The Meeker herald., 1893-06-24
WILL BE BUILT.
Flattcring Prospects of the Denver.
salt Lake a san Francisco
Short Line.
Dcnycr's Chamber OF Commerce Take
Decicisiye Action Regarding
This Railway.
4 New York Syndicate Ready TO Put
up Funds for The Building
Of the Road.

We are enabled this week to give the
full report of the committee on railroad
building of Deuver's chamber of COM
mcrce. 1t was read st a wel-attended
special meeting, and according to the
Republican. was listened to with
marked attention. y map had been
tackled up in plain view of all present
showing the proposed line Of the route,
and is partially given at the head Of
these columns on a smaller scale.
1t was critically examined by a large
number of those present, and the ad-
vantages of the line proposed were IA
yorably commented by all. Following
is the report:
Your committee on railroad build
ing, agreeably to yourinstructions have
had prepared a draft of articles for the
1i!a.gIp 9,Fsdf,S, 81 arJr9j!Faad. e2RRauS,
to build a line of road to be called the
Denver, Salt Lake 81 san Francisco
Railway company, which we submit
herewith for your consideration:
After the company is organized and
ollicered, your committee recommend
that Il construction company be organ
lied with full authority to build, by con-
tract for its stock and bonds, the road.
to survey, acquire mines and operate
them, of coal or any other minerals,
quarrics, etc, and also to perform all
other operations proper for the building
of the road and the development OF the
country along its line.
THE said railway company can make
it part Of the contract to build the
road for its stock, and also that the said
construction company shall bear all of
the expense of organizing the railway
company and its incorporation, of sur
veying, acquiring right of way and
other necessary expenses of the CON
struction of the road under the author
ity to locate and condemn right OF way,
etc. vested i'll the railway company
with the right TO procure timber and
other material for its construction and
right of way and twenty acres for depot
purposes every ten miles free, on public
lands, already granted by congress, and
the right to locate through any part OF
the richest agricultural, mineral and
timber country in region fifty miles
vide n large part of the way, with
right to discover and own gold, silver
copper and lead mines found in the tun'
nels and cuts, and the right and priyil'
ege to acquire interests in all such prop
erty, it is plain that very large inter.
ests in the country can be secured fOl
| the location, and at the same time tC
own and control railway on the very
| best line for local and through traffic
between the Atlantic and Pacific
| line between Chicago and San Fran
cisco 400 or 500 miles shorter than any
other and through the very best country
for business all the way.
Certainly an interest in such an en-
terprise, honestly and skillfullY man
aged, as is assured by the board OF
/ trustees nominated, Will be the best in
vestment to be found in the country. II
will give investors the profits in one OF
the safest and most promising enter
prises ever projected in this country.
"Since the chamber of commerce has
inaugurated this movement avery large
amount of information has been re
ceived by your committee as to the feas
| ibility of the route for first-class rail
road on a direct general alignment ant
generally easy grades of comparatively
cheap construction.
"A tunnel of from two to five mile!
through the main range of the Rock,
mountains, to keep the line below 1906
feet above the sea level, is the only seri
GUS impediment. After crossing The
main range, which can be done with
per cent. maximum grade and rot t
exceed 16 degrees curve, we have tw'
routes, both passing through immens'
forests of excellent timber at diiferen
points on the lines. We are sure tina
a line can be obtained on which to bullt
not only the shortest by several hundred
miles, but the route on which the train
can be, on an average, run faster thai
on any other line, and passing nearl'