The Delta independent., 1902-05-23
To Pnss on Delta Line.


The officials of the Goulo system are
today looking over the new road being
built by the Denver & Rio Grande up
the north fork of the Gunnison from
Delta, and It is expected that some an
nouncements concerning the contract
now under consideration for the addi-
tIonal fifty miles from Holchkiss will be
made upon their return the first of the
week.
The party consists OF Russell Harding,
general manager; W. q. smith. traffic
manager, and Ii. G. Townsend, general
passenger agent. of the Missouri Pacific
and General Manager Herbert OF the
Denver u Rio Grande. MIR. Harding is
Goulu's righibaDd mau and his visit to
Color ado Just at this time Is considered
of more than Ordinary interest, not only
ia connection with the. construction of
Tins cutoff, but in regard t, plans for
< es bet t,7rm,ui of IUe system. lie
y AZ te., en- ihesr aad n " tness, d
uil ing OF tn lYnJ ri'. "f eGomid
iil.ra n, nr n.-s. ,h- personal :. y
seU tabye -, he raiiruad magbatr ne
buii' tue Iexas d P.cltic aud the lat,r-
nAli ma x Great Northern ana mos, Of
the iinsa IN snuth-rn Kansas. and no
man woul! he mole comp tint 10 ass
upon tie eutInreung features OF the
nsw 90 -uf than lie.
N Har ing il travelling in u special
trai nnd he aud nis party will he out
on Tie line Tor several days. probably
reIurLi Z o Denver next Monday. They
will go as Iar as Salt Lake City and Og
den and inspect all Of the branches of
the Rio Grande syst, m The recent
heavy al preparation for improven EMS
along the road is figuring in the pr, mt
trip aud what Suggestions Mr Harding
males in regard changes after con.
sulratior with the rem in Ter OF the
party will in all liklihoo be adopted at
ihe coming annual meeting. 1t is be
lie,ed that the letting OF the contract
now being considered for the extending
o. the new line from Delta to Hotchkiss
Will be one Of tbs decisions OF the trip
Buena Vista, Colo, May 1J.-Advices
have bern received here that Boston
capita Isis have agreed TO take The $50,
OOU wor b of bonds issued for the pur-
pose cf building the so-ralled Taylor
Park railroad or cut-otf. 1t is under
stood that as soon as few legal formal
tiles have been complied with building
OF the road will begin and be rushed to
completion. The advantages OF d cutoff
long been patent to tie owners Of the
Denver & Rio Grande, who are, it is said,
the real underwriters OF The new bonds.
1t has not yet been definitely deter
mine which Of the two proposed routes
will be chosen. Whether the road will
traverse Conundrum guch and over
Taylor pass. down through the park and
across Cottonwood pass, or via Crested
Butte and Taylor canon is yet ques
tion in the minds Of many. A survey
ing party is now at the mead OF Taylor
canon and is headed down tho river
toward Almont. IL this route is chosen
it means an entire change of the plans
first followed. This survey will out out
Aspen, as it is presumed to be The con.
Meeting link with the North Fork rail
way, now being built from Delta.
1t will tap the wonderful coal fields OF
Delta and Gunnison counties. which
have no equals in the West. 1t will al
50 penetrate the great fruitvalley Of the
North Fork. which produc % fruit equal
to the best grown in America. Not only
will this liac reach "A great fruit and
cpa country. hut also ki0gdom of min.
eral wealth when it "n ters the Tin Cup
dis'ricr. in the eHorlheasiern part OF Gun.
nison county. This locality has long
been noted for its remarkable miner i
shOwinps