The silver lance., 1899-05-05


ed westward from Horse Greek station
TO the coal lands owned by the Bur
lipgton company, in Carbon county,
distance of about sixty miles. Win
this branch the coal could be market
ed. by almost straight lines of road, IN
the Black Hills of South Dakota ana III
Omaha, The ownership of the Chey-
enne & Northern, taken in connection
with the Cheyenne & Burlington line,
would give the company access 10 the
interior of the live stock regions OF
Wyoming and enable 1t to contfoi
much live stock business now going TO
other lines. The activity OF the Union
Pacific in railroad building and the
evident intention of the Burlington to
get into Wyoming territory makes II
certain that the present year is going
to be one of unprecedented railroad
construction in the state.
The old project of railroad tunnel
through Ptarmigan mountain, above
Silver Plume. has been revived and a
company is being formed to establish
railroad between Denver and Salt
Lake City. The same company pro-
poses to build big smelter in the VI
cinity of Globeville. This railroad is
to be built entirely by foreign capital,
origin of the scheme lies with State
Senator Joseph Gallagher of Silver
Plume who has been endeavoring to
make it go for several years. bill
was introduced by Senator Gallagher
in the Legislature during the last sea-
son providing for an appropriation OF
S1OO, 900 for the opening of the tunnel
by means of convict labor, but the bill
was killed. He received cablegram
n few days ago from London statlng
that between S15.OO0.OOO and S2O,VU,-
900 has been subscribed for the road
Senator Gallagher says that the sur
veyorS for the new road VIII go TO
work within sixty days. The route has
been determined upon. but the pro-
jectors are not willing to explain 1t as
yet. except to say that it has secured
right of way into the Union depot or
Denver and will proceed for some dis
tance up Clear Creek canon.
A surveying party of eight men has
been dispatched from Denver by the
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company to
Badger, 100 miles north of Cheyenne,
where the Cheyenne Northern reaches
the North Platte river. The cheyenne
Northern belongs to the Colorado d
Southern. From Badger the surveyors
will locate fifteen-mile spur down
and across the North Platte to the
Hartville iron mines. General Manager
Kebler of the Fuel & Iron Company
says that his company will build the
spur at once if the surveyors report
feasible route. Inasmuch as Mr.. Keb-
Ter has Just returned from ride over
this route with some Colorado Il South
ern officials the inference is that no in
surmountable obstacles We're observer.
He saws that the Hartville iron mines
have been leased by the Colorado Fuel
& Iron Company and that with the
spur built large quantities OF ore Will
be shipped to the iron and steel works
mt Pueblo. The distance is $50 miles.
Thus the Cheyenne & Northern branch
of the Colorado & Southern will be sup
piled with year round and permanent
staple traffic. something it has long
needed. If the Fort Collins and Chey-
enne line of seventy-five miles Is re-
built the Colorado & Southern will get
the whole of the 350-mile haul from
Hartville to Pueblo.
Denver. April 20.-A special dispatch
from New York to the Republican
says:
The American Smelling and Refining
Company. the new corporation COM
prising the eighteen big smelters of the
|
make Denver the center for the pur-
chase and distribution of ores and the
Headquarters of its metallurgical
works.
Messrs. Dennis Sheedy. Anton Eiler,
A. r. Meyer, A. NJ Towne. E. w. Nash
ID. NJ. Hyman and Barton Sewall, rep
resenting western interests, have been
| in conference all day formulating a
system of conducting the new business.
The above decision has been settled
upon, and from the same source that
this information has been acquired It
is stated that the directors have settled
upon Ex-Governor James b. Grant aud
Anton Eilers as the heads of the op-
Grating departments of the business,
purchasing and metallurgical respect
lively. Not later than May LIST the ne "
system will be in active operation.
The eastern capitalists. it is asserted,
want none but western men. "who
have been brought up with the bust
ness" to be in charge of the operating
departments of their interests.
1t is positively stated that miners o.
employees. in so far as their wages is
concerned, will not know that any
change has taken place. Their checks
will be signed differently, that's all.
| The Smelters in the new combine
which must do business in Denver, are.
San Juan Smelling and Refining COM
pany, Durango.
Pueblo Smelling and Refining Com-
pany. Pueblo.
Colorado Smelling and Refining Com
pany, Pueblo.
Arkansas Valley Smelling Company,
Leadville.
Bimetallic Smelling Company, Lead
vile.
Omaha and Grant Smelling Com
pany, Denver.
Globe Smelling and Refining Com
pany, Denver.
The Kansas City Smelling and Re-
fining Company, Ell Paso. Texas.
The Hanauer Smelling Narl,s To