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a. hundred niles shovser than
any other possible outlet for the
increasing traffic of the entire
Western Slope, has amounted to a
demonstration and = noted by
practically every psper oa the Nest
ern SLOPE. We append q s~w Of
the press opinions
In the meantime let US keep
after the road When the Southern
starts, everything will start.
II Is IN truth the KEY to the
transportation situation.
Delta Democrat No one will
question the fact that improved
railroad facilities are badly needed
IN this entire district b. aid IN the
development aud progress Of the
most productive portion of the state
Fruit growers know how difficult IL
is to get their product TO market
even when crops are considered
little short of normal. aud there Is
little doubt but that ,bev will readily
assent TO taking part in urging an
an extension Of the burlington
Colorado-Oouthern branch, which
would lessen the distance to Denver
nearly 100 miles
Grand junction Sentinel Shall
western slope have this new road?
For protection of vast crops OF this
section should we attempt 10 get
TO- A
article of peculiar aud Keen interest
TO Grand Junction, involving mat
ter that has already been widely
discussed here, appeared in yester-
day GunnislH News Champion in
connection with well gotten up
map showing the proposed extension
through this territory Of the Bur
lington Colorado q Southern, The
article should be read with thought
ful consideration.
Crawford Chronicle The Gun
nlson News-Champion of last weeks
issue gives a very interesting write
up on Western Coiorados pressing
need of railroad facilities which
advocates the broad gaging Of the
Colorado & Southern. and extending
this line TO p-lta, Paonia ana
llotchkiss, one ol the routes sug-
ges,ed being from Stpinero through
the Black Canon at the foot of
Black Mesa, through the Rim
Rock Cattle Trail. This route is
several hundred feet lower than over
the mesa, would be free from snow,
and would develop the Smith Fork
district of Crawford and Maher
Surface Creek Champiol The
Gunnison News-Champion is a
strong advocate of the Burlington
Colorado a Southern extension into
Delta County to relieve the railroad
conditions OF this section. The last
Issue of that publication contained
map showing the short route to be
obtained between Delta county and
Denver which would be a big saw
ing TO the fruit handling.
1t is certain thar this county
needs better transportation facil ties
for its big crops which are increas-
ing every year, and this season with
the biggest crops in its history
coming on the loss of transportation
is bound to be large This plan
would be a great hel p and in fact
would be one solution of the trouble.
Telluride Journal-From the
fruit growing district on the North
Fork of the Gunnison across to the
Colorado Southern at Baldwin, is
but thirty miles The great Bur
lington Route having secured the
Colorado and Southern system, the
Gunnison and Uncompahgre valleys
are hopeful OF getting railroad con
nection with that system.
North Fork Times-Here is the
road we want. The Times publish Z
es both map and an extended
article.)
Montrose Press-The Gunnison /.
News-Champion publishes a map Of 4
the railroads Ia Western Colorado I
as a means of demonstrating what I
could be done by the extension of .
the Colorado & Southern railroad 4
fram Baldwin over the divide into 4
the North Fork valley, thence to 1
Delta and Nontrose. The Southern /
has recently fallen INTO the hands
of the burlington and the officials of .
the latter road are now IN Colorado 4
for the purpose Of making close
inspection Of the Southern with a I
view to making 1t an important I
feeder to the Hill lines BY this /
map it is shown that Denver would .
be from - to 100 miles nearer to I