The state herald., 1907-09-27
ENTIRE STATE WILL BE GREATLY
benefited BY CON-
sTRUcTIoN.
DENVER TO SEATTLE
BRINGS NEW TERRITORY u
TOUCH WITH MARKETS OF
DENVER.

tenn which eventually will directly con
meet Denver and Seattle. cutting vast
region as yet almost entirely undevel
oped and not traversed by railroads, is
said to be an assured fact.
The new road is the Denver, Lara
mile Northwestern. its headquarters
Is In Denver. The actual work OF con,
struction will begin within sixty days
All possible speed will be employed in
building the road to Laramie, Wyo
ming. The major portion of the right
Of way has been secured. A Denver
terminal has been arranged for, and
the company owns In fee simple a
right Of way over the continental di.
vide through Fish Creek canon. wherl
the grade is less than two per cent
and where no difficult engineering feats
are presented. The company has also
purchased 160 acres OF land within the
city limits Of Denver, where will b.
located Its terminals. shops and yards
The closing Of the deal for this land.
lying Just east OF the old Argo smelter
and known as the Highly addition. if
the first intimation that Denver peo
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 Of
stock in the new road has been sub
scribed In Denver alone.
The men behind the new project
were not anxious that news OF their
Denver purchase should leak out at
this time. Several weeks ago Col. w.
Il. Skinner of the Denver Union Stock
Yards Company was approached by
men who are financing and promoting
the new road. and the scheme for the
entrance OF the Denver, Laramie 4
Northwestern was broached TO him.
Colonel Skinner Investigated the mat
ter carefully. He was impressed with
the advantages that would accrue to
Denver through the building Of such
road, found the proposition all thai
was claimed for 1t. and set about And
ing a tract OF land that would be suit.
able for q terminal.
The deed by which the new road be
comes the owner OF the Highly tract
has been closed II Is bounded on the
east by West Forty.eighth avenue, on
the south by the Colorado a Southern
and Moffat roads. and on the north by
the extension OF Broadway. The land
lies onn.half mile nearer the city than
Utah Junction. where the shops OF the
4 S.s a l..s-
alton was 100000.
| els Worth Millions"
The building of the new Denver.
iarimie e. Northwestern will be big
stride ahead for Denver and for Colo
RADIO" said Colonel Skinner. This
road and the Moffat road. which is rap
idly nearing completion. Will make
| Denver u live stock center second 10
none. Just think OF the great eSpanse
Of territory that these roads will open
: up. There are millions OF acres In
Routt county which the Moffat road
will tap; there are millions OF acres In
northern Colorado and southern Wyo'
ming which the new Laramie road will
tap. These acres are the finest grazing
lands IN the country. The stock In
coming to Denver over the rails Of the
new companies. Il 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 tho Mof'
fat road and the Laramie project, viii
Denver and Colorado benefit. ] am
firmly Of the belief that new era In
Colorado's progress has been reached
and that these roads will supply some
Of tho fcw-ycfy few-thingh lacking
TO make Colorado tho greatest state In
the whole Union"
The survey of the new line agreed
upon runs In almost a straight llno
from Denver 10 Fort Collins midway
between the present lines OF tho Union
Pacific and Colorado a. Southern.
South Of Lander.
From Fort Collins the line will run
northwest. crossing the continental d.
vide through Fish Creek canon wh.re
tn. grade IL easy aud tho cross
Ing ono which presents no DIM
cult engineering f.ata. Tho canon 10
twelve miles long After leaving the
'aHbh wv P'sh''H "'' wy
territory m yet untrayorscd by rail-
roads as fnr north nH Laramie. Tho
surveys from this point on TO Laramie
have been mad. but the exact foutn
has not been definitely determined
upon. Tho nnnl surveys may throw
the line south Of Lander with n spur
into tho city,
YeilowHton. Park will be brought
within n nights ride of Denver by the
new road. BEING a north ana south
road. the Laramie line when completed
will Intercept ail of the uanscon'incn'
tai lines north of D.ayrr. tho Union
Pacific. Nofthwoni.rn. IT Paul npd
iiili lines. This will civ. Denver mn
outlet and inlet To the sran' Norihsrs,
aud connections with great railway
systems such M II could not &c, IN any
other way.
Col. II. II. Dwyer. formerly connected
with the Illinois Central aud Gould
lines, and known from coast 10 coast
NJ Rn able railroad man. In IN. general
aa..s at gn.. ans tssaI q lain