The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-29
DENVER CUTOFF
TO SALT LAKE
Further Assurances That New
Railroad Will Be Built.
MANY BENEFITS IN SIGHT
CONNECT HERE WITH ROAD
FROM LOS ANGELES.

wv yld II. MOHat OF Denver gave an
interview concerning the plans
for the Denver-Salt Lake railroad. He
spoke definitely Of the arrangements
made for the connections with the pro-
fected road Of Senator Clark from salt
Lake to Los Angeles, and described
the vast resources of the country
through which his road VIII pass.
As stated in last Sundays New York
Tribune, it became known in Wall
street on Saturday that David II. Mof-
fat. president Of the First National
bank of Denver, who has been i'm New
York the past sixty days financing and
making arrangements preliminary 20
the building Of the Denver, Northwest
crn g. Pacific railway, has been sue
ccssful in his mission. IN spite Of the
opposition of the transCOntinental rail-
roads controlled by the Gould and Har-
riman interests. Senator w. A. Clark
has entered into an agreement with
Mr. Moffat by which his road the San
Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake, viii
connect at Salt Lake City with Mr.
lIoffats new road: and when 1t is
borne i'm mind that the latter road viii
connect at Denver with the Rock
Island and the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy, the Importance of this new
connection, the Denver, Northwestern
& Pacific railway becomes apparent.
The new road viii reduce by ten hours
the time necessary for the journey be-
tween Denver and salt Lake City. The
proposition has been strenuOusly Op-
posed by the transcontinental railroads,
both in Colorado and in Wall street.
WaldOrf-AstOria 20 take the train for
Denver, said:
1T is true that I have made the
necessary preliminary arrangements
looking forward to the building Of the
Denver. Northwestern & Pacific rail-
way, and that this railroad enterprise
has no wadvanced TO the point where
we can go on and build it. The prOpO-
siti0n has been opposed by the trans
continental railroad owners. In addi-
ton 10 the 81. 500, 900 subscribed in the
city Of Denver, outside capital has been
secured to build the line. Rails have
been ordered, and the work is going
on At the proper time, at some fu-
ture date, the public viii be made ac-
Uuaiuted with the details Of the enter
prise and learn the benefits that win
arise. and inducements will be offered
by the promoters to subscribe for the
bonds and capital stock. We propose
to issue $50. OOO, 900 Of bonds and $4,000
600 Of stock The stock win be pre-
ferred and common
Why It Is to Be Built.
This road, running, you may say,
north and northwest from Denver 10
Salt Lake City, is not built for the pur-
pose of making another road to the
Pacific coast. it does this. however
simply because in connecting these two
cities it forms a link in a railroad
chain. That 10 viii have an important
effect on the now existing transcont-
mental roads. / do not deny, and that
In forming this connection it will natu-
rally bring to the road an enormous
amount Of business is self-evident
What we chiefly want is a first-class,
well built. thoroughly equipped road
between Denver and Salt Lake City,
do you know that the section
through which the railroad goes is as
large as the whole state of Pennsyl-
vania? A section rich in minerals. in
anthracite coal, in agricultural wealth,
and yet it is not traversed by a single
roadl Why, this territory northwest Of
Denver is greater in area than the
combined areas Of Vermont, New
Hampshire, Massachusetts,, Rhode
Island, Connecticut, Delaware and New
Jersey. which have q combined pOpula-
ton Of about 5000. 600. And this terri
tory today, which is capable Of sup
porting fin luxury the miner and the
farmer. the agriCulturist and the beef
raiser. has a population Of only 10000.
Now, what is the reason for this? Sim
ply that this great area has not rail-
road. There isn't a similar rich terri
tory Of equal area I'm the whole United
States without a railroad.
The Chicago. Burlington & Quincy
terminates at Denver. Its great bust
ness runs south over the Rio Grande
railroad 129 miles to Pueblo; it then
follows the valley of the Arkansas
river. The Union Pacific comes in from
the north over what was originally
known as the Denver Pacific. Il was
the first line Of railroad entering the
city Of Denver. SO that the city of Den
Yer. with its 10000 people has no out
let, except on through lines to the
south and north, 10 the Pacific ocean.
The line we propose to build is q
direct line from Denver to salt Lake
City. and there it viii connect with
Senator W. A. Clark S road, giving it
% western and also an eastern connec-
senator Clark and myself the road win
become a transcontinental proposition.
The road viii be built with eighty
pound steel rails. At Denver the Chi
gagO Burlington G. Quincy and the
Rock Island can make "a direct COnneC-
ton for through business TO California.
1T has been wen said that a straight
line can be drawn from Cheyenne.
Wyo., to Park City. Utah, east Of Salt
Lake City, for $50 mites, without
touching a railroad track. From Sill
yer Plume, fifty-fOur miles west Of
Denver, TO Provo, Utah, q similar
straight line of 800 miles can be drawn
without touching q railroad track. 1t
IS --5 miles from Grand Junction, Colo.
ON the Denver & Rio Grande railway,
due north to the Union Pacific in
southern WyOuNng. The Union Pacific
az its nearest point is log miles to the
north. and the Denver & Rio Grande
rs l2S miles on the south. The route
OF the new railway is midway between
these points.
To Traverse a Virgin Territory"
The Denver. Northwestern & Pa
eic railway will traverse n virgin ter
Etory from Denver to Salt Lake City,
O distance of. approximately. 500 miles.
being 285 miles less than by the Dem
scr q Rio Grande railway between
'7nveT and salt Lake City thereby
reducing the present time OF travel be-
tween the two cities by at least ten
hours
10 is fair TO say that this road viii
forever haul the greater part OF the
immense business 9f this vast region,
as competing roads between Denver
ana salt Lake City can only tap the
intermediate territory Of the Denver,
northwestern & Pacific railway by
crossing intervening high and rugged
mountain ranges, with branches from
.neir main lines, resulting in much
Iolger and more tircuifnus ronfes as