Grande West
ern is displaying in this matter with n,
distrust as to its ultimate designs. w
believe it is intending to build to tn
coast as soon as financial arrangement
can be perfected, and other details Of
great railway enterprise arranged, ant
that until these are completed it will
make no start. But when it is ready
look out for the most rapid railroad con
struction ever witnessed in the West.