The daily sentinel., 1908-04-06
RIDCWAY
0MES
HERE
FOR CONFERENCE
With Fruit Men and Annoull-
ces Building Of New
Switches and Depot

The switching facilities at Palf--
sade, at Bovine and at Bridges
Crossing are to be enlarged at once
for the benefit of the fruit interests
and work is to start at once on .
handsome new depot at Palisade.
This is the result of two confer
ences between officials of the Den
yer & Rio Grande and officials OF
the Grand Junction Fruit Growers
Association; and the announcement
that the much-needed improvements
are to be made will be received with
satisfaction throughout the interest
ed sections of the valley.
Yesterday morning General Mana--
ger A. G. Ridgway of the Denver &
Rio Grande, and Chief Engineer =
G. Gwyn of the road arrived at Pal
isade in Mr. Ridgway's private car.
They came for the purpose of in
specting the Palisade yards and max
ing other investigations, as they haG
promised Manager John F. Moore OF
the Grand Junction Fruit Growers
Association and Mayor Scroggins OF
Palisade several weeks ago that they
would do.
Mr.. Ridgway had a telephone mes
sage sent to Grand Junction for Mr.
Moore, but the latter was in Delta
Wis of the Grand Junction Fruit
Growers Association and Division
Superintendent Brinkerhoff of the
Rio Grande went up to Palisade, and
these two gentlemen, with C. C,
Smith. John j. Bridges, Fred Hotties
and H. G. Crissey, all leading fruit,
growers, and Colonel Bower, the
town clerk of Palisade. held a long
conference with Messrs. RidgwaS-
and Gwyn.
The Palisade yards were thorough
ly gone over. and General Manager
Ridgway had it clearly demonstrated
to him that an extension of The yards
and the erection of Il new depot were
absolutely necessary.
Assistant Manager Davis of the
Grand Junction association and the
several directors of the association
present proved to Mr.. Ridgway that
the association MUST have better
track service and shipping facilities
out of Palisade for the coming sea-
son. =. The Grand Junction associa-
tion even offered to pay for the wors
of extending the yards and moving
the old depot If the road would or
der the improvement made.
At the conclusion of the investiga-
tion and conference, Mr.. Ridgway an
nounced that a new depot viii lie
built; that plans have been drawn
and perfected, and the road proposes.
to have work started on tile hand
some and modern new structure,
within a very short time and have
it completed before the summer is
far spent
Last night Mr. Ridgway's ear was
brought into Grand Junction. and
this morning Manager John +
Moore and Mr.. Davis of the Grand
Junction Fruit Growers Association
were in conference for about two
hours with Mr.. Ridgway and Engin-
eer Gwyn on the private car.
The fruit men took up with Mr.
Ridgway the urgency and necessity
of the placing of switch at Bridges
Crossing, which the association has
been asking for for long period
the placing of the much desired and
long-needed switch at Bovine, and.
the extension of the switching facit-
tiles at Palisade. Then, too, Mana-
ger Moore and Mr.. Davis put up e
talk for the new depot at Pal
isade, and showed Mr.. Ridgway how
the Palisade people had it "comiuEs
to them"
Mr.. Ridgway agreed that all the
asked for are badly
needed. and he. stated that steps
would be taken at once to have tie
switches placed in position at Brtds-
es' Crossing and Bovine, and IL car
lengths of new switch will be sfyero
the fruit association for use at Pal
isade.
All of these improvements VIII trs
made and completed in time for tntS
business.
Manager Moore and the other Of
ficers of the association are highiS
elated over their success.
The Grand junction Fruit Grow
ers' Association has long endeavores
10 get Palisade a new depot and to
have its railroad yards enlarged, and
the association deserves no little
credit for its successful campaign
for the new depot in the Peach city
The new switches at Bridges
Crossing and Bovine will prove great
for the fruit growers
and will enable the association to
handle the crop more rapidly and In
q more satisfactory manner.