The Springfield herald., 1908-12-25
COLORADO and
SOUTHERN SOLD.
GOES TO JAMES J. HILL SYSTEM
ACCORDING TO ASSOCIATED
PRESS DISPATCH.
DETAILS NOT GIVEN OUT
SALE PROMISES TO GREATLY
BENEFIT COLORADO AND A0-
JAcENT REGIONS.

New York.-Leading interests in the
Colorado & Southern Railway Com
pany. including Edwin Hawley, who is
said to be the largest individual stock
holder, and Frank Trumbull. the presi-
dent Of the road. announced Saturday
the sale of the road to the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy Railroad Com
and other details of the transaction
are withheld until next Tuesday. when
the board Of directors OF the Colorado
& Southern will hold meeting for the
purpose of completing the transfer Of
the property.
The acquisition of the road by the
Burlington gives the Hiu system. the
Burlington being owned by the North
ern Pacific and the Great Northern
Railroad companies. its long desired
outlet to the coast of Texas. 1t will
bear practically the same relationship
to the Hill lines in the Gulf of Mexico
territory that the Illinois Central bears
to the Hartman system. Until Satur-
days announcement it was generally
supposed that James j. Hills plan to
get to the gulf was by the purchase of
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas rail-
road.
Denver.-In commenting on tho re-
ported sale of the Colorado and South
ern, the Republican says: The an
nouncement of the sale of the c. & S.
to Hill means more to Colorado than
appears on the face of it. Hill is
known as an empire builder. His
dream has been to get line from Pu-
get Sound to the Gulf of Mexico. He
has always believed that immense traf-
fic could be developed in this manner.
and at the same time a rich territory
opened. That he will bring about this
dream is now certainty, say railroad
men. The Colorado & Southern, with
its direct line from Denver to the Gulf,
will be to the Hill system what the
Illinois Central is to the Hartman
lines.
For long time it was believed that
Hill intended to get to the Gulf of
Mexico by taking over the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas. In fact it was re-
ported several times that he had pur-
chased that line. That he has. given
up all idea of taking over the M. X. &
T. Is now believed definitely settled.
Plans for building small connecting
links in the new trans-continental Sys-
tenn are said to be already under way.
Definite announcements will be made
at the meeting of the board of direc-
tors OF the Colorado & Southern next
Tuesday. These plans, it is reported,
include the construction of a line from
Orin Junction into the Big Horn basin
territory and the abandonment of
proposed line from Guernsey to Their
mopolis, Wyoming, the main point in
the Big Horn basin.
With the purchase Of the Colorado
& Southern is transferred control of
the Trinity & Brazos Valley railroad,
recently constructed by the Colorado
& Southern and the Rock Island. Not
more than six weeks ago the Rock Is
land, which held a minority interest in
the 7. & B. ", sold it's holding to the
Colorado G. Southern. This was the
first move on the part of the Hill in
terests to get control of the Colorado
& Southern.
The 4. & B. V. runs from Fort Worth
to Galveston, and is an important link
in the system, for it gives a direct
gulf outlet. The Denver & Interurban,
the electric line running between Den
yer and Boulder is also included in the
reported deal.