, 1908-05-04

tiedouieS VI WyOuiin5. II Can HeAp
but be successful. Our city owes a
debt of gratitude to the men who have
undertaken this enterprise, and they
should be willing to lend a helping
hand n a loving heart in making the
road a success. May it become all its
hackers hope for and add to III pros
perity and happiness"
Stock Yards Bunch.
When the mayor had retired, amid
applause. MI. Scholtz called attention
to the boys from the stock yards, who
were grouped in front of the stand.
Joseph P. Adams, acting as spokesman
for the cowboys, stated hat in the new
road the stockmen recognized the re-
opening of the old cattle trail from
Denver into the northwest and were
willing to give it their heartiest sup
port.
Judge Brown on Platform.
M. c. Brown of Laramie, the next
speaker, remembered the days when
Ben Holidays stage line ran through
Denver, when it was a little hamlet
of less than 1000 souls. He com
mented upon the change from that vii
lage to a thriving city of a quarter OF
a million, all produced by the sam.
sort of energy and determination
which was about to build the new road
into the town which he calls home.
He commented upon the fact that a
large delegation had come down from
Laramie to join in the initial step
which the road is taking in their direc-
ton. and looked forward to the time
when these people would be bound to
Denver by ties of steel as at present
they are bound by ties of friendship.
Il congratulate you," said the
speaker, because this is to be an hon,
est road. The sinews of war have
been furnished by the strong-armed.
~big-hearted men of the west. 1t will
not be run by a bunch of brokers in
Wall street. It is no watered stock
jobbing scheme, and Laramie rejoices
that such a road is soon to touch there
on its way to the coast"
Will Treble Population.
Predicting that Laramie would ire
BILE her population when the Dad
reached there, Mr.. Brown depicted In
forceful terms the wonderful
of his state, and declared it as his
opinion that every mile of the new
road would pay from the start. He
closed with a glowing picture of the
wealth that would flow east over the
lines of the new road when it was con-
nected with the Pacific ocean and thus
with the great Orient.
Everybody Invited to Ride.
Mr.. ScholtZ announced that Presi-
dent C. s.. johnson invited everybody
present to take a ride to Fort Collins
on a free train as oon as the road
was completed to that point. He then
called upon w. P. McPhee, president
of the Colorado Manufacturers asso
citation. to speak in behalf of that or.
ganization.
In a witty speech that tickled the
crowd both by its good humor and its
forceful brevity, Mr.. McPhee congrat-
ulated the men back of the new road
on the fact that in the midst of the
stringent times which recently op-
pressed the country, they could still
face the conditions existing and float
an enterprise of the magnitude of the
Denver, Laramie and Northwestern.
Contractors start Teams.
AS the crowd dispersed, the con.
struction crew ran the first burrows
along the line of the terminal track.
Orman and Crook have the contract
for the first twenty miles Of the new
road, and other contracts will be let
as the work progresses. 1t is conf
IDENTIFY stated that the line will be run
ming into Fort Collins this fall.
Banqueting, jollity and general good
feeling made a fitting close last night
for the celebration at the beginning of
work on the Denver, Laramie and
Northwestern railway.
Attended Stag Dinner.
A stag dinner, the chief event of the
evening, was given to fifty guests ut
the Albany hotel by President Charles
Scott Johnson. Those at table were
selected from among the men who
have bee closely associated with and
vitality interested in the enterprise
irom Inc start, together WIN uiStih-
guished citizens of Denver and towns
to be reached by the new nne.
In another hall of the Albany hotel
a banquet was given for the agents
of the railway in appreciation of the
work they have done in financing the
great undertaking to a point where
success is assured.
Bell and Towar Spoke.
At the stag dinner the POSTMASTER
was Judge John D. Milliken, president
of the Northwestern Coal and Iron