The state herald., 1909-09-03
new RAILROADS
FOR COLORADO
HILLS MILLIONS WILL AID IN
BUILDING CONNECTING LINES
IN STATE.
OPEN WAY TO THE GULF
HUNDREDS OF MILES OF NEW
ROAD TO CONNECT WEST
ERN POINTS.

Denver.-James j. Hills plans for
making the Colorado a. Southern sys-
TEN part of great gulf-to-coast route
have ut last become definitely known
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, will 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 connecting link 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 a point few miles east of Den
yer. on the Burlington. to a counec-
ton with the Colorado & Southern at
Guernsey. Wyo.
The plans reveal the real signifi-
canoe OF the purchase of the Colorado
a. Southern by the Burlington and
show that II was strategic move
made by Hill to secure traffic over a
short route which his roads lost when
the control OF the Illinois Central
passed into the hands OF Il. ii. Harri-
man.
The main line of the through route
will follow the Colorado Il Southern
system from Galveston to Denver,
from which point 1t will connect with
the main line OF the Burlington to
| Hudson. a small station on the main
line twenty-nine miles east OF Denver.
The burlington will build due north
| from Hudson to Greeley. In Weld
county. and continue on north to Tor
rington, Wyo.. small station Oh tine
| Guernsey branch east OF the town OF
Guernsey.
This line will pass through Clover. a
station In Colorado, on the Chey-
enne branch. and forty miles east of
| Cheyenne. The main line will con
tinue from Torrington over the Guern.
sey branch TO the town OF Guernsey.
where connection will be made with
the Colorado & Southern.
The Colorado & Southern will then
be used from Guernsey to Orin June
ton, where connection will be made
with the Chicago a. Northwestern. A
trackage agreement has been negoti-
ated with the last named road and the
Hill roads will use the Chicago a.
northwestern tracks to Shoshoni. Wyo.
The Burlington will build north from
Shoshoni TO Thermopolis. where II
will connect with the Kirby branch.
rhc Kirby branch will be used as tar
north as Fannie. where n 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 a
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 lire running from Denver north
is known as high grade" line. while
tho new road will be OF less than
per cent. grade and will be known as
1 low grade" line. Its mileage Will be
A little greater than the other route.
but the low grade viii be much
,heaper and offset the advantages lost
by the shorter haul.
a new Significance is given TO the
deal by the fact that the cotton viii
slppi and Louisiana TO the Colorado a.
5outhern's lines In Texas and new
rattle agreements or the purchase OF
additional lines to form link with
New Orleans is considered almost n
certainty. The importance OF these
ieals TO Denver cannot be oyorcsti.
mated. as thereby Denver will bc ON
onc OF the most active OF tn. i'm
through routes.
One fact In connection with the
plans Ia OF vital Importance to Denver.
rho new lines TO be constructed from
Hudson to Torrington. wyo.. are to
run through an immensely rich terri.
.ory which IN practically undcycioped.
This land comprises much OF the 3oo..
BOO acres TO be brought under lrriga.
lion by the big Pathfinder dam In
Wyoming and the Burlington company
expects TO develop this land on a big
scale.