The Colorado statesman., 1908-03-28
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EN-.
DoRSES DENVER, LARiMIE G.
NORTHWESTERN.
PLEDGES ITS SUPPORT
WORK BETWEEN DENVER AND
FORT COLLINS TO BE CON-
MENcED MAY 1ST.


yer Chamber of Commerce and Board
of Trade commend the Denver, Lara
mie & Northwestern railroad to the
confidence and support of the Denver
and Colorado public and capital, and
we unite with the promoters in the
commencement of it's construction May
1, 1905"
The above resolution, introduced by
Senator L. NJ. Patterson at a smoker
at the Chamber of Commerce Wednes-
day night, was adopted with enthusi-
asm and unanimity The men present
largely represented the wealth and
commerce of Denver, besides Senator
w. A. Harris and Judge Milliken of
Kansas, Senator w. L. Clayton of Gree
ley and former Congressman Lafe
Pence.
The keynote of the meeting was
sounded by Senator Patterson and Sen
ator Harris, who, in an eloquent ad-
dress, outlined the possibilities of the
road and its influence on Colorado and
more particularly Denver.
According to President c. S. John
son, the first shovelful of dirt will be
lifted within the city limits oy May 1st.
At the present time $600,0 has been
subscribed and from May 1st work will
be rushed as fast as money and en-
ergy will permit.
The first objective Point is Fort Col
Inns, then on to Laramie, then Elk
mountain coal fields and straight on TO
Seattle, tapping on the way the richest
coal fields in the country. uncounted
acres of virgin timber land, the sheep
grazing country of Wyoming and the
great wheat fields of Oregon.
The money to finance the road is
claimed to be in sight and 100000 has
been subscribed by the farmers of Kan
sas, Missouri and Iowa. Denver capt
tai has not been approached 10 any eX-
tent, while the people along the sur
veyed route are counted on to take care
of the undertaking through their part
of the country.
Senator Patterson eulogized Senator
Harris and Judge Milliken of Kansas,
attributing to their personal worth and
integrity the confidence felt in the road
by tie farmers of that state.
Associated with men of their worth,
no one need fear that the scheme par
takes of any of the elements of gold
brick game. A man that can cut down
a Republican majority of 10000 to
900 in a contest for governor on the
Democratic ticket must certainly have
Continuing, Senator Patterson said:
MY fad has always been to see Den
yer a great manufacturing and CONNER
cial center. Surrounded as it is by all
the natural resources possessed by any
city, it possesses all the qualifications
necessary to make it the greatest cen
ter between st. Louis and and the Pa
cific coast With the Moffat road the
Rio Grande and the Colorado & South
ern, extending in the three directions,
and the Denver, Laramie & Northwest
| ern penetrating to the Northwest this
lay be realized. This city will be in
possession of coal facilities not equaled
by any city in the country and will
unite the great Northwest with the cen
ter of the Middle West.
THE people of this enterprise do not
purpose putting themselves at the
mercy of the sharks and pirates of the
Atlantic coast, as evidenced by the fact
that 100000 has already been raised
and 100000 Of this has come from the
| farmers of Kansas, Iowa and Missouri
since last November, when the finan-
cial panic was at it's worst. This is an
enterprise in the open, one that will be
a credit and an enduring monument to
this beautiful city of ours"
was the next speaker, and told of the
hearty support the road would meet
with from that section. While the main
line will run through Fort Collins, a
short line will be built from Greeley
tapping the main line between Denver
and Fort Collins. This will insure the
road a share in the freight from that
great agricultural section.
Senator Harris, in an eloquent ad-
dress, praised the enterprise of Den
yer men in undertaking to aid a pro-
ject of this kind. He spoke of the
hearty support the project had met in
Kansas and would continue to meet
with until the final spike was driven at
Seattle.
1T will bind the great states of Kan
sas and Colorado closer than ever be-
fore" continued the senator. at will
bring besides a firm union between the
great states of the Northwest with
their resources as yet scarcely even
dreamed of, it will be work more
valued as the years go by and will be
classed with the building of the great
pioneer lines of the West"
Former Congressman Lafe Pence,
the last speaker, pledged the support
of the people of Oregon, where he is
now residing. The meeting closed with
the ioption of Senator Patterson's IS
resolution pledging the support of Den
yer AMI Colorado people and their faith
in the promoters.