The daily tribune., 1905-01-17
REBUILD TIE IlnE.
Santa Fe Takes up S7-PosAA Rails
and Lays 66-Pssnaers.

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and Lays 66-Pssnasss.
The Santa Fs Rsilroad coopaNy n
rvbuildins its railroed bstvsss ~
Rochvals Junction. two nilss vet
Of this city and Pasblo.
All along the right Of way are
strung thousands of rails and ties.
The present rails. 81 pounds. viii Be-
taken up and replaced with thoss q
S. pound weight. some of these rails
have bssn ussd on the main line for
about . year. bot are not worn much.
Forty -five thousand ties have besn
received and stacke" and will b laid
betwe een the Rockvale branch and the
Hot Soda springs, three miles east Of
Florence.
The company has been working
very quietly for sometime and the
road between Pueblo and Portland has
already been built. The section
men are working toward Florence
~ rapidly ~ possible and will reach
this city in . few days.
The opening Of the Radiant coal
mine seven miles south Of Florence 10
responsible for the betterment of the
road. ~ the company expects to trans
act . much greater volume Of business
in . short time in Fremont county
than il ever has before. The Santa
Fe company's contract with the Victor
Fuel company, operating the Radiant
niue. calls for . shipment of sixty
six cars . day over the Radiant
branch. As there il usually twenty
nve tons Of coal in = car. the oontrsct
means $50 tons daily.
When the mines are thoroughly
opened . still greater production
than that amount can be maintained
- the Fuel company intends event.
ually work . force of 1000 men.
The most of the rebuilding
between the Soda springs and the
Rockvaie switch will PROBABLY be
done by George Graham. 10 ,al Sec
tion foreman. Mr.. Graham has
quite . forca Of men already am-
ployed.
The 52-pound rails now used by
the road will be taken up and relaid
in switch work along the line. Much
of it will probably go to the Radiant
mine where it will be necessary to
lay three and one half miles of siding
to accommodate the large number of
cars that will be used. Work on
these switches has been delayed on &C.
count Of the cold weather. It has
gain been undertaken and will be
pushed to completion st once.
1t is expected that the first ship
ment Of coal from Radiant by rail
will take place next Friday. January
90. The company has been mining
coal for several weeks and laying it
aside awaiting the completion Of the
road and some S0.0O0 tons have accu-
mulated. Shipments from the first
day will be heavy.
The increase Of business will call
for another switch engine and crew
and statements made by local Santa
Fe men lead to the belief that this I'D
dition to the local equipment will be
made about the last Of this week.
The finishsd branch from Rockvale
to Radiant IL equipped with &C. pound
rails and nothing new will be required
there for some time to come. 1t is
said that the express train service may
bs improved.
Indications are that the Santa Fe
will do fifty per cent more freight
business in this county in the future
than in the past.
Tickets to points east via the Mis-.
souri, Pacific from Canon City. and
stations west thereof. will allow pur-
chasers side trip from Pueblo to Den.
YER and return when desired. Please
bear this in mind. tt