The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-17
ANOTHER ROAD
FOR SALT LAKE
Colorado & Southern Announces
Plans to Build Extension.
BOUND FOR THE GULF ALSO
BOND ISSUE OF 500, 100000 Is
ALREADY FLOATED.

I NJ. HERBERT, vice president and
! general manager Of the Colorado
& Southern, practically admits
: that his road is to connect with the
/ Western Pacific, making a direct line
from Denver to Salt Lake. and that
1t is to be extended to the Gulf Of Mex
( leo on the south.
Mr. Herbert says that the plans under
which this is TO be done are still i'm
mature, but all indications point IN
the same direction, and those who have
watched closely the course of events in
Colorado know pretty well the lines
that are to be followed.
What HawIey's Move Means.
Some time ago Edwin HawIey. the
heaviest stakeholder in the Colorado
n Southern, was elected a director i'm
( the Western Pacific. Soon after Il be-
came nOised about that construction
work ora tine Colorado Midland was Ia
be pushed from Grand Junction 10 =
connection with the Western Pacific
and the san Pedro, near Salt Lake.
This. it is argued. viii give the sys-
. TEN direct entry to California over the
Western Pacific, and also to southern
4 California over the San Pedro.
Floats Bond Issue.
The Colorado & Southern recently
fioated an issue Of 500 0OO.O00 bonds.
and at the same time il is held that
the extension of the road TO connect
with the Western Pacific. which means
practically an extension to the coast.
would cost but $4,000 900.
Naturally the Colorado papers ara
/ much exercised over the recent deveI-
opment in that state. In discussing
the plans outlined for the Colorado
& Southern, the Denver Times of last
Saturday says:
The new Colorado & Southern line
would be in direct competition on trans
continental business with the Moffat
road and would be as short a cut across
F the state as the Noffat road and as
/ direct al line to Salt Lake City 1t
/ would not however, be a competitor Of
/ the M0ffat road in Colorado for purely
I Colorado business. It would also mean
/ that Denver was on, not only a trans
/ continental line, but d Pacific coast
/ Gulf of Mexico line.
! Mr.. Herbert said that the proposed
! line would be of great benefit to Colo
| raCo and TO Denver and would make a
/ road Of easy grades. and believed il
| would pay i'm the beginning.
/ The Colorado Midland has been
/ spending practically all of its earnings
/
/ steel rails have been put down every
! where. wooden bridges and cuIverts
/ have been replaced with ones Of iron.
/ steel and stone. grades have been low
/ cred curves Strengthened and the work
! is still going on.
| THE Colorado & Southern Colorado
I Midland line would be an outlet to the
Pacific coast of the Colorado & South
I ern line to New Orleans and Galveston
The Colorado Southern. New Orleans
/ * Pacific has been Incorporated to build
[ into New Orleans. and the announce
ment of the names of those backing
/ the road are expected within thirty
days. when actual work viii begin.
There Is another outlet to the At
/ lantic ocean, being an extension Of the
! Fort Worth q Denver, the Colorado &
Southern in Texas. from Fort Worth
TO Galveston via the BrazOs River
road. and the construction of 100 miles
Of road to connect the Forth Worth and
BraZOs River roads"