, 1908-03-24
INVESTORS
ON A VISIT
PARTY FROM ALL OVER KANSAS
BEING TAKEN TO VIEW THE
CoMPANY'S COAL FIELDS
Another Party Being Shown Through
Wyoming by officials Of the Den
yer, Laramie and Northwestern
Photograph of Party Printed in a
Denver Paper With Comment.

Yesterdays Denver Times had a five.
column-wide reproduction OF a photo,
graph of a party of prospective inyes.
tors of the Denver, Laramie and North
western Railway company and the
Northwestern Land and Iron company,
and the party passed through this af-
ternoon, en- route to Hanna, in charge
flcials of the road. The Times article
complete follows:
Kansas Investors.
Each week the Denver, Laramie and
Northwestern Railway company brings
to Denver and its coal fields in Wyo-
ming a good carload of investors.
The carload above photographed,
which reached Denver Sunday and now
Is en- route to Wyoming and along the
line of the road, was made up from
all over Kansas, from the far north
west N from the southeast-in fact,
no three from the same locality. Last
weeks car was from widely scattered
parts of Oklahoma and other carloads
come from the states of Iowa and Ne.
braska.
Committees Astonished.
About ten days ago committees of
three to five from each of the various
public bodies, Chamber of Commerce,
Real Estate exchange, Colorado State
Manufacturers association, accompa-
MED President Johnson and a special
"a party to Wyoming. They were as
tonished at the coal fields shown 10
them, and returned to the city of Den
Yer satisfied hat the project will be
carried rapidly to a contamination on
plans proposed.
Importance Recognized.
AT the Real Estate exchange dinner
last Wednesday, Vice President Coma
way made a report as to what was
shown them, followed up by IN address
by Mr.. F. j. C~hamberlin, urging upon
the citizens of Denver the Importance
of their getting actively interested in
the project because of its great i'm
portance to Denver. After which nv.
y. Charles Felt made a talk along the
lllSo vi Nudb q 6ltdl OppoI tulllly Ihlo
offered for profitable investment, clos
ing his remarks by stating that Den
yer citizens should not allow this mat
ter to get away from them, and he pro-
posed to invest, not for the sake of
Denver, but for his own profit.
Senator Harris to Speak.
After these talks a resolution was
passed to extend an invitation to Sen,
ator William A. Harris of Kansas and
other officers of the road to present
bers of the exchange at their dinner
next Wednesday, which invitation has
accepted.
The committee from the Colorado
Manufacturers association has sent
the company a letter of thanks for the
trip and expressing its confidence in
the enterprise and that they have their
coats off" working for it.
Smoker Tomorrow Night.
The Chamber of Commerce next
Wednesday night will give a smoker
in honor of Senator William A. Harris,
vice president of the Northwestern
Land and Iron company, the holding
company of the railroad, at which al
report will be made from its commit
tee to the chamber, and addresses will
be made by Senator Harris, Senator
Patterson and others.
Construction work on the road will
begin on May l, and the real estate
men of the town say that this will
mark the beginning of the greatest
boom ever seen in the city of Denver.