The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-23
To Connect With W. A. Clark's
Road and Complete New
TranscOntinental Line.
DENVER MAN THE PROMOTER.
Capital Raised and Rails Ordered
for the Denver, Northwestern
and Pacific-D. H. MOffat
Backing the Project.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York. June witt the building OF
a railroad from Denver to Salt Lake City, a
new ranscOntiTenta line will enter the
field now controlled by the Gould-Harriman-
Morsan-Hill interests, and a lively clash
may be the result. The builder will be d.
H. Ifoffat, president of the First National
Bank of Denver, a man who has accumu-
lated a fortune in gold mining. He has as
an ally Senator ". A. Clark. copper miner
and owner of the San Pedro. Los Angeles
ard Salt Lake road. now being built. The
iioffat road is to be known as the Denver.
Northwestern and Pacific. 1t will run from
Denver west aud northwest to Salt Lake
City. At Denver il Will connect with Senator
ClarE's road. thus esJa biishing a through
connection between Denver and the Pacific
Coast.
AT the present time the Union Pacific. the
G"ould-Harriman road. comes from the west
INTO Denver from the north By the way Of
cheyenne, Wy. over what was originally
known as the Denver Pacific: and on the
south is the Denver and Rio Grande. which
runs north l9 miles from Pueblo to Denver.
With the exception OF these two through"
lines. forming great circles TO the north and
to the south, Denver has no direct outlet to
the Pacific. by the connection at Salt Lake
City of the MOffat line with the equally
direct line of Senator Clark to the Pacific.
the new tranSContirenta connection Will be
established. reducing the time of travel from
Denver to San Francisco by twenty-four
hours.
in view OF. this the opposition of the
Gould and Hartman factions and Of all the
big railroad managers of the country il
natural. logical and easily explained. The
new road threatens cOnf.Ction not only with
the GOuid-Harriman party. which controls
the Union Pacific. Southern Pacific. Missouri
Pacific and Denver and Rio Grande, out
also with the Morgan-Hil party. which
controls the Northern routes. including the
Northern Pacific. Great Northern and the
Burlington. Between them are the Atchi-
son and Rock Island. the frst-named line
having a line from the lakes to the Pacific
Ocean and the Rock Island now building
view: Mr.. Moffat. before leaving the
WaldOrf-Astoria yesterday for Denver.
said: II have made the necessary prelimi-
nary arrangements looking TO the building
of the Denver. and Pacific
Railway. and the enterprise has advanced
to the point where We can go on and build
il. The proposition has been opposed by the
transcOntinental railroad owners In ad-
dition TO the s2.500.OO subscribed in the
city of Denver. outside capital has been OBJ
tanned to build the line. Rails have been
ordered and the work is going on
This road, running, sou may say. north
and northwest from Denver to Salt Lake
City, is not built for the purpose Of enter
ing into a competitive field. or for the pur-
pose of making another road TO the Pacinc
cause in connecting these two cities it forms
II link in a railroad chain. That it will
have an important effect on the now eX-
listing transcontinental roads ] do not deny;
and that in forming this connection it will
naturally bring TO the road an enormous
amount OF business IS self-evident-
The line We propose to build is a direct
line from Denver to Salt Lake City. and
there it will connect with Senator W A
Clark's road. giving it a western and also
an eastern connection. BY A mutual agree
ment between Senator Clark and myself
the road will become a transcontinentai
proposition
The Denver. Northwestern and Pacific
Railway VIII traverse a virgin territory
from Denver 10 Salt Lake City. a distance
of. approximately. so miles"