The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-15
ON TO SALT LAKE.
MoFFAT SECURES MONEY TO
COMPLETE HIS ROAD.
TO WORK FROM BOTH ENDS


Springs-Gore Canon Safe.
Denver.-The Republican of Friday
morning says: The Denver Republi-
can is authorized by David H. Moffat,
now in New York. to state authorita-
lively that all arrangements have been
made by him TO go forward with the
construction and completion of the
Denver, Northwestern & Pacific rail-
road-the Moffat Short Line-to it's
destination at Salt Lake City with the
utmost dispatch. A telegram received
from Mr.. Moffat last evening contained
the following:
Have concluded financial arrange
ments for pushing construction of road
through to Utah. The work will be
crowded ahead at once"
At the headquarters of the railroad
here preparations have been under way
for several days for building on a very
much larger scale than has yet been
attempted.
Citizens of Steamboat Springs have
been assured by Mr.. Moffat that his
road will go to that town and there will
ment there to-day.
Work on the Moffat road will be un-
dertaken from the two ends of the line.
Machinery is being ordered on scale
that means business. All records in
Western mountain railroad building
are going to be eclipsed. The power
fui interests that have gone behind Mr..
Moffat in furnishing unlimited capital
for the undertaking made only one re-
quirement, and that was that the road
should be completed clear through at
the very earliest moment. Time to
these people is valuable. Money there
is in plenty.
1t is understood that while the road
was financed from New York, foreign
capital invested to large extent in
the undertaking. But Mr.. Moffat still
controls. His original project has not
been altered in any important respect.
The Moffat road will be independent,
1t will carry out the original idea Of
its promoter. The European capital
lists who did most to furnish the capi-
tai to Mr. Moffat in building the Den
yer e Rio Grande railroad have Joined
hands with him again. Their first
venture turned out admirably. Colo
RADIO and the West are well thought of
by them.
For the first time since Mr.. Moffat
undertook this great work of opening
a new empire and of maintaining Den
yer as the gateway of continental traf-
f1c, he finds himself on easy street"
He need worry no more regarding the
finances. The money is ready to build
the road clear through to Salt Lake
City. There have been times when the
combinations in New York pressed him
very hard; they were determined to
stop the building Of the road or get it
into a combination. But Mr.. Moffat
held to his original intent and would
not give up. He said at the beginning
that the Moffat road was intended to
cut the distance to the Pacific coast,
and would be held an open way.
The following Washington dispatch
chronicles the end of the Gore canon
dispute:
The Department of Justice has re-
fused to reconsider its decision dis
missing the suit for an injunction
brought to prevent the Denver, North
western & Pacific railroad from using
Gore canon for its roadbed in the con-
struction of its line to western Colo
RADIO. This action has been taken after
giving careful consideration to the re-
quest made by Senator Flint of Cali
fornia, who made direct appeal to
President Roosevelt to have the De-
partment of Justice reopen the Gore
canon case with view to renewing
against the railroad company. The
President permitted him to file a brief
with Attorney General Moody, and he
did this, going fully into the case, and
filing what was considered addi-
tional evidence in support of the con-
tentions of the reclamation service.
The action of the department in re-
fusing to reopen the case removes all
possible obstacles to the railroad com.
pany in it's desire to use Gore canon
for it's right of way and its permanent
right of way maps will now undoubt-
edly be approved by the Interior De-
partment.