The Glenwood post., 1907-09-28
GOOD NEWS FOR
WESTERN SLOPE
Merger of Railroads Will Gre
ate Great TranscGnti-
mental Trunk Line
CHICAGO TO PACIFIC

Denver, Sept. 26.-There will be no
| delay in pushing the work that will
complete the Motfat railway. This great
road, according to the latest news, is
to form the connecting link for the Hill
| interests, connecting the Burlington
| with the Clark road from Chicago to
the Pacific coast. The lines are to be
merged at meeting of the stockholders
of the Burlington in ST. Louis, Novem
Der 6, it is reported.
This information is of particular in
terest to the people Of the western
slope, who are always anxious to hear
what progress is being made in the rail
ways that traverse that part of the
state.
This will make direct competition for
transcontinental business with the Har-
riman interests which now hold u..
nopoy.
This once and for all fisposes of any
doubt of the building of the Moffat tuu-
mel.
A Big Merger.
Railroad Intelligence of vast impor-
tance was disclosed in Denver this
morning First, the Burlington, on No
vember 6, will merge its parent com
pany with all its subsidiary companies
and place the entire management in the
personal control of James j. Hill. Sec
ond, the M,offat road will become an
ally of the Hill interests, together with
the Rock Island, and the deal between
Mr.. Moffat and the Utah Construction
company which Jesse Knight and the
Mormon church controls, contemplates
the building of road and an alliance
with the Clark interests from Provo to
Goldfeld, to Los Angeles and the coast.
Just now the Hartman lines cs-namely
the Oregon Short Line, Union Pacific,
Southern Pacific and traffic control of
the Santa Fe-form an absolute monop-
oily on business from Chicago to the
coast
Under the new arrangement J. j.
Hill will have two routes to the Pacific
in competition with Harriman-the Nor
thern Pacific and Great Northern, and
for his southern route he will have the
Burlington, Moffat road, Clark road and
the connections now being built by
the Utah Construction company
Confirmed by Moffat.
Mr.. Moffat confirmed his connection
with the combine this morning. He
said: "My road. as tar as the state
line, will remain in my control, but the
traffic agreement with Mr.. Hill and
the Burlington will put Denver on the
shortest direct line from Chicago to the
coast and satisfy all m yambitions, be-
cause it will do more for Denver than
any one man has ever done before.
"Just now Denver is side station
Mr.. Hartman has a monopoly on bust
ness and he sends everything on
| through lines that come no nearer to
| Denver than Cheyenne.
w HtH lHt tbHlDlHdllbH VI IHt Hill
interests with my line and the Utah
and Clark lines is complete the business
from Chicago to the coast will be di.
vided and there will be active competi-
tion, with at least half of it going
through Denver.
"The Rock Island will also be an
ally of the route and Denver will profit
more than by any other mova that can
be made.''
The Importance of the combination
cannot be overestimated. If the deal is
successfully carried through it should
change the routing of the majority of
the transcontinental business from
Cheyenne to Denver because the route
will save at least eighteen hours from.
Chicago to the coast.