The daily sentinel., 1908-10-15


City Engineer O'Malley went over the
survey Of Twelfth street along which
street the company will run its CON
nection between Grand junction and
Palisade and the upper valley lines.
Important data concerning the sur
veys of this street and other streets
in the city was prepared and review
ed by the city engineer and the en-
gineers of the company and a very
busy day was spent closing up work
that has been in progress for some
time
Yesterday the engineers for the
company ran up against very inter-
esting proposition and one which is
causing the officials of the company
and the city no little amount of
worry
The proposition is. how is the com
pany going to get along Twelfth
street with its line while the ditch
runs clear down the length of
Twelfth street. splitting that import
ant street wide in two.
Naturally the company desires to
start work first on the city portion
of the railway system on Twelfth
street for these reasons II is de-
sired to make a connection as quickly
as possible between the Grand juno
tion end of the Palisade and upper
valley line, which, terminus will be
located northeast of Grand Junction
and on a line with Twelfth street.
With this connection made the COM
pany will be able to open direct con-
nection between Palisade and the
great fruit district east and north of
the city and the fruit growers assoc
iations plants in the southern part
of Grand Junction. With this por-
\ tion of the line complete a great
amount of traffic can be handled
while the rest of the city system is
being completed. Also Twelfth street
/ in the eastern portion of the city on
/ which freight cSu ne carried. and
naturally the freight line should be
opened up and gotten under way
FIRST
With the Twelfth street line com
pletcd and the Palisade connection
made there will be both freight and
passenger service connection effected
between Grand Junction, the fair
grounds. and the great territory east
and north of the city.
When Chief Engineer Allan went
over Twelfth street yesterday with
/ City Engineer O'Malley the location
of the ditch at once caught his at
tention. This ditch which starts a
considerable distance above the
northern limits of the city comes
into Twelfth street almost at the
head of that street. follows the mid
die of that street through the city.
and down into the southern suburbs,
/ providing water for the sugar factory
district and many other sections.
| Unless the ditch can be moved to one
side or the other of the street IL will
| give the company additional and un-
expected expense and calling for two
! different track grades, If the ditch
can be moved from the middle to one
side or the other then the company
can proceed on its original plans. 1t
| is nearly impossible to build over the
ditch.
1 The officials of the company and
the city are endeavoring TO establish
1 the ownership of the ditch and to see
| what can be done in the matter
Whether the ditch can be moved or
not seems to be the vital question
The matter is causing much discus
/ sion.
The street car line on Twelfth
street, on which street the company
may transport freight enters Twelfth
I street north of the fair grounds.
| travels that street south to Pitkin
runs west on Pitkin block, then
south to South avenue, then west to
Seventh street and down Seventh
street to the plants of the fruit assoc
I iations
The engineers are today pushing
the work of completing surveys on
Twelfth street and as soon as these
are completed and the ditch matter
decided. bids for construction work
supplies, etc, will be asked for and
the actual construction work will
soon be under way.
4 The Fruit Belt people are moving
along in good faith and their inten-
tton of building the line and road
has been made clear Responsible
men are behind the project and it
means great developing step for
this rich section. Their men have
been busy in the valley working out
the preliminary details for months.