The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1906-03-14
ON TO SALT LAKE
MoFFAT SECURES MONEY TO
COMPLETE HIS ROAD.
TO WORK FROM BOTH ENDS
Road viii Be Independent and Mr..
Moffat Will Retain Control-Main
Line is to Go Through Steamboat
Sprinqs-Gore Canon Safe.


Denver.-The Republican of Friday
morning says: The Denver Republi-
can is authorized by David II. 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 its
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 90 to that town and there Will
be a big celebration of the announce
ment there to-day.
Work on the Moffat road will be I'M
dertakeu 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
full interests that have gone behind Mr..
Moffat in furnishing unlimited capital
for the undertaking made only one re
quiremcnt, and that was that the road
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the very earliest moment. Time to
these people is valuable. Money thefe
is in plenty.
It Is understood that while the road
was financed from New York, foreign
capital invested to large extent in
the undertaking. But MIR. MOitat still
controls. His original project has not
been altered in any important respect.
The Moffat road will be independent;
it will carry out the original idea OF
its promoter. The European capital
lists who did most to furnish the capt.
tai to Mr.. Moffat in building the Den
yer G. Rio Graude railroad have Joined
hands with him again. Their first
venture turned out admirably. Colo
RADIO and the West are well thought or
by them.
For the first time since Mr.. Monat
undertook this great work of opening
a new empire and of maintaining Den
yer as the gateway of continental trat-
fic, 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 1t
into a combination. But Mr. Mohat
held to his original intent and would
not give up. He said at tho -seginning
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:
fused to reconsider its decision DIS
missing the suit for an injunction
brought to prevent the Denver. North
western G. Pacific railroad from using
Gore canon for it's roadbgd 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 a direct appeal 10
President Roosevelt to have the De
partment of Justice reopen the Gore
canon case with a view TO renewing
against the railroad company. The
President permitted him TO lille brlel
with Attorney General Moody, ana ne
diu this. going fully into the case, ana
filing what was considered addi-
tional evidence in support of the con
tentions of the reclamation service.
The action of the department in re,
f1sing to reopen the case removes all
possible obstacles to the railroad com
pany in its desire TO u.s. Gore canon
for its right of way and its permanent
right of way maps will now undoubt'
eddy be approved by the Interior De
paTtment.