La Junta tribune., 1899-04-29
NEWS FROM THE
!. WESTERN REGION.

that the company II ~"
for the purchase of the Cheyenne X
Northern branch OF that system. II
this is secured a branch will be extend
ed westward from Horse Creek station
TO the coal lands owned by the Bur
lington company, In Carbon county,
distance of about sixty miles. With
this branch the coal could be marfet-
ed, by almost straight lines OF ROAD, IN
the Black Hills OF South Dakota and IN
Omaha. The ownership OF the Chey-
enne 4 Northern, taken In connection
with the Cheyenne 4 burlington line,
would give the company access TO the
interior OF the live stock regions OF
Wyoming and enable II to control
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 It
certain that the present year is gpine
to be one of unprecedented railroad
construction in the state.
The old project of 4 railroad tunnel
through rtarmigln mountain, above
Silver Plume. has been revived and
company is being formed to establish
a railroad between Denver and Salt
Lake City. The same company pro-
poses 10 bnild big smelter in the VI
cinity of GlobeviIle. This railroad Is
to be built entirely by foreign capital,
and managed from London. but the
origin of the scheme lies with state
Senator Joseph Gallagher of Silver
Plume who has been endeavoring to
make 1t go for several years. A bill
was introduced by Senator Galla4her
in the Legislature during the last sea-
son providing for an appropriation of
H., 81. .tV,.v ~ hn
by means of convict labor. but the bill
was killed. He received n cablegram
n few days ago from London stating
that between $15.OO0.0Oo and $2O,W0.-
900 has been subscribed for the pad.
Senator Gallagher says that the sur
veyors for the new road will 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 II has secured
right of way into the Union depot of
Denver and will proceed for somesdis-
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
10 IN
Southern. From Badger the surveyors
will locate fifteen-mile spur down
and across the North Platte to Sthe
Hartville iron mines. General Manager
Kebler of the Fuel & Iron Company
says that his company will build the
spur Mt once II the surveyors report
feasible route. Inasmuch as Mr.. keb-
Ter has Just returned from ride over
this route with some Colorado & South
ern officials the inference Is that no In
surmOuntnble obstacles were observer.
He says that the Hartville iron mines
have been leased by the Colorado Suel
4 Iron Company and that with the
SPUR built large quantities OF ore Will
be shipped to the iron and steel works
at Pueblo. The distance is $50 miles.
Thus the Cheyenne & Northern branch
of the Colorado & Southern will be sup
Piled with year rolnd and permanent
staple traffic. something 1t has long
needed. II the Fort Collins and Chey-
enne line of seventy-five miles fs re-
built the Colorado & Southern Will get
the whole of the 350-mile haul from
Hnrtville to Pueblo. n
Denver, April 2O.-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 ofsile
United States, just consolidated, will
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
.o,a-sev~ vvaatoru tntoraSta havo hossn
in conference all day formulating
system OF conducting the new business.
The above decision has been settled
upon, and from the same source TINT
this information has been acquired 1t
Is stated that the directors have settled
upon Ex-Governor james b. Grant aud
Anton Eilers as the heads of the OPP
erating departments of the business,
purchasing and metallurgical, respect
lively. Not later than May LIST the new
system will be In active operation.
The eastern capitalists, 1t Is asserted,
want none but western men, ''who
have been brought up with the busi-
ness" to be in charge Of the operating
departments of their interests
1t Is positively stated that miners or
employees, in go far as their wages is
concerned, will not know that any
change has taken place. Their chGcks
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.
Bimetailic Smelling Company. Lsad-
Vile.
Omaha and Grant Smelling Com
pany, Denver.
Globe smeltins and Refining Com
pany, Denver.