The Goodland republic., 1907-03-15
HARBLYA PAPER RAILROAD
THE LINE FROM GARDEN CITY
To GOODLAND.
Its Construction the Most Logical and
Advantageous Move In an
the West.

There has been some newspaper
mention OF survey Of the proposed
line OF railroad from Garden City tC
GOOdland. The road has been char
tered and the fncOrporatOrs named
The question arises, is it a Rock Is
land proposition
Many people believe that it is. We
give some Of the reasons advanced:
The Rock Island entered the state
Of Kansas as the Chicago, Kansas and
Nebraska The Rock Island held the
hrst mortgage bonds and took the
road It was a Rock Island move
from the start Including this plan
was not only Denver and Colorado
Springs connections, but their south
west Pacific coast and Gulf connec-
uOns- They practically absorbed the
FL PasO and Northeastern, supposed
to be an Independent railroad.
Included in these far-reaching plans
from the very beginning, was a road
from Dodge City to GOOdland. The
stub has been for years in operation
from Bucklin, on their southwest Ell
Paso line. to Dodge City. Now Garden
City IS only fifty miles west. The
Santa Fe is along the north bank Of
the Arkansas river The extension to
Garden City would be naturally along
the south bank OF the Arkansas, an
easy valley route. From Garden City
to GOodland would be over the level
prairie with only one depression, over
the Smoky Hill river at Russell
Springs, in Logan county.
The Rock Island has in the last
year laid out SIS, 900 in shop and yard
extension at Goodland, including about
sixty acres of land adjoining their
works and yards. Seven new and mod
ern stalls for the accommodation Of
the largest class Of engines have been
built this season, all planned on a
draUght for fOrty-stall round house.
which, probably, will be completed
during the coming year. At any rate
this is the word given out by men who
are or have been employed by the
road here.
Saturday evening the private car Of
II. S. Cable pulled into GoOdIand. In
the company were H S. Gable, super
intendent Of the central district; J. B.
Fitzpatrick, superintendent of motive
power; G. W. Lideu, superintendent Of
the Moline shops; and A. T. Abbott,
superintendent Of the Colorado divi-
sion. They took in the town, look
ing over the entire city, and the Rock
Island works here, and then went west
Sunday morning
These things are given for what
they are worth. other things trend
in the direction Of this possible extern
sion. People desiring to go south have
to go around either by Pueblo or Nc
Farland, a large around the horn"
route. The Panama canal opening
will reverse the trend Of railway ex-
tension from east to west to north and
south. The southwest pass Of the Mis-
isissippi is -heing enlarged anddeepened
TO accommodate the largest ocean
steamships afloat, even as far up as
New Orleans. 1t Will not be many
years until there will be a trunk line
following the plains from the DOmin-
ion Of Canada to the Gulf Of Mexico.
Such a line would cut north and
south every trunk line east and west
from the Canadian Pacific to the South
ern Pacific railroad, and would be one
Of the greatest projects OF railroad ex-
tension on this continent. A vast ter
ritory coming into production OF grain
and all other agricultural products
would be directly tributary to such
line. And such a railroad would be
easily constructed and follow the na-
turaI drainage Of the continent west Of
the Mississippi, natures own route in
tended to be the greatest Of all high
ways Of commerce
Wait and see