The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-12-01
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A New Company to Build Their Extension Into
Pueblo, Colorado.
Line Will Be Extended From St. Francis, KanS.
And With Extensions in Wyoming Will Give the Burlington
Direct Line From the Mines to Pueblo Smelters.
From The Denver Post Saturday.

The Burlington Railway company today incorporated
the Denver & Beaver Valley Railway company under the laws
of Colorado for the purpose of extending its line to Pueblo
from a point on its St. Francis branch line in Kansas, down
the Republican river. The branch will give the Burlington
its own tracks from the iron mines of the Colorado Fuel &
Iron company near Guersney, Wyo., to the steel plant at
Pueblo.
The Beaver Valley company will also build 100 miles of
track from Oberin, Kan, to Wray, Colo, to save a ''back
haul" on freight originating on the St. Francis and Oberin
branches. These branch lines extend southwark from the
main tracks. The new trackage will connect both ends. of
the branch roads with the main line.
w. w. Baldwin of Des Moines, Iowa, assistant to the
president of the Burlington, has been in the city for the past
few days, having appeared before the Philosophical society
Thursday night. He originated the plans for the extensions.
Mr.. Baldwin is a capable railroad man and has the interests
of Colorado at heart.
John F. Vallery, general agent of the Burlington in Den
yer, is the chief incorporation. The other names appended
to the charter are members of the law firm of Wolcott, Vale
& Waterman. Mr.. Baldwin and Mr.. Valery have been in
conference with Mr.. Waterman for the past two days in con-
nection with the new charter.
THE KANSAS EXTENSION WILL CONNECT TWO BRANCH LINES,
The first work of the Beaver Valley company will be the
building of the extension in Kansas to connect the two branch
lines mentioned above. Work will begin in the vicinity of
Oberlin. The new line will begin at that town and will run
to Cedar Bluffs, or point near that station on the St. Francis
branch. Another connection will then be built, probably
from Brakeman or Atwood on the St, Francis branch, to
Wray or some point thereabout on the main line IN Colorado.
This will give the Burlington a chance to relieve its main
line on freight shipments from and to Denver. When the
main line becomes congested the company will be able to
send freight from Wray, Colo, to Republican, Neb., over its
new line. The 'back haul" will also tend to relieve the
heavy burden of the single main line track and better time
will be made by both passenger and freight trains to and
from the east.
For many months the Burlington has been planning to
relieve the traffic on the main line. The idea of building the
connections mentioned in the charter of the Denver & Beaver
Valley railway was hit upon by MI. Baldwin and met the
hearty approval of his superiors.
PUEBLO EXTENSION WILL CAPTURE WYOMING ORE BUSINESS.
The extension to Pueblo will not be made until after the
other work is completed. Burlington surveyors have already
run a line down the Republican river from St. Francis, Kans,
and an easy grade was located. The cost of building the line
will not be great, Burlington officials say, and it will pay the
company to build to the Smelter City, as it will, in addition
to capturing the ore business all the way from Wyoming, get
much of the eastern freight bound for Pueblo that now passes
through Denver.
The announcement that the Burlington is going to build
to Pueblo will probable stir the Union Pacific, which was
asked to build to Pueblo. Maps and estimates of cost of
constructing a line were recently submitted to officials of the
Union Pacific by business men of Pueblo, who did not dream
that the Burlington had any intention of building south. The
Union Pacific has taken no action, but if it follows its former {
policy will now jump in and try to prevent its rival from car (
rying out its plans. I