The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1906-06-09
RAILWAY PLANS
LINE FROM GRAND JUNCTION TO
THE PARADOX VALLEY.
CONTRACTS ARE TO BE LET

Colorado G. Southwestern Will Open
Rich Country-one Hundred and
Thirty-Two Miles of Road-vast
Irrigation Projects - Sugar Facto-
ries Planned
Denver-D. C. Willoughby OF Lon
don, England. is In Denver, says the
Republican. for the purpose Of letting
the first contract for one of the lars-
est transportation, development: and IT.
rigation schemes known u Colorado
for many years.
The Colorado & Southwestern vail
way scheme, financed by Il company OF
English capitalists with Il two-thirds
paid up capital stock, and fostered by
the Grand Junction Chamber of Com
merce, is, according 20 Nj. Willoughby,
at last an assured fact
The results to be attained by the
undertaking comprise the building o.
1872 miles of railroad: the opening of
100000 acres of tillable land; the con,
struction of beet sugar factories; build
ing of 1875 miles of irrigation works;
the possible installation of smelling
works, and the opening of not only tho
old Chacias mines, but four others in
'ht vicinity WHICH nave HeIclOlOTc
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 a terminus in the Paradox valley,
where n town is to be made, and
where, it Is stated, the smelters 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 s450,OOO from the resi-
dents of Grand Junction, is enthusiast
tic over the possibilities OF the coun-
try the new road is TO invade. In
speaking of the matter he said:
THE district in question is practic-
ally undeveloped, except for certain
mining interests and these have been
hampered greatly by the excessive
freighting charges to the smelters.
There are hundreds of tons OF orc
awaiting the coming of our road. and 1t
is a pleasure to me to know that we
are at last in position to let con.
| tract for the first twenty-five miles OF
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 $40 per ton
for the seventy-seven- haul. This
would kill off any mine and the coun.
try has lain practically undeveloped.
AN instance of this is the old Cha.
| cias mine and others in the vicinity,
which are among the best paying In
| the country except for the trouble in
4 .. oil oil
up. and we anticipate that our 1872
miles of road will be the best paying,
! comparatively, in the country
"In addition to the construction OF
| the railroad we have secured the
water and reservoir rights of r. A. and
| C. ID. Gurley of Denver and will build
1876 miles of irrigation bitches, which.
| in addition to the watershed supply,
will make the entire valleys fertile
agreements have been reached for
| the construction of extensive beet
sugar plants in the Shenandoah val
ley by the Colorado Sugar Company OF
| Cleveland, Ohio. They are taking over
| 10000 acres of land and will found
another thriving town in the district
In addition to the natural water
sOurcCS we are to construct pipe line
from the San Miguel river, which will
| De an unusual engineering lSdl, DIS ln5
supply will have rise OF $500 feet
| before reaching its destination. This
is made possible by the 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 ir
rigation interests, the Shenandoah
Valley Water Companys reservoirs
and rights.
Besides our interests there are
'.neteen other big companies holding
interests there, and | am safe in
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
1ers should be from Denver and Grand
Junction"