Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-09-27
ENTiRE STATE WILL DC GREATLY
BENEFITED ~ con-
sTRUcTIok.
DENVER TO SEATTLE
BRINGS NEW TERRITORY ~
TOUCH WITH MARKETS OF
DENVER.

oped and not traversed by railroads. Is
said to be m assured fact.
The new road Is the Denver. Lara.
nile 4 Northwestern. Its headquarters
II In Denver. The actual work OF con
struciion will begin within sixty days
buildin. the road to Laramie. wyo
ming. The major portion Of the rish'
Of way has been secured. A Denver
terminal has been arranged for. and
the company owns In fee simple n
right Of way over the continental d.
vide through Fish Greek canon. whert
the grade In less than two per cent
and where no dinicuit cnkinccrin. fcais
arc presented. The company has also
purchased l6o acres OF land within III"
city limits Of Denver. where will b,
located Its terminals. shops nni yards.
The closing OF the deal for this land,
lying Just east Of the old Arro smclter.
and known Ms the Highly addition. IL
tho nrst iniimaiion that Denver PEG
pie have had OF the new project. The
men engaged In the work have beer
proceeding quietly and systematically.
They have Interested eastern capital In
the road and also Denver men. In the
last two or three days $4,000 worth -:
stock IN tho new road has been sub
scribed In Denver alone.
The men bchind the now project
were not anxious that news OF their
Denver purchase should leak out n
this time. Several weeks ago Col. w.
/. - 0F..N..
Yards Company was approached By
men who are financing and promotins
tho now road. and tho scheme for tbs
entrance Of the Denver. Laramie 4
Northwestern was preached TO him.
Colonel Skinner Investigated the mat.
ter carefully. Hc was impressed with
tho advantages that would accrue to
Denver through the building Of such a
road. found tho proposition all thai
was claimed for II, and set about md
Ing tract Of land that would be suit.
able for terminal.
Tho deed by which the new road b
comes the owner Of the Highly tract
has been cioxcd. II Is bounded on tho
cast BY West Forty eighth avenue. ON
tho south by the Colorado 4 Southern
and Mofat roads. and On the north by
the extension OF Broadway. The land
liea oun.hslf mile nearer the city than
Utah Junction. where the shops Of the
Moflat road are located. The consider.
alton was 100000.
els Worth Miiiions."
Tho building OF the new Denver.
i.arimie Z Northwestern will be big
stride ahead for Denver and for Colo
RADIO" said Colonel skinner. This
road and the MofYat road. which In rap.
Idly nearing completion. will make
Denver q live stock center second 10
none. Just think Of the great oxpansc
Of territory that these roads will open
up. There nrc millions Of acres In
Routt county which tho Moffat road
will tap; there are millions Of acres IN
northern Colorado and southern Wyo-
ming which the new Laramie road Will
tsp. These acres are the finest grazing |
lands in tho country. The stock IL
coming TO Denver over the rails Of the |
new companies. II will eventually bring |
millions OF dollars annually Into the
state.
And not alone In the livestock In |
dustry. but in mining Development that
will follow tho completion Of the MOI.
fat road and the Laramie project. VIII
Denver and Colorado beneht. l am
firmly Of the belief that new era In
Colorado's progress has been reached
and that these roads will supply some
Of the few-very few-things lacking
10 make Colorado the greatest state In
the whole Union" Il
The survey Of the new line agreed
upon runs In almost straight limo
from Denver to Fort Collins midway
the present lines OF the Union
Pacific and Colorado Il Southern.
South Of Lander.
From Fort Collins the line will run
crossing the continental di.
vide through Fish Creek canon where
tho grade is easy and the cross
Ing one which presents no DIM
cult engineering feats. Tho canon -
Twelve miles long. After leaving the
canon the road as planned will tap the
as yet untraversed ny raj.
roads as far north rs Laramie. The
surveys from this point on to Laramie
have been made but the exact route
has not been definitely determined
upon. The final surveys may throw
he line south of Lander with a spur
into the city.
Yellowstone Park will be brought
within nights ride Of Denver by the
new road. Being a north and south
'oad, the Laramie line when completed
will intercept all Of the transcontinen.
al lines north OF Denver. the Union
Pacific, Northwestern. st. Paul and
Hill lines. This will give Denver an
outlet and inlet TO the great Northwest
md connections with great railway
,ystems such as II could not get In any
,ther way.
Col. X. H. Dwyer. formerly connected
With the Illinois Central and Gould
ines, and known from coast to coast
70 an able railroad man. Is the general
manager OF the new road. c. 8. John.
ION, who has been connected with
lumber Of large commercial and indus
rial enterprises. 10 the president