, 1908-04-13
MAYOR ASKED
TO JOIN in
LARAMIE CHIEF EXECUTIVE MAY
ATTEND CEREMONIES AT BE-
Ginning OF NEW ROAD.
officers Adopt Unique Methods to
Build Line from Denver to Seattle
BY Way of Fort Collins and Lara
nile and Hope to Have Line In
Operation BY Next November.

The Inauguration of construction
work on the new Denver, Laramie and
Northwestern railroad will be made
the object of a formal celebration OF
the event May 2, says the Sunday Den
yer Republican. Governor Buchtel has
extended invitations to Governor
Brooks of Wyoming and Governor
Hook of Kansas to be present, and
Mayor Speer has sent invitations 10
the mayors of Colorado n Wyoming
towns. The chamber Of commerce will
invite the other commercial organiza-
tions of the city to assist in making
the event notable and the new line
will be given a royal send off. Score
tary Mills of the chamber of commerce
yesterday issued the following state
ment regarding the matter.
Some Unique Methods
MAY 2, 1908, tire will be inaugural.
ed the construction work of the Den
yer, Laramie and Northwestern RaIi-
way company. For many months past
several gentlemen from Kansas have
been in Denver planning to build a
line of railroad from Denver to Seattle,
and their plan has been somewhat
unique in railroad annals. Instead of
approaching the finoncial interests
ofthe eastand payingto themthe large
brokerage required in financing enter
prises of this character, these gentle
men hit upon a happier and evidently
a more successful method, for they
have secured subscriptions aggregat-
ing about 81 900 900 with which to COM
mence the building of their line.
To Fort Collins BY November.
The first section of this road will be
built from Denver to Fort Collins, and
May . next the work will commence
and will proceed as rapidly as possible
to the end that trains will be running
from Denver to Fort Collins in the
month of November, 1908.
Performed a Miracle.
"These gentlemen lave worked
quietly and without o%stentation and
they have performed what is consider
ed by many business men of Denver a
miracle, gathering as they have an
'muease sum of money even in the
face of the financial hurry,
1T is most fitting that Denver
should celebrate on this occasion and
t"o7' gentlemen not only
good wishes but by their presence in
dictate their interest and hearty CO.
operation from now on.
Make TranscontinentaI Link.
Every thinking person in Denver
must realize what this road will mean
when it is completed and what it also
means. even though the road should
only be built to Fort Collins. The
building of the road to Seattle would
place us on another line of %transcon-
t~inental railroad.
"In order that the celebration may
be properly arranged, the chamber CT
commerce hereby issues an invitation
to the other commercial bodies to join
with them in the appointment of COM
mittees that will undertake to frame
a programme to celebrate the day.
Mayor Spalding Invited.
THE governor of Colorado has al
ready issued invitations to the COVER
nors of Wyoming and Kansas and it Is
expected hat they will be present.
The mayor of Denver has issued a
very cordial invitation to the cities Of
Cheyenne, Laramie, Lander, in Wyo-
ming, and to the cities of Fort Collins,
Wellington, Berthoud, Lafayette and
Greeley, and it is ANTICIPATED that we
will have with us not only the mayors
of those cities, but some of the mem
bers of the common council.
1T is the intention to indicate to
those gentlemen who have so nobly
striven to assist Denver, that Denver
hearty appreciates their VIC k and that
from this time forward a helping hand
will be extended to them"
Will Begin at Arso.
While the programme is not fully
matured, the work will commence on
Saturday afternoon, May 2, at the ter
minal of the line in Argo. The crowds
will be taken out in automobiles and
by street car, which runs within two
blocks of the end of the line. There
will be speeches and music IN Miss
Milliken, daughter of Judge Milliken,
the president of the road, will throw
the first shovelful of dirt. The contract.
or will have his outfit on hand and i'm
mediately the actual grading work will
commence.
1t is the plan now to push construc-
ton to Fort Collins with the utmost
energy, and it is hoped that the line
will be in operation that far by Novem-
Der or early in December. Engineers
are placing the final stakes and con
tracts will very shortly be let.