The Grit-advocate., 1906-06-08
RAILWAY PLANS
LINE FROM GRAND JUNCTION TO
THE PARADOX VALLEY.
CONTRACTS ARE TO Be LET
Colorado & Southwestern Will Open
Rich Country-one Hundred and
Thirty-Two Miles of Road-vast
Irrig.%ion Projects 3 Sugar Facto-
ries Planned.

Denver-D c. Wilioughby oc Ion
don, England. is in Denver, says The
Republican, for The purpose Of letting
the first contract for one of the lars-
est transportation, deveiCpnen. and ir-
ri3ation schemes known l1 CuGraCD
for many years.
The colorado & Southeastern ,ail-
way scheme, financed hy company OF
paid up capital stock. ana fosIerel by
merce. is. according % Nj. Willoushby,
at last an assured fact
The results to be attained by the
undertaking comprise he building u:
1872 miles of railroad: the opening OF
25O,000 acres of tillahlc land: the con
struction of beet sugar factories; build
ing of 1876 miles of irrigation works;
the possible installation of smelling
works, and the opening of not only the
old Chacias mines. but four others in
the vicinity which have heretofore
been unsatisfactory ventures because
of the immense cost of transportation
facilities to the smelters.
The Colorado & Southwestern rail
way is to extend from Grand junction
to terminus in the Paradox valley
where a town is to be made, and
where, it is stated, the smeters for the
entire district entered by the railroad
will be located.
d. C. Willoughby. who in -four
months has succeeded in financing the
company, and in securing a guaranteed
subscription of $450.000 from the resi-
dents of Grand Junction, is enthusias
tic over the possibilities of the coun
try the new road is to invade. lr
speaking of the matter he said
"The district in question is practic
ally undeveloped, except for certain
mining interests, and these have beer
hampered greatly by the excessive
freighting charges to the smelters
There are hundreds of tons OF ore
awaiting the coming Of our road. and II
is q pleasure to me to know that We
are at last in position to let con
tract for the first twenty-five miles o
road out of Grand Junction.
"The only trouble with the country
is that it lies in valleys between two
mountain ranges, leaving but two
courses for the removal of ore, which
cost in the neighborhood OF $50 per tor
for the seventy ty-ssven-mile haul. Thi:
would kill off any mine and the coun
try has lain practically undeveioped.
IAN instance e. to- As The old Cha
cias mine and others in the vicinity
which are among the best paying II
the country except for the trouble II
smelling ore. These will all be opened
up. and we anticipate chat our IL:
miles of road will be the best paying
comparatively, in the countr.".
In addition TO the construction o
the railroad we have secured Tho
water and reservoir rights OF r.. A. ant
c. D. Gurley of Denver, and will built
12G miles of irrigation bitches, which
in addition to the watershed supply
will make the entire valleys fertile.
agreements have been reached fo
the construction of extensive bee
sugar plants in the Shenandoah val
ley by the Colorado Sugar Company O
Cleveland, Ohio. They are taking ovel
10000 acres of land, and will fount
another thriving town in the district.
IN addition to the natural water
sources we are to construct pipe line
from the San Miguel river, which vii
be an unusual engineering feat, as the
supply will have rise Of 5000 fee
before reaching its destination. This
is made possible by Tic immense water
pressure at the point OF diversion
1900 cubic feet per second being guar
anteed us by our engineers. We have
purchased in addition to the Gurley il
rigation interests, the Shenandoah
Valley Water Company's reservoirs
and rights
Besides our interests there are
nineteen other big companies holding
interests there, and | am safe il
prophesying wonderful advancement
for the district in the near future
Should smelters be erected at our
terminal | feel positive much of the
Telluride and LaSalle district ores
would be hauled the twenty-six miles
to that point and smelted, meaning the
establishment of one of the largest
mining and smelling territories in the
country at that point.
I'VE have not settled on contractors
for the construction work of either the
railroad or irrigation and pipe lines,
but surveys are complete, and, all
things being equal, the successful bid
ders should be from Denver and Grand
Junction"