The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-09-03
new RAILROADS
FOR COLORADO
HILLS AilLsoMs WILL AID IN
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Denver.-Ja0es J. Hills plans fol
making the Colorado 4 Southern sys
TEN part OF great gulf-to-coast route
have at last become definitely knowu
and inside Of two years millions OF
tons Of cotton for export to the Orient
will be moving through Denver. says
the Denver Times. The enormous ton.
mage Of cotton from Alabama. Missis.
sippi. Louisiana and eastern Texas
which formerly moved over the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific, via
st. Paul. Wfll be diverted through
Colorado and Denver and this city will
be on one Of the greatest railroad
highways in the country.
The actual construction OF each and
every necessary conpecting Mak will
be under way within the next thirty
days and the main line will be An en-
tirely different route from all conjec-
lures which have been made in the
past. Instead Of passing through
Cheyenne this tonnage will move over
new lines which will be constructed
from . point . few miles east Of Den.
yer. on the Burlington. to . coanec-
ton with the Colorado 4 Southern II
Guernsey. Wyo. II" ..ft
The plans reveal the real signifi-
caAee Of the purchase Of the Colorado
Z Southern BY the Burlington and
chow that 1t was . strategic move
made BY Hill to secure traffic over .
short route which his roads lost when
the control Of the Illinois Central
passed into the hands Of e. H. Harri.
man.
The main line ef the through route
will follow the Colorado L Southern
system fron Galveston to Denver,
from which point it will connect with
the main line OF the Burlington to
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line twenty-nine miles east Of Denver
The burlington will build due north
from Hudson to Greeley, In Weld
county. and continue o. north to Tor
rington. Wyo., . small station ON tine
Guernsey branch east Of the town Of
Guernsey.
This line will pass through Clover. .
station in Colorado. o. tie Chey-
snne branch. and forty miles east Of
Cheyenne. The main line win con-
tinue from Torrington over the Gusrn.
sey branch to the town Of Guernsey.
where connection will bs made with
the Colorado 4 Southern.
The Colorado 4 Southern will then
be used from Guernsey to Orin juno
ton. where connection will be made
with the Chicago 4 Northwestern. A
trackage agreement has been negoti-
ated with the last named road and the
Hill roads will use the Chicago 4
northwestern tracks to shoshoni. Wyo
The Burlington will build north from
Shoshoni to Thermopolis. where 1t
will connect with the Kirby branch.
The Kirby branch will be used as far
north as Fannie. where cutoff will
be built. connecting with the main
lines Of the Hill roads for the North
west.
These plans will not interfere with
the connecting up Of the Colorado 4
Southern from Wellington. Colo, to
Cheyenne. and will not prevent the
carrying out OF the plans to operate
from Denver north through Cheyenne
to the Northwest.
The line running from Denver north
10 known as high grade" line. while
the new road will be Of less than
per cent. grade and will be known as
Tow grade" line. Its mileage will be
little greater than the other route.
but the low grade will be much
By the shorter haul.
A new Significance u given to the
deal by the fact that the cotton will
have to move from Alabama, Missis-
sippi and Louisiana to the Colorado 4
Southern's lines in Texas and new
traffic agreements or the purchase Of
additional lines to form q link With
New Orleans II considsred almost .
certainty. The importance Of these
deals to Denver cannot be overesti.
mated, rs thereby Denver will be on
one of the most active Of the Hill
through routes.
One fact in connection with the
plans 10 of vital importance to Denver.
The new lines to be constructed from
Hudson to TorrinEton, Wyo., are to
rum through an immensely rich terri
tory which il practically undeveloped.
This land comprises much Of the 30O.-
900 acres to be brought under irriga-
ton by the big Pathfinder dam in
Wyoming and the Burlington company
expects to develop this land ON big
scale.
Nine head Of horses were spirited
away some time in one night this week
from several different ranches in the