Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-27
ONE THOUSAND ACRES Of BEETS
And the Necessary Rights Of Way
Mast b, Guaranteed to Secure
The Road
WILL Be A SPUR FROM CORlNNE
Great Development OF Sugar Beet 10.
dustry Promised In Colorado by
Latest Railroad Moves,


That the visit to the west. made by
the group OF capitalists interested in
the sugar business a few months ago,
would bear early fruit, has been gen.
orally expected by all who were post
cd on the extent Of their investment In
The beet sugar business hete ana In
Colorado
That the gentlemen have lost no time
in setting in motion their various plans
for the development Of the industry is
evidenced by news lately received at the
Offices Of the oregon Short Line and the
Utah and Idaho Sugar companies in
this city, as wen as by that which
comes over the wires from Denver The
plans to build spurs westward from the
Short Line, to open up new beet fields
for the Idaho Sugar company, and the
Fremont County Sugar company, have
already been printed In the News. d
Both Of these spurs will be constructed
early IN the coming year, so that the
increased beet acreage can be brought
to both factories next fall,
The latest piece Of news, which viii
interest local business men still more,
Is the announcement authogitatlyely
made that the long thought Of extern
sion Of the Malad Valley railroad which
now runs from Corinne TO Garland ana
there ends, viii be Immediately pushed
and completed from Garland to Malad,
Idaho, distance OF thirty miles,
that Is. II the people OF Malad viii
guarantee 70 secure the necessary
rights OF way and the farmers VIII COM
tract 10 plant ] 600 acres Of beets dur
ing 1905. with these guarantees Sc
cured the oregon Short Line VIII build
the road IN time TO handle the crop
Tor the coming season
Mosiah Evans, local manager OF the
Utah Sugar Co. at Garland, Is I'm the
city today, and he confirms the above
news. The survey has already been
run from Garland to Malad, and the
Short Line people have definitely agreed
TO make the extension II the rights OF
way can be secured and II the tonnage
from 1000 acres Of beets can be relied
on for next season. Mr.. Evans says
there Is a live and progressive COM
mittee IN Malad handling the matter
and that he has no doubt the require
ments will be compiled with, and that
the road VIII be in operation next year
He further says that a two-mile spur
VIII be built from the Southern Pacific
due south, commencing three miles west
of Corlnne, and that this will open up
valuable beet country for the Garland
factory. All IN al IL looks az though
the capacity Of that factory viii be
nearly tested next year. The sugar
company has offered prizes to the farm
ers Of the Bear River valley amount
ing to $500, TO the growers of sugar
beets, for next year FOR the greatest
number OF acres planted, and the larg-
est number Of tons harvested from
various sized tracts, from % acres down
to two acres,
SUGAR BOOM IN COLORADO.
How extensive will be the develop
ments In the railroad and beet sugar
business In Colorado, flowing from the
entrance OF the eastern people into the
Industry, is we'll shown by the following
clipping from the Denver Post:
William f. Haveymeyer and ii. b.
lIolllns. representing the sugar trust,
the Rock Island Railroad company, Da-
vld II. Moffat G. S. Morey, Charles
Boettcher and Messrs Brink and Ed
dey are the heads OF an enormous syn.
dictate which Is TO be a new and mighty
factor IN the Colorado railroad world.
They have plans now on foot for the
building Of a steam and electric road
from Denver 10 Fort Collins; for ter
minal belt line around the city OF Dem
Yer; for terminals into the city FOR the
Rock Island, the Moffat road and the
new line of the Northern Colorado Con-
struotlon company; and for additional
tracks and spurs through the beet fields
Of northern Colorado and the sugar fac
tories there
Information regarding these matters
became public today simultaneously
with the announcement that Edward
n. Griffin, general local agent for the
Union Pacific road, resigned TO become
associated with Messrs, Mercy and
Boettcher and the Great Western Sugar
company.
The resignation Of Mr. Griffin takes
effect jan /, aud after that time he
VIII be known as assistant TO Mr.
Morey who is the head Of the beet
sugar industry In Colorado. AS a mat
ter Of fact he will have TO do with the
building and operating Of the proposed
road from Denver 10 Fort Collins.
Some weeks ago the Post announced
that David II. Mohat had planned a
terminal railroad to belt Denver and
later when the Northern Colorado Con-
siructlon company was formed Il was
pointed 10 as q Motfat Morey- Boettch-
er enterprise 10 construct line from
Denver into the northern coal fields.
In the light Of more recent develop
ments It Is found that those state
ments were true so far as they went.
NOW, however, the real situation In
given TO the public These divers en-
terprlses did find birth IN the fertile
brain Of David III. Moffat, but as he
has his hands full in building the Moi
rat road, he has turned his schemes
over to the Rock Island people and the
sugar trust 20 finance, retaining but |
small interest for himself
TERMINAL FACILITIES.
The franchise and right OF way OF |
The Colorado & Eastern furnishes the
base OF operation and provides a val
liable terminal.
hayemeyer and Rollins foyrmerIy !
owned the Colorado & Eastern, but d
turned II over to David H. Moffat to
provide him and the Rock Island an
entrance into the union depot, OF be-