The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-03
NEW RAILROAD ROUTE TO COAST
burlington and Rock Island Planning
TO Push on From Denver.


TO Push on From Denver.
Denver. Jan. 3.-That either the Chi
cagos Roek Island & Pacific OF. the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy is back of
2 proposed new railroad from Denver
70 the coast is. generally believed to be
Iallfoad circles, and the latter is gen
orally credited with being the prime
mover IN the affair. Surveyors are now
a WORK IN the vicinity of Platteville
~ - "ilere tnere IS TO be a crossing Of
the Union Pacific, the first crossing of
any road running out of Denver. This
road, the name of which is given out
as the Denver, Yellowstone & Pacific
- projected TO start from Denver. to
cross the Union Pacific at PlatteviIle
thence to Fort Collins and northwest
thIough Colorado and Wyoming to Salt
Lake city, and thence on an air line
10 san francisco. The surveyors have
finished their second survey out of Den
yer as FAR as Fort Collins, and COM
mlttees of business men from smaller
towns along the route have made rep
RESERVATIONS to the officials of the Den
yer, Yellowstone &, Pacific asking that
1t run into their towns.
The Burlington is arranging to push
It's present line in Wyoming to Salt
Lake City. While its direct cOmpeti-
tors, the Northwestern and the Mil
Waukees are preparing to build on to
the coast, Seattle and Portland are an
nounced as the objective points of the
latter two roads. It is positively known
that with terminus at Salt Lake the
burlington has no intention of remain
ing there Official admission of this
fact has been made.
In some quarters there is a belief
that the Burlington will not build the
Denver, Yellowstone & Pacific line, but
an account of the Close traffic arrange
ments with the Moffat road, will use
that medium to handle transcontinentaI
business between Denver and Salt Lake,
using the new line from there on. The
MOffat road. according to railroad men,
IS anxious to secure its own outlet in
San Francisco, being determined not to
remain tied uD in Salt Lake, for the
fear is expressed that neither Harri-
man, with his Union Pacific San Pedro
line, nor Gould, with his Western Pa
cific, will give it. Nothing is more nat
ural, SO it is declared by those same
IT, rail men, than that the Burlington
and the Moffat road should unite on
this proposition from Denver through
to the coast.
San Francisco banking firms recently
applied to the board of trustees from
Alameda, across the bay from San
Francisco, for ferry connexions and
other railroad rights in that town. This
is declared to be in the interest of the
new coast road and was the first init
nation of what had been done to secure
the outlet. Being asked about the mat
ter, the bankers declared a new rail-
road, separate and apart from any 9th
er proposition, was to be built between
Denver and san Francisco, and that it
was to be All miles shorter than any
other line.
D Willard of Chicago. first vice pres
ident of the Burlington. with headquar-
terss in Chicago; G. W. Holdrege, gen
eral manager, with headquarters to
Omaha; General superintendent H. E.
Bryan of Lincoln and Division Super
intendent c. L. Eaton of McCOok spent
the day in Denver yesterday, and in
company with local officials of the road
made an inspection of the new improve
ments. They returned east last night
after authorizing statement that the
work of construction would be begun
at once.