The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-10-05
MOFFAT is
BEHIND NEW
RAILROAD
Denver FinanCier, Not Gould
Will Build Western Pacific,
in BurlingtOn's Interest
TO RUN TRAINS IN TWO YEARS
All Reports Agree That Winnie
mucca Will BE on the Main
Line OF the New Road

mueea Will Be on the Main
Line Of the New Road
| The information embodied in the fol-
lowing dispatch from Denver, appear
in the San Francisco Bulletin, is GER
tainly welcome news in Winnemucca.
From the article it appears that with
in two years from this time the West
ern Pacific railroad will be running
its trains through Winnemucca, and
the opinion of the best informed rs
that on account of its many superior
natural advantages this will be made
division point of the new road. The
dispatch says the mystery which has
hung over the financiering of the
Western Pacific has been cleared away
| by statement made in Denver yes
terday by Attorney w. J. Bartnett,
the promoter OF the new transcontt-
mental line. David H. Moffat of Den
yer, who controls among other rail-
lOdu plOpCltlCo, tAC itAStOA anu
the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific
! is said to be the financial backer of
the Western Pacific. which will be a
Burlington link between Denver and
San Francisco.
| This statement was made to friends
! in Denver by Bartnett, who is now
nx1 DO, ~. 4hA fwn&A 1Ip
of this road. 1t disposes OF the per-
sistent rumors that George ]. Gould
and even Rockefeller are behind the
new line Some time ago Bartnett en-
deavored to secure Moffat's financial
interest, but failed. Later efforts have
apparently succeeded since he gave out
the foregoing information in conver-
sation with friends.
Mr.. Bartnett declared that the road
had been financed from beginning 70
end and that solid trains would be run
ming from Denver to San Francisco
over new rails within two years. This
is construed with David H. Moffat's
statement concerning the operation of
Burlington trains from Chicago to the
coast within the same period to mean
that the Burlington and the Denver,
Northwestern & Pacific were the real
hackers. The w. P. Hill surveys and
tel minal facilities in this state were
turned over to Moffat, while Burling-
ton engines and Burlington track-lay-
ing machines have been used in early
construction work on these surveys
This also adds color to the statement
that the Burlington is pushing it's way
west and will operate the new road
from Salt Lake to San Francisco.
1t is announced that the Western
Pacific surveys between this city and
Salt Lake will be completed in two
months time. By that time the route
will be selected and active construction
for the new transcontinent line across
California, Nevada, a nd Utah
will be inaugurated The several
surveying parties in the field,
some of which started rom Salt Lake
while others worked east from this
end, are all working in the same di-
rection at the present. Those in Ne
vada are pushing west from the Utah
line to meet completed surveys which
extend beyond Winnemucca. The en-
gineers in Utah are also working west
from Great Salt Lake. One party in
Utah is surveying a line across the
southern arm of the lake. If the pro-
ject is found to be a feasible one
long trestle will be built across ii simf-
lar to the Ogden Lucin cutoff of the
Southern Pacific. which crosses a
northern arm of the inland sea.
The Western Pacific cutoff would
save many miles of railroad construe-
tion on a route around the lake and
the surveyors are hopeful of selecting
a feasible route across the water.
! Construction is going on slowly In
Oakland along the Third street fran
chise. A small party of workmen are
building the road bed and laying tracks
which have not yet reached the towns
limit on the east. from the Western
Pacific bay terminal. which lies be-
tween Bodies shipyard and the South
ern Pacific pier.