The daily sentinel., 1906-05-02
New Railroad
Is Probable !
Proposition TO Have Grand juno
tiOl Starting Point of Road TO
ShenedOah Valley - Projectors
Conferins with Chamber Of Com
merce Today.

away from her citizens
Several weeks ago it was under
stood that Montrose had been negot-
iating with a number Of parties,
whose intention was to build line
of road from the Rio Grande South
ern. from point near Dallas Divide
west to Norwood, which would reach
lands in the Shenandoah valley. IT
was primarily a land SCENE which
would bring the great land holdings
Of the company proposing to build the
line on the marker.
When the Monuose people found
that road was being projected run
ming to a point near them, they be
gan negotiations to change the line
of construction and make the point Of
the beginning of the proposed road
at Montrose. When several Grand
Z Junction people found out what was
going on and that the road would
be of great service to the mines of
the Paradox valley. they present
ed the matter to the Chamber Of
Commerce and that body at once
/ sent Secretary Aupperle to Montrose
to endeavor to interest the parties to
this city as point of beginning.
A. A. Miller was responsible for
bringing the Information to this city
and he has been largely Interested in
the negotiations with the Chamber
OF Commerce since their first incep-
ton.
A few days ago Mr. Miller went to
Placeryille and secured the promise
Of the parties who were proposing to
build the road that before they began
final negotiations with the Montrose
people they would come TO Grand
Junction and investigate the PROPOSE
ton that might be made to them
by the people OF this city.
On Monday night the Chamber of
Commerce held special meeting of
that body and at that time arrange
pie who would come to this city. A
committee consisting of Messrs. V. c. |
Talbert, Stone. Adams Wallace aud
Miller were appointed to make ar
rangements to meet these gentlemen
and arrange for meeting of the
citizens last night.
The party that arrived in this
city last night to take up the propo-
sitlon with the Chamber of CONNER
ce and citizens consisted of four gen
tlemen. They were d. c. Willough-
by, of London, England; DR.. j. H.
Hinklns, of Chicago: e. A. Guy, bank
er of Norwood and James Nix, also of
Norwood. These gentlemen were
met at the Union station last night
and it was the first intention of the
committee TO have automobiles at the
station and take them at for a ride
around the city and the close sur
rounding country. But the storm oc-
curing just at the time of the arrival
of the train, that portion of the pro- |
gram could not be carried out. The
gentlemen were escorted to the La
Court hotel. where quarters had been
arranged for them and after dinner
they We're escorted to the city hall.
where as many of the directorate of
the Chamber of Commerce as possible
had gathered to meet them. also
large contingent of citizens.
The committee appointed by the
Chamber of Commerce then present
ed in an entirely informal Manner
the conditions of the land over which
such a proposed dine would pass.
having its beginning in this city |
Every feature was thoroughly dis |
cussed by the committee and many |
citizens and the visitors were in n |
short time almost convinced that this |
city offered the most available place |
of beginning of their proposed line. !
The gentleman. whom 1t might be |
said is the principal party in the ne
gotiations. d. C. Wnloughby, of Lon
don, then told the gentlemen as,
sembled that the road. as he had orig |
mally intended to build it was prac-
tically financed for 65 miles which |
would have been its length That to |
consider the building of the road |
from this city required additional
financing and that he would make
them a proposition later. The road
from this city would be forty-five
miles further than was originally in
tended to be built and to finance |
this. he would ask some help from
the city.
In nut shell his proposition was
this: The estimated additional cost
would be 100000 which would he
covered with an Increased bond issue
to this amount Mr. willoughby
said that he would take the response
hility of floating one half of this ex-
ira bond issue, il the people of Grand
Junction would float the other half
or $4,000.
He presented his proposition in
writing signed by himself and this
afternoon the special committee of
the members OF the Chamber of Com
menoe and the citizens are consider
In