The daily sentinel., 1909-05-22

among the passengers on the official
trip.
1t has been an afternoon long to be
remembered in Grand Junction.
To no man or set of men is quite so
much credit due for the realization
of Grand functions long-cherished
hope for street railway as to Orson
Adams. the local financier 1t was
Mr.. Adams who interested outside in
the project. planned and carried out
visits of investigation by these men
TO this city and valley. and became
the leading local spirit in the work
ing out and the pushing of the plans
that gave to Grand Junction her cleo
trio railway; that interested many of
the best known financiers in the
country in this section, and that
paved the way for the interlacing of
this valley and the western slope
with electric railway lines. Mr.. Ad-
ans has always been tireless and
faithful in his efforts to build up
Grand Junction and the Grand val
ley. Without pomp or ceremony, but
in quiet and most effective way he
has labored for the development of
his home city and county. Today,
when the people of the city rejoice
over the opening of the street car
line, it should not be forgotten that
this man, loyal to the interests of his
home community. is the man who
started the movement that has cul-
minated in the construction of the
street railway.
Grand Junction and the western
slopes first electrical railway was
erected and is owned and controlled
by the Grand junction G. Grand Riv-
er Valley Railway Company. COM
posed of Charles Mcneil, head of the
Utah Copper Company; Thomas e.
Curtin. E. A. Sunderlin and Horace
X. Devereux, three of the best known
capitalists of Colorado Springs; Or
son Adams, president of the Mesa
County National Bank of this city.
and a number of other men of high
standing and very extensive inter-
ests in the financial circles of the
west. 1t is one of the strongest or
ganized companies of its kind in the
west. -.
The Grand junction street railway
is only one unit of a great system OF
electrical roads that this company
will in all probability construct with
in the next few years. including the
interurban systems that will connect
Grand junction with Palisade. the
Plateau valley, Fruita and other
points. The company bids fair to
prove one of the greatest developing
factors that western Colorado has ev-
er known.
General Manager E. A. Sunderlin
of the street railway company has
visited the city many times during
the course of the systems construc-
ton, and it has been his wish at all
times to make the system first-class
in every particular. He and his as
sociates are firm believers in the fu-
ture greatness of Grand Junction. the
Grand valley and the western slope.
The power for the street railway
system is being provided by the
Grand Junction Electric, Gas q Man
ufacturing Company, of which com
pany Orson Adams is the general
manager. Expensive and extensive
additional machinery was installed
at the big plant in order to furnish
the power to the car system. The
operating facilities are proving first
class in every particular.
The superb manner anc shape in
which the tracks have been laid, the
poles erected and painted and the
wires run, give an attractive and
metropolitan air to the streets rather
than in any way detracting from the
appearance of the streets.
Construction Supt. A. G. Allan.
who has had charge of the construc-
tion work from the beginning. has
certainly demonstrated his ability to
build street railway quickly and in
most thorough and satisfactory
manner Mr.. Allan has proven the
right man in the right place. He has
made great host of friends during
his stay here.
Operating Supt. Harvey. now In
charge of the system, is man of
splendid ability and is certain to
prove most efficient and satisfac-
tory official.
To all the men who have been ac-
lively engaged in the construction
work Is due much credit.
The work of constructing the