The Meeker herald., 1902-04-12
MOfFAT'S NEW LINE
COMPANY LET'S CONTRACTS.
Visit Of Inspection BY Mr.. Monat.
Trsmway onieiais and Other Prom
insnt Men-Throush Line Will
Open = Rich Country.


Denver. April 9.-The Republican this
morning says:
The Denver 4 Northwestern 10 let
ting contracts for the construction OF
the section OF ten miles Of track from
Arvada to Coal creek. For its size it
will be the finest piece of railroad In
the state. and as An evidence Of the
care with which the construction Is
being watched, d. IL Moffat took a
party of Tramway officials and others
interested in the road to Arvada in n
special Tramway car yesterday. and
over the route marked by survey
stakes
The Colorado Fuel 4 Iron Company
was yesterday given the order for S4S.-
900 worth OF eighty-pound steel rails.
and bids are being received for 10000
broad-gauge ties to be used in the first
ten miles Contractors DE Remer and
Olson by tomorrow will have so
teams and 2.0OO men at work. Yester-
day the camp beyond Arvada was ne
cessarily in a state Of confusion but the
grading is going forward. As soon as
the grade Is completed for sufficient
distance workmen will begin to lay the
ties and rails.
kencing gangs are now in advance of
the graders and are building stout
fences on both sides of the right OF
way. The posts are Of cedar. and four
strands OF heavy barbed wire will be
strung on these posts As has been
pointed out, the English idea of fenc-
ing in the right of way will be followed
for the entire length of the road. The
crossings provided will be- overhead
bridges The assurance of clear
track thus afforded will permit of high
speed, and high speed will be the fea-
ture of the short line TO Salt Lake City.
In the special car that took Mr.. A1of-
fat and party 10 Arvada yesterday
were, besides Mr. Moffat. W. e. Ev-
ans. George ROss-Lewin. Thomas kee-
ly. W. C. Thomas, Gerald Hughes. Rod
ney Curtis. John $. Macbeth, Superin-
tendent Sim Cantrill of the Tramway.
W. G. Smith and President S. NJ. Perry
of the Denver & Northwestern. NJ. II.
Rogers At the end of the ear line the
party took carriages and drove over
most of the surveyed route.
One of the party made the prediction
on the return trip to the city that with
in five years the city would have more
than 100000 residents and in ten years
or less a population OF 100000, much of
it due to the Mofrat road.
The business streets today" he
said, present scene of activity not
witnessed since the rushing days of the
early sos. There are more people COM
ing 10 Denver and the letters from
farmers In the East who have heard OF
the wonderful possibilities OF the re-
giOn to be opened by the new line, indi-
10. fI,n@ ,,.sIx ~ sIx..
witnessed in many years In the West
These letters are coming in already by
the basketful, to the Denver X North
western offices In saying that this
city will have a population OF 100000
In 1910. i am placing II ut very con-
eervative figure. The opening of the
new country, the placing of Denver on
through line to the coast and the vol
ume OF immigration from the East
which has already begun are unmis-
taxable signs"
Inquiry at railroad offices developed
the fact that there is surprising
amount OF travel to Denver and points
adjacent from the East and middle
West The Burlington. Unicn Pacific,
Santa Fe and Rock Island during the
month OF March brought in forty-two
carloads of immigrant outfits. and it Is
estimated that 1900 persons have been
added to COlorado's population within
the last sixty days.
General Agent Preston of the Chica-
go. Milwaukee X st. Paul road has tig-
ures on settlers travel since the first
of the year that are surprising. The
road he represents reaches the farming
sections of the lake states. the Dakotas
and the middle West In March elev-
en- carloads of Immigrant outfits We're
sent West, the settlers being attracted
by fruit prospects of the western slope.
and the agricultural possibilities of the
Platte valley, which is tributary %
Denver. Fifteen carloads We're re-
ceived in February and ten In .Ianu-
airy. Ten carloads will be received in
the next twenty days and these repre-
sent families who have become inter
ested in the new field to he opened by
the Moffat road.
In this connection. immigration
agents of lines entering Denver from
the East have used the Moffat road
and the vast tracts of unoccupied and
well-watered government land that are
waiting to be taken up under the
homestead law by settlers with good
effect to induce travel. The class of
home seekers now coming to Colorado
is provided with money by the sale of
their lands in the East Many of the
settlers intend to raise cattle and are
leaving by the Denver 4 Rio Grande
for Wolcott, Ride and other points on
the line. from whence they 20 north
to the fertile valleys of the Tampa and
White rivers, the general vicinity of
the MOftat road. The beet sugar in
dustry in northern Colorado is also
responsible for good share of the
Immigration. One car the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul is bringing to
Denver is routed to the sGunnison
country. the building Of the North
Fork extension of the Denver Il Rio
Grande having already attracted the
attention of the immigration agents.
The cry In the East is for new land