Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-25

Union Pacific. The Union Pacific brings
into Denver It's through trains while
the Rio Grande looks out after its Colo
RADIO Springs Denver business and does
an OF the Rock Island repairing work
at the shops at 3urnham. The Rock
Island goes into Colorado Springs over
its own track. and that Is its Colorado,
and consequently western, terminus.
The Colorado Eastern offers o direct
route from Denver to LimOn lt
leaves the city along the northeastern
outskirts. goes 10 the east Of City park
and then eastery some twelve niles
The line from Scranton TO Limon has
already been surveyed. and the even
manner I'm which matters have prog
ressed without "a hitch, Is due 20 the
fact that IN 1898 the same deal that ls
now going through. was almost per
fected. In fact the interested parties
went 10 Chicago 10 meet the Rock
Island financial men, when panic
came and swept everything along with
It. knocking the bottom out Of railroad
building as well as everything else OF a
large nature that was then incubatlng
On the west
A construction company VIII De or
ganized 10 build the seventy miles OF
track between Scranton and Llmon.
The local company Will issue bonds TO
pay for the construction, and the ar
ranCement Is that these bonds shall be
guaranteed by the Chicago Rock ISL
and & Pacific IN the construction
company the Hayemeyers and r. b.
H0llins viii have interests OF large pro-
portions. 1t Is understood the former
owners OF the Colorado Eastern will
H.H Ffrf Ff fUtfn If h..
line. and will organize the construction
company, Issuing iis own bonds a
clear title ls given. az all mortgages
We're fOreClOsed six or seven years ago.
The purchase Of the Eastern takes AN
the surplus trackage ground In Denver
George n Brown owns a large amount
of ground contiguous % the terminal OF
the Colorado Eastern In Denver, and
this. it is said Is included IN the deal,
but this he denies Property his been Sc
cured along the entire route. quiet ac-
QUESTIONS having been I'm progress Tor
several months. As IL is now. no other
road can come into the union depot.
The only route OF entrance Is down
Blake street from the northeastern end
OF the city, but this win cost several
millions OF dollars A franchise can be
granted more easily on this thorough
fare as property has deprecated 90
some extent In the past few years. II
Is not improbable however, in view Of
the Rock Islands deal that the Illl-
n0is Central VIII come IN over the Rock
Island tracks.
The Burlington. aware Of the plans Of
an eastern line TO enter Denver, has
displayed a sudden antagonism and has
built a spur OF track through unoccu-
pied land toward It's roundhouse and
repair shops north OF the Twenty-third
street yiaduct. This energy resulted In
the ratification Of an agreement be-
tween the Colorado Eastern. the Rock
Island and the Denver & Rio Grande.
by which thirty-foot strip Of ground
was secured at a rental Of $4,000 a year.
to enable the three roads to get around
the big Struby grain elevator at Twen-
ty-second street. and hold 10 themselves
q right Of way that another road could
not wrest from them il took 600 feet
OF track. but the entrance 20 the depot
was saved An arrangement has also
been perfected with the Union Depot
company.
As the arrangements are an going
through either In Chicago or New York.
local representatives Of the interested
roads are In the dark The persistent ru-
mOrs % an alliance Of the Rio Crande
with the Rock Island lead even TIE most
TO prognosticate the sue
ceediDg acts ~ a western railway
drama that VIII change not only the
maps. but the history Of the West. II
is the belief the Rio Crande and the
Rock Island will Jointly build to ogden
from Grand Junction. thereby securing
one line direct from Chicago.