The daily tribune., 1908-06-20
RAILROAD WILL BENEFIT
ENTIRE FREMONT COUNTY


The meeting Of the board of direc.
tors Of the Kansas Colorado Power
and Railroad company at Pueblo is
likely to result in the Inauguration
OF new epoch in the industrial and
commercial history OF Fremont
county. indeed, it promises n chapter
of remarkable material growth and
expansion throughout the Arkansas
valley.
Whatever of doubt and uncertainty
that may have existed in relation to
he great enterprise proposed by the
Kansas Colorado Power ard Rail.
road company was dissipated by the
action of the board Of directors at
Pueblo, which announced that all
obstacles in the way of carrying out
the plans of Mr. Hulit and others had
been removed and that the company
was now ready to enter upon the work
of construction, assurances having
been received that tile necessary capt
tai would be Forthcoming when need
ed to build the road.
The meeting at Pueblo was for the
purpose of electing Officers ms provid.
ed in the articles of incorporation
issued by the secretary of state few
days ago and for the transaction of
such other business as might be re
quired The affairs of the company
were formulated so quickly, and
have been carried along so rapidly as
to astonish the public. disproving the
dictum that great enterprises move
slowly.
People familiar with the history
of railroad construction aud other
works of that character have been
surprised at the rapidity with whioh
the preiiminaries of the Kansas Colo
RADIO Power aud Railroad company's
affairs have been arranged. While
the magnitude of the scheme has been
bewildering to those who are un.
familiar with its possibilities and
has engendered some skepticism in
consequence, it has appealed strong ly
to many of the shrewdest and most
conservative men of the Arkansas
valley and they are backing it with
their capital and their energy
That the proposition will pay hand
somely admits of no reasonable doubt,
and for such enterprises there is at
all times an abundance of money, 1t
is to be peoples road, aud. for that
reason must inevitably create the
widest possible interest among those
which it is designated to benefit
An enterprise that will provide the
means for transforming the Arkansas
valley from its present condition of
semi ardity into an Eden of beauty
and productiveness is thing that
should enlist the interest OF all and
will be worth to humanity many
times its cost.
The proposed railroad aud the pow
er the great transmission lines will
afford for pumping water for irriga.
tion will make the Arkansas vale
one of the most fruitful in the world
and will bring hither thousands OF in.
dustrious people to develop its splen-
did resources. 1t will mean very
much greater Importance for Florence.
perhaps, population Of 10000
within the next four or five years.
There are few things within the
realm Of the imag ination that would
be rs helpful to Fremont county as
the execution of the plans OF the
Kansas. Colorado Power and Rail.
road company Chief Engineer
Davis of the Northern Electrical
Manufacturing company, of Mali.
sou. Wis. reported favorably on the
project at the directors meeting in
Pueblo and il is said that construc.
tion work will begin as soon as t he
necessary surveys can be made and
contracts awa rdeI