The daily sentinel., 1905-04-26
Road Will Be Built

KOd0 VIII be Built
The announcement that the West
ern Pacific railroad will certainly he
built and that the Goulds with their
millions are behind the project has
been received with pleasure by many
OF our citizens who see many ad-
yantases in the proposition for Grand
Junction.
The matter has been very general
Iy discussed in the city during the
past few days, and those who have
looked into the proposition see in
!. another impetus to the growth of
Grand Junction and the valley.
With the Western Pacific railroad
IN operation, Grand Junction would
be on great transcontinental rail-
road system. 1t is not hard to real
ize that this would mean much TO
the city. In fact, the advantages it
would give US over the existing CON
ditioas arc numerous.
There seems to be no doubt re
gardlng the building of the great
line. The Salt Lake Herald is very
enthusiastic over the outlook and has
long articles regarding the PROPOSE
tion almost daily for the past four or
five days. Sunday the Herald made
the following announcement:
II Good cheer came to Salt Lake
from all sides yesterday over the As
sociated Press wires. The Western
Pacific is to be built at once. George
j. Gould has given his word for il.
The bonds have been sold. making
S5o,00o,ooo available for the enter
prise. E. r, Jenery is TO be at the
head OF the new road and work of
construction is TO start without de
lay both at the Salt Lake and San
. Francisco ends"
e. Y. Jefery the president of the
Denver 4 Rio Grande railroad. and
one of the best known railroad men
in Colorado. will be made president
of the Western Pacific.
\ telegram received Sunday at
Denver by ]. b. Andrews. assistant
to Vice President c. H. Schlacks of
the Rio Grande, from President JEFF
fiery in New York. confirms the re
port that the financing of the West
ern Pacific road has been arranged.
The message reads:
New York, April 2l, 19O5.-J b.
Andrews, Assistant to Vice President
of Denver < Rio Grande Railroad,
Denver Colo:
"I have. closed with three bank
ing firms Blair K Co. Solomon 4
Co and Read 4 Co.-for financing
Western Pacific, and signed the
contract on behalf OF that company
II covers the sale to the bankers of
S5O,OOO,0oo of Western Pacific bonds
and insures the building of the road
as rapidly as possible.
CSignedl "E. r. JEFFERY."
Contracts for the construction of
the entire line have been settled up
on and the awards will he made at
an approaching meeting of the dir
ectors. The work viii be started
at once
The company already has spent
100000 for terminal properties in
Oakland, but its San Francisco ter
minal plans have not been made pub
lie. The line from salt Lake City
leaving Sacramento, will strike
Marysville, Oroville and the Beck
with pass in California. In Nevada
it will cross the Central Pacific at
Winnemucca. Reno will be of the
main line. but will be reached by
branch line. Leaving Nevada the
road will go round the southern end
of the Grea salt lake in Utah and
enter Salt Lake City in the terminal
Yards of Gould's Denver & Rio
Grande system.
The great advantage claimed for
that there will be no grade greater
| than / per cent, or 3 . feet TO the
mile, a reduction of one-half from
competing lines. No snowsheds will
ever be necessary ON the Western
Pacific. as the annual snoIfall is
never more than 215 feet on the
worst part of the road while on the
Central Pacific line the snow falls
TO depth Of 3 feet This will do
away with the necessity Of sheds and
make a great saving in the cost of
maintenance. 1t will also make tray
cling far more pleasant, affordng
tourists an opportunity to see the
magnificent scenery Of the sacramen-
TO valley. The scenery, especially
along the Feather river, where the
canon is $500 feet deep. is consid-
cred among the finest in the west.
1t is understood in Salt Lake city
that the Western Pacific has already
made terminal arrangements with
the Rio Grande Western. and that 1t
will enter the city over the tracks OF
the Rio Grande Western. which is to
be a part of the transcontinental
system blocked out by the Gould in