Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-09
BURLINGTON PLANS.
What the IiiIi Road Is Undertaking In
Wyoming This Season

Yesterday announced the letting Of the
contract TO Fitzpatrick Bros a Collins
for new yards IN Lincoln, Neb, aud the
rebuilding aud double tracking OF The
line between Lincoln and Milford. The
yardage In Lincoln will be quadrupled.
The contract calls for the expenditure
Of s2000,000.
IN connection with the projects Of
the Burlington In tho west Il Is on the
cards that Wyoming VIII shortly be the
center OF operations Among the
trackage under contemplation In Wyo-
ming Is said to be the following
Miles.
Denver, Colo, TO Tie Siding, Wyo. 1870
Cheyenne To Tic Siding. ..,... 40
Tie Siding TO Worland ..........20 200
Guernsey 10 Ferris. 100
Total miles ,,.,.,.,...,,.... 4S0
From what tho Wyoming Leader
terms unimpeachably authoritative
sources the plans Of the Burlington, in
n nutshell are ms follows; The con-
struction of 81 trunk line to connect
Denver, the terminus of Its southern
main line, with lts northern main line
Mt Toluca, Mont; the extension Of the
Holdredgc-Che branch line tn Il
connection with tho Denver Soluca line
MT point few miles south of Her.
Inosa cite Siding) station on tho
Union Pacific main line the Holdredge-
Cheyenne line extended as described.
to be tile main passenger and freight
carrying line of the system for the
central Rocky mountain region: the
extension of the Bridgeport.Gu
line 10 a connection with the Denver
Touca line In Northern Carbon county
near the site Of Ferris postoffice (also
an eastern extension of this line from
bridgeport To Broken Bow, on the
main line between Lincoln and Bill.
ings. thereby giving II central connec-
ton between the northern main line
and the north and south main line).
tho conversion OF the fraunie- Worland
extension. now in construction, into "a
link OF the Donyer-TOlusa main line.
The Frannie- Worland link Is tho
only part of this comprehensive Colo
rado-Wyoming system now In course
Of construction.
Preparing for this great system OF
extensions Burlington engineering par
ties have been IN the field for months.
4 feasible grade has been located
through Cameron pass, the most diff
cult point OF construction between
Denver and the Wyoming line. the
Cheyenne extension has been surveyed
from the Junction point with the Dem
Yer extension Ia within few miles
of Cheyenne; preliminary survey OF
the Guernsey extension has been
made: the line OF the Denver extension
between MuslSrat and Worland mclud-
ing the grade through the canyon Of
the big Horn river, has been laid
down. At this time large parties " en-
gineers are working between the North
Platte canyon I'm northern Carbon
county, and Muskrat In eastern Free
mont county. one party is working al
the canyon which presents one of the
most difficult, II not the most difficult
points Of construction Of The entire
extension system. and another Is work.
ing southeaSterly from MuSkrat to
the northern end OF tho canyon. The
grade between the southern end of
the canyon and NGuskrat established.
the entire system will be practically
laid down, as On easy country pre-
sentlng no engineering problem OF inn
portance, llcs between the southern
end Of the canyon and The junction of
tho Denver Cheyenne extensions: and
between Cameron pass and Denver
The construction of this comprehen.
sivc system 81 constructions win be in
line with the Burlington policy OF
thoroughly developing any section Of
country tributary 10 It's ines-will he
in fact. the extension Of It's Nebraska
network "a cover northeastern Colo
RADIO and tho eastern half OF Wyo-
ming.