The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27
A LIKELY LINE.
The Denver s. Rio Grande Railroad
Company to the Rescue.
Incorporation Pap,ss Filed al Denver BY
RIO Grande Ofiieialsior Road Through
San Juar coanty.

teto Iranoc OFFICIALS tor Road I hnongh !
San Juau coanty.
Out Of the host of railroad ruuoru
which have put - an appearance this
summer, the iaiort one. dealing with the |
reputed purpose q tho Denver & Rio
Grando road to h.sden its gauge to
Durango and oxtoud iis line down the
Animas valley ar oa into Arizona.
stands out as the mast likely Of realiza-
tior. The Rio Gtsnde by this move
would place Denver 10 claas eonnsotion
with the Ariao0s cattle country, and
also with Southern California. Incor.
poration papers aisl BY President JET
ferry and other odielala Of the company
at Denver last W. indicate some sort
OF an aggressive aeiion BY this road in
the not distant fniore president JET.
fiery, in an interview spoke as follows Of
the new corporatiopf
"The company is resigned 70 cover the
branch line already exploited in the pa;
pers. running from Texas creek on the
main line Of the Denver ana Rio Grande
10 Fremont county down to Silver Cliff.
We expect the linz to be completed and
IN operation before the end Of the year.
The organization q the company neess-
sary for the extension of this branch
was, for convenmnce. made 10 cover
other branches in contemplation, but
which will not be- constructed at the
present time. The other BRANCHES may
fstlrnn -. 4 /.
them included in the articles Of this cor
poration it will not be necessary to form
new companies. AZ what time these
branches will ba isEnn up } cannot tell,
but from the Snaps things are assuming
in Colorado at the present time i should
not be surprised il one or more Of them
came up this year.
Ihe arteiea 81 ineorporation provide
for six branches, The first is that al
ready mentioned from Texas Creek to
Silver Gilt According to President
Jedery this viii be ihs limit Of the pres
ent construction, bit the papers provide
for continuance abutheasterly through
Wet mountain valley ioto the drainage
Of the Huerfano river, thence to a con
nection with the Denver and Rio Grande
at Iona.
The second branch win start from
Moffat station on The Denver and Rio
Grande in Sasuaehe county, and run.
ming Through the liaca graut No. 4 will
connect with the Wet mountain branch.
Delta will lie lh startling point Of the
main branch, and unning easterly aud
northeasterly yslloy Of the Gun
nison and the iflt iork Of the Gunni-
son. it will terminate at the source Of
the north fork.
The fourth branch designs connection
between Wason station in Mineral
county. and durango. The route will be
over Weminuche pass in HinBdale
county. The fifth viii bo continuance
OF the same from Durango down into
New Mexico, along the Rio Las Animas
to the confluence with the RIO San Juan
and, the dispatches say, toalong that
river west through Montezuma county
and into southeast Utah. The sixth
plans for a short branch from Sarqents
up the little Tomichi creek to its
source.
Following the Cling Of incorporation
papers by the Rio Grande, the Denver
Times printed an interview with Geo. d.
Cook. who visited this county several
years ago when the Durango -Albuquer-
que road was in contemplation. The
Times says: Geo. d. Cook Of Chicago,
who has his family spending the summer
at Cascade, came to Denver yesterday
and this morning, in commenting on the
probability Of the Rio Grande extending
the standard gauge system from Alamosa
to Durango, said that it ought to be
done and. furthermore, that the line
should be extended 70 Albuquerque. m I
fact they have about $4,000 invested IN
a survey and some other rights on that
line and at one time bad arrangements
eli completed with Sir John Ponder Of
London to 60 ahead ih the construc-
ton. But the Engliahman died and
negotiations came to an end. j was
talking with A. A. Robinson, president
Of the Mexican Central railway, about
that line q short time ago said Mr.,
Cook, and be SAID Il ought TO be built.
Robinson has been through that region 4
all the way from Durango Do Alhuquor- 4
que, and thinks a railroad should be
built IL for no othof reason than the n
opening Of the big deposits Of bitumi II
nous coal. think the line viii become |
a necessity at some time not far away \
and will be built