Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-22
C. as. GIVES HILL GULF LINE
Acquisition Of Colorado Road Makes
North and South Cutoff.
DEAL SURPRISES RAILWAY CIRCLE
General Manager HoldreGe of bur-
inEtOn West of River says IL IL
Purely n Financial
Transaction.

The announcement made from New York
that the Burlington and Hill lines had Sc
cured a controlling interest in the Colorado
& Southern came as a great surprise to
railroad circles. Denver is aroused over
the change for fear that the general offices
Of the Colorado g. Southern will be united
with the Burlington and moved to Omaha.
This is a most important announcement
for the Burlington. as it will give that
road an outlet to the gulf and also make
a more direct connection for the Burling-
ton between Wyoming and Denver.
The mileage of the Colorado & Southern
lines is 2.2O7 miles and consists of the
Colorado & Southern Railway company,
the Fort Worth & Denver City Railway
company, the Trinity & Brazos Valley Rail
way company, the Wichita Valley Railway
company and the Colorado Springs & Grip
pie Creek District Railway company.
This network Of roads would not only
give the Burlington a direct outlet to the
gulf. but would also prove an immense
feeder to the Burlington lines to the east
from Denver. The Colorado & Southern
runs from Grin Junction on the Northwest
ern in wyoming through Guernsey, the
western ermlnus of the Burlington to
Cheyenne, from which point 1t has a traf-
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Denver. The Colorado & Southern has lines
extending north from Denver to Fort Col
Inns and Greeley and it is thought when
the deal goes through these lines will be
extended to Cheyenne.
short Line for the Ore.
II the Burlington secures control of the
Colorado & Southern it will give a shorter
line for the immense ore traffic from
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While the Colorado & Southern has a line
of its own between Denver and Pueblo,
that line is used for freight, and a traffic
agreement has been made whereby the line
of the Santa Fe is used for passenger
trains.
The Colorado & Southern has the famous
Georgetown Loop on its system and this
will be added to the Burlington system
by the acquisition. The Colorado & South
ern also owns a half interest in the Colo
RADIO Midland and this will give the Bur-
lington control of a railroad as far west
as Grand Junction.
The Colorado & Southern owns a line
from Denver to Houston and has traffic
agreements from Houston to Galveston,
making an outlet to the Gulf for the
products Of Colorado and Wyoming.
with the completion of the new line from
Guernsey to the Big Horn Basin by the
Burlington Denver will be put in direct
touch with the entire eastern half of
Wyoming. While no definite announcement
has been made as to when this line will
be built II is pretty generally understood
that it will be one of the first large under
takings in the spring.
Purely Financial Deal.
G. w Holdrege, general manager of the
Burlington. says the acquisition of the Colo
RADIO & Southern is purely a financial
proposition and that he had not as yet
been advised of the matter except what
he had read in the newspapers.
The Hill system secures about $3.50 ad-
ditional miles of road and penetrates the
| Hartman territory on the south as well
| as on the north. 1t has been known for
the past week that important deals we're
pending, but these were persistently denied.
John f. Stevens. who built some of the
Hill roads, made the report on the Colo
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