, 1907-02-12
BUILDING OF PLAINS LINE TO
CENTENNIAL MARKING EPOCH
IN THE UPBUILDING OF
THIS COMMUNITY.
Road to Be Completed to Valley and
Then Extended Across Range to
North Park, Opening Up Immense
Iy Rich Section, Both for Mineral,
Agriculture and Lumber-lmprove-
ments to Be Made in Yards.

Perhaps it is not ~exaggeration to
say that the system of railway reach
ing out of this city into its surrounding
country. and known as the Laramie,
Hahns Peak and Pacific, can more
to this city and surrounding country
than any other event which has eve
taken place here. Its completion, now
so close and certain, will end one Pc
riod and open a new era, into which
will be crowded prosperity, happiness
and %unthought of opportunities to our
people.
Rich Mountain Ranges.
For years it has been an absolute
certainty, because Of results from act
ual business development, that the
mountain ranges west of Laramie were
rich beyond comprehension in their
valuable ores, but that their CONNER
cial development required rail trans
portation. With such transportation
~ wan hA0Wu oA CLIO Va oSVViOPh1Sh
on a large scale would take place,
which would Justify the erection and
operation Of a smelter in this city.
That transportation is now at hand.
To Stimulate Agriculture.
Not alone this, but that such a line
would open up the vast tracts Of tim
Der. stimulate agricultural activity, re-
suit in the up%building Of new towns.
assist materially in the extension of
cattle and sheep feeding and ~fattening
for market on a large scale, the estab-
lishment of dairy farms, the building
up of various manufacturing industries
and the rapid filling up of the Laramie
plains, valleys of the Little Laramie
and Centennial with a permanent,
prosperous population.
Growth In Population.
In all the good things such a line
meant, 1t circled back to this city.
because such development meant the
growth Of our population and the cen
tralization Of all interests here as the
distributing center for the entire ter
ritory. This is what the opening Of
transportation to Centennial alone
means to this city, But we are now
certain of SO much in excess of what
had been hoped for, that the imme-
date future opens to this city and
Albany county opportunity for devel-
opment and expansion on q broad bust
ness basis that it is worthy the
thought and attention Of every citizen,
for the results e a bigger, better,
buster Laramie.
Headquarters in Laramie.
Not alone to Centennial. but down
the Centennial valley, up into the
mountains, to the Platte valley. En-
campment and the North park coun-
try, with its untold riches, the Laramie
Plains line is to connect this city, with
Its headquarters in Laramie and draw
ing every interest to our very doors.
The cities Of the west, such as Den
yer and Salt Lake, have been built up
from small towns to cities of wealth,
influence and population by the very
same methods being furnished by the
construction Of the Laramie, Hahns
Peak and Pacific railway-that of
making it possible to bring out what
Is in the country and to take in what
is needed for the complete develop
ment.
Commercial and Industrial Center.
In early days the development Of
such cities mentioned and the popula.
ton of its tributary territory was far
less possible in the eyes Of the general
public than the opportunity presented
right here at home to make Laramie
the commercial and industrial city OF
this state, and to those who are willing
to look at the matter in a hard-headet
business way believe it means a great
city right here on the Laramie plains
Coming Summer Gives Promise.
Other territory to the southeast, t.
Fort Collins, on the east, to the mine.
being opened there, to the southwest
with its vast riches, will n~ecessaril.
gradually be tied up to this city as
center. and this people have a right t
look into the future with the creates
confidence. The coming summer viii
witness things being done on a seal
Of such magnitude that only those VIII
are most sanguine can realize at tn
present moment.
Work Cut Out for Officers.
Tne president of the Laramie Plain
line. Mr.. Miller. was yesterday advise
by Mr.. Van Horn that the management
desired him and Mr.. Stewart to bur