The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-21
Has H. E. Hyde Become an Ally
of MOffat9
Change of Ownership is EN-
phatically Denied.
CONSTRUCTION
Plans to Exploit Waters at
Steamboat Springs.
Gossip and Matters of Interest
in Railway Circles.

Denver. Col, Feb. 21.-The s478oOO 900
of the Equitable Life Assurance com
pany will play an important part in the
extension of the Moffat road, it is now
declared.
Added to the force of these millions
will be the power of the wealth of E.
H. Hartman, it is said.
The Denver. Northwestern & Pacific
will be completed according to the plans
of David H Moffat, it's protector.
The boundless resources of Routt
county and Middle park will be devel-
oped to the utmost.
Steamboat Springs will be made one
of the greatest watering places in the
world
David H Moffat and Henry E. Hyde.
founder of the Equitable. were fast
friends. They were interested in a
number of the same projects. These
intimate relations were responsible for
the election of Mr. Moffat to the direc-
torate of the Equitable. The friendship
that the Denver banker had for the
father descended to the son. So, when
the word went forth that Mr.. Hyde was
about to be ousted from control of the
insurance company. Mr.. Moffat enlisted
all his energies on the part of the son
of his former friend.
Mr.. Moffat is credited with having
been instrumental in allying z. II.
Hartman on the side of James Hyde.
1t is considered one of the greatest An
ancial cOups consummated in years.
In return for his support Mr.. Moffat,
it is reported, is to receive from Mr.
Hyde moral and financial backing for
the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific
Mr.. Hartman, too. is to be Joined in
the project. The deal augurs tremend-
ously for the Moffat road and for Col
OradO 1t means that the iron of the
10 a n
ital at no far-away day. The coal
fields of Routt county will be exploit
ed to the utmost. The waters of Steam
boat Springs will become famous all
The emphatic denials Of both A. c.
Ridgway, general manager of the Mof-
fat road. and W. F. Jones, auditor,
concerning the rumored sale of the
road are finding credence among the
railroad goSsips. While at first believ
ed to be diplomatic statements, they
are now taken at their face value. Mr..
Moffats prolonged stay in the east
with no announcement of the floating
of Denver, Northwestern & Pacific
bonds nor of the transfer of the road,
together with his stiff fight for the
HYDE interests in the Equitable meet
ing, make it practically certain, accord
ing to the wiseacres. that powerful in
terests have combined with Mr.. Moffat
to carry through his. pet project
The name of Mr.. Hartman cannot be
eliminated from the discussion. 1t is
declared that an engineer in the EN-
ploy of the great fnancier has just
completed a six weeks study of the
Moffat road and its territory. He has
made a thorough investigation of
Steamboat Springs, it is said, and has
taken with him to the east samples of
the waters for analysis by experts. The
waters are declared to have no rival
in the world. They contain all the
medicinal properties of the famous
baths of Hot Springs. Ark, and far ex-
eel, it is asserted. the waters of Carls-
bad Auditors of Mr.. Hartman, too,
are said to have recently gone over the
accounts of the Moffat road
According to indications, the Harri-
man interests will build a line from
Granger, Wyo.. to tap the Moffat road
in Routt county. The heavy traffic now
carried by the Union Pacific rails will
be diverted over this branch and the
Moffat line through Denver to the east
ward. Steamboat Springs will be on the
line of both the Moffat road and the
Union Pacific branch. Thus the Moffat-
Hyde Hartman combination will con-
troll the output of one of the richest
sections of the west, and also what is
destined to be the greatest bathing re-
sort in the world