Gilpin observer., 1907-09-12
TO PUSH WORK
ON THE. ROAD
Hall Construction Company
Will Endeavor to Com
pIete Line from PactoIus
Within a Year.

R. A. Hall, president of the Hall Con-
struction Co., together with Messrs.
G. L. Snyder of Marion, Iowa, and John
Hall, Jr., of Grennell, Iowa, bankers
and merchants, were in the city last
week and made an inspection tour in
connection with the building of the Gil
pin and Clear Creek District Railroad,
from Pactolus to Central City. After
spending day at the construction camp
at Pactolus they drove over the line via
Dory hill to Black Hawk and Central
City. They were entertained at the
Gilpin Mining club Friday evening,
where they met several of the represen-
tative business men of the district, and
discussed the railroad project.
Saturday morning they visited several
of the mines in Russell Gulch, Nevada
vile and upper Central City, and in the
afternoon went through the Gregory
Buell. mill and some of the mills at Black
Hawk. They drove through the district
of Apex to American City, where they
were entertained by Messrs. Ripley and
Stedman. From there they drove over
the line past Missouri lake, Hughesville,
Wide Awake and Dory Hill to the tie
camp located on lower Ralston creek in
Jefferson county. They found conditions
very favorable at the tie camp where
1000 ties, 325 bridge timbers, 200 piling
and about 400 telegraph poles are cut
and ready for delivery. The Construc-
tion company has acquired about 800
acres of timber land in Gilpin and Jeffer-
son counties, where ties and bridge tim
bers will be cut for the construction of
their railroad, and the company proposes
carrying on the work of grading through
the entire winter.
After visiting the tie camp the party
returned to the grading camp at Pac-
tolus, thoroughly inspected the work
now being carried on by the Hail Con-
struction company, and seemed to be
very much pleased with the progress
made thus far.
Returning via the Moffat road at Pac-
tolus to Denver, one day was spent in
that city, meeting the officials of the
Moffat railroad and other people inter-
ested in Gilpin county.
Messrs. Hall and Snyder of Iowa,
were very well pleased with their inves-
tigation, and found conditions even bet
ter than representations made by the
company, and are willing to assist in
financing the building of this railroad,
but feel that the people of Gilpin county
should be sufficiently interested in this
project to be willing to take a certain
amount of bonds of the railroad com-
pany to assist in building this railroad
provided the project is carried through
to completion, so as to encourage and
stimulate the confidenc, of the investor
living in a foreign state, who knows
little or nothing about the conditions
other than representations made by the
promoters. They believe that if the
people of Gilpin county will endorse this
project financially in substantial man.
ner, that the financing of the project
will be possible.
AHc uhSSlOES VI lHe CllplT SOunIy
Chamber of Commerce will take this
matter under consideration at their next
meeting, and the sentiment of the
chamber will be given in subsequent
issue.
The Hall Construction company COM
menced work on the grading Of thei,
railroad at Pactolus May 1st, of this
year, and has been carrying on the work
with force of from 20 to 80 men, and
have at the present time about ter
teams of horses and mules. They have
completed about one mile of grade, and
have half mile under construction
The first mile of this line is the heaviest
mile that will be encountered for twelve
miles of the work. The force is now
making good progress on the grade
VIM. Brandon, railroad contractor ir
Denver, is il charge of the work fol
the company. He thoroughly under
stands his business and has matters vel